Five more meet records in archery

CHANDIGARH, April 24: Five meet records fell by the wayside including three in the junior girls section in the Indian Round on the third day...

CHANDIGARH, April 24: Five meet records fell by the wayside including three in the junior girls section in the Indian Round on the third day of the 18th sub-junior and 20th junior National archery championship being held at Sector 42 Sports Complex.

Whereas some events were decided on a marginal difference there was wide gap in others. However, the most exciting event of the day was the 40 metres in the junior boys category, where all three positions holders erased the old meet mark of 280/360 set by Dinesh Hembram at the last Nationals, held at Ajmer.

But the first place went to Kailash of Uttar Pradesh with 303 points. Goutam Singh Sardar of Bihar came in second with 299 points followed closely by Taran Deep Rai of ASCB (Shillong) with 298 points.

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UP archers also beat the record in the team championship with a score of 1711/2160. The old mark of 1677 was set at Ajmer. Bihar and West Bengal teams also had the credit of coming under the old mark with a score of 1709 and 1702 respectively.

In the girls section, Linthoi Devi of Bihar broke the meet record in the 40 metres with a score of 278/360. Binita Basnet (WB) held the old record of 249 set in 1995.

Results: Indian Round: Junior: Boys: 40 m: 1 Kailash (UP) 303/360, 2 Goutam Singh Sardar (Bihar) 299, 3 Taran Deep Rai (ASCB)
30 m: 1 Khogendra Biruly (Bihar) 288/360, 2 Arvind Kumar (UP) 284, 3 Tarun Deep Rai (ASCB) 282.
Indiavidual Championship: 1 Tarun Deep Rai (ASCB) 580/720, 2 Goutam Singh Sardar (Bihar) 579, 3 Siril Hansda (Bihar) 577.
Team Championship: 1 UP (Arvind Kumar, Kailash, Shivnath Nagesia) 1711/2160, 2 Bihar (Goutam Singh, Prem Purty, Siril Hansda) 1709, 3 ASCB (Dawa Lepcha, Robin Gurung, Tarun Deep Rai) 1702.
Girls: 40 m: 1 Linthoi Devi (Bihar) 278/360, 2 Bhagyabati Devi (Bihar) 264, 3 Girija Devi (Bihar) 244.
30 m: 1 Linthoi Devi (Bihar) 246/360, 2 Girija Devi (Bihar) 246, 3 Chekrovolu Swuro (Bihar) 234.
Individual Championship:
1 Linthoi Devi (Bihar) 524/720, 2 Girija Devi 498, 3 Chekrovolu Swuro.
Team Championship: 1 Bihar (Linthoi, Chekrovolu Swuro, Girija Devi) 1484/2160, 2 Manipur (Geetanjali Devi, Rupmala Devi, Surajamaki Devi) 1316, 3 West Bengal (Kalyani Das, Purmalmit Lepcha, Arundhati Sil) 904.