Archery national ranking

SHILLONG, JAN 4: Deepika Kumari suffered an upset when she was beaten to the gold medal in the senior women’s recurve final of the National Ranking finals by Laxmirani Majhi at first ground, Polo on Monday.

Jharkhand’s Kumari took the first set, but lost the second, third and fifth, with a tie in the fourth, giving Majhi (RSPB) the gold medal.

In the men’s event Atanu Das (PSPB) took first place comfortably over Mangal Singh Champia (RSPB) in the afternoon final.

The national rankings finals acted as a test event for the upcoming South Asian Games and proceedings went smoothly over the two-day event. The competition was intense as 96 of the cream of India’s archers took to the field, which witnessed sunny, slightly windy conditions.

Satbir Kaur (RSPB) took the bronze medal in the women’s senior recurve, with Atul Verma (SSCB) coming third in the men’s event.

Rajat Chauhan of Rajasthan, meanwhile, came first in the senior men’s compound event, followed by Abhishek Verma (Delhi) and Sarvesh Pareer (Rajasthan) in second and third places, respectively. Swati Dudhwal (Rajasthan), Trisha Deb (Punjab) and P Lily Chanu (Manipur) came first, second and third, respectively, in the corresponding women’s event.

The awards distribution ceremony followed the day’s finals, with prizes (including cash awards) distributed to the top archers and coaches by Meghalaya State Olympic Association working president John F Kharshiing, South Asian Games (Shillong) CEO RK Sharma, SAG (Shillong) Joint CEO Freddy R Kharkongor, besides officials from the Archery Association of India, Archery Association of Meghalaya and Archery Association of Assam.

Tuesday and Wednesday will see selection trials at the same venue for the upcoming South Asian Games.

Full results of the National Ranking Finals:

Senior Women’s Recurve:

1^st – Laxmirani Majhi (RSPB)

2^nd – Deepika Kumar (Jharkhand)

3^rd – Satbir Kaur (RSPB)

Senior Men’s Recurve:

1^st – Atanu Das (PSPB)

2^nd – Mangal Singh Champia (RSPB)

3^rd – Atul Verma (SSCB)

Junior Women’s Recurve:

1^st – Himani Boro (Assam)

2^nd – Simranjeet Kaur (Punjab)

3^rd – Unnati Raut (Maharashtra)

Junior Men’s Recurve:

1^st – Binod Swansi (Jharkhand)

2^nd – Vijay Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)

3^rd – Atul Verma (SSCB)

Sub-Junior Women’s Recurve:

1^st – Ankita Bhagar (Jharkhand)

2^nd – Simranjeet Kaur (Punjab)

3^rd – Bhagyashree Kolte (Maharashtra)

Sub-Junior Men’s Recurve:

1^st – Nishant Kumawat (SSCB)

2^nd – Kilenmeren Ao (Nagaland)

3^rd – Mukesh Boro (Assam)

Senior Women’s Compound:

1^st – Swati Dudhwal (Rajasthan)

2^nd – Trisha Deb (Punjab)

3^rd – P Lily Chanu (Manipur)

Senior Men’s Compound:

1^st – Rajat Chauhan (Rajasthan)

2^nd – Abhishek Verma (Delhi)

3^rd – Sarvesh Pareer (Rajasthan)

Junior Women’s Compound:

1^st – Swati Dudhwal (Rajasthan)

2^nd – Prabhjot Kaur (Punjab)

3^rd – V Jyothi Surekha (PSPB)

Junior Men’s Compound:

1^st – Manas Jyothi Changmai (SSCB)

2^nd – Aman (Rajasthan)

3^rd – Aman Saini (Delhi)

Sub-Junior Women’s Compound:

1^st – K Jyoshna (Andhra Pradesh)

2^nd – Sakshi Vedwan (Uttar Pradesh)

3^rd – P Geethika Lakshmi (Andhra Pradesh)

Sub-Junior Men’s Compound:

1^st – P Dingku Singh (Himachal Pradesh)

2^nd – Manas Jyothi Changmai (SSCB)

3^rd – Dharmendar Sourat (Haryana)-By Our Reporter