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.

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.