Wed, Oct 06 10 09:27 PM
Tapan Mohanta New Delhi, October 6 (PTI) Notwithstanding an erratic performance by the World Cup champions recurve team, the Indian archers made the semi-finals in all the four team events of the Commonwealth Games at Yamuna Sports Complex here today. The highlight of the day was a delightful peformance by the compound archers who shed their underdogs tag to make men''s and women''s semifinals. Having won the World Cup Stage 4 in Shanghai recently with a record score of 224, Indian men''s recurve trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai managed a lowly 213 but it was enough for them to get past minnows Sri Lanka who scored 205 en route to the semis. In the last four, the men''s team will lock horns against Australia who downed Canada 218-216. The women''s recurve team of Dola Banerjee, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari have got a bye into the semis where they will take on Malaysia. Athens Olympian Rai, who lost out in the individual section yesterday, continued his poor run of form shooting two 7s to put the Indian team in jeopardy. But Talukdar was in fine form with three perfect 10s as panic-stricken Indians managed 213 in their final against the lowly Sri Lankans. The other semifinals of the mens recurve bow will be contested by England and Malaysia. In the womens recurve section, India and England, the top two seeds, got byes into the semifinals in a six-team competition. India will take on Malysia who defeated Singapore 205-200. England will take on Canada who shocked Australia 205-201. The recurve semi-finals will be held on October 8. It was a memorable day for the Indian archers in the compound section where the women''s trio of Bheigyabati Chanu, Jhano Hansdah and Gagandeep Kaur hit a purple patch logging 227 to thrash the Aussies who shot 220. Hailing the team effort, compound archery coach Harendra Singh said, "We shot very well and the score is highly impressive. We have never achieved 227 in compound women''s section." He was all praise for Chanu, who hit form with four perfect 10s. "I am really happy for her. She was our best today. Now there is no looking back... We will aim for nothing less than gold," Singh said. The women''s team will take on Canada, while the other semis will be between England and Malaysia. Canada beat Wales 223-222 while Malaysia beat Scotland 227-216 and England beat New Zealand 227-221. The men''s compound trio of Ritul Chatterjee, Ch Jignas and C Srither also made the semifinal pipping New Zealanders 226-225 in the quarterfinals. They will take on Trinidad and Tobago while in the other men''s compound semifinal England will take on Australia. The top three places in the compound section will be decided tomorrow.
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