Hanoi(Vietnam): Indian archer Maisnam
Chinglensana Luwang moved into the semifinals of the men's
compound individual event in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games here
today .
Luwang will lock horns with Reza Zamaninejad of Iran at
the Haiphong Youth Gymnasium tomorrow.
Luwang defeated Chakrit Thongwattana of Thailand 117-114
in the quarterfinals.
In other quarterfinals, Abhishek Verma lost to Mansour
Kordi of Iran in the tie-breaker after tying the score
113-113. Kordi had 9, 9, 10 in the three tie-breaking shots,
while Verma had 9, 9, 9.
Gurucharan Besra lost to Korean Kyeong Su Kim 113-116 in
the men's recurve individual event. Earlier, he had defeated
compatriot Rajib Basumatary in the pre-quarterfinals 116-113.
The lone women recurve archer Punya Prabha Kumari fell
prey to Sejin An of Korea 112-115 in the quarterfinals.
Sakro Besra and Vrushali Gorle too were eliminated in the
quarterfinals of the women's compound event. Vrushali lost to
Nguyen Tien Anh Tran of Vietnam 113-114, while Sakro was out
played by Mahtab Parsamehr of Iran 108-117.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, November 05, 2009, 00:29