Kolkata: Indian archers bagged six gold, two
silver and three bronze medals to reign supreme in the Dhaka
leg of the Asian Grand Prix today.
Ruling the roost, India clinched top spots in all the
categories, apart from the women's compound section, according
to the Archery Association of India.
In the men's recurve section, Athens Olympian Tarundeep
Rai returned to form clinching the individual gold. The
recurve trio of Rai, Pawan Xalxo and Kapil then earned India
the second gold.
Veteran two-time Olympian Dola Banerjee bagged the
women's recurve individual gold before helping the team to
earn the fourth yellow metal.
In the final, two-time Olympian Dola beat compatriot
Belsari Narsary, who settled for the silver.
Vardhineni Pranitha and L Bombayla Devi were the other
two members of the Indian women's recurve team.
India also reigned supreme in the men's compound section
with Chungda Sherpa bagging the individual gold.
The compound team comprising Sherpa, Amrinder Singh Sidhu
and Gokul Tamuli fetched India the sixth gold.
The women's compound team bagged India's second silver.
Xalxo (men's recurve), Bombayla (women's recurve) and
Amrinder (men's compound) clinched the three bronze medals.
In the earlier leg in Kolkata last month, India had
bagged seven gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 21:16