Chinglensana moves into semifinals of Archery event

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