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Dola, Reena and Sumangala book tickets to Athens

By Our Sports Reporter

MEERUT, JUNE 27. Tarundeep Rai and Dola Banerjee sustained five National ranking tournaments before they seized the top positions in the men and women's sections to make it to the Indian team to the Athens Olympic Games.

Rai aggregated 616.04 points, while Dola had 293.04 points to her credit after the final Olympic round at the National Olympic qualification tournament at the Sports Stadium here on Sunday.

Satyadev Prasad and Majhi Sawaiyan were the other men archers who made it to the top three and confirmed their tickets to Athens. In the women's section, Dola will have Reena Kumari and Sumangala in the team.

Earlier, Shivnath Nagesia capped his brilliant form winning the third Olympic round, but it came a little too late for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) archer. Nagesia, who started from the sixth position on the National rankings, retained his position, as the Olympic berth was way out of his grasp.

Tarundeep Rai salvaged some pride for himself beating the in-form Satyadev Prasad 110-106 in the play-off for the third-place. If Rai and Prasad's loss in the semifinals was unexpected, junior archer N. Ravinder showed how fickle an archer could be under pressure.

Ravinder gave an improved performance in the Olympic qualification after having assured his place in the team for the junior World championships.

Ravinder caused the biggest upset of the day beating Athens-bound Majhi Sawaiyan in the second round. Both the archers were tied 159-159 and in the tie-breaker, Sawaiyan crumbled under pressure. Ravinder shot 10 and 8 while Sawaiyan managed 10 and 7.

There was hardly any surprise in the women's section though. Dola Banerjee, as usual, kept her stranglehold over the field, winning the third Olympic round by nine points. In the final, Dola was up against Chekravolu Swuro, the key member of the team that earned Olympic berth at the 2003 New York World championship. Dola kept an upper hand from the start before closing the issue at 111-102.

Chekravolu's inconsistent form effectively shut her out of the Olympic team.

Jayant, Sushma top rankings

Jayant Talukdar and Sushma led the boys and girl's rankings in the junior selection trials being conducted for the London World championship. Despite winning just one Olympic round, Talukdar consolidated his position at the top with a consistent show. His top finish in the FITA round on Saturday, and the points earned from the first selection trials in Kolkata, helped Talukdar to the top spot.

Also making it to the boy's team for the July 19-25 World championships were Rahul Banerjee, N. Ravinder and Provat Kandir. Sushma, with 83 points, topped the girl's section while Sumangala, Ranu, Laxmi Majhi and Runu Swargary finished in that order.

Since Sumangala had already qualified for the Olympics team, the fifth-placed Runu was the lucky archer to get the berth for World championship. India has qualified in the girl's section of the Junior World championship for the first time.

The results:

Men — Third Olympic round final: Shivnath Nagesia (ITBP) bt Goutam Singh (ASI) 110-102. Third-place play-off: Tarundeep Rai (ASI) bt Satyadev Prasad (ITBP) 110-106. Semifinals: Goutam Singh bt Rai 110-108; Nagesia bt Prasad 111-104. Quarterfinals: Prasad bt Vishwas (ASI) 108-104; Nagesia bt Jayant Talukdar (Jhar) 106-102; Rai bt N. Ravinder (AP) 109-107; Goutam Singh bt Kailash (UP) 105-98.

Final positions (after five ranking tournaments, top eight): 1. Rai 616.04 points; 2. Prasad 584.48; 3. Sawaiyan 538.34; 4. Vishwas 512.37; 5. Harish Chand Kerai 498.64; 6. Nagesia 486.03; 7. Goutam Singh 481.44; 8. Kailash 441.32.

Women (Third Olympic round final): Dola Banerjee (Jhar) bt Chekravolu Swuro (Nag) 111-102. Third-place play-off: Sumangala (UP) bt Ranu (UP) 95-92. Semifinals: Chekravolu bt Sumangala 104-100; Dola bt Ranu 111-100. Quarterfinals: Chekravolu bt Bhagyabati Chanu (Man) 105-101; Sumangala bt Keziegunuo (Nag) 99-90; Ranu bt Reena Kumari (Jhar) 99-94; Dola bt Sushma 100 (10, 9)-100 (10, 7).

Final positions (after five ranking tournaments, top eight): 1. Dola Banerjee 293.04 points; 2. Sumangala 279.68; 3. Reena Kumari 277.71; 4. Chekravolu 230.52; 5. Bhagyabati 203.93; 6. Ranu 192.13; 7. Manjudha Soy 190.68; 8. Bansara Lindhar 172.98.

Junior selection trials for World championship

Boys (Third Olympic round final): Rahul Banerjee (Jhar) bt Subhash Hansda (Jhar) 106-104. Third-place play-off: N. Ravinder bt Jayant Talukdar 109-105. Semifinals: Hansda bt Talukdar 106-97; Banerjee bt Ravinder 112-103.

Second Olympic round final: Talukdar bt Banerjee 106-96. Third-place play-off: Ravinder bt Provat Kandir (Jhar) 110-102. Semifinals: Banerjee bt Ravinder 108-105; Talukdar bt Kandir 107-105.

First Olympic round final: Ravinder bt Talukdar 109-106. Third-place play-off: Kandir bt Banerjee 104-103. Semifinals: Talukdar bt Banerjee 109-107; Ravinder bt Kandir 113-109.

Final positions (top eight): 1. Jayant Talukdar 104 points; 2. Rahul Banerjee 90; 3. N. Ravinder 81.5; 4. Provat Kandir 79.5; 5. Sushash Hansda 56; 6. Bulbul Marandi (Jhar) 54; 7. Amardeep Karketta (Jhar) 49; 8. Chandrasekhar (Jhar) 42.

Girls (Third Olympic round final): Sumangala bt Sushma 93-92. Third-place play-off: Ranu bt Punya Prabha (UP) 106-94. Semifinals: Sushma bt Punya Prabha 100 (10)-100 (M); Sumangala bt Ranu 108-95.

Second Olympic round final: Ranu bt Sushma 104-99. Third-place play-off: Lamxi Majhi (Jhar) bt Sumangala 99-98. Semifinals: Ranu bt Laxmi 103-98; Sushma bt Sumangala 104-102.

First Olympic round final: Ranu bt Sushma 105-104. Third-place play-off: Sumangala bt Laxmi 104-94. Semifinals: Sushma bt Laxmi 108-99; Ranu bt Sumangala 98-96.

Final positions (top eight): 1. Sushma 83 points; 2. Sumangala 81.5; 3. Ranu 77; 4. Laxmi Majhi 66; 5. Runu Swargary (Jhar) 59; 6. Manjudha Soy (Jhar) 46; 7. Punya Prabha 40; 8. Shweta (UP) 40.

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