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Good show by Dola

By Our Special Correspondent

VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 6. Dola Banerjee with 2655 points in the recurve section, and Jhanu Hansda with 2633 in the compound bow category led their respective fields in Saturday's second phase FITA competitions to qualify for the first Olympic knockout round.

In all, eight women and 32 men in the recurve, and eight men and three women in the compound made the grade in the National ranking prize money archery tournament at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation stadium here.

Even the day-long drizzle failed to dampen the performances of the participants, who turned out better scores today. At one stage, Tarundeep Rai and Satyadev uprooted one of the beach umbrellas as they advanced to the target for checking their scores.

The results (phases I & II): Men: Recurve: 1. Tarundeep Rai 2622 (ASI), 2. Kailash 2609 (UP), 3. Vishwas 2608 (ASI), 4. Satyadev Prasad 2596 (ITBP), 5. Goutam 2587 (ASI), 6. Majhi Swaiyan 2582 (ASI), 7. W. Ranjan Singh 2572 (ASI), 8. Harish 2552 (ASI). Compound: N. Arun Kumar 2615 (AP), 2. Vivek Kumar 2588 (Jha), 3. Shiv Nath 2570 (ITBP), 4. Ved Kumar 2505 (ITBP), 5. Haresh Kumar 2478 (Jha), 6. Manish Kumar Singh 2477 (Jha), 7. Naresh Damor 2448 (ITBP), 8. Syed Sharifuddin 2399 (AP).

Women: Recurve: 1. Dola Banerjee 2655 (Tata), 2. Reena Kumari 2622 (Tata), 3. Chekrovolu Swuro 2602 (Nag), 4. Sumangala Sharma 2533 (UP), 5. Ranu 2487 (UP), 6. Bhagyabati 2482 (Tata), 7. Sushma 2424 (UP), 8. Bombayla Devi 2382 (Man). Compound: 1. Jhanu Hansda 2633 (Jha), 2. Sakro Besra 2488 (Jha), 3. Jyoti Kumari (Jha) 2245.

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