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Jharkhand finishes on top

CHANDIGARH, DEC. 29. The Tata Archery Academy trainees from Jamshedpur helped Jharkhand win the Olympic round team titles for boys and girls and also won the individual gold medals in the three-day junior National archery championships, which concluded at the DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, here on Tuesday.

Jharkhand finished on top of the table with 11 gold, eight silver and five bronze medals. Laxmi Rani Manjhi and Prabhat Kandir accounted for five and four golds each. Both are products of the Tata Academy.

Manipur finished with one gold and one bronze while Uttar Pradesh got three silver and four bronze medals. Host Chandigarh won one silver and two bronze medals.

In the Indian round, Manipur emerged winner with five gold and two silver medals. Punjab finished runner-up with three gold and one bronze.

The results:

FITA round: Boys: 50m: 1. Prabhat Kandir (Jharkhand) 320/360, 2. Amardeep

Kerketta (Jharkhand) 317, 3. Anand (UP) 317; 30m: 1. Prabhat Kandir (Jharkhand) 347/360, 2. Amardeep Kerketta (Jharkhand) 342, 3. Kapil (Chandigarh) 340.

Girls: 50m: 1. Laxmi Rani Manjhi (Jharkhand) 330/360, 2. Sushma (UP) 319, 3. Runu Swargiery (Jharkhand) 319; 30m: 1. Laxmi Rani Manjhi (Jharkhand) 242/360, 2. Naohmi Laloo (Jharkhand) 342, 3. Runu Swargiery (Jharkhand) 341.

Olympic round: Team events: Girls: 1. Jharkhand (Laxmi, Naohmi, Runu, Rosie) 230 pts, 2. Uttar Pradesh (Sushma, Purnima, Punya Probha, Renu) 221, 3. Manipur (Lydia, Suni Devi, Lucy Devi, Eirika) 212.

Boys: 1. Jharkhand (Amardeep, Prabhat, Chandrasekhar, Ranjit Hembrom) 247, 2. Chandigarh (Gourav, Vikash, Kapil, Prabha) 229, 3. Uttar Pradesh (Abhay, Anand, Jyotikant, Umesh) 211.

Individual: Girls: 1. Laxmi Rani Manjhi (Jharkhand), 2. Catherine (Jharkhand), 3. Runu Swargiery (Jharkhand). Boys: 1. Prabhat Kandir (Jharkhand), 2. Ranjeet Hembrom (Jharkhand), 3. Amardeep Kerketta (Jharkhand). — Our Special Correspondent

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