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Arjun Rao bags two gold medals

NEW DELHI: Arjun Rao bagged two gold medals in the compound boys’ category in the 29th sub-junior National archery championship here on Monday.

Rao, who collected 344 points in the 70m and 347 in the 60m events, was way ahead of his rivals.

The results: Recurve: Boys: 70m: 1. Atanu Das (SPSB) 330; 2. Hemant Basumatary (SAI) 326; 3. Sanjay Boro (SAI) 326. 60m: 1. Hemant Basumatary (SAI) 342 (20); 2. Rajgovind Swansi (SSCB) 342 (18); 3. Atanu Das (SPSB) 335. Team: 1. Jharkhand 1674; 2. Maharashtra 1561; 3. Haryana 1367.

Girls: 60m: 1. Deepika Kumari (SPSB) 316; 2. Anjina Basumatari (SAI) 311; 3. Sumita Kumari (SPSB) 310. 50m: 1. Padya Sardar (Jha) 333; 2. Deepika Kumari (SPSB) 325; 3. Lavina Saluja (SPSB) 322.

Compound: Boys: 70m: 1. Arjun Rao (Jha) 344; 2. Abhyudaya Srinet (Jha) 336; 3. Ch. Jignas (AP) 329. 60m: 1. Arjun Rao (Jha) 347; 2. Ch. Jignas (AP) 340; 3. Laxman Prasad (Del) 337.

Girls: 60m: 1. Prerna Bhagat (Jha) 333; 2. Gaganjot (Pun) 330; 3. Sarikonda Jayalaxmi (Mah) 320. 50m: 1. Sarikonda Jayalaxmi (Mah) 341; 2. Harsha Bhardwaj (Jha) 338; 3. D. Sai Vaishnavi (AP) 333.

Indian round: Boys: 30m: 1. Y. Anand Kumar (SSCB) 345 (23); 2. Lalit (U.P.) 345 (21); 3. E. Binod Kumar Singh (Man) 343. 20m: 1. E. Binod Kumar Singh (Man) 348 (26); 2. N. Arjun Singh (Man) 348 (25); 3. Lalit (U.P.) 346. Overall: 1. E. Binod Kumar Singh (Man) 691 (47); 2. Lalit (U.P.) 691 (44); 3. N. Arjun Singh (Man) 689. Team: 1. Manipur 2058; 2. Assam 2022; 3. Delhi 2001.

Girls: 30m: 1. Rasmani Sardar (Jha) 340; 2. S. Jennifer (Man) 339; 3. Madho Rani (Jha) 333. 20m: 1. S. Jennifer (Man) 343; 2. O. Naobi Debi (Man) 335; 3. Madho Rani (Jha) 334.