Kolkata:
Despite having three world class archers in Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia, India will not contest the men's recurve final of the fourth Asian Grand Prix archery tournament.
Only Vishwash will figure in the bronze medal play-off on Saturday as the Indian bigwigs faltered in the day's proceedings at the SAI Eastern India Complex on Friday.
India, however, managed to have four archers in the finals of the other events at the end of the penultimate day today.
After the men performed poorly in the recurve section this morning, the women managed to lift the spirits in the afternoon session with awesome display in the recurve section. Rimil Buriuly and Laxmi Rani Majhi will contest the final while Olympians Dola Banerjee and Vardhineni Pranitha will face off in the bronze medal play-off.
Chungda Sherpa made the men's compound final and will come up against Ali Majazidalfard of Iran. National champion C Srither will challenge Tim Keppie of Scotland for the bronze medal.
Manjudha Soy will take on Tracy McGowan of Scotland in the women's compound final.
Two Indians Namita Yadav and Bheigyabati Chanu will meet in the bronze medal game.
Wheel-chair bound Ebrahim Ranjbar of Iran will be up against Mohammad Sajjad Hossain of Bangladesh in the men's recurve final.
In a historic day, Bangladesh for the first time managed to place an archer in the final of Grand Prix event.
Top seed Champia lost in the third round to Mark Forrester of Scotland 108-112 and second seed Rahul Banerjee bowed to 10th ranked Hossain 106-107 in the quarterfinals. Third seed Tarundeep Rai went down to 14th-ranked Simon Needham of Scotland 108-109 in the third round and fourth seed Jayanta Talukdar was ousted by Ranjbar 103-108 in the quarterfinals.
Fifth seed Muni Ram Tirkey lost to Ranjbar in the third round 110-113 and sixth seed Vishwash lost to Hossain in the semifinals after both were tied at 108-108. In the one-arrow shoot off, the Indian shot an 8 and the Bangladeshi hit a 10.
Seventh-ranked K Shiv Shankar was eliminated by Hossain in the third round by 107-109 and ninth-ranked Bul Bul Marandi lost to eighth-ranked Mohammad Emdadul Haque Milonof from Bangladesh by 105-111 in the third round.
The team finals will be held on the morning session, while in the afternoon individual finals will take place tomorrow.
Only Vishwash will figure in the bronze medal play-off on Saturday as the Indian bigwigs faltered in the day's proceedings at the SAI Eastern India Complex on Friday.
India, however, managed to have four archers in the finals of the other events at the end of the penultimate day today.
After the men performed poorly in the recurve section this morning, the women managed to lift the spirits in the afternoon session with awesome display in the recurve section. Rimil Buriuly and Laxmi Rani Majhi will contest the final while Olympians Dola Banerjee and Vardhineni Pranitha will face off in the bronze medal play-off.
Chungda Sherpa made the men's compound final and will come up against Ali Majazidalfard of Iran. National champion C Srither will challenge Tim Keppie of Scotland for the bronze medal.
Manjudha Soy will take on Tracy McGowan of Scotland in the women's compound final.
Two Indians Namita Yadav and Bheigyabati Chanu will meet in the bronze medal game.
Wheel-chair bound Ebrahim Ranjbar of Iran will be up against Mohammad Sajjad Hossain of Bangladesh in the men's recurve final.
In a historic day, Bangladesh for the first time managed to place an archer in the final of Grand Prix event.
Top seed Champia lost in the third round to Mark Forrester of Scotland 108-112 and second seed Rahul Banerjee bowed to 10th ranked Hossain 106-107 in the quarterfinals. Third seed Tarundeep Rai went down to 14th-ranked Simon Needham of Scotland 108-109 in the third round and fourth seed Jayanta Talukdar was ousted by Ranjbar 103-108 in the quarterfinals.
Fifth seed Muni Ram Tirkey lost to Ranjbar in the third round 110-113 and sixth seed Vishwash lost to Hossain in the semifinals after both were tied at 108-108. In the one-arrow shoot off, the Indian shot an 8 and the Bangladeshi hit a 10.
Seventh-ranked K Shiv Shankar was eliminated by Hossain in the third round by 107-109 and ninth-ranked Bul Bul Marandi lost to eighth-ranked Mohammad Emdadul Haque Milonof from Bangladesh by 105-111 in the third round.
The team finals will be held on the morning session, while in the afternoon individual finals will take place tomorrow.
