Parneet Kaur of Punjab winning the compound women’s individual event at the 44th National Archery Championship at Jamshedpur on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
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Compound archer Parneet Kaur displayed her brilliance to claim two gold medals and a bronze in the National archery championships at the Gopal Maidan here on Thursday.
Parneet, a women’s team gold medallist in the World championships and Asian Games, shot good scores to help Punjab, also comprising Avneet Kaur and Asmat, take the women’s bronze medal. She also secured the mixed team gold with Uday Kamboj and her maiden individual crown to record her best showing.
Even as individual finals were shifted to different targets at the last moment to finish the action before sunset, the 19-year-old maintained her focus and scored perfect 30s in first and third ends while beating Srishti Singh 146-142 in the final.
“I stay prepared for challenges. Happy with my performance,” said Parneet, the ranking round topper.
Abhishek Verma of Delhi, right, in a lighter moment after beating Uday Kamboj of Punjab in compound men’s final at the 44th National Archery Championship at Jamshedpur on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
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Even without proper warm-up, Abhishek Verma scored 30s in the last two ends to defeat Kamboj 147-145 for the men’s individual gold.
In recurve, Paris Olympics team-mates Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat survived a shoot-off apiece to set up a women’s individual summit clash.
B. Dhiraj reached the men’s final, while top-ranked Neeraj Chauhan and Atanu Das got eliminated prior to the quarterfinals.
The results: Recurve: Individual: Semifinals: Men: Divyansh Chaudhary (Har) bt Atul Verma (Utk) 7-1, B. Dhiraj (SSCB) bt Chingakham Achanba Singh (Aru) 7-1.
Women: Ankita Bhakat (Jha) bt Bhargavi Bhagora (Guj) 7-6 (shoot-off: 9*-9), Deepika Kumari (PSPB) bt Simranjeet Kaur (Pun) 6-4.
Prathamesh Fuge, Tejbeer Jahagerdar and Sahil Jadhav of Maharashtra after winning the compound men’s team event at the 44th National Archery Championship at Jamshedpur on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
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Compound: Individual: Men: Gold: Abhishek Verma (Del) bt Uday Kamboj (Pun) 147-145. Bronze: Aman Saini (Del) bt Simranjot Singh (Rlys) 147-145.
Women: Gold: Parneet Kaur (Pun) bt Srishti Singh (MP) 146-142; Bronze: Jasveer Kaur (Rlys) bt Swati Dudhwal (Raj) 147-146.
Team: Men: Gold: Maharashtra bt SSCB 235-231; Bronze: Haryana bt Punjab 237-235
Women: Gold: Maharashtra bt Rajasthan 234-220; Bronze: Punjab bt Railways 228-226.
Mixed: Gold: Punjab bt Maharashtra 158-156; Bronze: Rajasthan bt Manipur 157-155.
Published – December 19, 2024 07:35 pm IST
