Parneet shines with two gold, one bronze; Verma bags men’s crown

JAMSHEDPUR, Dec 19: Punjab teenager Parneet Kaur dominated the compound events, clinching two gold and one bronze in the women’s section of the Archery Senior National here on Thursday.
The 19-year-old World Championship and Asian Games team gold medalist became the National champion, defeating Madhya Pradesh’s Srishti Singh 146-142.
She then teamed up with state-mate Uday Kamboj to reign supreme in the mixed team event where they beat Maharashtra 158-156.Parneet also ended up with a bronze when the Punjab team also comprising Avneet Kaur and Asmat got the better of Railways 228-226.Multiple World Cup gold medalist Abhishek Verma reigned supreme in the men’s section defeating Kamboj 147-145. Aman Saini of Delhi took the bronze.Maharashtra won the team gold defeating Services 235-231.Meanwhile in recurve section, Divyansh Chaudhary (Haryana) will fight it out with Olympian Dhiraj Bommadevara (Services) for the men’s crown on Friday.Four-time Olympian Deepika Kumari, representing PSPB, will battle against Kolkata archer Ankita Bhakat who represents Jharkhand for the senior women’s title.
Results
Recurve (all semis), Men’s Individual: Divyansh Chaudhary (Har) b Atul Verma (Utk) 7-1, Bommadevara Dhiraj (SSCB) b Chingakham Achanba Singh (Aru) 7-1; Women’s Individual: Ankita Bhakat (Jha) b Bhargavi Bhagora (Guj) 7-6 (9*-9), Deepika Kumari (PSPB) b Simranjeet Kaur (Pun) 6-4.
Compound (all finals), Men’s Individual: Abhishek Verma (Del) b Uday Kamboj (Pun) 147-145; Bronze playoff: Aman Saini (Del) b Simranjot Singh (Rlys) 147-145; Women’s Individual: Gold: Parneet Kaur (Pun) b Srishti Singh (MP) 146-142; Bronze playoff: Jasveer Kaur (Rlys) b Swati Dudhwal (Raj) 147-146.
Men’s Team: Maharashtra b SSCB 235-231; Bronze playoff: Har b Punjab 237-235; Women: Mah b Raj234-220; Bronze playoff: Punjab b Railways 228-226 Mixed Team: Punjab b Mah 158-156; Bronze playoff: Raj b Manipur 157-155. (PTI)