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The Hindu
12 hours ago
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- The Hindu
Indian sports wrap, June 20: Indian archers bag two individual gold medals; Saptak Talwar off to steady start in Hotel Planner Tour
ARCHERY Indian archers bag two individual gold Indian compound archers bagged two individual gold medals at the Asia Cup Leg-2 in Singapore on Friday. Tejal Salve defeated compatriot Shanmukhi Naga Sai Budde 146-144 to claim the women's title, while Kushal Dalal beat Australian Joshua Mahon 149-143 for the men's crown. Sachin Chechi secured the compound men's bronze. Indians lost in five team finals to take silver medals. THE RESULTS Compound Individual Men: Gold: Kushal Dalal bt Joshua Mahon (Aus) 149-143; Bronze: Sachin Chechi bt Himu Bachhar (Ban) 148-146. Women: Gold: Tejal Salve bt Shanmukhi Naga Sai Budde 146-144. Team: Gold: Men: Kazakhstan bt India 235-231; Women: Malaysia bt India 232-232 (shoot-off 29-26); Mixed: Kazakhstan bt India 155-153. Recurve Gold: Men: Japan bt India 6-0; Mixed: Indonesia bt India 6-0. -Team Sportstar GOLF Saptak on tied 18 with 1-under 69 on Hotel Planner Tour Saptak Talwar started his week at the Golf Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre with a steady round of 1-under 69 to place himself at tied 18 in the standings at the Blot Play9 in Brittany. Talwar has been playing as many events as possible on the Hotel Planner Tour, the second rung of the DP World Tour, and has had modest results but has made seven cuts in nine previous starts. His best finish has been T-37 in the UAE Challenge. Talwar began his round on the front nine and had two bogeys against one birdie by the turn of the round. On the back nine he picked up the pace and picked up shots on the 11th and 14th holes to close the day at one under. -PTI Ajeetesh plays steady first round, lies 13th in Morocco India's Ajeetesh Sandhu started his week at the Morocco Rising Stars event with a bogey-free round of 4-under 68 and was tied 13th after the first day. Sandhu began his day at the Samanah Golf Club on the front nine and had only one birdie on the first nine holes. On the back nine, Sandhu made birdies on the 12th and 16th holes before ending his day with his fourth birdie on the 18th hole. There are a total of eight Indians taking part this week including Sandhu. The others included Karandeep Kochhar (70) at T-26th, Khalin Joshi (71) at T-32, Arjun Sharma (72) at T063. The remaining Indians—Rahil Gangjee (74) at T-78, S. Chikkarangappa (75) and Aman Raj (75) and T-93 and Pukhraj Singh Gill (76) at T-106—will need to to pick up the pace if they hope to make cut. -PTI Disappointing start by Aditi Ashok Indian golfer Aditi Ashok endured another rough start at a Major as she began the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Fields Ranch East with a disappointing 9-over 81 that had no birdies. Almost sure to miss the cut unless she shoots a very low second round, she was lying tied 135th and the projected cut is around 3-over. Aditi had six bogeys and one triple bogey. -PTI Rayhan Thomas shoots 64 to lie seventh Rayhan Thomas equalled his best first round score of the season with a 6-under 64 and was tied seventh at the end of the first day of the Wichita Open. Rayhan, who had a top-10 in his second start of the season in Bahamas in January, has had a rough run since then. In 12 starts since that week in the Bahamas, Rayhan has missed eight cuts and withdrawn once. Last week at the BMW Charity Open, he showed signs of a revival with three of his four rounds in 60s and finished T-42. Rayhan, starting on the tenth, had four birdies in the first six holes. He added two more on his second nine on the second and the third and added a final birdie on the ninth. His sole bogey was on the sixth, his 15th hole of the day. -PTI
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
India's junior compound archers break U-21 world records, reach individual finals at Asia Cup Leg 2
Indian compound archers set two under-21 World records in the qualification round of the Asia Cup Leg-2 in Singapore on Tuesday. The women's team, comprising Shanmukhi Naga Sai, Tejal Salve and Tanishka Nilkumar, scored 2101 to better the previous mark of 2076 set by Indian archers two years ago. Shanmukhi and Kushal Dalal, who topped women's and men's individual rankings with 706 and 714 points respectively, totalled 1420 to help India rewrite the record (1419) held by the USA since last year. In the individual events, Indians made it to both the men's and women's finals. Top seed Kushal booked his place in the men's individual compound final after a solid 147-143 win over Himu Bachhar of Bangladesh in the semifinals, confirming at least a silver medal. Meanwhile, India's 10th seed Sachin Chechi lost his semifinal to Australia's Joshua Machon and will face Bachhar in the bronze medal match. In the women's individual compound section, India is assured of a gold and silver as top-seeded Shanmukhi and second seed Tejal Salve will clash in an all-Indian final. Shanmukhi defeated Indonesia's Yurike Nina Bonita Pereira 145-139 in the semifinals, while Tejal, who shot 700 in qualification, overcame Malaysia's Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh 147-142 to set up the title clash. (With PTI inputs) Related Topics Archery
