Assam clinched the overall championship title, garnering 14 medals including six gold, on the concluding day of the 33rd National Sub-junior archery championships at the Sree Kanteerava stadium on Saturday.
This is Assam’s third consecutive overall National Sub-junior crown after emerging winners in 2012 in Ajmer and 2011 in Dhanbad.
“We have been doing a lot of work at the grassroot level and most of these archers are from lower Assam or the Bodoland region. The SAI Centre in Kokrajhar where I have my Special Area Games (SAG) Centre is where most of them train,’’ RK Rajiv Singh, Assam’s coach explained when asked about their tremendous success rate at the Sub-junior level.
Karnataka finished their campaign with Abhiraj Singh DP and Monisha V Shankar bagging silver in the Recurve Mixed Team event as they rounded off their best ever performance with two silvers and a bronze.
Results: Boys: Compound (Elimination): Arun Kumar (UP) 1; Shahensha Biruli (Jha) 2; Hitesh Tomar (UP) 3.
Team: Compound (Elimination): SSCB, 1; Punjab, 2; Manipur, 3. Recurve (Elimination): Jemson Singh (SSCB) 1; Guru Charan (Jha) 2; Besrang Narzary (Asm) 3.
Team: Recurve (Elimination): SPSB, 1; Uttar Pradesh, 2; SSCB, 3.
Girls: Compound (Elimination): V Jyoti Surekha (AP) 1; Maselo Mehu (Arunachal) 2; Purvesha Sudhir Shende (AP) 3.
Team: Compound: Arunachal Pradesh, 1; Manipur, 2; Andhra Pradesh, 3.
Recurve (Elimination): Himani Boro (Asm) 1; Mainaw Narzary (Asm) 2; M Harathi (AP) 3.
Team: Recurve (Elimination): Assam, 1; Jharkhand, 2; Andhra Pradesh, 3.
Recurve Mixed Team: Assam, 1; Karnataka, 2; Nagaland, 3. Compound Mixed Team: Andhra Pradesh, 1; Nagaland, 2; Rajasthan, 3.
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