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Indian archers in World Cup final

Source:PTI
May 08, 2009

The Indian men's recurve archery team of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia on Friday downed Italy to reach the final and put India in line for yet another gold medal in the World Cup Stage 2 at Porec, in Croatia.

India will face Russian Federation in the gold medal match on Saturday.

The Indian outfit had no problem in thrashing Slovakia 224-193 in the first round and they followed it up by taming the United States 227-218 in the quarter-finals.

Carrying on the momentum, India then beat Italy who had Athens Olympics gold medallist Marco Galiazzo 225-220.

Galiazzo, incidentally, is Talukdar's final opponent in the individual event.

Last month, the trio of Talukdar, Banerjee and Champia had won India the men's recurve team gold medal in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

The Indian women's recurve side was not much behind, with Bombayla Devi, Rimil Buriuly and Dola Banerjee, making the bronze medal play-off against Ukraine.

The women's side, ranked ninth, had a tough outing in the first round against eighth-ranked Great Britain.

The two teams were locked 217-217 before the Indians prevailed in the tie-breaker 28-23. Getting a fillip from the win, Indian eves upset top seed Italy in the quarter finals 217-212.

However, their joy didn't last longer as they were beaten by fourth ranked France 206-209 in the semi-finals. In the third place play-off, they would take on Ukraine.

Source: PTI
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