Olympian Deepika Kumari ruled the opening day of the 34th Senior National Archery Championship at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on Monday.
The ‘golden girl’ hit bull’s eye by winning top slots in women's 70 m and 60 m in FITA round. She is also expected to shine in the 50 m and 30 m distance shooting scheduled on Tuesday.
"I am happy with my performance. I have focussed on the target and things moved right for me," Deepika said.
Deepika (333) left behind Gujarat's V Praneetha (236) and teammate Reena Kumari (319) in 70 m recurve with a score of 346. She beat teammate Asha Rani Horo (331) and Praneetha (329) , an Olympian and a former cadet of Tata Archery Academy.
Jharkhand's Jayantha Talukdar, ruled men's 70 m and 50 m recurve but successfully bagged the 30 m gold with a score of 355. He left behind Tarundeep Rai of Services Sports Control Board (354) and Hurdup Tiriya (353) Jhano Hansda won the women's compound gold in 50 with a score of 689 while Manipur's P lily Chanu picked the silver (688). Ramandeep Kaur (684) settled for the bronze.