Ganesh wins bronze in men’s individual compound archery

Indian compound archer Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru produced a commanding performance to win men’s individual bronze medal at Asiad on Thursday.

Ganesh, who was a part of the gold-winning men’s team on Wednesday, defeated Vietnam’s Cong Duc Dang 149-144 in the bronze medal playoff after bowing out of individual gold contention with a semifinal loss.
It was perfect shooting from the 20-year-old Indian in the playoff as he was on mark in 14 out of his 15 shots.

Ganesh had lost 144-148 to Kim Jongho of South Korea in the semifinal after he could not replicate his stupendous quarterfinal form. He trailed throughout in the last-four stage and eventually went down 29-30 29-30 29-28 29-30 28-30.

Ganesh had defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chieh-Lun Chen 148-138 in the quarterfinals earlier in the day at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square here. In that match-up, Ganesh won all the five series with scores of 29-28 29-28 30-29 30-26 30-27. He shot only two 9s, in opening two series, before going on 10-hitting spree.  Chikitha missed out on hat-trick of medals after bowing out from women’s compound individual quarterfinals.

Chikitha, who won gold medals in both the women’s team and mixed team compound events on Wednesday, lost 143-144 to Indonesia’s Nurisa Dian Ashrifah in the last-eight stage.