The dominance of Jharkhand continued on the second day of the 34th National Archery Championship at JRD Tata Sports Complex as Deepika Kumari created yet another national record. She broke l Bombalya Devi’s 50 metre record of 333 out of 360 points by scoring 346 points.
V Praneetha of Gujarat was second with 332 points while Reena of Jharkhand was the 2nd runners up with 322 points. Deepika who was in line to make an overall championship record but the mistake she committed during the 30 meter round when she removed the arrows from the target before the scorers recorded the points, violating the FITA rule clause 14.2.1 and 17.1.1. Deepika lost 59 points she scored.
On the opening day Deepika wrote anew two national records in the in the 70 meters and 60 meters events of the FITA round on Monday. After day 2 Jharkhand held the top position in the medal tally with 12 including 6 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze while while Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) was in second place with 4 medals including two gold and two silver.