Deepika, Priyank in quarters
Kolkata: India's hope for a medal in the individual section went up in smoke as Deepika Kumari and Priyank made quarterfinal exits in the Archery World Cup Stage 4 at Wroclaw, Poland today. According to information received here, rookie Priyank had a dream run before being overpowered by Korean heavyweight Jae Wang Jin by 4-6 margin in the recurve men's individual event. Both archers were locked 4-4 before the Korean wrapped the issue winning the decider by 29-26 margin to enter semis. Priyank, who had qualified as 21st seed, had earlier stunned fifth seed Thomas Aubert of France in the pre-quarters. India's best medal hope Deepika on the other hand succumbed meekly to Korean top seed Ok Hee Yun 2-6 to bow out of the recurve women's individual event.
Medals for track & field athletes
Nanjing: Anjana Dhavalu Thamake clinched the third gold for India by winning the girl's 800m race on the concluding day of the track and field events in the second Asian Youth Games here on Thursday. Rochelle Macfarlane Maria picked up a silver in girl's triple jump to end India's controversy-marred track and field campaign on a high. 18 Indian track and field athletes were thrown out of the Games due to overage. Thamake clocked a personal best of two minutes 11.47 seconds to bag the gold ahead of Savinder Kaur (2:14.14) of Malaysia and Sri lanka's K Dilhani Fernando (2:15.72).
IWF officials’ bizzare claim
New Delhi: Bizarre it may sound but Indian officials on Thursday claimed that the four weightlifters disqualified from the Nanjing Youth Asian Games were allowed to take part in their respective events and only their results were not considered for medals. A top Indian Weightlifting Federation source said that the four lifters even received the certificates of participation. "The four lifters who were disqualified took part in their events and lifted weights but their results were not considered for medals. It's strange but that was the case," the official said.
Bhullar to defend Macau title
Macau: Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar on Thursday said he will return in October here to defend his Venetian Macau Open title, which he won in emphatic style last year. "I have great memories of my win last year in Macau. I played consistently well throughout the four days and managed to hold off some really big names, which gave me a lot of confidence. I have every reason to believe I can repeat what I accomplished last year. I am looking forward to the challenge," Bhullar said.
Sourav, joshna in title round
Jaipur: Top seed and world No 20 Saurav Ghoshal will take on promising Mahesh Mangaonkar in the men's final while Joshna Chinappa will meet Aparajita in the summit clash for women at the 61st National Senior Squash Championship. In the semi-final clash in the men's section Saurav Ghoshal got the better of fighting Ravi Dixit 11-9, 11-5, 11-8 while third seed Mahesh Mangaonkar toppled second seed Harinder Pal Singh 11-2, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9 to set up the title clash. The women's section semi-finals were one-sided affair and top seed Joshna Chinappa asserted her class by subduing Janet Vidhi 11-3, 11-7, 11-4. PNS/Agencies