Asian championships – The Hindu

Promising archers Yashdeep Bhoge and Deepshikha topped recurve men’s and compound women’s charts respectively in the qualification round of the Asian archery championships in Dhaka on Sunday.

Olympian couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari overcame the lack of training to shoot decent scores.

V. Jyothi Surekha was placed third as four Indians finished inside the top five in compound women’s individual rankings.

The results (qualification round): Recurve: Individual: Men: Yashdeep Bhoge (1st, 687), Atanu Das (7th, 668), Rahul (11th, 666), B. Dhiraj (13th, 665); Women: Anshika Kumari (5th, 660), Ankita Bhakat (9th, 655), Sangeeta (11th, 649), Deepika Kumari (12th, 649); Team: India: Men’s team (2^nd, 2021), Women’s team (2nd, 1964), Mixed team (2nd, 1347).

Compound: Individual: Men: Abhishek Verma (2nd, 712), Sahil Jadhav (4th, 709), Prathamesh Fuge (6th, 707), Prathamesh Jawkar (11th, 704); Women: Deepshikha (1st, 705), V. Jyothi Surekha (3rd, 703), Prithika Pradeep (4th, 702), Chikitha Taniparthi (5th, 701); Team: India: Men (2nd, 2128), Women (1^st, 2110), Mixed (2nd, 1417).