Image Source : ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Para archers with AAI chief Arjun Munda (in crimson coat).
Indian compound archers did very effectively on the seventh Fazza World Ranking Tournament – Dubai 2021 on the Dubai Club for People of Determination grounds right here from Tuesday. Rakesh Kumar received the Compound Individual Gold whereas the Mixed group of Harvinder Singh and Pooja received the Gold in Recurve Mixed group.
Rakesh defeated ninth ranked archer of France in 1/eighth matches ( 142/140), within the quarter-final defeated the No 1 ranked archer Atamanenk Serhiy from Ukraine( 142 vs 137). In the semi ultimate Rakesh defeated Agyan of Turkey , ranked no 5 by 143 vs 138. In the ultimate he defeated Shyam Sunder of India ranked 2 with a rating of 143 vs 135.
In the Mixed Team Recurve occasion India ( Harvinder & Pooja) defeated within the semi Final ranked 2 Ukraine group in a tie breaker. In the finals they defeated Ranked 1 Turkey group in a tie breaker.
In the method Shyam Sunder defeated former World No. 1 in Men’s Compound Open Marcel Pavlik from Slovakia 145 vs 143 whereas Jyoti defeated Dzhioeva Anastasia of Russia.
As many as 70 archers from 11 nations are competing on this 12 months’s Championships which will even mark the return of Para Archery motion after a 12 months. Dubai had hosted the final Para Archery Championships – the sixth Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in February 2020 earlier than the Coronavirus Pandemic struck the world suspending or cancelling all sporting occasions.
This 12 months’s Championships, hosted beneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, has the participation from Algeria, France, India, Iran, Kazakhstan Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and the hosts United Arab Emirates.
Among the highest names who are in week are Iranian London 2012 Paralympic medallist Zahra Nemati, former World No. 1 in Men’s Compound Open Marcel Pavlik from Slovakia in addition to a number of Tokyo 2020 qualifiers and former champions.
While Turkey who claimed seven medals final 12 months are right here with most 14 gamers, the hosts United Arab Emirates fielded 7 gamers.
India received the best variety of medals within the Para International Tournament to this point.
Gold Medal- Recurve Mixed Team( Harvinder & Pooja), Compound Indv( Rakesh Kumar)Silver Medal – Compound Mixed Team( Shyam Sunder & Jyoti Baliyan), Compound Indv M( Shyam Sunder) & Women( Jyoti Baliyan) Mr Arjun Munda ji, President, AAI expressed happiness on their efficiency and stated that he’s hopeful of them successful medals on the Paralympics. He additionally stated that there’s possibilities of Jyoti Baliyan and Pooja qualifying on the Czech World Ranking Tournament. Pramod Chandurkar Secretary General stated that the Nationals camps are ongoing until the Paralympics and the archer will take part within the Czech republic and likewise we will be sending the group 14 days prematurely to Tokyo for acclimatisation in order that possibilities of our archers are very vibrant. Also current on the event had been Sanjeeva Singh, High Performance Director(Archery) who talked about that we are attempting to supply coaching on scientific strains to boost the group’s efficiency. Olympian Limba Ram additionally blessed the archers and motivated them to carry out higher. Team Coaches Anil Joshi and Deepak Malik had been additionally felicitated together with the archers
