On a day when almost all the Indian archers performed well, Indian men's recurve team members, excluding Jayanta Talukdar, failed to live up to expectations on the opening day of the four-day Asian Grand Prix archery tournament at Bangkok on Thursday.
The results: Qualifying round: Men's recurve: 4. Jayanta Talukdar 665 points, 11. Mangal Singh Champia 659, 30. Thupuvoyi Swuro 647, 40. Rahul Banerjee 638. Team: 1. Korea 2001, 2. Malaysia 1989, 3. India (Jayanta, Mangal and Thupuvoyi) 1972. Women: 4. L. Bombayla Devi 646 points, 8. Deepika Kumari 644, 9. Chekrovolu Swuro 642, 19. Rimil Buriuly 624. Team: 1. India (Bombayla, Deepika and Chekrovolu) 1932 points, 2. France 1931, 3. China 1929.
Men's compound: 1. Rajat Chauhan 695 points, 2. 2. Ch. Jignas 695, 3. Ritul Chatterjee 693, 7. Chinna Raju Srither 684. Team: India (Rajat, Jignas, Ritul) 2083 points, 2. Vietnam 2039, 3. Thailand 2025. Women: 3. Jhano Hansdah 675 points, 4. Manjudha Soy 673, 5. Gagandeep Kaur 670, 7. Parveena 665. Team: 1. Malaysia 2019 points, 2. India (Jhano, Manjudha, Gagandeep) 2018, 3. Thailand 1968.
