Delhi lad Priyansh shot well under pressure to emerge as the compound men’s individual champion in the National archery championships at the M.A. Stadium in Jammu on Saturday.
The 19-year-old, placed 20th in the rankings with 696, beat a formidable Prathamesh Fuge 150-149 in the semifinals and got the better of C. Srither in the final via a sensational shoot-off.
Priyansh and Srither scored an identical 144. Both hit the ‘X’ in the shoot-off, but Priyansh was declared the winner as his arrow was closer to the centre.
World championships medallist V. Jyothi Surekha defeated seasoned archer Trisha Deb 148-143 in the last four before getting past the young Priya Gurjar 146-143 in the final to retain the women’s individual gold medal.
The Delhi pair of Abhishek Verma and Aishwarya Sharma beat Maharashtra’s Prathamesh Jawkar and Aditi Swami 156-154 in the mixed team title clash.
The results:
Compound: Individual: Men: Final: Priyansh (Del) bt C. Srither (Aru) 144-144 (10*-10); Third place: Prathamesh Fuge (Mah) bt K. Venkatadri (AP) 147-147 (10-9).
Women: Final: V. Jyothi Surekha (PSPB) bt Priya Gurjar (Raj) 146-143; Third place: Avneet Kaur (Pun) bt Trisha Deb (RSPB) 143-142.
Team: Mixed: Final: Delhi bt Maharashtra 156-154; Third place: Punjab bt Madhya Pradesh 156-153.
