Manipur girls land top honours in archery

Manipur girls dominated the individual and team championships, grabbing the gold medals in the 34th National Games' archery competition at the JRD Tata Sports complex here on Tuesday.

While the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) won the men's team championship, Assam clinched the gold in the men's individual event.

K Prabhahini Devi of Manipur won three straight sets and gathered six points to claim the first place while host Jharkhand's Jayalaxmi Laguri finished second with four set points win. She had to be satisfied with a silver medal.

Th Ishembi Devi of Manipur bagged bronze. Manipur archers also won bronze medals in the men and women's individual as well as men's team championship.

The Manipur team- comprising of Th Ishembi Devi, K Prabhahini Devi, M Sanjita Devi and S Nirmala Devi- scored a total 212 points to be first in the team championship while the Assam combination of Kamini Boro, Pallabi Boro, Anima Basumatary and Anjali Brahma scored 184 points to grab the silver.

Jharkhand archers Tulsi Hembrom, Sukhmati Purty, Lakhi Mandal and Layalaxmi finished third.

In the men's team event, SSCB archers A Suraj Singh, Sunil Oraon, P G Mandal and Vikram Singh maintained the lead from the beginning before they wrapped up with 217 points to claim the gold medal.

SSCB was followed by Tripura, who had total 207 points, and Manipur 206.