Three Indians to fight in finals of Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship
In Compound Men Individual category, Abhishek will fight for Gold with Esmaeil Ebadi of Iran, while Sandeep Kumar will pose a challenge to Dehchai Thepchai of Thailand for the Bronze Medal. L Bombayla Devi will face Kaori Kawanaka of Japan in Recurve Women Individual Bronze Medal match.
Three Indian Archers -- Abhishek Verma, Sandeep Kumar and L Bombayla Devi, will vie for honours in the finals on the concluding day of the first Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship in Bangkok on Friday.
In Compound Men Individual category, Abhishek will fight for Gold with Esmaeil Ebadi of Iran, while Sandeep Kumar will pose a challenge to Dehchai Thepchai of Thailand for the Bronze Medal, Archery Association of India president, Vijay Kumar Malhotra said in a statement.
L Bombayla Devi will face Kaori Kawanaka of Japan in Recurve Women Individual Bronze Medal match. Abhishek scored 150 out of 150 possible points twice in a day against two of his contenders in elimination rounds.
He also got top rank with 708 points out of 720 despite blustery conditions in a ranking round held on March 12th.