19-Jul-2009 96
Deepika Kumari of India has won the cadet recurve women’s gold medal to emerge truly as the World Champion. Sanjay Boro too won the bronze medal play-off to occupy No. 3 position in the cadet recurve men’s event of the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden (Utah) in the U.S. on Sunday.
This was the second time that India was winning a World title in archery. Palton Hansda won it for the first time in 2006 at Merida (Mexico) by winning the junior compound individual gold medal in the ninth edition of the world championship.
Dola Banerjee too emerged the champion of the World Cup in 2007 but winning the title at the World Championship was the greatest honour for Deepika.
Deepika, a tribal lass from Jharkhand, and a product of Tata Archery Academy at Jamshedpur, was consistent throughout the championship. The fourth-seeded Indian had scored 115 out of 120 in the quarterfinals, 112 in the semifinals and in the final she shot 115 points to beat her 10th ranked Russian opponent Sayana Tsyrempilova, who managed 109.
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