Patiala’s Sangampreet leads in archery, PU’s Kajal defeats Simranjeet in fencing
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 22
World Junior Championships team medallist Sangampreet Bisla from the Punjabi University (Patiala) shot 704 points to lead the men’s team compound ranking on the opening day of the inaugural Khelo India University Games in Bhubaneswar today.
The girls’ trio from the Punjabi University claimed the top rank in the compound competition by losing to a mere point from Guru Nanak Dev University (Amritsar). Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyala pair of Muskan Kirar (695 points) and Raginee Marko (693) took the top two slots in individual qualification.
World recurve cadet champion Komolika Bari from Kolhan University (Chaibasa) shot 665 points to lead women’s recurve qualification, whereas the host University, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, topped the boys recurve team ranking with a solid collective showing by Suryamani Majhi, Ranjit Nayak and Sraban Kumar Mandagi. Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati University’s Satyam Patil and Gaurav Lambe topped individual qualification with 660 points and 659 points.
Kajal in fencing final
Panjab University’s Kajal and Riya Bakshi of the Cluster University (Jammu) secured identical 15-8 victories in the women’s foil semifinals against Simranjeet Kaur (Punjabi University) and Kusum (Panjab University), respectively. Meanwhile, in the Saber semifinals, Panjab University’s Sanya defeated Anitha Karunakaran of Punjabi University 15-10 to march ahead in the final.
Linthoi Haobam (Manipur University) pulled off a 15-14 win against Chhavi Kohli (Punjabi University) in the women’s Epee semifinal to settle for a bout against Jyotika Dutta of Guru Nanak Dev University and Guru Nanak Dev University’s Jagmeet Kaur defeated Alka V Sunny of Kannur University 15-14. Angal Adiya (Sikkim University) had to hold his nerve before emerging a 15-13 winner against Sehajpreet Singh of Guru Nanak Dev University.
In the men’s Saber semifinals Punjabi University’s Mandeep Singh posted a comfortable 15-9 victory over Abhijit Santhosh of Mahatma Gandhi University (Kottayam) to earn a shot at the gold medal.
Lovely Professional University’s Lenin Meetei Athokpam and Guru Nanak Dev University’s Udaivir Singh will clash for the men’s Epee gold. The men’s Foil final will see Tushar Raosaheb Aheer of Dr BR Ambedkar University (Aurangabad) take on Tariq Hussain of Guru Nanak Dev University.
