Manu wins silver, men’s hockey team in semis
Indian shooter partners Tajikistan’s Behzan Fayzullaev to take 10m air pistol mixed international team medal
BUENOS AIRES: Young shooting sensation Manu Bhaker became the second Indian after judoka Tababi Devi to win two medals at the Youth Olympic Games after winning a silver while the men’s hockey team moved to the semi-finals with a 4-2 win over Poland on Friday.
In a unique format, Manu combined with Tajikistan’s Behzan Fayzullaev in the 10m air pistol mixed international and settled for a silver after losing the gold medal match 3-10 to Germany’s Vanessa Seeger and Bulgaria’s Kiril Kirov.
The India-tajik pair had on Thursday come through qualification with a score of 751. They then beat an Egyptian-thai pair 10-4 in the round of 16 at the Parque Polideportivo Roca shooting range in the Argentine capital.
They beat a pair from Lithuania and Moldova 10-8 in the quarter-finals and then overcame Andria Ibarra of Mexico and Dymtro Honta of Ukraine 10-3 in the semi-finals.
The German-bulgarian pair however started strong in the finals and was 3-0 ahead at one stage before winning 10-3 to emerge champions.
According to the format, the gold medal winner of the individual event is paired with the athlete who finished 20th in the final.
On the hockey turf, Shivam Anand (1st, 8th minutes) sounded the board twice while Maninder Singh (3rd) and Sanjay (17th) were the other goal scorers for India in the quarterfinals of Hockey 5s competition on Thursday.
The Indian women’s hockey 5s team beat South Africa 5-2 in their final Pool A encounter to advance to the quarter-finals.
LAKSHYA ENTERS BADMINTON FINAL
Title favourite Lakshya Sen recovered from a game deficit to beat Kodai Naraoka of Japan to enter the final of men’s singles badminton.
Sen, the reigning Asian junior champion, lost the first game 14-21 but came back to beat Naraoka in the next two to pocket the semifinal match Thursday night. The Indian levelled the match by winning the second game 21-15. The Indian, seeded fourth in this event, almost blew two massive leads in the decider before winning 24-22.
BOMBAY GYMKHANA HANDICAP BILLIARDS
Results: Group A: Siddharth Parikh (Rly, -525) beat Amit Sapru (Park Club, -165) 725-306; Group B: Rishabh Kumar (Bombay Gym, -225) beat Ghulam Vahanvati (Bombay Gym, -20) 425-189; Dhruv Sitwala (Hindu Gym, -525) beat Murali Krishna (Rly, -140) 725-279; Group C: Rayaan Razmi (Elphinstone CC, 135) beat Loukic Pathare (Chembur Gym, -275) 335133(275); Devendra Joshi (Hindu Gym, -475) beat Pranay More (MHC, -60) 675-65; Group D: Nalin Patel (Bombay Gym, -475) beat Kreishh Gurbaxani (Khar Gym, -240) 675-266; Raj Khandwala (CCI, -140) beat Vishal Madan (Chembur Gym, -375) 340124(375); Group E: Shekhar Surve (Rly, -130) beat Arun Agrawal (Matunga Gym, -425) 330-181(425); Rishabh Thakkar (Otters, -375) beat Dharmesh Mistry (MCF, -100) 575-203; Group F: Sagar Desai (NSCI, -70) beat Rohan Jambusaria (MCF, -375) 270-88(375)