Archery World Cup: Sana sees the other side too

Country’s top archer Ruman Sana saw the other side of the coin six weeks after producing his career best score as the national champion performed below-par to score 655 in the qualification round of Hyundai Archery World Cup (stage 2) in Shanghai, China yesterday.

Sana, who scored his career best of 681 to finish top in qualification during the Asian Cup (Stage-1) in Bangkok in March, this time finished 35th out of 99 archers in the qualification round where Hakim Ahmed Rubel finished 28th with a score of 658, four points more than what he scored in Thailand.

Tamimul Islam and Imdadul Haque Milon scored 650 and 640 points to become 47th and 68th to set up matches against Finland’s Antti Tekoniemi and England’s Patrick Huston in the first round of elimination today. Sana, who got two byes during the Bangkok competition following his top-place finish, will face 78th-ranked Ding Yiliang of China while Rubel will play against 85th-ranked Finn Matheson of New Zealand in elimination round.

Beauty Roy bettered her qualification score of Asian Cup (stage-1) competition by scoring 612 points but she had to be satisfied with a 51st-place finish out of 76 in qualification and set her elimination clash against Iran’s Rarmida Ghassemi.

Like Sana, the archers in compound event also frustrated as Ashim Kumar managed 669 points, some 22 points less than what he scored in Bangkok, to finish 60th out of 65 archers while Sushmita Banik finished 18th out of 55 competitors with a score of 681 points, four points less than what she scored in Bangkok.