Women win Mexico’s first-ever medals in Olympic archery
August 3rd, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/EFE) Mexico ended its medal drought in Olympic archery here Thursday with a double triumph for Aida Roman and Mariana Avitia, who came away with the silver ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Deepika’s loss completes dismal India show (Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) India's disastrous campaign in the London Olympics archery competitions came to an unceremonious end with world No.1 Deepika Kumari suffering a shock defeat in the opening ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Banerjee shoots a rare win for India (Second Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Rahul Banerjee secured a rare win for India in the Olympic archery individual event after his teammates Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro were eliminated from the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Jayanta, Swuro miss mark (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro lost to their respective American opponents in contrasting fashion to exit the archery individual event at the London Olympics here Tuesday.Talukdar ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Talukdar is another Indian casualty
July 31st, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Indian archer Jayanta Talukdar got a 0-6 hammering from America's Jacob Wukie in the opening men's individual elimination round at the London Olympics here Tuesday.The archers' ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Bombayala bows out of individual event
July 30th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Indian archer Laishram Bombayala Devi lost her round-of-32 match against Mexico's Aida Roman 2-6 to bow out of the London Olympics here Monday.Though Bombayala edged out ... Read more...
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South Korea win 7th straight Olympic archery gold
July 30th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South Korea won its seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal in the women's team archery competition Sunday, beating China in a rainy final.Ki Bo-Bae shot the ... Read more...
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Olympic Archery: Indian women upstaged by Denmark
July 29th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the archery team event at the Olympics ended Sunday when the women lost to Denmark in the Elimination round at Lord's.The World ... Read more...
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Italy beat US to take first Olympic archery gold
July 29th, 2012 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italy took their first medal of the London Olympics Saturday, beating the US 219-218 in a nail-biting men's archery final at the Lord's cricket stadium.On ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men bow out after tense finish (Roundup)
July 28th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian men failed to hold their nerves in crunch situations after a sound start to lose to Japan in the tie-breaker and bow out of the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men crash out (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian archers failed to hold their nerves in crunch situations after a sound start to lose to Japan in the tie-breaker and bow out of the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men’s team knocked out
July 28th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian archers bowed out of the men's team event at the London Olympics after losing to Japan in the tie-breaker here Saturday.Both teams were tied at ... Read more...
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‘Blind’ archer helps set Olympics’ first world record (Lead)
July 27th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) World records started to tumble even before the opening ceremony of the London Olympics Friday, with a legally blind South Korean archer the star.Im Dong-Hyun ... Read more...
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Champia loses in the pre-quarterfinal (Lead)
August 13th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) Archer Mangal Singh Champia, who raised India's hopes with a brilliant performance in the qualification round, caused a heartbreak losing in a close finish to lower ... Read more...
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Indian archer Champia out of Olympics
August 13th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) India's campaign in archery came to an end with Mangal Singh Champa losing to Russia's Bair Badenov 108-109 in the pre-quarterfinal of the men's individual competition here Wednesday. ... Read more...
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