Get all the major updates, scores and results from Indian sports on July 22.
GOLF
Diksha tied-19th as La Sella is cut to three rounds
India’s Diksha Dagar was Tied-19th after the completion of the first round as the La Sella Open was reduced to 54 holes due to inclement weather.
Dagar shot 2-under 70 in the first round as the tournament was shortened to three rounds to accommodate the storm delays. Among other Indians, Amandeep Drall (73) was T-54 while Vani Kapoor and Ridhima Dilawari, with 74 each, were T-69, needing solid second rounds to make the third and final round.
The third and final round will take place on Sunday following the cut of the top 60 players and ties.
- PTI
TENNIS
Sohini wins junior girls title
Sohini Mohanty beat Riya Sachdeva 6-1, 6-2 to win the girls title in the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Saturday.
Manish Yadav won the boys title.
THE RESULTS (FINALS)
- Kamesh Srinivasan
SHOOTING
Indians pick up two more bronze medals at World Junior C’ship
The Indian squad bagged two bronze medals in the 25-metre standard pistol team events in the Junior World Championship in Changwon, Korea, on Saturday.
Individually, the shooters could not fare better than the ninth spot in the men’s event and the 13th place in the women’s competition, which figures in the non-Olympic category.
India remains second on the medal table with four gold, five silver and five bronze. China is first with 12 gold, nine silver, and five bronze medals.
Host Korea is breathing down its neck with three gold, six silver, and six bronze medals.
In the men’s trap, Shapath Bharadwaj (94), Bakhtyaruddin Malek (93), and Shardul Vihan (93) were in a good position after four of the five rounds, staking their claim for a berth in the final.
In the women’s trap, Aashima Ahlawat (88), Preeti Rajak (87), Bhavya Tripathi (87), and Sabeera Haris (86) have a reasonable chance, provided they shoot strong in the fifth and final round of qualification.
THE RESULTS
25m standard pistol
- Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
Lebanon national championship: Kishore Jena, Annu Rani win javelin throw gold
Indian javelin throwers dominated the Lebanon national championship held in Beirut on Friday.
Kishore Jena, who threw 78.96m, won gold in the men’s event and was followed by his compatriot Shivpal, who won silver with a throw of 73.34m.
Annu Rani (55.32m) won gold in the women’s event.
- Team Sportstar
Para-Archery
Indian compound archers Sarita and Rakesh Kumar gave a fine performance to claim the country’s first-ever gold medal in the World Archery Para Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on Saturday.
The duo claimed the mixed team world title, while 16-year-old armless archer Sheetal Devi bagged the compound women’s individual silver. Sarita bagged a second medal when she took the women’s team bronze with Jyoti.
The country’s previous best showing was two silver medals – by Pooja in recurve individual event and Shyam Sundar Swami and Jyoti in compound mixed team – in Dubai last year.
Sarita and Rakesh defeated Brazil’s Jane Gogel and Reinaldo Ferreira 152-146 in the final. The match began with both sides sharing honours (37-37) in the first end. The Indians showed consistency to take the next three ends 37-36, 39-38, 39-35.
Sheetal, who shoots with her foot, gave a tough fight before losing 138-140 to defending champion Oznur Cure of Turkey. The teenager took a 29-27 lead before Oznur rallied to level the scores in the second end and took a one-point lead in the third.
The fourth end, in which Sheetal scored three 9s against Oznur’s three 10s, proved decisive as it gave the Turkish archer a four-point cushion.
Sheetal won the final end 29-27, but lost the final.
Sarita and Jyoti beat the Iranian pair of Farzaneh Asgari and Maryam Yavarpoor Shahrbabaki 147-142 to win the compound women’s team bronze. But Sarita could not get a third medal as she lost 139-142 to Jane in the individual bronze medal contest.
- YB Sarangi
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