Date:20/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/20/stories/2006102008062100.htm

Sport - Archery

Eight Indians in last eight

KOLKATA: Eight Indians reached the quarterfinals in the individual elimination round of the ninth junior and third cadet World outdoor archery championships at Merida, Mexico.

Prabhat Kandir (recurve junior men), Pratima Bora and Pranitha Vardhineni (both recurve cadet women), Palton Hansda and Santosh Tamang (compound junior men), Sweety Kumari (compound

junior women) and Renso Purty (compound cadet men) advanced with facile wins.

Kandir will meet Sungwoo Shin of Korea, Pratima will take on Dellie Threesyadinda of Indonesia, Pranitha will clash with Beverley Stevens of the UK; Palton Hansda will play Nathan Cameron of Canada, Tamang will come up against Patrick Laursen of Denmark, Sweety will lock horns with Danielle Brown of the UK and Renso Purty will challenge Paris de Lara Goico of Dominican Republic. — Special Correspondent