World Archery Championships: Rajat Chauhan enters final of men's compound event

Rajat Chauhan

Rajat Chauhan was impressive in the semifinals as he edged Columbia’s Camilo Andres Cardona 143-138.

Chauhan, seeded 30 at the Championships started off in fine style and held his advantage leaving Cardona very little chance to make a comeback. The Columbian who is seeded 10th got five scores of 10 . Chauhan on the other hand registered nine scores of 10.

SET 1

Rajat Chauhan 10 10 9
Camilo Andres Cardona 9 9 10

SET 2

Rajat Chauhan 10 10 9
Camilo Andres Cardona 9 9 9

SET 3

Rajat Chauhan 10 9 9
Camilo Andres Cardona 7 9 9

SET 4

Rajat Chauhan 10 10 9
Camilo Andres Cardona 9 10 10

SET 5

Rajat Chauhan 10 10 9
Camilo Andres Cardona 9 10 10

Chauhan had earlier upset sixth seed Kevin Tataryn 146-143 in the quarterfinal. The Indian will go for gold against Denmark’s Stephan Hansen on Saturday.

Mangal Singh Champia reached the last 16 in the men’s recurve event after his 6-4 win over Spain’s Miguel Alvarino Garcia. With this win, Champia has now qualified for the Rio Olympics.

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