Assam Rifles Archers shine at World Police and Fire Games
- 9th to 18th August 2019 : at Chengdu, China
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Assam Rifles Archers shine at World Police and Fire Games :: Pix - TSE
Published at The Sangai Express News - 19th August 2019 edition
Three archers of Assam Rifles Archery team trained by 9 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) collected a rich haul of five gold, three silver and one bronze medals at the World Police and Fire Games held in Chengdu, China from 9 to
18 August 2019 .
Two male archers, Rifleman G Robert Sharma, who hails from Manipur, clinched three gold medals in the Compound bow archery events while Rifleman Z Demo, a resident of Nagaland, bagged one gold, one Silver and one bronze medals in the Wooden bow events.
Mahila Rifleman SP Lydia, who also hails from Manipur, won one gold and two silver medals in the women's category in the Wooden bow events.
Rifleman G Robert Sharma had earlier won three gold medals in the previous World Police and Fire Games at Los Angeles in 2017, while the other two archers were participating for the first time at international level.
Each archer could participate in only three archery events at the World Police and Fire Games.
The three archers participated in the Bare Target, Field Archery and 3 D Archery events winning medals in each of the three events they participated in.
A reception and felicitation ceremony is being planned for the archers on their return to Imphal, said a press release of IGAR (S) .
* This information is taken from The Sangai Express - 19th August 2019 edition
This was posted on 19th August 2019
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