Khelo: Riya beats teammate Himani, wins recurve archery bronze

Riya Tewatia turned the tables on fancied Haryana teammate Himani Kumari to win the girls Under-21 recurve bronze medal play-off in the Khelo India Games archery competition here Saturday.

Riya made the most of Himani's break in concentration when a change in set scores saw them locked 3-3 after three sets.

Himani and all onlookers were under the impression that after the tie in the third set, she was leading 4-1 but the scorers pointed out that the previous set had erroneously been awarded to her when, in fact, it was Riya who had won that set, a media release said.

Himani was unable to find her rhythm though she managed to tie the fourth set. She was off the mark in the shoot-off.

Maharashtra's Shukmani Gajanan Babrekar rallied from the loss of the first set to defeat Rajasthans Jagdish Choudhary 6-2 for the boys Under-21 recurve bronze medal.

Karni Singh Chauhan (Rajasthan) and Punjab's Amanpreet Kaur earned the boys and girls under-17 bronze medals ...