T&T’s archery team is now ranked 45th in the world after a brilliant performance in the Copa Costa Rica World Ranking Tournament held in San Jose, Costa Rica, from August 12 to 18. The national team climbed up in ranks after some of the country’s top archers improved their world rankings bringing home ten medals (five gold, three silver, two bronze).According to USA Archery, “T&T made the strongest showing in the male compound category” at the world ranking event and emerged victorious in the team round, bringing home the gold medal with a 222-208 win over host Costa Rica.
Based on World Archery rankings released on August 31, T&T’s George Vire is now at 78 and fellow teammates Rakesh Sookoo and Hasmath Ali are at 112 and 153, respectively. Junior archer Nikhil Kanhai, who set new national records at the 50m and 30m distances at the tournament, now holds the 129th spot in the men’s recurve division. Women’s recurve archer Nazimine Roopnarine also shot her way up a tremendous 138 places from a position of 427 to 289.
Source: www.guardian.co.tt