Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru produced a commanding performance to win the men’s individual bronze medal in compound archery at the Asian Games in Nagoya (Japan) on Thursday (October 1).
Ganesh, who was a part of the gold-winning men’s team on Wednesday, defeated Vietnam’s Cong Duc Dang 149-144 in the bronze medal play-off after bowing out of individual gold contention with a semifinal loss.
It was perfect shooting from the 20-year-old Indian in the play-off as he was on mark in 14 out of his 15 shots.
Ganesh had lost 144-148 to Kim Jongho of South Korea in the semifinal after he could not replicate his quarterfinal form. He trailed throughout in the last-four stage and eventually went down 29-30 29-30 29-28 29-30 28-30.
Ganesh had defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chieh-Lun Chen 148-138 in the quarterfinals earlier in the day at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square here.
In that match-up, Ganesh won all the five series with scores of 29-28 29-28 30-29 30-26 30-27. He shot only two 9s, in the opening two series, before going on a 10-hitting spree