Jayanta Talukdar
Guwahati, July 10 : Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today congratulated
archer Jayanta Talukdar for booking a berth in the Indian contingent for the
London Olympics next year.
Gogoi, who is also the president of Assam Olympic Association, today called
up Talukdar, who is participating in the World Archery Championship at Turin in
Italy, to wish him success in London.
The Jamshedpur-based Tata Archery Academy player Talukdar, who represents
Jharkhand at the national level, has become the second sportsperson from Assam
after two-time Olympian Deepankar Bhattacharjee to qualify for the Olympics.
Talukdar, who was seeded fifth in the elimination round of the event, began
his campaign on Friday from the third round match against 28th ranked Antti
Tekoniemi of Finland and won by six points to four.
Talukdar is one of the eight individuals to win a place in the men’s section.
Earlier, the Indian women’s team — Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro and
Laishram Bombayla Devi — also earned India three berths.
Talukdar, however, missed the title, going down to 44th ranked Jeff Henckels
of Luxembourg 5-6.
