Patna: The fourth archery-championship/" style="color:#c0392b;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;" class="hta-topic-link">Raja Karn Bihar State Archery Championship, ‘Lakshya’ 2026, began at the Pataliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Sunday. The three-day event, being held from September 27 to 29, aims to identify and nurture emerging archery talent in Bihar.
Raveendran Sankaran, Director General-cum-Chief Executive Officer of the Bihar State Sports Authority, said 330 archers from various districts of Bihar, including 150 girls, were participating in the state-level competition organised by the Sports Department and the Bihar State Sports Authority.
Competitions are being held in the under-10, under-13, under-15, sub-junior and junior categories.
The results of Sunday’s events were as follows:
Under-10 Category
Indian Round – Boys
1. Parth (Gaya Ji)
2. Ansh Sharma (Gaya Ji)
3. Master Krishna (Bhojpur)
Indian Round – Girls
1. Aakriti Pandey (Gaya Ji)
2. Kashish Raj (Bhojpur)
3. Priya Sharma (Gaya Ji)
Recurve Round – Boys
1. Shivanshu Narayan Singh (MATC, Gaya Ji)
2. Manas Kumar (MATC, Gaya Ji)
3. Aditya Singh (Nalanda)
Recurve Round – Girls
1. Diya Kumari (Gaya Ji)
2. Pradarshi Bhaskar (Gaya Ji)
3. Shivanshika Yasay (Gaya Ji)
Compound Round – Boys
1. Advik Arnav (Patna)
2. Yug Kumar (Gaya Ji)
3. Parth (Patna)
Compound Round – Girls
1. Safa Siddiqui (Gaya Ji)
2. Manya Singh (Patna)
3. Purvi (Patna)
Events Scheduled for September 28
The following events will be held on Monday:
Under-13: Indian, recurve and compound rounds
Under-15: Indian, recurve and compound rounds
Sub-junior: Indian, recurve and compound rounds
Junior: Indian, recurve and compound rounds
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