Patna: Gaya Ji emerged as the overall champions of 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, which concluded at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Tuesday.
The three-day championship, held from September 27 to 29, was organised to identify and promote emerging archery talent in Bihar. Gaya Ji topped the overall standings, while Patna finished runners-up and Bhojpur secured third place.
Bihar State Sports Authority executive director Ravindra Nath Chaudhary presented medals and trophies to the winning players in the presence of Rajgir Sports Academy assistant director Mithilesh Kumar, sports officer Chandan Kumar, sports executive Anandi Kumar, Anjali Kumari, Diksha Kumari and Bihar Archery Association secretary Manoj Kumar.
Results
Under-15 Boys — Indian Round
1. Golu Kumar (Gaya Ji)
2. Anurag Kumar (Rohtas)
3. Shubham Roy (MATC Gaya Ji)
Under-15 Girls — Indian Round
1. Nishu Kumari (Bhojpur)
2. Saloni Kumari (Gaya Ji)
3. Sakshi Kumari (BSSA)
Under-15 Boys — Recurve Round
1. Aryan Kumar (Gaya Ji)
2. Rudra Pratap Singh (Gaya Ji)
3. Raunak Raj (Rohtas)
Under-15 Girls — Recurve Round
1. Harshit Sinha (Rohtas)
2. Deepshikha Kumari (BSSA)
3. Gilhari Kumari (BSSA)
Under-15 Boys — Compound Round
1. Aryan Raj (Patna)
2. Sushant Kumar Dubey (Rohtas)
3. Ranveer Singh (Patna)
Sub-Junior Boys — Indian Round
1. Tejas Kumar (MATC Gaya)
2. Rohit Kumar (BSSA)
3. Karan Kumar (Gaya Ji)
Sub-Junior Girls — Indian Round
1. Chhotu Kumari (Gaya Ji)
2. Lucky Kumari (Bhojpur)
3. Deepshikha Kumari (Gaya Ji)
Sub-Junior Boys — Recurve Round
1. Adarsh Kumar (Gaya Ji)
2. Prince Raj (Bhojpur)
3. Himanshu Kumar (BSSA)
Sub-Junior Boys — Compound Round
1. Himanshu Kumar (Gopalganj)
2. Kumar Abhimanyu (Gaya Ji)
3. Adarsh Raj (MATC Gaya Ji)
Junior Boys — Indian Round
1. Piyush Kumar Kesari (Bhojpur)
2. Ayush Kumar (Bhojpur)
3. Siddharth Gautam (Gaya Ji)
Junior Girls — Indian Round
1. Sanskriti Raj (Bhojpur)
2. Beauty Kumari (Gaya Ji)
3. Suman Kumari (BSSA)
Senior Boys — Indian Round
1. Rahul Kumar (Bhojpur)
2. Ravi Ranjan Kumar (Gaya Ji)
3. Nirbhay Kumar Singh (BSSA)
Senior Girls — Indian Round
1. K.M. Sapna (Saran)
2. Pooja Kumari (Bhojpur)
3. Soni Kumari (Bhojpur)
Senior Boys — Recurve Round
1. Gajendra Hemram (BSSA)
2. Shubham Kumar (Bhojpur)
3. Samarth Kumar (Bhojpur)
Senior Girls — Compound Round
1. Arpana Kumari (Patna)
2. Nikunj (Patna)
3. Jyoti Kumari (Patna)
Overall medal tally
Gaya Ji finished at the top with 11 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals, taking its overall tally to 29 medals.
Patna secured second place with five gold, three silver and five bronze medals, for a total of 13 medals.
Bhojpur finished third with four gold, six silver and four bronze medals, taking its total to 14 medals.
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