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How Did Ganesh Win a Bronze Medal in Bow Shooting? 🎯

Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, a 20‑year‑old Indian archer, competed in the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.

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Key Points

5 points

Bronze medal win with 149 points.

Defeated Vietnam’s archer in the playoff.

Perfect shots on most arrows.

Previously lost to South Korean archer in semifinal.

Also part of gold‑winning team.

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In the bronze‑medal match, he scored 149 points, beating Vietnam’s Cong Duc Dang who scored 144.

He hit the perfect center (a ten) on 14 of his 15 arrows.

Earlier, he lost in the semifinal to a shooter from South Korea.

Ganesh also helped India win a gold medal in the team event.

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7 words

archer

someone who uses a bow to shoot arrows

bronze

the third‑place medal

compound

a bow that has pulleys to help pull the string

playoff

a match that decides who gets a medal

semifinal

the round before the final

quarterfinal

the round before the semifinal

spree

a short period when he kept getting perfect scores

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