Milon ranks 61st
Bangladeshi archer Emdadul Haque Milon will come up against Great Britain’s Larry Godfrey after finishing 61st out of 64 competitors at the Men’s Ranking round in the archery event of the London Olympic Games held at Lord’s yesterday.
They will face-off in a winner takes all contest which will be held at the same venue at 5:30 pm British standard time on July 30. Milon was drawn against the great British hope after managing a total score of 636 in the 72-arrow ranking round. Godfrey managed a respectable 680, to finish fourth in the overall rank.
But Godfrey’s mark was still far behind South Korea’s Im Dong-Hyun.
The ‘legally blind’ archer broke his own 72-arrow world record in the archery ranking round for the London Olympic Games with a score of 699 on Friday.
Im and his teammates Kim Bub-min and Oh Jin-hyek also broke the team world record for 72 arrows with a score of 2087.
The archery event was marred by a number of incidents before the start of play. Dozens of spectators were left disappointed as they were denied entry into the first London-based action of the Olympics. Many had thought that since the ranking round was a non-ticketed event, they could catch a glimpse of the action of a first-come, first-served basis, similar to what is scheduled for cycling road race. But stewards were not permitted to allow access to the 50 or so fans who had gathered by the time the competition got underway.
The Lord’s venue manager Vanessa Bellamy said: “This has always been a non-ticketed event but it seems some people believed they could come down on the day.
“This was never the case but we believe some illegal websites may have suggested this was the case.”
-With The Daily Star input
