English archer criticises crowd

New Delhi: English archer Amy Oliver criticised a noisy and "unsporting" home crowd after her team lost to India in the final of the Commonwealth Games women's team recurve event yesterday.

The Indian team of Dola Banerjee, Deepika Kumari and Bombayala Devi pulled off a last-gasp win after Oliver could manage only a six with her last arrow.

While most of the events at the Delhi Games have been played out in front of sparse crowds, the Yamuna Sports Complex was full of local fans eager to make themselves heard.

"I was nervous, the crowd was not good," Oliver said.

"They were pretty loud and it was not good sportsmanship for archery."

Oliver, Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson finished with a total of 206, a point behind India. Canada defeated Malaysia to bag the bronze.