India at Tokyo Olympics – Indian Archers at Olympics – Ranking Round Over: World No. 1 Deepika Kumari was disappointed with her performance on the opening day of the RANKING Round as she finished 9th with 663 Points. The top 3 positions in the ranking rounds were all Koreans. Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, and Tarundeep Rai also disappointed with their performances, none of them finished even in the Top 25 – Follow all LIVE Updates on Archery on InsideSport.co & watch LIVE Streaming on SonyLIV.
India at Tokyo Olympics – Indian Archers at Olympics LIVE Updates: Ranking Round Men’s Individual Results:
India at Tokyo Olympics: India’s ace recurve archer Pravin Jadhav finished 31st in the men’s individual archery ranking round, while the duo of Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai finished at 35th and 37th position respectively here at the Yumenoshima Ranking Field on Friday.
Pravin Jadhav gathered 656 points out of a possible 720, hitting 22 10s and 5 X’s in his 72 arrows. While Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai ended with 653 and 652 points in the field. 17-year-old Kim Je Deok, the youngest archer at Tokyo 2020, finished on top in the qualification. The South Korean archer attained 688 points. Current world record holder in men’s individual archery USA’s Brady Ellison ended the day on second with a score of 682.
The Indian trio of Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav was not only competing for a better seed in the men’s individual event but they also had their eyes set on the men’s team seeding and possible mixed event chance.
Atanu endured a challenging day as he kept moving up and down the leaderboard throughout the event. The 29-year-old started his day well but was down to 29th place after he was not able to shot a 10 in fourth, meanwhile Jadhav gained his ground to 30th in the same round.
At the end of the first half, Pravin Jadhav moved ahead of Atanu on the basis of more 10s however Tarundeep stayed at 45th position with 323 points.
Pravin Jadhav further gained momentum in the second half but was later pushed down the order with strings of 9s and a couple of 8s.
All 64 men and 12 teams at the Olympics advance to the matchplay phase of the competition.
India at Tokyo Olympics – Indian Archers at Olympics LIVE Updates: Ranking Round of Women’s Individual, followed by Men’s Individual as Atanu Das competes later:
India at Tokyo Olympics – Deepika 9th in Ranking Round: Indian archer Deepika Kumari finished ninth with 663 points in the women’s individual ranking round at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. The World No. 1 Archer put up an inconsistent show and to win a medal will now have to face top archers in the eliminations scheduled for 30th July.
Now Indian male archers including Atanu Das will go LIVE at 9.30 AM in the Men’s Individual Ranking Rounds.
India at Tokyo Olympics: Atanu Das goes live at 9.30, Deepika…
India at Tokyo Olympics: Bad start for India, Deepika Kumari finish 9th in the ranking round, Korean archer breaks Olympic record
Deepika Kumari 9th in Ranking Round – Koreans Dominate: While Deepika struggled, Korea’s An San created an Olympic record with a score of 680 and finished top of the table, with Jang Minhee and Kang Chaeyoung coming second and third respectively.
Tokyo Olympics: Saturday will be big day for India…
San surpassed Ukrainian great Lina Herasymenko’s record of 673 points set in 1996.
India at Tokyo Olympics: Bad start for India, Deepika Kumari finish 9th in the ranking round, puts up very inconsistent show
Deepika Kumari 9th in Ranking Round: Deepika, who started at No. 8 after the first six shots, climbed to the fourth spot at the end of the first half. However, a couple of 53 scores in the second half saw her slide from seventh to ninth. She will meet Bhutan’s Karma, who shot her personal best of 616 on Friday, in the next round.
After slipping to 14th position, the World No.1 fought back to grab the fourth position on the leaderboard at the end of the first half.
Deepika slipped in the second half but bounced back with a brilliant 58 to move up to the sixth position after 10 rounds. However, Deepika fell to the seventh position, shooting just 53 in the penultimate round. With 609 points, she trailed Mexico’s Roman Aida by just a solitary point.
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