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Deepika Kumari got the better of Estonia’s Reena Parnat 6-5 in a shoot-off of the 1/32 elimination round, before beating Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands 6-2 in the 1/16 elimination round. read more
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Deepika Kumari clinched a hard-ought win over Estonia's Reena Parnat before beating Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands in the 1/16 elimination round. Reuters
Veteran Indian archer Deepika Kumari qualified for the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s individual archery event at the 2024 Paris Olympics with consecutive wins on Wednesday. The 30 year-old got the better of Estonia’s Reena Parnat 6-5 in a shoot-off of the 1/32 elimination round, before beating Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands 6-2 in the 1/16 elimination round. She will face Germany’s Michelle Kroppen in the last 16 on Saturday.
The first match was a close affair as both Deepika and her Estonian opponent were neck-to-neck before the outcome was decided in a shoot-off. Deepika took the first set but lost the next. After the scores were tied in the third set, Deepika trailed 3-5 but made a stunning recovery by shooting 10s with all three arrows to level the score 5-5. The Indian won the shoot-off with a 9 as against an 8 by her opponent.
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The second match was, however, easier for Deepika and she did not have to toil much. Her opponent had a few bad shots also and that helped the India’s cause. Deepika took the first set with two solid 10s and a 9 but the Dutch woman fought back to win the second.
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The Indian did not do particularly well in the third set as she had a 7 out of the three arrows but she still pocketed it as her opponent did worse failing to log home a single point as her first arrow didn’t even hit the target.
Deepika quickly capitalised on her opponent’s woes as she shot 10, 9 and 9 from her three arrows in the fourth set as against 7, 6, 10 of her opponent to pocket the match 6-2.
Tarundeep Rai bows out
Veteran Indian archer Tarundeep Rai crashed out of the Paris Olympics after losing his individual men’s recurve round of 32 clash to Tom Hall of Great Britain on Wednesday. Rai lost 4-6. It was a close battle between the two as the first set was tied on 27 points apiece.
The second set, however, went to Hall who clinched it by just a point. The Indian made a strong comeback in the third set, securing it with a scoreline of 28-25. But the British archer won the next set, clinching 29-28.
Rai needed to produce his best in the fifth set to stay in the hunt, but it ended in a tie with both archers on 29 points apiece, which handed the Briton the win.
With PTI inputs
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