There were high hopes for the Indian trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Deepika Kumari, who had directly qualified for women’s archery team quarter-finals with an impressive performance in the ranking round. read more
Indian women's archery team exited Paris Olympics after losing to the Netherlands. AP
The Indian women’s archery team was knocked out in the quarter-finals on Sunday at the Paris Olympics 2024 after a disappointing defeat to the Netherlands. There were high hopes for the Indian trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Deepika Kumari, who had directly qualified for the quarter-finals with an impressive performance in the ranking round.
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The ranking round performance, however, did not translate into a solid quarter-finals outing as they lost 0-6 (51-52, 49-54, 48-53) to the Netherlands.
Ankita and Deepika had a nightmare outing as they failed to handle the expectations and the Dutch clean-swept the quarter-finals.
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In archery, the team with the highest score after shooting six arrows in a set is given two points, while a draw means one set point each.