Tokyo Olympics: Archer Deepika Kumari enters pre-quarters after twin exquisite performances
There was finally some good news for Indian archery at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Top archer Deepika Kumar has managed to qualify for the quarters in the women's individual event following twin wins on Day 5.
FollowIndia's hopes of a medal in archery in the Tokyo Olympics stayed alive after top female archer Deepika Kumari qualified for the pre-quarters on Wednesday. She secured twin wins on the day, beating Bhutan's Karma 6-0 and Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of the United States of America (6-4).
She started the day with a flawless performance against Karma as the latter could manage 23, 23 and 24. Although Deepika began gradually, she hit 26, 26 and 32 to seal her place in the following round.
In the next round, it was somewhat tricky against Mucino-Fernandez, as Deepika hit the red zone, including a seven in the opening set and lost it by a point. Nonetheless, she bounced back in style in the subsequent set, hitting three tens and taking a 4-2 lead.
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While the Indian could have wrapped it up in the fourth set, she misfired with a six, taking it to the final round as the American levelled it 4-4. Deepika shot twin nines in the decider and an eight while Mucino-Fernandez fired nine in the deciding shot for the Indian to march into the pre-quarters.
In the other events involving the men, Tarundeep Rai managed to win the opener of the same against Ukraine's Oleksii Hunbin before losing to Itay Shanny of Isreal in the next round. As for Pravin Jadhav, he won his opener against Russia's Galsan Bazarzhapo but was knocked out by Brady Ellison of the United States of America.
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