Paralympic 2024 Para-Archery: Sarita, Rakesh advance, Shyam loses tiebreaker- Highlights
End of round two, India (Rakesh) 54-52 Senegal (Aliou)
Aliou opens with a 9 and hits another 9 as well! He closes his round with yet another 9!
That's his fourth 9 in six arrows!
Rakesh has a wayward opening shot, scoring a 7! But he follows that up with a brilliant 10 and ends his round with a 9.
He has a two-point lead, can he hold on to it?
Round one ends, India (Rakesh) 27-25 Senegal (Aliou)
Rakesh Kumar opens up with a brilliant 10, dead on center! He follows that with a 8 before ending with a 9
Aliou opens with an 8 and then follows that up with 9 before finishing his round with another 8
The match is about to get underway!
Rakesh, the world no.1 ranked archer, is up against world no.12.
Rakesh Kumar's match is up next!
He will be facing Senegalese Aliou Drame in the round of 32 of the men's compound archery event.
It is raining once again!
The heavens have opened up and it is coming down pretty heavily.
The men's round of 32 compound event is underway!
Rakesh Kumar will be in action shortly.
Upcoming Indian fixtures:
There are still two remaining Indian fixtures, in the men's individual compound open event.
Rakesh Kumar will face Senegelese Aliou Drame in his round of 32 tie, whereas Shyam Sundar is up against Thai Comsan Singpirom.
The Rakesh game is tentatively scheduled to begin at 7:17 PM, IST, and Shyam's game is tentatively scheduled at 9:50 PM, IST.
End of round six, India (Sarita) 138-124 Malaysia (Abdul Jalil)
Jalil opens with a 9 and then shoots an 8, and in her final shot of this match, ends with a good 9!
Sarita too opens with a 9 before shooting another 10! She closes out the tie with a 9!
Sarita advances to the round of 16 of the women's individual compound open event!
Right from round one, Sarita was on top and Jalil was never really in the contest, and her defeat became inevitable in the subsequent rounds.
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