Tokyo Olympics: Archery Day 1, July 24 LIVE — Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav knocked out in quarter-finals — Updates, blogs, score, results
Tokyo Olympics: Archery Day 1, July 24 LIVE — Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav lost to the Korean duo of An San and Kim Je Deok — Updates, blogs, score, results
India's Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav have paired up for the Mixed Team Elimination Event in Archery.
After an incredible victory in the previous round against Chinese Taipei, the Indian mixed archery team lost to Korea in the quarterfinals stage. The duo had an underwhelming performance and lost the match by an overall score of 6-2.
Read the full match report here
However, we will see both the archers competing soon in the upcoming days in their individual events but that's all for now.
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#Archery | It all ends pretty quickly for India!
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Despite saving the third set, #DeepikaKumari and #PravinJadhav went down 33-36 in the fourth to miss their chance of moving to the semis.
Score: 🇮🇳2⃣ - 6⃣🇰🇷#Tokyo2020 #Olympics #TeamIndia
The Indian duo was under pressure early on after the Koreans clinched the first two sets. They did make a comeback by winning the third set but had a disappointing fourth set scoring only 33. Korea won the match with an overall score of 6-2.
That's it for the Indian archers in the mixed team events. Korea clinches the fourth set and goes through to the semi-finals.
A disappointing start for India scoring only 15 out of a potential 20. Things look bleak for India right now.
India lives to fight for another set after winning 37-35 in Set 3. The Koreans currently have the overall lead by 4-2.
The Koreans win the second set as well by 38-37 and take a 4-0 overall lead. India needs to win the last two sets to have any chance of going through.
The Korean team wins the first set with a scoreline of 35-32 and gets an overall lead of 2 points to nil.
All the four archers have arrived at the field along with the officials and the match is set to begin with the Koreans to start of the round.
Hello and welcome back to the LIVE coverage of the mixed team archery events. The Indian duo of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav after winning a closely contested match in the previous round would be up against the Korean duo of An San and Kim Je Deok. We're just minutes away from the start of the quarterfinal match.
India go through to the next round!!! The India duo who were originally doubted for their team work and expereince have made it to the quarters by a single point.