Archery
Tokyo Olympics: Archery LIVE Day 3, July 26 - Indian men's team exit in quarterfinals - Updates, Scores, Result, Blog
The men's team are set to take centre stage in their bid to advance to the next round
Praveen Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai (Source: World Archery)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE Blog for Archery on Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Indian men's archery team of Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai suffered a crushing 0-6 defeat against superpower Koreans in the quarterfinals of the men's team archery event on Monday. The Korean trio Kim Je Deok, Kim Woojin and Oh Jinhyek dominated the show and pulled off a win by 59-54, 59-57, 56-54.
Earlier in the day, India beat Kazakhstan 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal clash. The Indians were strong, especially Atanu Das who drilled in five perfect 10s during team's easy win in the 1/8 Elimination round at the Yumenoshima Park. A win over Korea could yield India's greatest day in archery so far.
Stay tuned for all the latest updates!
Live Updates
- 26 July 2021 12:50 AM GMT
Great Performance
India needed to score 55 or 54 to win and did so by scoring two 10's.
- 26 July 2021 12:49 AM GMT
Last 3 shots
Disastrous start as Kazakhstan score 7 in their first shot. They recover well and score a 54 in total.
- 26 July 2021 12:47 AM GMT
Set 4
Kazakhstan score 29. They are making a good comeback in the last 2 sets.
- 26 July 2021 12:45 AM GMT
India loses Set 3
Kazakhstan win this despite India scoring 56. Atanu has been great today and has held the scoring with his regular 10 shots.
- 26 July 2021 12:42 AM GMT
Set 3- Kazakhstan score 29
This is good shooting by them. They are out to get the 2 set points.
