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 12:40 AM GMT
India score 52 and win set 2!
Dismal shooting as India score a 8 and a 7. Atanu however comes to the rescue and scores a 9 to win the set by 52-51.
- 26 July 2021 12:38 AM GMT
Kazakhstan score 51
They have made a good comeback with two 9 shots and one 8.
- 26 July 2021 12:36 AM GMT
Set 2 Begins
Kazakhstan hit 24. India can beat this in the first three shots
- 26 July 2021 12:35 AM GMT
India needs to win set 2
India win the first set by 1 point. They were behind at 28-26 but managed to recover in the last 2 shots with multiple 10's. India will be looking to win the 2nd set.
- 26 July 2021 12:24 AM GMT
India v Kazakhastan
Now that you have soaked in Bhavani Devi's victory, we turn our attention to the Men's 1/8 eliminations in Archery.
