Archery
Tokyo Olympics: Archery LIVE Day 0, July 23 - Indian Men Archers finish below 30 places - Updates, Scores, Result, Blog
World number 1 Deepika Kumari will be seen competing in the women's individual ranking round today.
Praveen Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai (Source: World Archery)
Welcome to The Bridge's live blog for Archery on Day 0 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Deepika Kumari finished at ninth position in the Women's Individual Ranking round with 663 points.
The young Pravin Jadhav has pulled off a better performance than the likes of experienced Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai in the men's individual ranking round at the Tokyo Olympics today.
Stay tuned as we are coming up with LIVE updates from the opening ceremony.
Live Updates
- 23 July 2021 1:49 AM GMT
53 for Deepika; falls down to seventh
Deepika Kumari falls down to the seventh position, shooting just 53 in the penultimate round. She currently has 609 points and trails the Mexican Roman Aida by a solitary point.
- 23 July 2021 1:44 AM GMT
Can Deepika better her previous show at the Olympics?
Deepika Kumari has competed in two Olympics prior to this. She finished eighth in the ranking round during the 2012 London Olympics with 662 points, and a lowly 20th with 640 points at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. With just two more rounds to go, can she surpass this?
- 23 July 2021 1:41 AM GMT
Deepika moves to number 6 after 10 rounds
Deepika Kumari shot a brilliant 58 to move up to number 6 in the standings. She now has 556 points out of a possible 600. The South Koreans continue to dominate with An San, Kang Chaeyoung and Jang Minhee taking up the top three spots.
- 23 July 2021 1:35 AM GMT
Did You Know?
Archery was first played at the Olympics during the 1900 Paris Games. It was discontinued in 1924 due to the lack of standardised rules and made its comeback during the 1972 Munich Games. It was also one of the first sports to have women representation at the Olympics.
- 23 July 2021 1:33 AM GMT
Deepika Kumari climbs up to 7th
Deepika Kumari shot 56 out of 60 in the ninth round and is now ranked seventh overall with 498 points.
- 23 July 2021 1:23 AM GMT
Deepika slips down to eighth position
Deepika Kumari has slipped down to the eighth position after eight rounds. She managed to shoot only 53 in this round. Kumari currently has 442 points and is one point behind seventh-ranked Denisa Barankova.
- 23 July 2021 1:20 AM GMT
A very tough fight going on right now
It is really close out there with just five points separating the fourth-ranked Deepika Kumari and the 13th ranked Casey Kaufhold of the USA.
- 23 July 2021 1:16 AM GMT
Deepika maintains her fourth position
Deepika Kumari maintains her fourth position after round 7. She shot 55 and now has a total score of 389. The South Koreans An San and Jang Minhee continue to lead the field.
- 23 July 2021 1:09 AM GMT
Did You Know?
Ranked third currently in the Women's Individual Ranking Round, USA's Mackenzie Brown wanted to become a swimmer. In fact, she even competed in the trials for the 2012 London Olympics.
Mackenzie Brown (World Archery)
