Paralympics 2024
Paralympics 2024 Para-Archery: Rakesh finishes fourth- Highlights
The world no.1 Indian archer will go up against Ken Sawgumilang of Indonesia in the round of 16 in men's compound archery
India's world no.1 para compound archer Rakesh Kumar finishes in fourth place at the men's compound archery open event at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
After defeating Ken Swagumilang and Kyle Strembly in the R16 and quarters, two loses to the Indian against Ai Xinliang first in the semis and He Zihao in the bronze medal match.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 1 Sep 2024 1:52 PM GMT
End of round one, India (Rakesh) 29-30 Indonesia (Ken)
Rakesh opens with a 9, and follows with a perfect 10! He finishes round one with another 10!
Ken's opening round consisted of a 10,10 and another 10!
The Indonesian lead by one point! Perfect start for him.
- 1 Sep 2024 1:47 PM GMT
The world no.1 vs world no.2 is next!
Rakesh Kumar and Ken Swagumilang will be in action very shortly at Les Invalides arena.
- 1 Sep 2024 1:36 PM GMT
The round of 16 is underway!
The first match of the day is currently being contested between Iraq's Abbas Kadhim and Belgium's Piotr Van Montagu.
Rakesh vs Swagumiland is next.
- 1 Sep 2024 1:07 PM GMT
Rakesh will go up against Ken Swagumilang!
The Indonesian is here thanks to a remarkable comeback win in his round of 32 tie against Patrick French, the Australian.
But going up against the world no.1 will be a whole different challenge and he will enter this round as the underdog, although he is the world no.2 ranked archer!
- 1 Sep 2024 12:50 PM GMT
Hello and welcome to the LIVE para-archery coverage!
Today, we have India's Rakesh Kumar, the world's no.1 ranked compound archer, in action at the round of 16 of the Paris Paralympics men's compound archery.
He will face world no.2, Ken Swagumilang of Indonesia in what is promising to be an exciting match!
