Paralympics 2024
Paralympic 2024 Para-Archery: Sarita, Rakesh advance, Shyam loses tiebreaker- Highlights
Sarita will be in action against Nur Jannaton Abdul Jalil in the round of 32, Rakesh will face Aliou Drame, Shyam Sundar up against Comsan Singpirom.
Day two of the Para-Archery events at the Paralympic Games 2024 will feature the round of 32 knockout events in individual compound archery in both men and women.
Sarita and Rakesh qualified to the round of 16 with comfortable wins over their opponents, whereas Shyam suffered a heartbreaking exit, losing out to Thailand archer Comsan Singpirom in a tie-breaker.
As it happened:
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- 30 Aug 2024 5:11 PM GMT
Tie-breaker! India (Shyam) 10-10 Thailand (Comsan), Comsan qualifies!
The one arrow shoot-off for the tie-breaker begins!
Shyam goes first in the tie-breaker and hits a 10!
Comsan hits a 10 as well! But his arrow was 5mm closer to the center than Shyam's arrow and therefore, he qualifies!
Shyam had a 3-point lead heading into the last round but somehow, one bad shot, a 7, has cost him a spot in the round of 16!
Final score: Shyam Sundar 138-138 Comsan Singpirom (tie-breaker 10-10, Comsan wins the tie-breaker since his arrow was closer to the center)
- 30 Aug 2024 5:07 PM GMT
End of round five, India (Shyam) 138-138 Thailand (Comsan)
Round five begins with Comsan hitting a 9, and follows that up with another 9, and finishes with a 10!
Shyam matches Comsan's 9 with a 9 himself, and hits just a 7 in his second hit! He had to hit a 9 to stay in contention, and he did!
The scores are level after five rounds! 138-138
What a thrilling end to this match!
We're going to the tie-breaker!
- 30 Aug 2024 5:03 PM GMT
End of round four, India (Shyam) 113-110 Thailand (Comsan)
Comsan starts round four with yet another 9 and hits another 9 as well and closes off round three with another 9.
Shyam hits his fourth tenth in a row! He hits a 9 in his second arrow and ends with a slightly wayward 8.
Still up by three points, the Indian!
- 30 Aug 2024 5:00 PM GMT
End of round three, India (Shyam) 86-83 Thailand (Comsan)
Comsan hits a 9 in his first arrow of round three, and hits another 9 before closing out the round with a 10!
Shyam opens with a perfect 10! He follows it with another 10 as well and his another 10! Sensational from Shyam. A perfect 30/30 from the Indian!
He extends his lead to three-points.
- 30 Aug 2024 4:57 PM GMT
End of round two, India (Shyam) 56-55 Thailand (Comsan)
Comsan starts off with an 8 and follows it up with a perfect 10 and ends with another perfect 10
Shyam hits a 9 and follows it with another 9 before closing round two with a 10!
Shyam maintains his one-point lead.
