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:
Live Updates
- 30 Aug 2024 1:54 PM GMT
End of round two, India (Rakesh) 54-52 Senegal (Aliou)
Aliou opens with a 9 and hits another 9 as well! He closes his round with yet another 9!
That's his fourth 9 in six arrows!
Rakesh has a wayward opening shot, scoring a 7! But he follows that up with a brilliant 10 and ends his round with a 9.
He has a two-point lead, can he hold on to it?
- 30 Aug 2024 1:51 PM GMT
Round one ends, India (Rakesh) 27-25 Senegal (Aliou)
Rakesh Kumar opens up with a brilliant 10, dead on center! He follows that with a 8 before ending with a 9
Aliou opens with an 8 and then follows that up with 9 before finishing his round with another 8
- 30 Aug 2024 1:48 PM GMT
The match is about to get underway!
Rakesh, the world no.1 ranked archer, is up against world no.12.
- 30 Aug 2024 1:46 PM GMT
Rakesh Kumar's match is up next!
He will be facing Senegalese Aliou Drame in the round of 32 of the men's compound archery event.
- 30 Aug 2024 1:43 PM GMT
It is raining once again!
The heavens have opened up and it is coming down pretty heavily.
- 30 Aug 2024 1:32 PM GMT
The men's round of 32 compound event is underway!
Rakesh Kumar will be in action shortly.
- 30 Aug 2024 10:42 AM GMT
Upcoming Indian fixtures:
There are still two remaining Indian fixtures, in the men's individual compound open event.
Rakesh Kumar will face Senegelese Aliou Drame in his round of 32 tie, whereas Shyam Sundar is up against Thai Comsan Singpirom.
The Rakesh game is tentatively scheduled to begin at 7:17 PM, IST, and Shyam's game is tentatively scheduled at 9:50 PM, IST.
- 30 Aug 2024 10:37 AM GMT
End of round six, India (Sarita) 138-124 Malaysia (Abdul Jalil)
Jalil opens with a 9 and then shoots an 8, and in her final shot of this match, ends with a good 9!
Sarita too opens with a 9 before shooting another 10! She closes out the tie with a 9!
Sarita advances to the round of 16 of the women's individual compound open event!
Right from round one, Sarita was on top and Jalil was never really in the contest, and her defeat became inevitable in the subsequent rounds.
