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Paris Olympics 2024: India’s archers Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav during the ranking round of men’s archery event (PTI)
India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara finished fourth, Tarundeep Rai 14th and Pravin Jadhav 39th, as Team India ended in 3rd in the men’s archery ranking round.
India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara produced a stunning comeback to finish fourth as Tarundeep Rai 14th and Pravin Jadhav 39th in the men’s archery ranking round at the Esplanade des Invalides in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday.
India finished 3rd after the ranking round with a total of 2013 points. South Korea topped the list with 2049, followed by France with 2025 as China came fourth to round off the quarterfinalists.
The Indian men’s team will take on either Turkiye or Colombia in the quarter-finals and may run into South Korea in the semi-finals.
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In all, Bommadevara hit 39 arrows in the 10s zone and 14 bully’s eyes for a total of 681 while Rai took the 14th spot with a score of 674, hitting 31 10s and nine Xs. Jadhav did not have a very good day as he could manage a score of 658 with 25 10s and 8 arrows into the bull’s eye.
Bommadevara will compete in the Round of 64 while Rai along with Jadhav will also compete in the Round of 64.
Dhiraj, along with Ankita Bhakat, also qualified for the round of 16 in the mixed archery team event with a total score of 1347. Bhakat had scored 666 points to finish 11th as Dhiraj scored 681 points to finish 4th. The pair are seeded 5th and will meet Indonesia for a place in the quarter-finals.
In the women’s individual round, Ankita Bhakat bagged the 11th spot with a season-best score of 666 after 72 shots, including 30 tens and 9 Xs. She picked 54 points in the final end.
Other Indians in the fray, Bhajan Kaur scored 659 (25 10s and 6 Xs) to finish 22nd in the standings as Deepika Kumari settled for 23rd place in the final standings with 658 points (28 10s and 6 Xs).
Riding on a superb performance by Lim Sih-Yeong in the morning, who set a new World Record in the women’s ranking round, this morning, the Republic of Korea set a new Olympic record in the mixed team ranking round.
Kim Woo-Jin topped the Men’s ranking round with a score of 686 and set a new Olympic Record with a score of 1380. breaking the previous record of that’s enough to total 1380 points when added to Lim’s 694 this morning, improving on the previous mark of 1368 set by the Republic of Korea in Tokyo.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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