Indian women archers collectively finished fourth in the individual ranking round on Thursday (July 25), ensuring their passage to the quarter-finals of the women's team recurve event of Paris Olympic Games 2024. (More Sports News)
India At Paris Olympics: Women's Archery Team Enters Quarter-Finals
India will meet the winner of France and Netherlands in the last-eight stage of the women's recurve team event at Paris Olympic Games 2024. They are in the same half as Korea, and would run into the archery powerhouses in the semi-finals if both teams advance
India's women recurve archers (from left) Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat and Deepika Kumari in action during the women's individual archery ranking round at Paris Olympic Games 2024 on Thursday (July 25).
Photo: PTI
India's women recurve archers (from left) Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat and Deepika Kumari in action during the women's individual archery ranking round at Paris Olympic Games 2024 on Thursday (July 25).
Photo: PTI
Ankita Bhakat stood 11th in the individual ranking with a season-best score of 666, while Bhajan Kaur ended as 22nd and Deepika Kumari 23rd. This meant that India qualified for the quarter-finals as the fourth seed, behind Korea, China and Mexico.
India will meet the winner of France and Netherlands in the last-eight stage. They are in the same half as Korea, and would run into the archery powerhouses in the semi-finals if both teams advance.
Korea, who smashed the Olympic record with an aggregate of 2046, expectedly finished on top and will take on the winner of USA and Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals.
Mexico will face the winner of Germany vs Great Britain, while China will lock horns with the winner of the Indonesia vs Malaysia clash in the last-eight stage.
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