Ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the action in some disciplines has already been incepted. The Argentina vs Morocco football match transpired yesterday and made waves for all the wrong reasons. However, it is a new day and new set of hopes and desires are awaiting. Team India is also scheduled to open its campaign today.
Indian Archers will be in focus as the ranking round will be on display today. Prominent names like Deepika Kumari, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav, will be in action.
Archery: Women’s Individual Ranking Round (Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur)
Archery: Men’s Individual Ranking Round (B.Dhiraj, Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav).
Meanwhile, the Indian women’s archery team, comprising Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat, directly qualified for the quarter-finals of the event at the Paris Olympics by securing a fourth-place finish with 1983 points.
In the Women’s Archery Ranking Round, South Korea ended at the top of the list with 2046 points, followed by China (1996) and Mexico (1986). For India, Ankita Bhakat finished in the 11th spot with 666 points, a season-best, and grabbed the 11th seed in the women’s archery competition. South Korea’s Lim Sihyeon (694), a world record, and Nam Suhyeon (688), her personal best, finished as the first and second-ranked women archers in the women’s ranking.
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