On the 8th day of the Paris Olympics 2024, Manu Bhaker will have a chance to create history by becoming the first Indian to win a third medal. Eyes will also be on Nishant Dev and Deepika Kumari.
Paris Olympics 2024 India Day 8 Schedule: The Indian contingent narrowly missed out on a medal in archery's mixed event on Friday but Manu Bhaker, Lakshya Sen and the men's hockey team recorded memorable performances to boost India's chances for medals.
The fifth day at the Paris Olympics has turned out to be a great one for India so far with the athletes winning their respective matches across different sporting disciplines. Deepika Kumari is the latest one as she qualified for the round of 16 in women's archery individual event.
Indian archers Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur performed well and finished fourth in the women's team ranking round. They accumulated 1983 points in the qualification ranking round as with Korea, China and Mexico finishing above India.
Senior archers were largely ineffective as Jadhav was the best among the Tokyo-returned trio finishing with 669 points to take the fourth spot while World Cup gold medalist Atanu Das came a lowly eighth and seniormost Army archery Rai narrowly made the cut finishing 15th.
In the absence of an Indian recurve coach, the couple struggled under cold and overcast conditions here on Friday.
The two-day showpiece competition will also mark the return of the duo that failed to make the cut to the Indian senior team for the just-concluded World Championships at the same venue.
Deepika said she has understood that instead of running after the medals, they need to work on 'enjoying the moment' at the Olympics, something they lack.
World No.1 Deepika Kumari, India's medal hope in archery at the Tokyo Olympics, brushed aside Ksenia Perova of the Russian Olympic Committee to book a place in the quarter-finals of the quadrennial showpiece event.
Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat, Deepika Kumari and PV Sindhu headline India's exciting Day 7 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
It was, in a nutshell, another mixed day for the country which is waiting for its second medal after the spectacular silver by weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on the opening day of competitions.
It was, in a nutshell, another mixed day for the country which is waiting for its second medal after the spectacular silver by weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on the opening day of competitions.
Deepika on Wednesday survived some jittery moments to overcome US teenager Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez 6-4 to keep Indian hopes alive on a day when Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav exited.
On a day her teammates Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav made second round exits, Deepika seemed to feel the pressure initially as she started off hitting the red-zone, capping a poor seven at the floodlit Yumenoshima Park.
PV Sindhu, Deepika Kumari and Pooja Rani were positives for the Indian contingent at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Day 5 which had no medal rounds involving. The Indian women's hockey team however suffered their third straight loss.
Deepika and Jadhav, who were playing together at the International level for the first time, lost 2-6 to formidable South Korea who eventually won the gold medal.
India enjoyed a perfect start to their archery campaign at the Olympics on Saturday as the mixed duo of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav came back from behind to knock out Chinese Taipei and book a quarterfinal berth at Tokyo Olympics.
India's mixed team duo of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav has reached the quarterfinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
AAI opted for Pravin as Deepika's partner over World No. 9 archer and Deepika's husband Atanu Das for the mixed team event based on form.
After Pravin Jadhav outperformed Atanu Das in the men's archery ranking round by three points, Archery Association will now hold a meeting to decide whom to pair with Deepika in the Mixed team.
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