Archery: Deepika Kumari to face Bhutan's Karma in Tokyo Olympics round-of-64
Other Sports | July 23, 2021 10:13 ISTDeepika finished ninth in the women's ranking round and will face Bhutan's Karma in the opening round of the individual event.
Deepika finished ninth in the women's ranking round and will face Bhutan's Karma in the opening round of the individual event.
World No. 1 women;'s recurve archer Deepika Kumari grabbed the ninth spot in the Tokyo Olympics Ranking Round as South Korean archers set the tone by surpassing the Olympic record on Friday to grab the top spot in Tokyo.
Indian archers are set to begin their Tokyo Games campaign with the rankings round. The quartet of Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav entered the mega-event with renewed hopes of winning the country's first Olympic medal in the sport.
Deepika thought to take up archery and follow the footsteps of her cousin to reduce the financial burden of her father, an autorickshaw driver and mother who used to work as a nurse.
Deepika, who is gearing up for her third straight Olympics, has never lived up to the expectation, making early exits in her previous appearances in London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Deepika Kumari may finally taste Olympic success with husband Atanu Das ready to be the calming factor in the mixed event debut at the Oympics.
The 27-year-old from Ranchi is going to the Olympics as a world no 1, similar to 2012 when she had climbed to the pole position ahead of the London Games.
Deepika Kumari on Sunday bagged three gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3, an unprecedented sweep for the country ahead of the much-awaited Tokyo Olympics.
Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the number one position in global rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3.
All the 27-year-old wants is that she does not face any hurdles as she begins her final preparations.
Deepika blanked Russia's Elena Osipova 6-0 in the final of the women's individual recurve event to complete a hat-trick of gold medals in one day.
Deepika and Atanu bounced back from a 0-2 deficit to down the Netherland's Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser 5-3 and fetch India a third gold medal from the competition.
Deepika, Ankita and Komalika wins Gold for India in Women's team Recurve at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.
The troika of world number three Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari, who had made a shock second round exit in the final Olympic Qualifier on Sunday, accumulated 1986 points to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals.
Deepika had qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in the individual event in November 2019, but the Indian team was off the target in that event.
On the final day of the competition, Das converted his maiden World Cup medal into gold with utmost precision, less than a year after getting married to the former world number one.
Deepika, who qualified as the number three seed, displayed some incredible shooting to down German archer Michelle Kroppen in straight sets.
The tournament serves as a preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in less than 100 days and the Indian men's team which has qualified will look to make the most of it.
Talking on Indian paddler Mudit Dani's online chat show 'In The Sportlight', Deepika said that the country's female archers had worked hard and were confident of securing the quota ahead of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Getting hitched amid the COVID-19 pandemic to make use of the "free time", the duo's invitation cards carry small notes that request the guests to adhere to the government's COVID-19 guidelines.
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