An Indian archer, deepika kumari was beaten by Nam Suhyeon from South Korea at the quarterfinals stage of women’s individual archery at Paris Olympics. She had led 6-2 on Nam after three sets but some poor shooting prevented her from making it to the semi-finals.
Manu Bhaker of India finished fourth in women’s 25-meter pistol final during Summer Olympics of 2024 held in Paris and narrowly missed out on a medal. In France, during elimination game for third/4th place, Manu lost missing what could have been his third medal of the ongoing Olympic Games.
Boxers Nishant Dev is expected to engage in Men’s 71kg quarter finals later today. They are one win away from securing an Indian medal. Before losing in the semi-finals, Deepika made second seed coat.
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deepika kumari with twenty-eight points
Nam got off to a perfect start when she scored a perfect ten on her first attempt as well as another successful shot that earned her nine points and this was after hitting an arrow nine times into the ring to finish with twenty-eight points whilst forcing an opponent who eventually scored not more than two six-point hits.
In seconds set Deepika would march forth with confidence leading right away because she had already won the first two points of this contest. However, Deepika’s mishandled shot on her second arrow would only earn her 6 points, which allowed Nam take the set and tie the match at 2-2.
Both athletes registered tens and nines in their opening shots in order to secure two important points during the third round. Again Deepika hit the bullseye to beat Nam 29-28 and move closer to a win as she led 4-2 following Nam’s excellent 28 combined with a nine on her last arrow.
deepika kumari Indian archer.
Nam tried to bring back parity with another perfect start but an experienced Indian archer matched her score. Both were still level at four each with one set remaining though Deepika veered away from target and lost concentration failing to shoot out for a second time eventually scoring just eight and therefore losing 27-29 to Nam.
Nam went ahead early, continuing his habit of starting well by getting ten points. And finally, he won six sets against the Indian after his opponent brushed past the ten by just a fraction of millimeter with one shot left in his last set.
deepika kumari against Michelle Kroppen
Deepika Kumari had to fight hard in order to come up victorious against Michelle Kroppen of Germany when they met in elimination round stage that took place at 1/8 women’s individual archery round.
In yesterday’s matches, Deepika defeated Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands 6-2 thus moving into Round of Sixteen. Up next for Deepika is fellow countryman Bhajan Kaur.
Bhajan fought well but was simply overwhelmed by Indonesian rival on that day and lost it all instead.
