World No. 1 Archer Deepika Kumari Out Of Tokyo Olympics After Losing In Quarter-Finals
Mumbai: India’s world number one archer Deepika Kumari crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing her women’s individual quarter-final to South Korea’s An San.
Deepika scored 27, 24 and 24 to An San’s 30, 26 and 26 in the three sets respectively.
Top seed Sen defeated world number one Deepika 6-0 to enter the semi-finals of the individual event. After topping the podium in the mixed team event and women’s recurve team event, the 20-year-old is aiming for her third gold medal in Tokyo.
Korean An San started well in the first round and scored three 10 sets while Deepika scored 7-10-10. Sen carried on that momentum in the second round and shot medically 9-10-7, which the Indian responded with 10-7-7.
The South Koreans dominated the third set and scored 26 runs against Deepika’s 24. The match ended in less than six minutes. With this, San will face Mackenzie Brown of America or Alejandra Valencia of Mexico in the last four.
Earlier in the day, Deepika defeated Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) Ksenia Perova to progress into the quarterfinals (6-5) in the 1/8 Eliminations round in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and like us on Facebook for the latest updates and interesting stories.
