Archery, Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights: India fails to secure bronze medal, loses 2-6 to USA

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INDIA scores 35

Ankita- 8, 8

Dhiraj- 9, 10

USA scores 37

Brandy- 10, 9

Casey- 9, 9

With this USA wins set 4 and the bronze medal.

Casey becomes the first USA woman to stand on the podium for archery.

INDIA scores 38

Ankita- 10, 9

Dhiraj- 9, 10

USA scores 34 

Brandy- 10, 9

Casey- 7, 8

India makes a comeback in the third set.

INDIA scores 35

Ankita- 7, 9

Dhiraj- 10, 9

USA scores 37

Brandy-10, 10

Casey-8, 9

India scores 35, while USA scores 37 to increase their lead of 4-0.

USA

Casey-10, 9

Brandy-9, 10

INDIA

Ankita- 7, 10

Dhiraj- 10, 10

USA wins 38-37. USA leads 2-0

India will face Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison of USA.

Germany will face South Korea in the gold medal match. USA will take on India in the bronze medal match.

Both the teams score 37 leading to the fourth set being the decider.

Germany makes a comeback in the second set, winning 38-37 to restore parity.

USA leads 2-0 against Germany in the other semifinal after scoring 39 in comparison to Germany’s 38.

India goes down to the mighty Koreans and will play the bronze medal match later today where it will face either Germany or USA.

Korea: 10, 10, 9, 10 = 39 points

Sihyeon: 10, 9

Woojin: 10, 10

India: 9, 9, 10, 10 = 38 points

Ankita: 9, 10

Dhiraj: 9, 10

Korea wins the fourth set 39-38. Korea wins 6-2.

Korea: 9, 10, 9, 10 = 38 points

Sihyeon: 9, 9

Woojin: 10, 10

India: 9*, 9, 10, 8 = 36 points

Ankita: 9*, 10

Dhiraj: 9, 8

Korea wins the third set 38-36. Korea leads 4-2.

Korea: 10, 10, 9, 9 = 38 points

Sihyeon: 10, 9

Woojin: 10, 9

India: 8, 9, 9, 9 = 35 points

Ankita: 8, 9

Dhiraj: 9, 9

Korea wins the second set 38-35. The match is tied 2-2.

Korea: 8, 9, 10, 9 = 36 points

Sihyeon: 8, 10

Woojin: 9, 9

India: 9, 10, 9, 10 = 38 points

Ankita: 9, 9

Dhiraj: 10, 10

India wins the first set 38-36. India leads 2-0.

The match of four sets, with each team taking four shots in each. The team with the higher set wins takes the match.

The next match will be India’s semifinal against Korea’s Kim Woojin and Lim Sihyeon.

The two teams are on the range.

Korea bettered Italy 6-2 in the second quarterfinal. It will face India in the last-four match. The match will commence at 7:01PM.

India will be up against the winner of the second quarterfinal between Italy and Korea.

The team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara enters the semifinal with a 5-3 win over the Spanish team. This effectively means India will be vying for a medal. The result of the semifinal will determine if it will be the gold-medal match or the bronze-medal match.

India: 9, 10, 8, 10 = 37 points

Ankita: 9, 8

Dhiraj: 10, 10

Spain: 9, 8, 9, 10 = 36 points

Pablo: 9, 9

Elia: 8, 10

India wins the fourth set 37-36. INDIA ADVANCES TO SEMIFINALS!

India: 9, 9, 8, 10 = 36 points

Ankita: 9, 8

Dhiraj: 9, 10

Spain: 10, 10, 8, 9 = 37 points

Pablo: 10, 8

Elia: 10, 9

Spain wins the third set 37-36. The game is tied 3-3.

India: 10, 9, 9, 10 = 38 points

Ankita: 10, 9

Dhiraj: 9, 10

Spain: 9, 10, 10, 9 = 38 points

Pablo: 9, 10

Elia: 10, 9

The second set is tied 38-38. India leads 3-1.

India: 9, 10, 9, 10 = 38 points

Ankita: 9, 9

Dhiraj: 10, 10

Spain: 9, 10, 9, 9 = 37 points

Pablo: 9, 9

Elia: 10, 9

India wins the first set 38-37 and takes a 2-0 lead.

Just four sets. Each team will get four arrows in each set. The team with more points in these four arrows wins the set. If the scores are tied at the end of four sets, we head to a shoot-off.

The Indian and Spanish teams are out on the range. Moments away from the start.

Elia Canales - World No. 5

Pablo Acha - World No. 22

The mixed team quarterfinal event will take place at 5:45pm IST. 

USA defeats Uzbekistan 6-0 and through to quarters.

Japan manages to go past Turkiye 5-4.

Mexico triumphs over Brazil 5-1 to enter the quarters in the mixed team event.

South Korea edges past Chinese Taipei 5-4 in a shootout after tying 4-4.

India was ranked fifth with 1347 points, while Spain is ranked 13th with 1324.

Spain defeated China 6-2. So India will face Spain in the mixed team quarterfinal match at 5:45 PM IST.

India will face the winner of the Spain and China mixed team match in the quarterfinal

Credits- Olympics.com

Both India and Indonesia manage only 19 points each. But that means that India will qualify for the quarters with a 5-1 scoreline.

A ten from Ankita and nine from Dhiraj does the trick, but the Indonesian pair is not far away as they trail by a point after two shots.

Indonesia manages to score another 19 but ends up trying with India, who also scores the same. India leads 3-1 after two sets.

India ties as Dhiraj’s 10 and Ankita shoots a 9.

Indonesian aiming a comeback scores 19 points in the first two arrows. 

Both the Indian archers score 9 each. Diananda scores an eight, while Arif hits a nine but it doesnt change the set outcome as they score 36 in total.

Following the Indian pattern, Arif hits a 10, while Diananda hits a 9.

Ankita Bhakat starts with a nine and Dhiraj follows it with a bullseye

Both the teams enter the arena.

India will face wither Spain or China in the quarterfinal if they defeat Indonesia.

Understand the points system better: Each archer will shoot twice in one set. Both countries have four sets to outdo the other team. 

India was ranked fifth with 1347 points in comparison to Indonesia’s 12th place finish with 1326 points.

India will take on Indonesia in the mixed team event in archery at 1:19 PM IST.

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