Archery, Paris Olympics 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Deepika loses to South Korea’s Nam Suhyeon 4-6 in quarterfinal

Deepika’s six in the second set seems to be the biggest blip after halting for a long time and almost failing to shoot within the give time. The Indian archer seemed to falter when it needed the most as she lost 4-6 to Nam Suhyeon of South Korea in the quarterfinals.

Nam Suhyeon

10,9,10

Deepika Kumari

9,9,9

Deepika loses the match and medal chance.

Nam Suhyeon

10,9,10=29

Deepika Kumari

10,7,10=27

Deepika hits a seven and Nam restores parity yet again 4-4

Nam Suhyeon

10,9,9=28

Deepika Kumari

10,9,10=29

Deepika manages to hang on and take a 4-2 lead

NAM SUHYEON-

9, 10, 9 = 28

DEEPIKA KUMARI-

10, 6, 9= 25

Nam wins the second set as Deepika hits a six. in her second shot. 

NAM SUHYEON

10, 8, 8 =26

DEEPIKA KUMARI

9, 10, 9= 28

INDIA WINS FIRST SET 1 28-26

The two archers make way.

Deepika is two wins away from a medal

Nam Suhyeon is only 19 years old and has an 11-year age gap to Deepika Kumari, who is 30.

South Korea’s Jeon Hun-young defeats Elif Gökkır of Turkiye 6-2.

Lim Sihyeon of South Korea edges past Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia 6-4.

Each shooter will have five sets of three arrows each.

Nam Suhyeon is a South Korean archer, who along with Lim Si-hyeon and Jeon Hun-young set a new Olympic record and later went on to win gold in the team event. She qualified second in the ranking round behind her compatriot Lim. 

India’s Deepika Kumari will face Nam Suhyeon of South Korea in the fourth quarterfinal of the women’s individual round.

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