Paris 2024 Olympics: Bhajan Kaur advances to Round of 16 in women’s individual archery

Paris 2024: Bhajan Kaur defeated Indonesia’s Syifa Kamal of Indonesia and Poland’s Wioleta Myzsor in her two contests today.

India’s Bhajan Kaur in action during team archery quarterfinal match between India and the Netherlands. | Photo Credit: PTI

Bhajan Kaur won two matches to stay alive in the women’s individual archery competition of the Olympics at the Invalides arena here on Tuesday.

Bhajan showed good consistency to defeat Indonesia’s Syfia Nurafifah Kamal 7-3 (27-27, 27-29, 29-27, 27-25, 28-25) in the round of 32 and then Poland’s Wioleta Myszor 6-0 (28-23, 29-26, 28-22) in the round of 16 to move into the pre-quarterfinals.

The 18-year-old Indian will meet another Indonesian Diananda Choirunisa in the last 16.

Meanwhile, Ankita Bhakat exited early after losing to Wioleta 6-4 (27-26, 26-29, 27-28, 29-27, 28-27) in a round of 32 match.

After a below-par outing in the men’s team event, B. Dhiraj showed consistency to go past Czech Republic’s Adam Li 7-1 (29-29, 29-26, 29-28, 28-26) in a round of 32 individual match.

However, the Indian lost to World championships silver medallist Eric Peters of Canada 6-5 (27-28, 29-28, 27-29, 30-30, 30-29, 10*-10) via a thrilling shoot-off in the next round. Peters shot closer to the centre than Dhiraj in the tie-breaker.