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.
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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.
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