Paris Paralympics 2024, Archery Highlights: India’s Pooja loses 4-6 to China’s Wu Chunyan in quarterfinals

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Pooja will have one more chance to redeem herself as she will compete in the mixed team recurve open category with Harvinder Singh.

First set.

Pooja - 10, 9, 9. Total: 28

Wu Chunyan - 7, 9, 7. Total: 23

Pooja wins 1st set 28-23.

Second set.

Pooja - 7, 8, 10. Total: 25

Wu Chunyan - 8, 7, 9. Total: 24

Pooja wins 2nd set 25-24 to take a 4-0 lead. Fantastic!

Third set.

Pooja - 10, 10, 7. Total: 27

Wu Chunyan - 10, 9, 9. Total: 28

Pooja had the match arrow and all that she needed was a 9 but she hit a 7 to lose the set 27-28.

Fourth set.

Pooja - 9, 8, 7. Total: 24

Wu Chunyan - 10, 9, 8. Total: 27

Wu Chunyan wins the 4th set 27-24 and we are off to a decider.

Fifth set.

Pooja - 9, 7, 8. Total: 24

Wu Chunyan - 8, 9, 10. Total: 27

Heartbreak for Pooja as she loses the final set 24-27 and with that, the match 4-6 to Wu Chunyan, the bronze medallist from Tokyo.

She had the chance to close the match in the third set itself but as we all know, pressure does funny things to people.

Demberel takes the opening set 27-23.

However, Lavrinc shoots well to win a tight second set 28-27 and make it 2-2.

Demberel clinches the third set 26-25 and leads 4-2.

Poor shooting from Demberel in fourth set and Lavrinc wins it 26-20 to make it 4-4.

We are off to a deciding set. Remember, the winner of this match faces the winner of the last quarterfinal between India’s Pooja Jatyan and China’s Wu Chunyan in the semifinals.

Final set: Lavrinc - 9, 9, 5; Demberel - 8, 8, 10

Crazy finish as Demberel, who looked down and out, wins the final set 28-23 to move to the semifinals with a 6-4 victory.

Mijno wins the first set 26-21. She takes the second set too - 27-23.

And Mijno wraps up a 6-0 win by taking the third set with the same scoreline as the second one: 27-23

First semifinal is set: Wu Yang (China) vs Elisabetta Mijno (Italy)

In the first quarterfinal, Iran’s Somayeh Rahimi Ghahderijani is up against China’s Wu Yang.

Yang wins 6-0 (26-22, 25-17, 23-22).

She will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Italy’s Elisabetta Mijno and Poland’s Milena Olszewska in the semifinals.

India’s Pooja Jatyan is one win away from having two shots at become the first Indian female medallist in women’s recurve archery at Paralympics.

Pooja faces China’s Wu Chunyan in the last quarterfinal. Stay tuned for live updates.

Live telecast of the Paris Paralympics is available on DD Sports channel while live streaming is available on Jio Cinema as well as the official YouTube channel of Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.