Paris:
Debutant Ankita Bhakat left behind seasoned campaigners like Deepika Kumar to emerge because the best-placed Indian archer at eleventh within the Paris Olympics’ ladies’s particular person recurve {qualifications} because the nation secured a quarterfinal spot within the workforce occasion by ending fourth right here on Thursday. The 26-year-old Ankita was the top-ranked Indian girl with 666 factors, adopted by Bhajan Kaur (twenty second with 559 factors) and Deepika Kumari (twenty third with 658 factors). In the workforce occasion, India grabbed the fourth spot by scoring 1983 factors. South Korea topped the standings with 2046 factors. China completed runners-up whereas Mexico grabbed the third spot.
The high 4 within the workforce standings instantly advance to the quarterfinals, whereas these ending between fifth to twelfth play the Round of 16 fixtures.
India will face the winner of the competition between France and Netherlands within the quarterfinals.
If they clear the quarters, India may very well be headed for a semifinal showdown with heavyweights Korea.
The Korean ladies’s workforce has been invincible within the Olympics, profitable a ninth straight medal in Tokyo three years in the past.
In the person part, Korea’s Lim Sihyeon smashed a world report rating of 694 to high the standings, whereas her compatriot Suhyeon Nam scored 688 factors to complete second.
China’s Yang Xiaolei was third with 673.
Ankita, who hails from Bengal and represents Tata Academy, was the shock bundle on the day from the Indian perspective, whilst four-time Olympian Deepika faltered to return her worst ever qualification outcome on the Games.
Deepika will, for the primary time, miss out on the combined workforce berth as Ankita topped among the many Indians.
Ankita will associate the highest Indian finisher within the males’s qualification within the combined workforce finals.
The males’s qualifiers get underway within the afternoon session. PTI TAP AH PM AH PM PM
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