However, Deepika Kumari was unfazed in the fifth set as she began with two 9s and finished with an 8 to score 26. The world record (692) is held by Kang Chae Wong, the world No.3 who finished third with 675 points for a Korean top-three in the qualification round.
In the fourth set, Deepika Kumari shot 6 with her second arrow, which lost her the set and the scores levelled 4-4. The previous Olympic record score in the individual ranking round was 673 held by Ukraine's Lina Gerasymenko way back at Atlanta 1996 Olympics.
The ace Indian archer defied the conditions to start the third set with another 10 and then shot a 9 and 8 to outscore the American 27-25 and took the lead of the match. The 27-year-old Deepika Kumari lost the first set after shooting 25 (7, 9, 9) to the American’s 26 (9, 10, 7).ĭeepika Kumari then roared back with 28 (8, 10,10) to win the second set, with Mucino-Fernandez only shooting 25. The Indian archery contingent comprising Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav will be in action on the inaugural day of the 32nd Olympic Games as the individual ranking. The windy conditions at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field had led to several low-scoring encounters and the trend continued. The world No.1 finished with 663 points, while 20-year-old Korean prodigy An San (680) topped the qualification round with an Olympic record score of.Tokyo 2020. 1 Deepika Kumari advanced to the Round of 16 in the women’s individual archery after beating Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of the USA 6-4 at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
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