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Tokyo 2020: Indian men's archery team knocks out Kazakhstan for QF against Korea
Updated On: 26 July, 2021 08:39 AM IST | Tokyo | PTI
The Indians were strong, especially Atanu Das who drilled in six perfect 10s to play a crucial role in team`s win at the Yumenoshima Park. The Kazakhstan troika of Denis Gankin, Ilfat Abdullin, Sanzhar Mussayev showed flashes of brilliance
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India`s Atanu Das competes in the men`s team eliminations during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. Pic/AFP
The Indian men`s archery team of Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai downed Kazakhstan 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal clash against heavyweights Korea at the Tokyo Olympics here on Monday. The Indians were strong, especially Atanu Das who drilled in six perfect 10s to play a crucial role in team`s win at the Yumenoshima Park. The Kazakhstan troika of Denis Gankin, Ilfat Abdullin, Sanzhar Mussayev showed flashes of brilliance.
They took the third set with one point margin. Das made all the difference by hitting six perfect 10s including two Xs to make up for some inconsistent show by the Army duo of Rai and Jadhav. The Guatemala City World Cup gold medallist Das looked calm and composed and showed tremendous resilience to bounce back after finishing a lowly 35th, four places behind Olympic debutant Jadhav, in the ranking round on the opening day. The poor finish had resulted in Das` removal from the mixed team where his wife Deepika Kumari paired up with Jadhav and made a quarterfinal exit following defeat against Korea on Saturday. Trailing by two points at the halfway mark of the first set, Jadhav and Das finished with two superb arrows, drilling in X each to edge out their Kazakhstan rivals by one point.
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