Sports News | Archer Rai Moves into Second Round
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Veteran Indian archer Tarundeep Rai battled wind to script a thrilling come-from-behind 6-4 win over Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine to move into the second round at the Tokyo Olympics here on Wednesday.
Tokyo, Jul 28 (PTI) Veteran Indian archer Tarundeep Rai battled wind to script a thrilling come-from-behind 6-4 win over Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine to move into the second round at the Tokyo Olympics here on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old Army archer, who is in his third Olympics, trailed 2-4 against the Ukrainian debutant before he won the final two sets with three perfect 10s to wrap up the match.
The world number 54 Rai will take on lower-ranked Itay Shanny of Israel in his round of 32 match later in the day.
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