Sports News | Deepika Enters Round of 32 in Women's Individual Archery Event
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari defeated Reena Parnat of Estonia 6-5 in a shoot-off in her opening match match to enter the round of 32 in the women's individual event of the Olympic Games here on Wednesday.
Paris, Jul 31 (PTI) Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari defeated Reena Parnat of Estonia 6-5 in a shoot-off in her opening match match to enter the round of 32 in the women's individual event of the Olympic Games here on Wednesday.
Deepika, who had failed to impress in the Indian archery team's disappointing campaign a few days ago, faces Quinty Roeffen of the Netherlands in her next match later in the day.
Deepika took the first set but lost the next. After the scores were in the third set, Deepika trailed 3-5 but made a stunning recovery by shooting 10s with all three arrows to level the score 5-5.
The Indian won the shoot-off with a 9 as against an 8 by her opponent.
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