Xtra Time Web Desk: Indian archery team managed a ninth place finish in both men’s team and mixed team rankings at the Tokyo Olympics archery competition at the Yumenoshima Park on Friday. The trio of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai will face some tough challenges ahead as both men”s team and mixed pair are likely to face Korea in the quarterfinals.
The Indian mixed team will open its campaign against eighth-ranked Chinese Taipei, and should it overcome the first-round hurdle, top-seed Korea would be waiting in the last-eight.
Likewise, the Indian men”s team might run into top-seed Korea, who got a bye into the quarters, should they beat eighth-ranked Kazakhstan in the opening round.
In the individual rankings, all the three Indian male archers finished out of top-30. Jadhav finished on 31st with 656 points out of a maximum 720. Atanu Das had a 35th place finish, while former Asian Games silver-medalist Tarundeep Rai, in his third Olympics appearance, took the 37th spot among 64 archers.
The men”s trio”s combined performance was just enough to finish inside top-10 as they totalled 1961 for a ninth place finish in their first Olympic appearance since London 2012.