Archery, Olympics 2024: Ankita Bhakat, Dhiraj Bommadevara best Indian performers in ranking round
The Indian women’s recurve team were seeded fourth while the men’s team finished in third place with the mixed team of Bhakat and Bommadevara seeded fifth.
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In the first event for the Indian contingent at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the recurve archers were in action in the qualification ranking round on Thursday to decide the draws for the individual, team and mixed team events.
In the men’s ranking round, Dhiraj Bommadevara finished fourth while the men’s team qualified in third place. Ankita Bhakat finished in 11th place as the Indian women’s recurve team qualified in fourth place in the women’s recurve ranking round.
The Indian women secured the fourth seeding with a total core of 1983 as Olympic champions South Korea set a new world record of 2046 to take the top seeding.
The team of Bhakat, Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur will begin their campaign directly in the quarter-final on July 28 and will face the winner of the match between France and the Netherlands.
Bhakat herself finished with 666 points in the individual ranking, her season’s best score so far. She will open her individual campaign against Wioleta Myszor of Poland on July 30. Kumari, who had a nervy qualification round, will face off against Reena Parnat of Estonia while Kaur will take on Indonesia’s Syifa Nirafifah Kamal.
Later in the day, the Indian men’s team of Bommadevara, veteran Tarundeep Rai and Pravin...
