Paris Olympics: Indian archer Bhajan Kaur crashes out in Round of 16, loses in shoot-off

Paris [France], August 3 (ANI): India archer Bhajan Kaur crashed out of the individual women’s archery event in the Round of 16 after going down to Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa in the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Kaur was tied at 5-5 (0-2, 2-0, 0-2, 1-1, 2-0) with the match going to shoot off.

The Indian archer was chasing her Indonesian counterpart throughout the contest. In the decider fourth set, Bhajan arrowed a crucial 10 on her final shot to force a shoot-off.

The 18-year-old lost the game in the shoot-off off narrowly as she managed to hit 8 in response to Choirunisa’s 9.

Before this fixture, the other archer Deepika Kumari was in action during her Roud of 16 match against Germany’s Michelle Kroppen.

Deepika won 6-4 (2-0, 1-1, 2-0, 0-2, 1-1) against her German opponent in the Round of 16 match at the Les Invalides.

The Indian archer started with a dominating performance as she won the first 27-24. In the second set, Deepika got hits of 10, 8 and 9. While her German opponent displayed a consistent performance and hit three consecutive 9s.

Deepika made a comeback and won the third set to take a 5-1 in the match. The Indian archer failed to showcase a consistent performance and lost the fourth set. However, Deepika tied the fifth set to make her place in the quarterfinals.

Earlier in the day, India shooter Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the women’s 25m pistol shooting event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Manu came close to becoming the first Indian to win three medals at the Summer Games, However, the 22-year-old missed the chance after finishing in fourth place in the women’s 25m pistol shooting event.

Manu’s voyage came to an end when she was pitted in a shoot-off against the former world record holder Veronika Major of Hungary as they were tied at 28 points.

Jiin Yang of South Korea secured the top spot to clinch the gold medal. Camille Jedrzejewski of France had to settle for second place. Veronika Major finished in third place.

Indian contingent has won three bronze medals at the Paris Olympics and all of them came in shooting.