Indian archers Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav lost to Turkey’s Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tumer and Abdullah Yildirmis 2-6 (52-57, 52-55, 55-54, 54-57) in the men's team quarterfinal of the Paris Olympics 2024 at historic Les Invalides arena. India's Olympics debutant, Dhiraj's form along with Tarundeep and Pravin made the Indian men’s team the most fancied to win a medal. However, the Indian trio failed to make it to the next round.
India were about to win the third set after losing first two but Turkey quelled the challenge with a dominating fourth set where they shot four 10s, and two 9s in their 58, while India could muster only 54 with a rank bad effort that landed in the blue zone and fetched them just seven points.
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Earlier, the Indian women’s archery team, comprising Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari, lost to the Netherlands 6-0 in the quarter-finals of the Paris 2024 Olympics at the same venue on Sunday. Now, all six Indian archers will be seen in action for the individual event rounds scheduled to take place on July 30, Tuesday. Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara will also feature in the mixed-team event on Friday.
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