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After heading to the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jhadav lost to South Korea’s An San and Kim Je Deok. The Indian duo lost 6-2 sets after scoring a close 32, 37, 37, and 33 as compared to South Korea’s 35, 38, 35, and 33.
The women’s world number 1, Deepika was seen a little out of her game. She made a few bad shots. Pravin aslo looked under a lot of pressure.
An San and Kim Je Deok displayed their A-game in the entire match, giving no respite to the Indian pair, and in the first two sets, the South Korean duo dominated. However, Deepika and Pravin staged a comeback in the third set, and they brought the scoreline to 4-2. In the fourth set, Deepika and Jadhav scored 33, but An San and Deok scored a total of 36, and as a result, they ended up winning the match.
Earlier on Saturday, Indian archers Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jhadav made it to the quarter-finals of the Mixed team archery event at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The Indian duo went against Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Chun Tang and Chia-En Lin and won the fourth set after scoring 9+8+10+10 = 37. India won from being a set down and then heading to a draw and finally defeating their opponents. The first round started with the Chinese Taipei scoring 9+9+8+10 = 36. India just scored 8+10+8+9 = 35 and ended up losing the set.
India got into the rhythm after the second round when they scored perfect 10s with 4 arrows. After that round, Chinese Taipei underperformed their first-round performance, and just scored 8+10+7+10 = 35.
Ahead of the Mixed team event, Pravin Jhadav finished a position above Atanu Das. As per rule, he joined Deepika Kumari. As for Deepika Kumari, she finished 9th in the ranking round that took place on the first day of the Olympics.
The Tokyo Olympics was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with the “show must go on” ideology the Games started. However, they started with a share of controversies.
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The event is happening despite plenty of protests from the Japanese people against it. Tokyo is currently in a state of emergency due to a rise in COVID cases.
The Games will, by and large, be played out in the absence of fans, which has always had a psychological impact on athletes. Players have also come ahead and talked about how the lack of fans and is an unwelcomed change. There’s also been a number of cases reported in the Olympic village itself.
Nevertheless, the Games remain an event that many around the world will be keen to watch. From July 23 to August 8, many will be hooked onto their televisions to follow the events.
