Tokyo Olympics: Men's archery team moves to quarterfinals, defeats Kazakhstan

Indian men’s archery team moved to the quarter finals of Tokyo Olympics after defeating Kazakhstan 6-2. The match started with a 10 by Kazakhstan, and Atanu replies with a 9. However, at the end of the first set, India won by a small margin after scoring 9, 9, 8, 9, 10, 10 as opposed to Kazakhstan’s 10, 9, 9, 8, 8, 10. Indian team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai will now face South Korea, who is hard to beat.

At the end of the first set, Kazakhstan scored 54 while India got 55, thanks to back-to-back 10s from Pravin and Atanu. The second set was a rather easy one as well, for India. India wins that set as well with a 52-50 score, and go 4-0 up in the match. Atanu started off with a 10 and finished with a 9. Pravin Jadhav hit a 7 in this set. Kazakhstan started the next set with back-to-back 10s. In response, Atanu hit 10 in India’s first shot, which was followed by 9s by Tarundeep and Pravin. In the end, Kazakhstan scored 57 while India scored 56. the score was 4-2.

India wins the fourth set 55-54 and will face South Korea next at Tokyo Olympics. India needed 20 19 points at least to stay in the set, Atanu and Pravin hit back-to-back 10s to register India’s victory.

The Tokyo Olympics, which was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is now up and running. The Games have not been without their share of controversies, however.

The event is happening despite plenty of protests from the Japanese people against it. And the angst is not without reason. 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, always a major psychological blow to athletes. There’s also been a number of cases reported in the Olympic village itself.