Tokyo Paralympics: Indian archer Rakesh Kumar misplaced an in depth quarterfinal to China’s Ai Xinliang.© Twitter
Indian archer Rakesh Kumar missed out on semi-final berth by a whisker as he misplaced 143-145 to China’s Ai Xinliang in males’s particular person compound occasion at the continuing Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday. Rakesh Kumar gave a neck to neck combat in all 5 rounds within the quarter-finals however the Chinese language archer did not permit the Indian athlete to get previous him. The Indian athlete began off with a rating of 29 within the first spherical nevertheless, Xinliang registered 30 in the identical essay to take the cost. The Chinese language athlete then maintained his lead all through the sport as Rakesh misplaced the match 143-145 to bow out of the showpiece occasion.
Earlier within the day, Rakesh had defeated Marian Marecak of Slovakia 140-137 to win his 1/8 elimination match.
Rakesh received off to dangerous begin and was trailing until the second spherical with a cumulative rating of 53.
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Nevertheless, the Indian archer staged a comeback to take a slender lead of 81-80. He then continued his high-quality kind and photographs brilliantly within the final two rounds to win the sport.
One other Indian archer Shyam Sundar had gone down 139-142 towards Matt Stutzman of the USA within the particular person compound open 1/16 elimination spherical on Saturday.
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