(Archery news) Olympic 2021 Live Update: One of India’s brightest medal prospects at the Tokyo Olympics Deepika Kumari has been eliminated in the Women’s Individual Quarterfinal by An San of South Korea. In what can only be described as a whitewash, An San could not have hoped for a better start, shooting three 10s to get a perfect score of 30 in the first set and clinching two points.

Despite a better start by Deepika Kumari in the second set by getting a 10, her other two shots were two 7s for a total score of 24. In response, An San finished the second set with a score of 26 to extend her lead by 4 points. As the game seemed slipping away from the Indian archer, it was too little too late as the 20 year old Korean hit an 8, 9, 9 for a score of 26 while Deepika Kumari could only muster 7, 8, 9 for a total score of 24.

This ended Deepika Kumari’s Tokyo Olympics campaign and India’s hopes now rest on Atanu Das’ shoulders as he takes on Takaharu Furukawa of Japan in the 1/8 Eliminations tomorrow (31st July).

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