Atanu Das Loses Thriller, India's Archery Dreams Ends in Rio Olympics 2016
Atanu Das lost to Korea's Lee Seung-Yun in the pre-quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics 2016 archery competition.
Highlights
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India's archery campaign in Rio 2016 has ended
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Atanu Das crashed out in the men's individual pre-quarters
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Das lost a high-scoring thriller vs Korea's Lee Seung-Yun
In a high-quality contest, India's Atanu Das went down to Korea's Lee Seung-Yun 6-4 in a pre-quarterfinal match of the Rio Olympics 2016 archery competition on Friday
In Rio's rainy conditions, the match went neck-and-neck till the fifth and final set. Das and Lee were tied 3-3 after three sets.
The fourth set, which the Korean world No. 8 won 28-27, proved to be decisive. The two-point cushion helped the Korea scrape through after the fifth set finished in a tie 28-28.
In his first Olympic Games, Atanu Das held his nerves on the big points. The 24-year-old from Kolkata displayed good form, shooting three 10s in the second set which he won 30-28.
Das had finished fifth in the ranking rounds with a career-best score of 683. He defeated Nepal's Jitbahadur Muktan 6-0 and Cuba's Andres Perez 6-4 to make the pre-quarters.
Although Seung-Yun had finished 12 in the ranking rounds with a score of 676. The Korean's career-best is a 693. He has already won the team gold in Rio Olympics 2016.
But on Friday, he proved his class starting with three 10s and held his nerves in the fifth and final set to enter the quarterfinals.