Tokyo Paralympics: India's Mixed Archery Team Bows Out After Losing To Turkey
Tokyo Paralympics: India's mixed archery team of Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti Balyan lost 151-153 to Turkey's Oznur Cure and Bulent Korkmaz and bowed out of the competition.
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India's mixed archery team bowed out after losing to Turkey in quarters
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Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti Balyan lost 151-153 to crash out of Paralympics
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They had defeated Thailand's Praphaporn and Anon by 147-141 to make QFs
India's mixed team of Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti Balyan on Sunday crashed out of ongoing Tokyo Paralympics after losing to Oznur Cure and Bulent Korkmaz of Turkey in the compound archery mixed team event. The Indian duo lost the quarterfinal clash 153-151 to bow out of the showpiece event. India got off to a bad start as the Turkish side won the first set 37-34. Rakesh and Jyoti again fell short as Cure and Korkmaz clinched the second set to maintain the lead.
The Turkish pair then continued their fine form and clinched the third set with a cumulative score of 114-112.
In the fourth set, the Indian team came back strongly but failed to clinch the match as both sides registered a perfect shot in the final attempt.
Earlier in the day, Rakesh and Jyoti had defeated Thailand's Praphaporn and Anon by 147-141 in the round of 16 match to reach the quarterfinals.