Olympic 2024 Archery LIVE Ranking Round: India advances to Team Quarterfinals; 3 women make it to Top 32

Olympic Archery Live: India likely to face Korea in semifinals

If India wins the women’s quarterfinals, they will likely face defending champions South Korea, who are seeded first in the team competition. South Korea has won 27 archery gold medals in Olympic history, 13 more than any other country.

Olympic Archery Live: Watch the Men’s Ranking Rounds!

The day is not over yet. Watch India’s male archers take centre stage at 5:45 PM IST. Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Ramesh Jadhav, it’s your turn, gentlemen!

Olympic Archery Live: Ankita Bhakat Narrowly Misses Top 10

What a great performance Ankita Barkat had in her debut Olympics! She finished as the 11th seed in the women’s individual main draw, scoring 666 points (her best score of the season). Fellow 18-year-old debutant Bhajan Kaur was the 22nd seed (659 points) and the experienced Deepika Kumari was the 23rd seed (658 points).

Olympic Archery Live: India advances to women’s team quarterfinals!

India finished fourth, qualifying straight for the quarterfinals of the women’s team archery event. Ankita Bhakat’s impressive performance made life a little easier for India in their quest for an archery medal.

Olympic Archery Live: India likely to reach semifinals, one round left…

India, ranked fourth, are 13 points ahead going into the last six arrows. With excellent performances from Olympic debutants Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur, India have solidified their position.

Olympic Archery Live: Ankita Bhakat Re-enters Top 10

26-year-old archer Ankita Barkat is back in the top 10 seed in the women’s category. To make matters better, 18-year-old Bhajan Kaur has also entered the top 20. India has solidified its fourth position, tied with third-placed Mexico. India is 13 points ahead of fifth-placed France.

Olympic Archery Live: Only Two More Rounds Left.

Two more rounds left. There are 12 more arrows left in the Paris 2024 Marathon Women’s Individual Ranking Round. This is India’s first competition and the country looks set to start on a positive note.

Olympic Archery Live: 60/72 Arrows: India Takes 4th Place!

India is four points ahead of France, with Bhajan Kaur moving up to 21st. Ankita Barkat is 12th and Deepika Kumari is currently 28th. With all three Indian players in the top 30, they look set to make it to the quarterfinals.

I hope we haven’t been cursed by the commentator!

Olympic Archery Live: India in Battle with France

India and hosts France continue to swap places in the women’s team rankings. After shooting 54/72 arrows, both are tied on 1482 points, but France has more 10s and Xs, which gives them the all-important fourth place.

Ankita Bhatt finished at 11th place, the highest rank for an Indian. She also scored 500 points.

Olympic Archery Live: 48/72 Shots: India Back in Top 4!

With just a third of the women’s individual rankings remaining, India has returned to the top four, just one point ahead of hosts France and five ahead of Indonesia.

Ankita Bhatt remains the top Indian player at 11th with 445 points. Deepika Kumari has hit some good shots and is now at 24th.

Olympic Archery Live: India, 6th in Interim Rankings

India was eliminated from the top four seedings in the women’s team at the halfway point of the women’s individual ranking round (36/72 arrows). Ankita Bhakat was the highest-ranked Indian player throughout and is currently ranked 12th with 335 points.

18-year-old Bhajan Kaur is 23rd with 330 points and veteran Deepika Kumari is 37th with 327 points.

Olympic Archery Live: India now in top 3

Bhajan’s improvement has seen India move up to third in the women’s team seedings, with only South Korea and China currently ahead of India.

Olympic Archery Live: 30/72 Arrows: Bhajan Kaur Takes the Jump!

While Ankita Bhakat is in the top 10, 18-year-old Bhajan Kaur has moved up to 23rd position and is now four points behind Ankita. Veteran Deepika Kumari has also improved her ranking.

Olympic Archery Live: 24/72 Shots: India Breaks Into Top 4!

India has entered the top four seeds in the women’s team event. Ankita has secured a spot in the top 10 (8th, 225 points) and Bhajan Kaur has jumped to 31st (218 points). Deepika Kumari has also made it to the top 40.

Olympic Archery Live: India Seeds 5th in Women’s Team

Ankita Bhakat’s excellent early start has seen India move up to fifth in the preliminary seedings for the women’s team. The top four seeds will qualify directly for the quarterfinals.

Olympic Archery Live: Ankita takes 7th place with 18 arrows

Ankita Bhatt continues to shine. She is now ranked 7th in the individual seedings with 170 points. She is just 6 points behind the highest score of 176.

Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur were ranked 39th and 41st respectively with 161 points.

Olympic Archery Live: India seeded 9th in team event

The coveted top 12 will qualify straight for the last 16 and Ankita Bhakat’s fine start ensured India are well within that target. The country is currently ranked ninth.

Olympic Archery Live: Akita Bakat Rise!

Ankita Bhakat came in 12th with 111 points after shooting 12 arrows. She had five 10s and two Xs. Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur had 107 and 104 points respectively.

Olympic Archery Live: Ankita leads India with first 6 arrows

Ankita Bhakat scored 54 points after hitting her first six arrows out of 72 per person. She is currently ranked 22nd. Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur are further down on 51 points each.

Olympic Archery Live: Learn more about Ankita and Bhajan!

Akita Bhatt and Bhajan Kaur were part of the women’s recurve team that won bronze at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Olympic Archery Live: Stadium: Les Invalides

The archery event will take place at the historic Les Invalides within the Paris complex, which was built in 1867 during the reign of Louis XIV and contains a monument and museum dedicated to the French military.

Olympic Archery Live: India Women’s Archery Team

Former world number one Deepika Kumari is back for her fourth Olympics, and she will be joined on the women’s team by two Olympic debutants: 26-year-old Ankita Bhatt and 18-year-old Bhajan Kaur.

Olympic Archery Live: Can India Win Its First Archery Medal?

India has participated in archery at every Olympics since 1988 but has failed to win a medal. Can they break the duck this year?

Olympic Archery LIVE: Ranking Round Format

The men’s and women’s team seeds are determined by the combined scores of the men’s and women’s archers, respectively. The top four seeded teams advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the teams seeded 5-12 advance directly to the round of 16.

For mixed teams, the best individual scores from the men’s and women’s individual rankings determine the seeding. Only the top 16 teams advance to the final event.

Olympic Archery LIVE: Archery Ranking Round Starts Today

The men’s and women’s archery ranking rounds begin today. The women’s individual ranking round begins first at 1 PM IST. Grab a snack and settle in. The world’s most epic sports festival is about to begin.

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