Every time before the Olympics, I win something to be in the limelight. Honestly I don't want to be highlighted but it just happens," she said. Deepika, who qualified as ninth seed, had an easy first round draw against world no Karma but there too she struggled to get her best scores and shot a solitary 10 in a three-setter.
Against the US debutant Jennifer, Deepika shot in the red-circle four times and misfired a 6 but only to survive in a low-scoring affair. Maybe I struggled to read the wind properly. There's a lot of wind movements. Honestly I was not able to perform up to the mark. I get nervous when I have a bad shot but I'm trying my best to be confident," she said. Deepika will have a two-day break before gearing up for her big day on Saturday when the women's individual medals will be decided.
Asked whether she has judged the conditions well now," she said: "I can't say I've judged well. The weather is not in your hands, it keeps changing every second. Let's hope for the best on Saturday. The Indian also had a slow start, scoring 26 each in the first two sets, before picking up with a 27 to seal her last berth. Earlier, Olympic debutant Jadhav knocked out world number 2 Galsan Bazarzhapov in his opening match only to suffer a heavy defeat to world champion Brady Ellison in the second round.
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Here is India's schedule on Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympics. By hindustantimes. In Tokyo, Deepika Kumari began a fresh quest for Olympic medal in the individual round by being placed ninth with a score of in the ranking round of 72 arrows. The year-old from Ranchi is going to the Olympics as a world no 1, similar to when she had climbed to the pole position ahead of the London Games. Deepika Kumari completed her hat-trick of gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris on Sunday by winning the Recurve individual event by In the absence of the world number one Korea, the Indians faced little challenge to win the women's individual, team and mixed pair events with Deepika a constant in each of them, playing back-to-back four matches in less than five hours.
Atanu and Deepika, who are India's best medal hope in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, were at their best to make their first final together where they will face the Netherlands in the summit clash on Sunday. She practiced archery as a boy, shooting mangoes with sticks. Deepika Kumari does her schooling from Ratu Ranchi.
Deepika enrolled in Arjun Archery Academy in And the main start of her career joined Tata Archery Academy located in Jamshedpur in She learned all the art of archery from Tata Archery Academy. Hailing from a small village family in Jharkhand, Deepika Kumari has traveled to become the world No. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Meera is the wife of Shri Arjun Muda, the chief minister of the state. However, only after joining the Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur, her professional journey began.
For the first time here at the Tata Archery Academy , she was able to train in a uniform as well as along with the proper pieces of equipment. Besides, technical support which helped her hone her skills, she also received monetary support in the form of a stipend of Rs She returned home just once in that period of 3 years which was after she won the Cadet World Championship in She was only fifteen at the time.
With this title, she became just the second Indian to win this title. The first Indian to achieve this feat was Palton Hansda. Since then, there was no looking back for this youngster from Ranchi.
Credits: India TV. Be that as it may, as a piece of the Indian archery recurve team, alongside Rimil Buriuly and Dola Banerjee, she knocked out Chinese Taipei — in the bronze play-off to guarantee a podium finish at the Aoti Archery Range. Later in , she would go ahead to end up noticeably as the World No. She faced a humiliating first-round exit at the London Olympics after losing to Amy Oliver, ascribing a moderately poor execution to fever and high winds.
India finished fourth overall. Credits: India. She faced a major setback in as she finished outside the top 4 at the national qualifications and failed to seal her berth in the Indian team. She bagged her first medal of the year the Second stage of the World Cup. She bagged the Bronze medal in the individual event. They lost the gold medal match against Russia in the shootout that ended in favor of the Russians. She was part of the team that qualified for the Rio Olympics.
The next round was no different as she eased passed Italian Guendalina Sartori with a score of That marked the end of her campaign. Credits: The Indian Express. Earlier this year in June, Deepika won the Archery World Cup ranking round after scoring out of a possible points.
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