Olympic Archery: Indian women upstaged by Denmark
July 29th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANSLondon, July 29 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the archery team event at the Olympics ended Sunday when the women lost to Denmark in the Elimination round at Lord’s.
The World No. 2 trio of Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro and Laishram Bombayala Devi faltered in crunch moments to go down 210-211 to Denmark’s Carina Christiansen, Maja Jager and Louise Laursen.
The loss capped off India’s dismal show in the team events after the men lost to Japan in another Eliminator Saturday.
The Indians were leading 52-51 by the first end before losing their way in the second to concede a four-point deficit. The score was 103-107.
India found themselves in further trouble in the third end with Swuro shooting a six for the second time in the match.
The Danes cashed on India’s inconsistency and stretched their lead by five points to go up 160-155.
India fought back in the final end by scoring two tens through Bombayala and Swuro. But that was not to be enough as Denmark shot the required nine of the match’s last arrow.
India will now hope for a medal from the individual event Monday with the bulk of the expectations on Deepika, ranked number one in the world.
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