Deepika Kumari Leads Indian Team Challenge

Deepika Kumari once again faltered under pressure to miss a target as India’s medal hope in the women’s team event received a big blow by finishing a lowly seventh in the archery qualification round of the Olympic Games.

This after, earlier in the day Atanu Das impressed on his Olympic debut by finishing a creditable fifth in the individual section.

However, star archer Deepika put up one of her most inconsistent displays to finish a poor 20th with a score of 640 out of 720.

In her third Olympics, senior archer Bombayla Devi Laishram shot 638 to finish 24th while Laxmirani Majhi finished a lowly 43rd with 614 points.