London, July 27, 2012: The Indian men team’s fate in the Olympic
archery event is almost sealed as it is clubbed in the top half along with
defending Olympic champion Korea
and World No. 1 team, the US
in the team elimination round that will get underway at Lord’s on Saturday.
India ’s first match will be
against Asian rival Japan
and the winner will come up against the US in the quarterfinals. Ukraine and Great
Britain will clash in a pre-quarterfinal match and the
winner will have the envious task of meeting Korea in the quarterfinals.
If form plays true,Korea
and the US
will clash in the semifinals.
The competition in the bottom half looks pretty open with third rankedChina and second ranked France getting
bye into the quarterfinals. The winner of the match between Chinese Taipei and Italy will take on China
in the quarterfinals as Mexico-Malaysia winner will play France for a
place in the semifinals.
The second semifinal is likely to pit favouritesChina
and France .
If form plays true,
The competition in the bottom half looks pretty open with third ranked
The second semifinal is likely to pit favourites
Indian Archery Association Press release
No comments:
Post a Comment