London, July 27, 2012: Indian archery hit a new low on the
opening day of the 30th Olympic Games archery competition at Lord’s when the
men’s team of Rahul Banerjee, Tarundeep Rai and Jayanta Talukdar, finished a
shocking 12 out of 12 teams in the ranking round held in the morning.
On a day when the defending championKorea
stamped its class by establishing two world records and Olympic records for the
team and individual totals, the three Indians bite the dust with a shocking
display to plunge India ’s
campaign into disarray.
India ,
ranked third in world, totalled a pathetic 1969 points that gave it only the
last spot. The top four finishers, Korea ,
France, China and the US , will all
get a bye into the quarterfinals. India
will be pitted against fifth-ranked Japan
in the pre-quarterfinals which will be a repeat of the Ogden
Olympic qualifying final match where India
lost to Japan .
Individually, Rai was the best placed Indian at 31st spot with a total of 664. Banerjee was 46th with 655 and Talukdar was 53rd with 650. In the elimination round, Rai will play 34th ranked Juan Carlos Stevens ofCuba in the first round while Banerjee will take
on 19th ranked Jantsan Gantugs of Mongolia . Talukdar has the toughest
draw meeting 12th ranked Jacob Wukie of the US .
The Korean trio of Im Dong Hyun, Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin Hyek totalled 2087 points to established a new world record and Olympic record. The previous world record was 2069 byKorea at
Antalya World Cup earlier this year and the Olympic record stood at 2031 by Korea set at Atlanta in 1996.
Im Dong Hyun’s individual score of 699 bettered his own world record of 696 set atAntalya earlier this year and the Olympic
record stood at 684 points set by Michele Frangilli of Italy in 1996.
World No. 1 archer American Brady Ellison of theUS finished 10th with a score of
676.
The men’s team elimination and the final will be gone through on Saturday with the first medal being awarded in this discipline.
On a day when the defending champion
Individually, Rai was the best placed Indian at 31st spot with a total of 664. Banerjee was 46th with 655 and Talukdar was 53rd with 650. In the elimination round, Rai will play 34th ranked Juan Carlos Stevens of
The Korean trio of Im Dong Hyun, Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin Hyek totalled 2087 points to established a new world record and Olympic record. The previous world record was 2069 by
Im Dong Hyun’s individual score of 699 bettered his own world record of 696 set at
World No. 1 archer American Brady Ellison of the
The men’s team elimination and the final will be gone through on Saturday with the first medal being awarded in this discipline.
Indian Archery Association Press release
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