Indian Archery team including Sikkim boy Tarundeep Rai reaches quartar final.

The Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav on Monday booked their place in the quarter-finals of archery men’s team event as they defeated Kazakhstan 6-2 in the 1/8 Elimination round at the Yumenoshima Park.

India clinched the first set with a score 55-54; taking a 2-0 set-point lead in the match. The second set also belonged to India as the archers stretched their lead of set point to 4-0.

The Kazakhstan troika of Denis Gankin, Ilfat Abdullin, Sanzhar Mussayev took the third set 57-56 but the fourth went in India’s favour with both Pravin and Atanu hitting 10’s to make it 56-64.

With this win, India will most probably face an uphill task in quarters against the archery giants South Korea.

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