Paris: Indian recurve mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara produced an excellent performance to rally past Indonesia and enter the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics here on Friday.
The Indians notched a 5-1 (37-36 38-38 38-37) win over their Indonesian opponents Diananda Choirunisa and Arif Pangestu.
Dhiraj and Ankita consistently shot 9s and 10s.
Dhiraj and Ankita consistently shot 9s and 10s. However, Ankita upped her game, shooting 10s in her last three attempts to take the pair into the last eight stage, which will take place later in the day.
India will face Spain’s Elia Canales and Pablo Acha in the last-eight match which is scheduled at 5:45 pm (IST).
Earlier, India’s campaign in men’s individual archery ended after four-time Olympian Tarundeep Rai bowed out in the opening round and Dhiraj suffered a narrow loss in the second round.
The men’s and women’s teams have failed to make it past the quarterfinal stage.
Meanwhile, seasoned archer Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur have both made it to the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s individual event, but Ankita crashed out in the first round.
