London: The Indian men’s Archery Team who were looking a strong medal prospect flattered to deceive as they crashed out of the London Olympics after losing to Japan in an intense pre-quarterfinals shoot-off at the Lord’s Cricket Ground here.
Indian trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai, who had a disastrous start to their rankings rounds as they finished at the bottom at 12th on Friday did put a fight and were tied at 214 after four regulation rounds. Indians were leading by two points in the regulation play but then gave up the lead to enter the shoot-off.
But then the Japanese team comprising of Yu Ishizu, Hideki Kikuchi and Takaharu Furukawa outwitted their Indian counterparts 29-27 in the shoot-off, to make it to the quarterfinals. In the shoot-off each players shot individually.
They now will try to bury their worst outing and make amends in the individual eliminations rounds that will commence on Monday.
By Indian Sports News Network
