Deepika loses as India's archery dream ends

India's Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol shooting event and capped a magnificent campaign in the ongoing Olympic Games with an unprecedented two medals in paris Olympics on Saturday.The 22-year-old Bhaker shot 28 in the eight-women final to miss out on completing a hat-trick of medals in a single edition of the Games. She lost to Hungarian bronze medallist Veronika Major in the shoot-off. Before Bhaker, no Indian athlete has claimed more than one medal at the same Olympics.
India's Deepika Kumari Paris dream endson Saturday. The senior archer loses the women's individual quarter-final 4-6. The archers will return empty-handed from the Games. Earlier,Deepika Kumari  qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's individual archery event after defeating Germany's Michelle Kroppen in the 1/8 elimination round but Bhajan Kaur crashed out following a loss to Indonesia's Diananda Choirunisa 6-5. The Indian defeated her German rival 6-4 in the elimination round after recording a score of 27-24 in the first set to garner two points. The two then shot 27-27 in the second set to share the points. Deepika won the third set 26-25 for two more points.

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