Archer Tarundeep bows out of Olympics

London: Indian challenge in the individual archery recurve section is almost over with all archers save Deepika Kumari have crashed out of their respective events.

While Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai were eliminated in the second round of the men's recurve section, Jayanta Talukdar suffered a humiliating defeat in the opening round.

In the women's section Chekrovulo Dwuro's erratic performance saw her bow out in a shoot-off. Tarundeep went down fighting against South Korea's world No 2 Kim Bubmin. The score was 6-2 in favour of the South Korean. This was after Tarundeep defeated JC Evans of Korea in a shoot-off after being tied 5-5.

Indian challenge in the individual archery recurve section is almost over with all archers save Deepika Kumari have crashed out.

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