The continued Paris Video games have been no exception, with India going through a number of heart-wrenching close to misses regardless of securing three bronze medals to this point.The Indian contingent has misplaced out on as many as 5 medals within the 10 days of competitors to this point, leaving followers and sports activities lovers questioning ‘what if’.
The close to misses in Paris have vastly hindered India’s ambition of a double-digit medal tally. Now, even bettering Tokyo’s tally of seven medals is getting more durable because the time passes by.
From taking pictures vary to badminton courtroom, listed here are the heartbreaking outcomes for India to this point on the Paris Olympics:
India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat (IANS Picture)
Archery Combined Staff: A heartbreaking bronze-medal playoff
The blended crew of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat had a commendable run within the archery competitors. They superior to the semi-finals after defeating Indonesia (5-1) within the Spherical of 16 and Spain (5-3) within the quarter-finals. Nevertheless, they misplaced 2-6 to South Korea within the semi-finals, pushing them into the bronze-medal playoff in opposition to the USA.
In a nail-biting bronze-medal match, India’s hopes had been dashed as Bhakat and Bommadevara misplaced to USA’s Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison.
Regardless of three 10s within the first set, Bhakat’s opening shot of seven proved pricey, and India trailed 0-2. Within the second set, Bhakat once more began with a 7, and regardless of Bommadevara’s 10 and 9, Ellison’s double 10s secured the set for the USA.
The third set noticed a quick resurgence for India, with Bhakat and Bommadevara scoring a complete of 38 to win the set in opposition to the USA’s 34.
Nevertheless, within the decisive fourth set, Bhakat’s 8s and Bommadevara’s 9 and 10 weren’t sufficient because the USA clinched the set with a rating of 37, successful the match 6-2 and leaving India and not using a medal.
Arjun Babuta (IANS Picture)
Males’s 10m Air Rifle: Arjun Babuta‘s agonizing miss
Arjun Babuta, who scored 630.1 factors, completed seventh within the qualification spherical, making certain his place within the ultimate. Nevertheless, his Olympic dream resulted in heartbreak as he missed a medal by a whisker, ending fourth within the males’s 10m air rifle ultimate.
Babuta was within the high three for almost all of the ultimate, however a 9.5 on his twentieth shot led to his elimination from the medal race.
The shooter slipped from second to fourth with a ten.1 on his 18th shot and couldn’t recuperate. Babuta wanted a powerful twentieth shot to remain within the high three however managed solely a 9.5, certainly one of his solely two sub-10 pictures within the ultimate after a 9.9 within the thirteenth shot, succumbing to the stress.
Manu Bhaker (IANS Picture)
Girls’s 25m Pistol: No treble for Manu Bhaker
Manu Bhaker’s dream of a grand treble was shattered when she misplaced the tie-shoot for the bronze medal to Hungary’s Veronika Main by the narrowest of margins within the girls’s 25m sports activities pistol occasion.
Bhaker began poorly, lacking three out of 5 targets within the first collection, however regularly improved, scoring consecutive fours within the second and third collection. Within the elimination spherical, Bhaker briefly held the highest spot however slipped to 3rd after three misses within the eighth spherical, resulting in a tie with Veronika on 28 factors. Within the shoot-off, Bhaker scored three clear pictures out of 5, whereas Veronika had 4, ending Bhaker’s medal hopes.
Regardless of the miss, Bhaker returned residence with two bronze medals within the girls’s 10m air pistol and the blended crew 10m air pistol (with Sarabjot Singh).
Lakshya Sen (IANS Picture)
Badminton: Lakshya Sen‘s meltdown in bronze-medal match
Lakshya Sen stored the hopes of a medal in badminton after changing into the primary Indian male to enter the semi-finals. He had a terrific run in Paris earlier than two back-to-back meltdowns left him empty handed in the long run.
Sen topped his group with an all-win report to enter the pre-quarterfinals. He then gained the all-Indian match in opposition to HS Prannoy (21-12, 21-6) to guide a slot within the quarters.
Sen registered a come from behind three-game win over Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen within the final eight stage to earn a spot within the semi-finals in opposition to defending champion Viktor Axelsen. However the 22-year-old squandered a three-point benefit within the first sport and a 7-0 lead within the second to give up 20-22, 14-21 to Axelsen in a 54-minute semi-final conflict.
Sen’s bronze medal hopes had been additionally dashed in a 71-minute conflict in opposition to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia. Sen began robust, successful the primary sport 21-13, however Lee mounted a comeback, successful the following two video games 21-16 and 21-11.
Maheshwari Chauhan (R) and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka throughout the bronze medal competitors. (PTI Picture)
Combined Staff Skeet: Third slim miss for Indian shooters
India obtained an opportunity to extend their medal tally when the pair of Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka certified for the bronze medal match in opposition to the Chinese language pair within the blended crew skeet occasion. The Indian duo shot 146 within the qualification spherical to complete fourth.
However within the ultimate, Chauhan and Naruka narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, shedding to China’s Yiting Jiang and Jianlin Lyu. The Indian duo shot 43, only one level wanting the Chinese language crew’s 44 in an exciting match that added to India’s close to misses at these Video games.
