Paris Olympics 2024 July 25 Archery: The opening ceremony of Paris Olympics 2024 is going to be held on 26 July, but India’s campaign in Olympics 2024 is starting from 25 July. Today i.e. on 25 July, the women’s and men’s individual ranking round is going to be held. In which for the first time after the London 2012 Olympics, the Indian archery team is going to enter with full strength with six archers. Of these, three are male and three are female archers. Which is going to be led by Tarundeep Rai and Deepika Kumari.
Which Indian archers are competing in archery today?
Today the entire Indian archery team is going to compete with all the qualified archers of the world. The first match is going to be the Women’s Individual Ranking Round. 64 women archers will compete against each other. India has three women archers in this, whose names are Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat. This match will start at 1 pm according to Indian time.
The second match is of the Men’s Individual Ranking Round. In which 64 men will compete against each other. India has three male archers in this, whose names are Tarundeep Rai, Dheeraj Bommadevara and Praveen Jadhav. This match will start at 5:45 pm Indian time.
Why is today’s match important for Indian archers?
Today’s ranking round is very important for Indian archers. This round will decide what seeding India will get in the individual and team events. The top four teams will directly qualify for the quarter-finals, while the teams ranked eighth to twelfth will compete against each other to qualify for the quarter-finals. The ranking round is also important for the mixed team event, in which only the top 16 pairs will be able to advance.
Gold is expected from these Indian archers
Deepika Kumari is playing the fourth Olympics of her career and this time she is entering the field after becoming a mother. Deepika Kumari has also been number one in the world rankings. Tarundeep Rai is also playing his fourth Olympics. There are high expectations of medals from both these archers. Praveen Jadhav is participating in the Olympics for the second time, while Dheeraj Bommadeva, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhagat will share the Olympic stage for the first time.
By the way, let us tell you that the women’s individual gold medal match is to be held on August 3. Whereas the men’s individual gold medal match is to be held on August 4.
