Rio Olympics: Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Provide Cheer, Jitu Rai Disappoints

While archers Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi progressed to the Round of 16, shooter Jitu Rai disappointed as he failed to make the 50m air pistol final.

Rio de Janeiro: Woman archers Laishram Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari along with boxer Manoj Kumar were the only bright spots in an overall disappointing day for India at the Rio Olympics, with medal hopeful Jitu Rai, judoka Avtar Singh and weightlifter Satish Shivalingam crashing out of their respective disciplines.

Bombayla and Deepika advanced into the 1/8 Eliminations round of the women's individual archery competion while Manoj stunned 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania by a split decision in the Round of 32 of the men's Light Welterweight (64kg) category here on Wednesday.. Bombayla beat Taipei's Shih-Chia Lin 108-101 via 27-24, 27-24, 26-27, 28-26 at the Sambodromo.
Earlier, she defeated Austria's Laurence Baldauff 105-98 in the 1/32 eliminations in the women's individual round match. Deepika also displayed red hot form, defeating the higher ranked Kristine Esebua of Georgia in the 1/32 eliminators before getting the better of Italy's Guendalina Sartori of Italy in the 1/16 eliminators.
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