Sports Bureau
B. Dhiraj earned the first Olympics quota place for the country in archery at the Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament (ACQT) in Bangkok on Saturday.
Dhiraj defeated Iranians Sadegh Ashrafi Bavlili and Mohammadhossein Golshani Asl with an identical 6-0 margins in the quarterfinals and semifinals to make the recurve males’s particular person title conflict and e-book a quota place for Paris 2024.
However, the Indian misplaced to Lin Zih-Siang of Chinese Taipei 6-5 (10-9) by way of shoot-off in the remaining and completed with silver.
Tarundeep Rai and Ankita Bhakat exited from the race for quota locations in the last-eight stage.
The outcomes:
Recurve: Individual: Men: B. Dhiraj bt Sadegh Ashrafi Bavlili (Iri) 6-0 in QF, bt Mohammadhossein Golshani Asl (Iri) 6-0 in SF, misplaced to Lin Zih-Siang (Tpe) 6-5 (10-9) in remaining; Tarundeep Rai misplaced to Lin Zih-Siang (Tpe) 6-0 in QF.
Women: Ankita Bhakat misplaced to Ziyodakhon Abdusattorova (Uzb) 6-4 in QF.
