Olympics 2024 Archery LIVE Ranking Round: Ankita Bhakat Still In Top 10, India Rise To Third

Olympics Archery LIVE: 24/72 arrows: India enter top four!

India have entered the top four seeds for the women’s team event. Ankita stays in the top 10 (8th, 225 points) while Bhajan Kaur jumps up to 31st position (218 points). Deepika Kumari is also in the top 40.

Olympics Archery LIVE: India now 5th in women’s team seeding

Ankita Bhakat’s superb early start has taken India to 5th in the women’s team provisional seedings. Remember, top four seeds directly qualify for the quarter-finals.

Olympics Archery LIVE: Ankita ranked 7th after 18 arrows

Ankita Bhakat continues to shine. She has now risen to seventh spot in the individual seeding, with a score of 170. She is only six points behind top score of 176.

Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur are stuck at 39th and 41st, both with a score of 161.

Olympics Archery LIVE: India seeded 9th for team’s event

The coveted top 12 go directly to the Round of 16, and Ankita Bhakat’s good early start has ensured that India are well within that target. The nation is ranked 9th at the moment.

Olympics Archery LIVE: Ankita Bhakat rising!

Ankita Bhakat climbs up to 12th spot, with a score of 111 after 12 arrows. She has hit five 10’s and two X’s. Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur are on 107 and 104 respectively.

Olympics Archery LIVE: Ankita lead Indian after first six arrows

Ankita Bhakat has put up a score of 54 after the first six of 72 arrows per individual. She is ranked 22nd at the moment. Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur are further down with scores of 51 each.

Olympics Archery LIVE: Know more about Ankita and Bhajan!

Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur were part of the recurve women’s team, which won bronze at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Olympics Archery LIVE: The venue: Les Invalides

The archery event will take place at the historic Les Invalides inside the Parisian complex. The place was built in 1867, during the reign of Louis XIV, and features monuments and museums on French military.

Olympics Archery LIVE: India women’s archery squad

Former World no. 1 Deepika Kumari returns to action, and will be playing her fourth Olympics. She will be joined in the women’s team by two Olympic debutants: 26-year-old Ankita Bhakat and 18-year-old Bhajan Kaur.

Olympics Archery LIVE: Can India win their first archery medal?

India have qualified for the archery event in every Olympics since 1988, but never managed to win a medal. Can they break the duck this year?

Olympics Archery LIVE: Ranking round format

The men’s team and women’s team seedings are decided by the combined scores of the men’s and women’s archers respectively. Top four seeded teams go straight to the Quarters, while seed 5-12 go directly to the Round of 16.

For mixed team, the best individual score from the men’s and women’s individual rankings is taken to decide the seeds. Only the best 16 teams qualify for the final event.

Olympics Archery LIVE: Archery Ranking Round starts today

The Archery ranking round for both men and women starts today. The women’s individual ranking round starts first, from 1 PM IST. Grab a snack, get seated, the world’s grandest sports festival is about to start.

Olympics Archery LIVE: Hello and welcome!

Hello and welcome to NDTV Sports, where we will bring you the live action from India’s Olympics events over the next few weeks. Starting off, archery!