South Korea thrashed India 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the men’s archery event in Tokyo at the Olympic Games. The defending champions won the first three sets to seal the match 6-0 at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field.<\/p>\n
The Koreans won the first set 59-54 with five perfect 10s as against two perfect 10s by India. The team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai got two 8s and two 9s.<\/p>\n
The Korean team, comprising Je Deok Kim, Woojin Kim, Jinhyek Oh kept up the pressure in the second set as they fired five perfect 10s and a nine to get 59.<\/p>\n
The Indian trio responded with 57 with four 10s, one 9 and an 8.<\/p>\n
The defending champs tapered off a bit in the last set, managing 56 with three 10s, two 9s and one 8. In response, India could get only one perfect shot and managed four scores of 9 and one score of 8.<\/p>\n
Earlier, India had beaten Kazakhstan 6-2 to reach the last-eight stage.<\/p>\n
The Indians, seeded ninth, won the first two sets 55-54 and 52-51 respectively.<\/p>\n
Trailing 0-4, Kazakhstan fought back in the third set to win it 57-56.<\/p>\n
The Indians, however, won the fourth set 55-54.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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