Archers Talukdar, Swuro out of Olympics

Indian archer Jayanta Talukdar got a 0-6 hammering from America’s Jacob Wukie in the opening men’s individual elimination round at the London Olympics here Tuesday. It was a more respectable 5-6 loss for Chekrovolu Swuro against Jennifer Nichols, who is also from America. The Indian lost in the shoot-off because Nichols’s 9-pointer was closer to the bullseye than Swuro’s 9-pointer. Swuro won two sets and drew one… and this was matched by Nichols, taking the scores to 5-5 and the match to a shoot-off. [caption id=“attachment_398662” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Against Talukdar, the American shot six ten pointers in the maximum nine arrows while Jayanta was able to hit the bulls-eye just once. Getty Images[/caption] Against Talukdar, the American shot six ten pointers in the maximum nine arrows while Jayanta was able to hit the bulls-eye just once. The writing was on the wall in the first set in which Jayanta shot a five before losing it 22-27. Jayanta’s teammate Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai play their individual matches later in the day. They bowed out of the team event after losing their opening eliminator to Japan. The Indian women’s team is already out of the Olympics after suffering a loss to Denmark. However, Deepika Kumari is still left to compete in the women’s individual event. With inputs from Agencies