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Preview: With the men’s team failing to qualify, the troika of eves Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Laxmirani Majhi have their task cut out as they lead the Indian charge for the country’s first ever medal in Olympic Games archery at the arena in Rio from Friday. Atanu Das is the sole male archer to qualify for the Games scheduled to start from 5 August. The contingent has been training at the Marica and shifted to a hotel which is close to the archery venue in Sambodromo. But now they have finally taken shelter in the Olympic Village ahead of the eight-day competition where 128 archers from 56 countries would participate. All the archers are highly rated and in good form, but then again India have lost on many occasions with stronger sides, failing to hold on to their nerves during crunch moments. One of the major challenges for the Indian archers is that some of the matches may be held under lights. The Indian archers are not accustomed to shooting under lights, and their success would depend on how they cope with the conditions. The women’s team ranking round would take place on Friday, while the eliminations are scheduled for 7 August. The team final is slated to be held early on 8 August. The Indian women would strive to keep their arrows on target in the individual elimination matches from 8 August, with the final fixed for the early hours of 12 August. After the 5 Aug men’s individual ranking competition, Das would shoot in the elimination rounds on 8 August. The gold medal would be decided early on 13 August, as per Indian timings. India have never won a medal in archery at the Olympic Games despite having participated in every Olympics since 1988 and the contestants need to be at their very best to make history. The best performance by Indians so far was in 2004 and 2008 when the women’s team reached the quarter-finals in the team event. None of the individuals have made the last eight ever. Last time around in London, the six-member team were ousted very early from the competition. Almost everyone fell ill during the tournament as they failed to get accustomed to the cold weather after practising in humid conditions in Kolkata. But this time the Archery Association of India (AAI) had sent the team here almost a month back so that they did not have problems of acclimatisation. They also trained in Bangalore prior to flying in here, as he weather conditions are identical. Deepika and Bombayla Devi were part of the Olympics four years ago but it would be the maiden outing in the showpiece extravaganza for Majhi and Atanu, who would have to deal with the pressure of delivering on the big stage. India’s biggest hopes are pinned on the women’s team event where Bombayla would shoot first followed by Majhi and Deepika will play the role of the finisher. Deepika has resorted to consulting sports psychologist Bhishmraj Bam and mental trainer Lorenzo Beltrame to help battle her mental demons. And it has borne fruit for the 22-year-old who has broken the world record twice in the trials and once equalled it in the World Cup in Shanghai, exactly 100 days before the Games. “We have learnt to control our heartbeat amid tension and control our breathing while shooting,” Deepika said recently suggesting the London debacle won’t happen again. The whole country would be rooting for a better performance from the archers who let them down last time.
Rio Olympics 2016, Day 1 highlights: Atanu Das gives India positive start, women archers disappoint
Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Laxmi Rani Majhi lead the Indian charge for the country’s first ever medal in Olympic Games archery in Rio.
 "Rio Olympics 2016, Day 1 highlights: Atanu Das gives India positive start, women archers disappoint")
The City is blessed. Two gods spotted at Rio.
Any guesses for where I am? The #Olympics2016 buzz has made this place even more lively and beautiful! pic.twitter.com/xplbntkMr6
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 5, 2016
Archery: The women’s draw for India is out.
Archery: Women Ind. (R64):
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) August 5, 2016
Deepika Vs Kristine Esebua (45th)
L. Bombayla Devi Vs Baldauff (41st)
Laxmirani Majhi Vs Longova (22nd)
Horror-Sweet day for #IND archers in the rankings round today.
— Akshay Mhaskar (@akshay281) August 5, 2016
Men's: Atanu Das-5
Women's: Deepika Kumari-20
Bombayla Devi-24
Laxmirani-43
That’s it!
After 12 rounds,
Deepika Kumari finishes 20th with a total score of 640. She started off well but then faltered. She had even hit the top spot before stumbling at the halfway mark.
Laxmirani Majhi had a disappointing campaign as she ended 43rd with a score of 614. Bombayla Devi Laishram sparkled in bits to finish 24th with 638 points.
India finish 7th with a total score of 1892.
After the 11th round
Deepika Kumari shoots 56 to gain five places with a score of 587.
Laxmirani Majhi’s slips to 45th with a total of 563. Bombayla Devi Laishram drops one place to 23rd with a total of 584.
India jump one place to 7th with a total score of 1734.
We are into the last round now.
After the 10th round
Deepika Kumari’s see-saw journery continues as she falls 8 places to 23rd with a total score of 531.
Laxmirani Majhi’s rise continues as she gains four places to move up to 41st with a total of 515. Bombayla Devi Laishram’s again slips, this time five places to 22nd with a total of 531.
India slip one place to 8th place with a total score of 1577.
Two more rounds to go……..
After the 9th round
Deepika Kumari moves up another two places to 15th as she shoots 54 again to take her total to 483.
Laxmirani Majhi’s gains five places to move up to 45th with a total of 462. Bombayla Devi Laishram’s again slips, this time four places to 17th with a total of 482.
India maintain 7th place with a total score of 1427.
After the 8th round
Deepika Kumari has a slightly better round as she shoots 54, moves up one place to 17th with a total of 429.
Laxmirani Majhi’s gains four places to move up to 50th with a total of 408. Bombayla Devi Laishram drops two places to 13th as she shoots 53 to take her total to 431.
India jump one place to 7th with a total score of 1268.
After the 7th round
Deepika Kumari’s fall continues, another poor round as she shoots just 46, slides to 18th with a total score of 375.
Laxmirani Majhi’s drops five places to 54th with a total of 355. Bombayla Devi Laishram drops three places to 11th with a total score of 378.
India drop to 8th with a total score of 1108.
Some Archery gyaan!
This is a non-elimination ranking round that will decide future opponents. A higher rank here will help #IND archers avoid top seeds early.
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) August 5, 2016
After the 6th round (it’s the halfway mark)
Deepika Kumari has a horror round as she shoots just 49 and moves to 5th with 329 points.
Laxmirani Majhi’s drops six places to 49th with a total of 306. Bombayla Devi Laishram jumps one place to 8th with a total score of 327.
India drop to 5th with a total score of 962.
Long shot but Deepika Kumari needs 406/420 to match world record & 393/420 to break #Olympics record. #Rio2016 live https://t.co/uKmg69nfHV
— Pulasta Dhar (@pulastadhar) August 5, 2016
After the 5th round,
Deepika Kumari MOVES TO THE TOP with a score of 58 in the fifth round, it takes her total to 280.
Laxmirani Majhi’s roller-coaster continues as she drops to 43 with a total of 260. Bombayla Devi Laishram is constantly climbing and now moves up to 9th with a total score of 273.
India maintain 3rd place with a total score of 813.
After the 4th round,
A brilliant round for Deepika Kumari who jumps to 3rd with a score of 58 in the fourth round it takes her total to 222.
Laxmirani Majhi recuperates somewhat to jump to 37 with a total score of 210 while Bombayla Devi Laishram jumps 8 places to 15 with a total score of 217.
India jump to 3rd place with a total of score of 649.
Some good news coming in!
IOA has just announced cash awards for medal winning athletes as well. 50 lakh for Gold, 30 for Silver and 20 for Bronze @CNNnews18
— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) August 5, 2016
After the 3rd round,
Deepika Kumari keeps her place at 8th with a score of 54 to take her total to 164.
Laxmirani Majhi falters with a score of just 49 and now has a total score of 156 and in the 40th position while Bombayla Devi Laishram jumps one place to 23rd with a total score of 160.
India drop to 5th place with a total of 480 points.
After the 2nd round
Deepika Kumari jumps one place to 8th position with a score of 110.
Laxmirani Majhi drops two places to 21 with 107 and Bombayla Devi Laishram jumps 11 places to 24th with score of 106.
The India team total is 323 – 3rd place.
It’s time for the Women Archers to get into action.
It’s a non-elimination ranking round.
After the first round, Deepika Kumari is in 9th position with a score of 56
Laxmirani Majhi is in 19th place with 54 and Bombayla Devi Laishram in the 35th with 52.
The India team total is 162 – 2nd place.
Women’s individual and team ranking rounds
Join us live as we cover India’s women’s team in the individual and team archery ranking rounds at 9:30 PM IST.
India start the Olympics with a bang and a half!
Atanu Das takes the 5th rank at the end of round 12 of the men’s individual archery event with a score of 58/60. His total points at the end of the ranking round stands at 683 points.
What a start by India at the Rio 2016 Olympics!
Woah!
Atanu makes a huge leap of 4 places as he scores a near perfect round of 59/60. Das now stands at 7th position and has a total of 625 points. Incredible!
11th spot after round 10
An almost perfect round 10 from Atanu who scores a 58/60 yet drops a spot and now stands at 11th. Overall points tally is 566 and he now trails the leader by 16 points!
Big jump for Das
Straight from 13th to 10th! Atanu Das shoots a brilliant 59/60 in round 9 to record a score of 508 overall.
Slowly but steadily
13th spot calling! Atanu Das records a 57/60 in round 7. His overall points tally now stands at 449 from a possible 480.
Round 7 score update
Das moves up by a spot after yet another stellar 57/60 round. His tally now stands at 392.
At the end of Round 6
After 36 arrows, Kim Woojin sits first with 348 points. He can still break both the world and #Olympic record. #archery
— World Archery (@worldarchery) August 5, 2016
Halfway mark
Atanu Das now stands at a respectable 15th position with 337 points. He is still 11 points behind current leader Kim Woojin and will have to make some ground to challenge further!
He’s back in it!
A brilliant Round 6 ends with the Kolkata lad jumping two spots to 15th place with a score of 57/60.
Das’ total points stand at 337.
Oh no!
At the end of Round 5, Das scored 55/60 and now has a total of 280 points. He is now 17th amongst 64 archers.
Round 4 Update
Das now is 13th in the rankings and 8 points behind leader Sjef van den Berg.
Brilliant!
The comeback is underway as Atanu Das shoots another 57/60. His overall tally stands at a commendable 225 points at the end of round 4.
Points tally after round 3
Atanu Das now stands at 168 points after the completion of three rounds.
Atanu jumps back into the fray
Das hits a 57/60 in the third round of archery shooting. Stands at 19th rank now.
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