India’s struggling recurve archers were in for more shock with Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das suffering an upset defeat at the hands of lower-ranked Mongolia in the Asian Games here via shootout.<\/p>\n
The 4-5 loss in the mixed team quarterfinals left the Indian squad shell-shocked as Deepika yet again floundered in a pressure situation, finding a seven in the second shot of the shoot-off, which led to their ouster.<\/p>\n
Deepika, world number seven, and the 19th ranked Atanu were favourites against the Mongolians.<\/p>\n
The team of Bishindee Urantungalag, ranked as low as 254 and Otgobbold Baatarkhuya, ranked 94 in the world, nosed ahead by taking the first set 2-0.<\/p>\n
The Indian team clawed its back by taking the next two but the Mongolians forced a shoot-off by snatching the fourth.<\/p>\n
In the deciding shoot-off, both the teams found 10s in the first shot. The Mongolians found nine on the second while Deepika shot a seven.<\/p>\n
The defeat left Deepika shattered as she sat on the pavement outside the stadium, her hands covering her face in dejection.<\/p>\n
Atanu tried hard to console his teammate and coach Sawaiyan Manjhi, too, offered words of consolation to Deepika.<\/p>\n
“I also have to take the blame. I could not prepare my archers to be consistent. But it’s enough. We just cannot make excuses that ‘we could not hit’. We really need to do some soul-searching and find out what’s wrong.<\/p>\n
“This team just won a World Cup. They are not bad but I really have no idea what strikes them in the multi-sport event,” Manjhi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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