Rakesh Kumar continued his spectacular run of kind to storm into the pre-quarterfinals whereas his teammate Shyam Sundar Swami made a second spherical exit as Indian compound archers had a combined day on the Paralympic Games right here on Saturday.
A day after he shot the very best rating — 699 out of a most 720 — by an Indian para archer within the qualification spherical, the wheelchair-bound 36-year-old Kumar simply overcame Ka Chuen Ngai of Hong Kong by a large 13-point margin on the Yumenoshima Park right here.
Kumar, who received a person gold medal on the seventh Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in Dubai earlier this yr, had close to good 4 ends, dropping only one level every enroute to totalling 144 out of a attainable 150.
Overall, he shot 9 good 10s together with 4 closest to the centre (X), as his Hong Kong rival paled as compared capturing 4 10s (three Xs) for a complete of 131.
Rakesh Kumar (centre) completed third in archery rating at Tokyo Paralympics (Source: SAI)
In the last-16 spherical on Tuesday, the third seeded Kumar will face 14th seed Marian Marecak, a two-time 49-year-old Olympian from Slovakia.
Earlier, twenty first seed Sundar, who additionally received a bye into the second spherical, had a slender 139-142 defeat towards 2012 Paralympics silver medallist Matt Stutzman, the armless archer from the USA who shoots along with his toes.
From being 55-all on the midway mark, Stutzman took a 3 level lead with an ideal 30/30 fourth finish and sealed the the fixture by three factors, regardless of some late problem by the Indian.
