Tokyo 2020: Atanu Das defeats London Olympic champion Korea's Oh Jin-Hyek 6-5 to enter quarter-finals
Atnu Das defeated the Korean archer who was above him in the ranking in the shoot-off. During this entire match, Atanu Das's wife and India's female archer Deepika Kumari was constantly encouraging her.
India got off to a great start in the Tokyo Olympics today. In Archery, Atanu Das has made it to the quarterfinals by winning the round of 16 in men's singles. Atanu Das won 6-5 in this tough match against London Olympic champion South Korea's star player Oh Jin HYek. Earlier this morning, Atanu defeated Yu Cheng Deng of Chinese Taipei 6-4 in his first match of the round of 32 played this morning.
Atnu Das defeated the Korean archer who was above him in the ranking in the shoot-off. During this entire match, Atanu Das's wife and India's female archer Deepika Kumari was constantly encouraging her.
The match between 39-year-old Korean archer Jin Hek and India's Atanu Das turned out to be more exciting than expected. Atanu Das went beyond the expectations of the people and won this match. The first set went to the Korean archer, which he won 26-25. After the Korean archer's 2-0 lead, it was necessary for Atanu to win the second set. But in this set both the players were forced to share the points. Both got 27-27 points. The third set was also tied at 27-27 between the two archers.
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The gold medalist archers from London and Rio were ahead 4-2 in the first three sets. After this, winning the fourth set, Atanu Das added excitement to the match. Atanu won the fourth set 27-22. After this, the 5th set was again tied at 28-28. And the match went into a shoot-off, where India's Atanu Das defeated the two-time Olympic champion in a big upset.