Rakesh Kumar enters Pre-quarters in Tokyo 2020
India’s Rakesh Kumar continued his imperious form as he beat Hing Kong’s Ka Chuen Ngai by a massive 13 point margin at Yumenoshima Park. With this win, Rakesh Kumar enters pre-quarters while his compatriot Shyam Sunder exited in the second round.
This comes a day after Rakesh Kumar shot the highest score of 699 out of a maximum 720 by an Indian para archer in the qualification round.
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Rakesh has been in very good form coming into the grandest stage of them all – the Paralympic Games.
He won an individual gold medal at the 7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in Dubai during the first half of 2021. Here Rakesh had a near-perfect four ends as he scored 144 out of a possible 150.
There was a massive chasm between the pedigree of Rakesh and his opponent. He shot nine perfect 10s whereas his Hong Kong rival could manage to shoot only four 10s.
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Now, Rakesh Kumar will face a tough opponent in Pre-quarters with Slovenian Marian Marecak who is a two-time olympian.
Shaym Sunder lost to USA’s Matt Stutzman
Later in the day, Shyam Sunder suffered a narrow defeat against the USA’s Matt Stutzman. Matt’s trophy cabinet includes a silver medal he won in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, UK.
It was a close fight between Shyam and Stutzman but the fourth end proved to be moving. Here the American sealed the deal with a perfect 30/30 which the Indian couldn’t match despite his best efforts.
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