India's Atanu Das crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing 6-4 to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the pre-quarterfinals of the men's individual archery event on Friday.
India's archery campaign in the Games ended with the defeat of Atanu. Atanu was the last Indian archer after Atanu's wife Deepika Kumari lost 6-0 to Korea's Aen San in the quarterfinals on Friday. Ann, who won gold in the women's team and mixed team events, also won gold in the individual event.
At the start of the games, ranked 35th based on individual rankings, Atanu, seeded 46th, made a poor start against Furukawa. In the first set, the Indian shot 9 on his first arrow while the Japanese did the same. Atanu scored 8 runs on the second arrow, while Furukawa took the lead with 9. Atanu needed a good shot on his third arrow but again shot 8, while Furukawa again scored 9 to win the first set 27-25.
Atanu started the second set with a perfect 10, while Furukawa scored 9. Both the archers scored 9 runs on their next arrow, giving Atanu a slight lead. The Indian needed 10 on the third arrow to ensure Furukawa would have no chance of winning the set, but he managed 9, which the Japanese had to tie the set 28–28 and split the points. matched. At that time, Furukawa had led the match 3–1.
In the third set, Atanu scored two 10s on his first two arrows, while Furukawa scored 8s and 10s. Atanu gave Furukawa an opening with an 8 on his third arrow, but luckily for the Indian, Furukawa scored a 9 off his last arrow for Atanu. Won the set 28-27 and leveled the match at 3-3.
In the fifth set, Atanu shot 9 and 8 on his first two arrows, while Furukawa shot up two points from 9 and 10. Atanu needed 10 runs off his last shot to get a chance, but he again scored 9. Furukawa won the set 27–26 with a score of 8 and 6–4.
For Atanu, it was not just seeding, but because he had worked hard in the previous round to beat third seed and 2012 Olympic gold medalist O Jin-hye of South Korea.