Tokyo: Deepika Kumari will partner Pravin Jadhav in the shooting pair of archery after the debutant is preferred by the Think-tank team in front of her husband and more experienced the watershed based on Friday’s qualification form.
Competition of the mixed pair, which will make the game’s debut here on Saturday, seen as the hope of the best Indian medal in archery where the country has not won the Olympic medal.
Based on the combined score of Jadhav and Deepika Kumari, the ninth finished that day, India secured a similar ninth ranking rating for mixed partner competitions.
India has the option of sending Das and Deepika entries, which recently won a joint gold medal on the beach of Paris, but the Federation continued with Jadhav.
“Simply put, we chose Jadhav based on its current shape, it was not rocket science,” India Archery Association Virendra Sachdeva, who accompanied the team in Tokyo, told PTI.
Das and Deepika, who tied the node last year, was the first Indian partner to take part in the same discipline at the Olympics.
“We can also choose the most experienced Rai.
We decided to provide a chance to Jadhav based on his appearance at the ranking round.” In all possibilities, India will run to the top seed in the quarter after overcoming Taipei China.
“Jadhav is a new talent, while Deepika has experience.
Hopefully they do it well together.” Even though there is extraordinary pressure, the players try to give the best, “he said Best among Indians with 656 points to finish place 31, three points in front of India, while Rai, in the appearance of the three Olympics, took the 37th place among 64 archers.
Entries for mixed pairs were submitted within 45 minutes after conclusions individual events.
Tokyo Olympics: Jadhav for pairing with deepics in a mixed team event
