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Rio Olympics 2016: Indian Women Archery Team lose in Quarter-final

Deepika Kumari-ArcheryIndian Women Archery trio Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi  on Sunday failed to deliver in quarterfinal  at Rio Olympics 2016. They lost 4-5 to Russia  and crashed out of the game.

The Indian Archery team lost the opening set but fought well and bounced back before the two teams level-pegged to force the tie-breaker.

In the shoot-off, the Russian women showed better nerves as the Indian trio lost the plot to lose it 23-25.

Earlier, India beat Colombia 5-3 in the pre-quarterfinal to face off against 2012 Games semifinalists Russia.

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