Tokyo Olympics: World no 1 Deepika Kumari to face unseeded An San in Archery quarterfinals
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Indian Archer Deepika Kumari will take on South Korean youngster An San in the women's individual quarterfinal match.
An San also broke the record for most points in the qualifying round by scoring 680 out of 720 in his first Olympic Games. It takes a lot to do at such a young age and a San is no stranger to impressive feats at a young age. She took up archery in primary school and initially competed with boys as there was no girls' team. She rose through the ranks and finished third in the Korean archery selections this year to make her Olympic debut. Deepika won the first gold medal of her career in the compound singles event at the 2006 World Championships held in Mexico. After which the journey started, earned him the title of the world's number one archer. First of all, in the year 2009, just 15 years old Deepika had made her presence known by winning the 11th Youth Archery Championship in America. Then in 2010, he won bronze in Asian Games. After this, in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she not only won the individual event gold but also won gold for the women's recurve team. Deepika, who won three gold medals in the third stage of the World Cup in Paris. In this way, she not only became the only Indian player to win three gold medals in a World Cup but also secured the number one ranking in the world. While the South Korean 20-year-old girl had earlier defeated Deepika Kumari in the Tokyo Test Event held in 2019. She has already won 2 gold medals at the Olympics this year and her other previous awards were at the 2019 World Cup in Berlin. Be wary of this event as it will be the firecracker of the match, with two of the world's top archers vying for their main chances at the finals.More Related News