India’s Deepika Kumari finished ninth overall in the ranking round of the women’s individual archery competition at the Olympic Games with a total score of 663 in Tokyo on Friday.
The world No 1 will face Karma from Bhutan in the round of 64 and will be in line for a potential quarter-final match against top seed An San from Korea who set a new Olympic record. The Koreans dominated once again and just as in Rio 2016, swept the top three spots.
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