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Indian Archers Hope for Fresh Start After Olympic Qualification Debacle

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The Indian women's recurve archery team failed to earn a Tokyo 2020 quota after an early exit at the final Olympic qualifier in Paris on Sunday.

The team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Komalika Bari -- the second seed -- and favourite on equal footing with Mexico entering the challenge, lost in the second round to Colombia. The Indian trio went down 6-0 to Colombia in the round of 16 despite making an impressive start to the day.

In the qualification round, India and Mexico, the two favourites, lived up to the expectations and fought for every point. The Mexican team of Aida Roman, Alejandra Valencia and Ana Vazquez pipped the Indians by one point after the end of the qualifiers.