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Rio 2016: Atanu Das bows out, golfers sputter

PTI
Published : Aug 12, 2016, 11:30 pm IST
Updated : Aug 12, 2016, 11:30 pm IST

Atanu Das let slip chances in his men’s individual recurve pre-quarterfinal to bow out of contention and draw curtains on India’s fruitless campaign in archery on yet another dismal day for India in t

Atanu Das let slip chances in his men’s individual recurve pre-quarterfinal to bow out of contention and draw curtains on India’s fruitless campaign in archery on yet another dismal day for India in the Rio Olympics.

Shooting in heavy rain, Atanu went down 4-6 to world no. 8 Lee Seung-Yun, who had already helped South Korea win the team gold at the event, by losing two sets and winning one while the rest two ended in ties.

The Indian lost 28-30, 30-28, 27-27, 27-28, 28-28 to bring to an end the country’s medal-less campaign.

On the golf course, India’s Anirban Lahiri and S.S.P. Chawrasia had a topsy-turvy start as they carded a three-over 74 and even-par 71 respectively in the opening round.

Asian Tour no. 1 Lahiri and India Open champion Chawrasia were tied 49th and tied 27th respectively on day one as golf returned to the Olympics after 112 years.

Lahiri dropped five bogeys against a couple of birdies, while Chawrasia’s four birdies were erased by his four bogeys as the duo found it difficult to tame the Olympic golf course.

At the top, Australia’s Marcus Fraser fired a sizzling eight-under 63 to lead the clubhouse, followed by Canada’s Graham Delaet (66) and Thomas Pieters (67) here.

Lahiri did not have a good day in office as he started with a bogey and then stumbled on two more bogeys at the sixth and eighth holes to make the turn at three-over.

On his resumption journey, Lahiri lost a couple of strokes at the 11th and 12th holes before he produced two birdies at the 15th and 18th holes to end the day positively.

Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro