Indian women's recurve team qualify for Rio Olympics

Deepika Kumari was impressive in the first round match against Germany

The Indian women’s recurve team comprising of Deepika Kumari, Rimil Buriuly and Laxmirani Majhi booked their places in the Rio Olympics with a 5-3 win over Germany.

The second set turned it around for the Indians where they posted two scores of perfect 10. The Germans hung in there, but six scores of 8 and no 10 in the third and fourth sets cost them a place in the last eight.

India will take on Columbia in the quarterfinal.

Here are the scores:

SET 1

Germany	10	10	9	8	10	9
India	9	8	7	8	9	8

SET 2

Germany	9	9	10	9	9	9
India	10	10	9	8	9	9

SET 3

Germany	8	8	9	9	8	8
India	9	6	8	9	10	9

SET 4

Germany	8	8	9	9	9	9
India	10	8	10	8	8	9

Indian women through to #Rio2016 with a comprehensive victory over Germany 5-3. Congratulations! @worldarchery

— Archery India (@archeryindia) July 28, 2015

#upsetwatch: 7 seed Germany out to India in recurve women team's first round #WAC2015 #archery

— Archery World Cup (@WorldCupArchery) July 28, 2015

Indian women's Recurve Archery team enter quarterfinals of World Championship to win 3 #Rio2016 #Olympics Quota places , bt Germany 5-3

— India at Sports (@indiaatsports) July 28, 2015

Archers Deepika Kumari, Rimil Buriuly & Laxmirani Majhi- the women's recurve team who have won an olympic quota place pic.twitter.com/Ob0V9RmgUm

— Olympic Gold Quest (@OGQ_India) July 28, 2015