India’s Bombayla Devi Laishram will take part in the first round of the women’s individual archery at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Indian archer will be taking on Laurence Baldauff of Austria.
Bombayla Devi finished 24th in the Ranking Round on Friday with a total score of 638 – including 23 (10+X)s. On the other, Baldauff ended the Ranking Round at the 41st place with a total score of 619.
The Indian archer is also ranked higher among the two. She came into the Olympics ranked 69th in the world, while Baldauff is ranked 93rd. With a higher ranking in both the World Rankings and the Olympics Ranking Round, Bombayla Devi will come into this match as the favourite.
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Date and Time: Wednesday, 10 August 2016 – 09:39 BRT (18:09 IST)
Venue: Sambodromo Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.
Bombayla Devi will want to put the disappointment of the women’s team event behind her, where the Indian team lost in the quarterfinals in a shootoff to Russia. With Laxmirani Majhi already knocked out of the women’s individual event, there will be some pressure on Bombayla Devi to progress to the next round.
If Bombayla Devi wins this encounter, she will either face Lin Shih-Chia of Chinese Taipei (who finished 9th with a total score of 651 in the Ranking Round) or Reem Mansour of Egypt (56th with a total score of 596). Lin Shih-Chia will be a tough opponent as she has a world ranking of 10.
You can read the rules and format of Olympics Archery here.
