Ruman, Diya lose against the best
Archers Ruman Sana and Diya Siddique were eliminated by the eventual gold-winning South Korean team in the pre-quarterfinal stage of recurve mixed event of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday morning.
The Bangladeshi duo lost against the top-ranked team in the event by 6-0 set points. An San and Kim Je Deok, two young debutants at the Games, had claimed the number one seed, having both topped the individual men's and women's qualifying rounds on Friday.
Bangladesh had qualified as the 16th and last team in the competition and hence got the top-ranked side as their opponents in this stage.
After losing the first set by a big margin of 38-30, Ruman and Diya showed resilience against the fancied Korean duo. However, despite lifting their efforts they failed to avoid defeat in the following sets by 35-33 and 39-38 points.
The South Korean pair went on to win the gold medal later in the day beating Netherlands in the title-deciding match. Mexico claimed bronze.
Ruman and Diya will, however, have other chances to write their names in history books when they play in individual rounds. Ruman, ranked 25th in the world, will face Tom Hall of Great Britain on July 27 in the first elimination round.
Diya will, meanwhile, take on 29th-seed Dziominskaya Karyna of Belarus in the first elimination round on July 29. Karyna is ranked number 31 in the world, 124 places above Diya.
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