Archer Atanu Das is out of the medal race in men's individual archery after losing to Japan's Takaharu Furukuwa. Das, who had made it to the pre-quarters, had some memorable moments in the campaign. He had lost his place to rookie Pravin Jadhav in the fancied mixed team event after slipping to 35th place in the ranking round last week; however, in the singles, he proved his quality by edging out the legendary Korean Oh Jin Hyek in a one-arrow shoot-off. An individual Olympic champion from London 2012 and a team gold medallist, Oh started the shoot-off with a 9 but Das delivered a perfect 10, hitting the bull's eye to seal the issue 6-5 (10-9) in a manner that wasn't expected. He had earlier seen off a tough challenge from Chinese Taipei's Deng Yu-Cheng to win 6-4 after being locked 4-4.
In archery, Das was the only Indian who remained in the hunt for a medal in the individual event at the Tokyo Games. His world number one wife Deepika Kumari on Friday made a quarterfinal exit losing to eventual winner An San of Korea in straight sets. The men's and the mixed pair teams were earlier knocked out by the Koreans in their respective quarterfinal matches.
Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and 39-year-old Army veteran Tarundeep Rai who has already announced his retirement after the Olympics, were the three male archers of the Indian team. Deepika Kumari was the lone female member from India after the women's team failed to qualify for the Olympics.