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Rio Olympics: Indian Women's Archery advances to quarter-final

Indian women's archery team today made it to the quarter-finals of the recurve event after beating Colombia 5-3 at the Olympic Games.Indian women will face Russian Federation in the quarterfinal.The trio of Deepika, Laxmirani Majhi and Bombayla were not at their best but managed to prevail over an even moreerratic Colombian team.The two teams were on even keel at 3-3 after first three sets and the turning point came in the final set.The Indians won the set by 52-44, thereby getting the crucial two points for winning the set and taking anunassailable 5-3 lead.Bombayla was the most consistent with a single 8 pointer, five shots of 9 points each and a perfect 10.

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