NEW DELHI: India's
Laxmirani Majhi
was eliminated from the women's
individual archery event
at the
Rio Olympics on Monday, losing 1-7 to Slovakia's
Alexandra Longova
.
Majhi, one third of the women's archery unit that was beaten by two points their Russian counterparts a day earlier, lost the first two sets of her event, drew the third and then lost the final.
She started off her round with an 8-pointer but struggled for consistency thereafter. Longova bossed the first two sets with some excellent shots, including a 10-pointer that clinched her the second set. Trailing 0-4 overall, Majhi managed a 10-pointer to draw the third set 26-26 but in the fourth was awry.
Longova replied to Majhi's opening shot of 7 with another 10-pointer, which smashed the Indian archer's chances of a comeback.
The remaining two Indian women archers,
Bombayla Devi
and
Deepika Kumari, will feature in the same event on Wednesday (18:09 IST) and Thursday (01:27 IST) respectively.