India's sole male archer Atanu Das crashes out of Rio Olympics

India's sole male archer Atanu Das failed to advance in the men's individual event at the Rio Olympics after going down 4-6 against Korean archer Lee Seung-Yun in a high-quality content on 12 August.

The 24-year-old Indian archer began well but the world no. 8 Korean came out all guns blazing to take the first set with a perfect thirty. However, a rare mistake from Lee - where he shot at eight - allowed Das to bounce back as he tied the game at 2-2 after winning the second set 30-28.

Both the archers continued to challenge each other with the third set ending in tie at 27 points each. A crucial chance went begging for India in the third set as Das failed to hit a nine on the last arrow after Lee's shot of eight.

The fourth set turned the tide against the Kolkata-born archer with his Korean counterpart coming out on top to shoot a perfect 10 on the third arrow. Lee won the fourth set 28-27 with a decisive two-point cushion in the game.

Das needed to win the fifth and final set, but he could only muster a tie 28-28 and crashed out of the competition. Following Das' result, the campaign of the Indian archers at the Games came to a sad end as they fail to return with a medal from Rio.

For someone who was competing in his first-ever Olympics, Das showcased a lot of maturity while holding his nerves in pressure situations. He had finished fifth in the ranking rounds with a career-best score of 683. He defeated Nepal's Jitbahadur Muktan 6-0 and Cuba's Andres Perez 6-4 to make the pre-quarters.