Experienced Indian archer laishram Bombayla Devi advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women's individual recurve competition after defeating Chinese Taipei's lin Shih-Chia at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday.
Playing in her third Olympics, the 31-year-old from Manipur, who finished 24th in the ranking round, dished out a dominating show to get the better off lin 6-2, in the 1/16 elimination here. Earlier in the 1/32 elimination round, the Indian had rallied her way to beat Austria's laurence Baldauff 6-2.
Bombayla, who had lost in the second round of women's individual recurve event at the london Olympics, outclassed lin 27-24, 27-24, 26-27, 28-26 to reach the pre-quarterfinals.
Devil started with a 10 and then hit 8 and 9 to total 27 as against 24 (8, 7, 9) of her opponent. The Indian scored 8, 9, 10 against lin's hat-trick of 8s to clinch the second set. In the third set, the Chinese Taipei girl hit the bull's eye twice. In the final shot, the Indian hit a 10 but that was not enough to win the set.
In the fourth set, Bombayla once again produced a perfect score of 10 and then hit 9 twice against lin's 7, 9, 10 to seal the game.