Paris Olympics 2024: Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara eliminated despite hitting perfect 10!

In recurve archery, a 10 is the best score an archer can get from a single arrow. However, India’s most promising archer Dhiraj Bommadevara was eliminated from the individual archery event even after hitting a 10 with his final arrow in the ongoing Paris Olympics.

As per reports, the reason behind Dhiraj’s elimination was that his opponent in the second round, Canada’s Eric Peters, had tied with five points each after five sets.

As per the rule, the contest would be decided in a single arrow shootoff where both archers had one arrow to shoot.

As per the rule for a tie set by World Archery, “In individual shoot-offs, a single arrow shoot-off for score (is shot). If the score by both archers is the same, the arrow closest to the centre shall resolve the tie. If the distance is the same, successive single arrow shoot-offs will be held until the tie is resolved. The time limit for a shootoff shall be 40 seconds.”

However, the catch in the recurve archery shootoffs is that even if both archers hit the ring with the same score, the arrow that is the closest to the centre of the target, wins.

Dhiraj shot a perfect 10 with his shootoff arrow. Peters also shot a 10. However, Dhiraj’s 10 was 2.4 centimetres further from the centre of the target as compared to Peters’ arrow. Hence Dhiraj was eliminated while Peters advanced to the next round.

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