Olympics-Archery-Power of love helps Indian Das defeat London champion Oh


Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Archery - Men's Individual - 1/16 Finals - Yumenoshima Archery Field, Tokyo, Japan - July 29, 2021. Atanu Das of India in action REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

TOKYO (Reuters) - There are no spectators at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field due to COVID-19 restrictions but India's Atanu Das is still enjoying the support of his number one fan: his wife -- fellow archer Deepika Kumari.

And that hard-core following certainly helped Das on Thursday as he defeated London Olympic champion Oh Jin-hyek from South Korea in the individual elimination rounds.

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