First-time Paralympian **Tremblay** faced the world-ranked number one, **Rakesh Kumar from India**, in the Para archery men's compound open quarter-final round.

The match was intense and ended in a suspenseful shoot-off, with Tremblay narrowly missing victory.

'I shot my best.

I shot hard.

I got a 10 on the final shoot-off arrow.

Those last arrows sometimes come down to a bit of luck and skill, and today just wasn’t my day,' Tremblay said after his event.

Both archers scored **29 points each** in the first end, and they remained close throughout the round.

Tremblay took slight leads in the second and third ends, scoring **29-28** and **30-29** respectively.

However, in the fourth end, Kumar caught up, scoring **30 points** against Tremblay’s **27**.

'I had that one end with three nines, which would have, if I got one 10, that would have kept this from going to a tiebreaker shot,' Tremblay reflected on the outcome of the match.

With one end to go and only one point separating the two, the match continued to be neck and neck into the fifth end.

Kumar outshot Tremblay in the fifth end by just one point, making the score even at **144**, and forcing the pair to enter a shoot-off to determine who would advance.

In the shoot-off, both arrows landed in the 10 circle, so the match had to be decided by exact measurement.

Tremblay’s shot landed **29.

5mm** from the center bull's-eye, while Kumar’s landed just shy of the center mark, only **3mm** away.

Kumar took the match with those mere millimeters and advanced to the semifinals.

'I think it’ll take some time to let this sink in, but I was really hoping to get to that extra round and see if I could get a medal,' Tremblay shared about his result.

Prior to Paris 2024, Tremblay was ranked **12th in the world**, so to have held his own in an elimination match against the world-ranked number one is no small feat.

With this being his first-ever Paralympic Games, this success foreshadows other greatness that is sure to follow at his future competitions.

'It is my first Paralympics, so just getting here was very special,' he said.

'And to do it with Linda, my coach, was even more special.

I think this has just fueled me even more for Los Angeles, and my training will just improve, and I will improve, and you can expect a better Tremblay for 2028.

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