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Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Deepika Kumari, PV Sindhu, Pooja Rani Shine For India
Tokyo Olympics Highlights: India's archer Deepika Kumari defeated Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA 6-4 and booked a place in the pre-quarterfinals of women's individual archery.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Deepika Kumari won against Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA.© AFP
India's archer Deepika Kumari defeated Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA 6-4 and booked a place in the pre-quarterfinals of women's individual archery. Earlier, India's Pravin Jadhav lost against Brady Ellison of USA 0-6 and was knocked out of men's individual archery event. Archer Tarundeep Rai also disappointed when he was knocked out by Itay Shanny of Israel 6-5 in the men's individual event. India's Pooja Rani defeated Ichrak Chaib of Algeria 5-0 in the Round of 16 and advanced to the last 8 of the women's Middle (69-75kg) category. India's medal hopeful and 2016 Rio silver medallist, PV Sindhu won 2-0 against Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong in a Group J badminton match to qualify for women's singles Round of 16. India's Sai Praneeth lost 2-0 against Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in a Group D encounter in men's singles badminton. In hockey, the Indian women's team went down 1-4 against Great Britain in a Pool A match. Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh failed to qualify for the men's lightweight double sculls final at the Tokyo Olympics after finishing sixth and last in the second semifinal. The Indian sailing pair of Varun Thakkar-KC Ganapathy was ranked 18th after 4 Races.
Russia's Daniil Medvedev sealed a win against Fabio Fognini of Italy in three gruelling sets in the third round of the men's singles tennis event. World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets in men's singles third round.
Here Are The Highlights From Tokyo Olympics 2020
- 18:33 (IST)Okay, that's it folks!Okay, that's all for today folks! Join us tomorrow for our live coverage of July 29!
- 18:33 (IST)Zhiyong Shi wins men's 73kg gold in weightlifting!China's Zhiyong Shi won gold in 73kg weightlifting. Silver was won by Venezuela's Ruben Mayora Pernia Julio, and Albania's Calja Briken won bronze!
- 16:23 (IST)Fiji retain the men's sevens title!Fiji are Olympic champions once again, defeating New Zealand 27-12 for the men's sevens title.
- 15:38 (IST)Tennis - Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina- Third RoundMen's Singles- Novak Djokovic WinsWorld number 1 Novak Djokovic defeats Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets 6-3 6-1 in men's singles third round
- 15:30 (IST)Badminton - Sai Praneeth vs Mark Caljouw - Group Play Stage - Group DMen's Singles - Sai Praneeth LosesIndia's Sai Praneeth loses 2-0 against Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in a Group D encounter in men's singles badmintonScore: 14-21 14-21
- 15:14 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez - Round Of 16Women's Individual Archery - Deepika Kumari - Wins - AdvancesIndia's archer Deepika Kumari defeats Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA 6-4 in the Round of 16 in women's individual archery eventSet ScoresDeepika Kumari: 25, 28, 27, 24, 26Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez: 26, 25, 25, 25, 25
- 15:13 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez - Round Of 16Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari takes a 6-4 lead against Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA in the Round of 16 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 5Deepika Kumari: 25, 28, 27, 24, 26Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez: 26, 25, 25, 25, 25
- 15:12 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez - Round Of 16Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari and Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA are level at 4-4 in the Round of 16 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 4Deepika Kumari: 25, 28, 27, 24Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez: 26, 25, 25, 25
- 15:10 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez - Round Of 16Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari takes a 4-2 lead against Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA in the Round of 16 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 3Deepika Kumari: 25, 28, 27Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez: 26, 25, 25
- 15:07 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez - Round Of 16Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari levels proceedings versus Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA 2-2 in the Round of 16 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 2Deepika Kumari: 25, 28Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez: 26, 25
- 15:06 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez - Round Of 16Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari trails to Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA 0-2 in the Round of 16 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 1Deepika Kumari: 25Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez: 26
- 15:00 (IST)Boxing - Pooja Rani vs Ichrak Chaib - Preliminaries - Round of 16Women's Middle (69-75kg) - Pooja Rani Wins - Advances To QuartersIndia's Pooja Rani defeats Ichrak Chaib of Algeria 5-0 in the Round of 16 and advances to quarters in women's Middle (69-75kg) category
- 14:51 (IST)Badminton - Sai Praneeth vs Mark Caljouw - Group Play Stage - Group DMen's SinglesIndia's Sai Praneeth trails 1-0 against Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in a Group D encounter in men's singles badmintonScore: 14-21
- 14:49 (IST)Boxing - Pooja Rani vs Ichrak Chaib - Preliminaries - Round of 16Women's Middle (69-75kg)India's Pooja Rani takes the first round with a unanimous decision against Ichrak Chaib of Algeria in the Round of 16 women's boxing
- 14:21 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Karma - Round Of 32Women's Individual Archery - Deepika Kumari Wins - AdvancesIndia's archer Deepika Kumari defeats Karma of Bhutan 6-0 in the Round of 32 in women's individual archery eventSet scoresDeepika Kumari: 26, 26, 27Karma: 23, 23, 24
- 14:20 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Karma - Round Of 32Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari leads Karma of Bhutan 6-0 in the Round of 32 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 3Deepika Kumari: 26, 26, 27Karma: 23, 23, 24
- 14:17 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Karma - Round Of 32Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari leads Karma of Bhutan 4-0 in the Round of 32 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 2Deepika Kumari: 26, 26Karma: 23, 23
- 14:15 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Karma - Round Of 32Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari leads Karma of Bhutan 2-0 in the Round of 32 in women's individual archery eventAfter Set 1Deepika Kumari: 26Karma: 23
- 14:08 (IST)Badminton - Sai Praneeth vs Mark Caljouw - Group Play Stage - Group DMen's SinglesIndia's Sai Praneeth will be up against Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in a Group D encounter in men's singles badminton in a few minutes
- 14:06 (IST)Boxing - Pooja Rani vs Ichrak Chaib - Preliminaries - Round of 16Women's Middle (69-75kg)India's Pooja Rani will take on Ichrak Chaib of Algeria in the Round of 16 women's boxing shortly
- 13:38 (IST)Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Karma - Round Of 32Women's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Deepika Kumari will play Karma of Bhutan in the Round of 32 in women's individual archery event in a short while.
- 13:32 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Brady Ellison - Round Of 16Men's Individual Archery - Pravin Jadhav LosesIndia's Pravin Jadhav goes down against Brady Ellison 0-6 in the Round of 16 of men's individual archery eventSet ScoresPravin Jadhav: 27, 26, 23Brady Ellison: 28, 27, 26
- 13:29 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Brady Ellison - Round Of 16Men's Individual ArcheryPravin Jadhav trails against Brady Ellison 0-6 in the Round of 16 of men's individual archery eventAfter Set 3Pravin Jadhav: 27, 26, 23Brady Ellison: 28, 27, 26
- 13:27 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Brady Ellison - Round Of 16Men's Individual ArcheryPravin Jadhav trails against Brady Ellison 0-4 in the Round of 16 of men's individual archery eventAfter Set 2Pravin Jadhav: 27, 26Brady Ellison: 28, 27
- 13:23 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Brady Ellison - Round Of 16Men's Individual ArcheryPravin Jadhav trails against Brady Ellison 0-2 in the Round of 16 of men's individual archery eventAfter Set 1Pravin Jadhav: 27Brady Ellison: 28
- 13:00 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Brady Ellison - Round Of 16Men's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Pravin Jadhav will play Brady Ellison of USA in the Round of 16 next in men's individual archery event in a few minutes from now
- 12:40 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov - Round Of 32Men's Individual Archery - Pravin Jadhav Wins - AdvancesIndia's archer Pravin Jadhav beat Galsan Bazarzhapov of Russia 6-0 in the Round of 32 of men's individual archery eventSet Scores:Pravin Jadhav: 29, 28, 28Galsan Bazarzhapov: 27, 27, 24
- 12:36 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov - Round Of 32Men's Individual ArcheryPravin Jadhav leads 6-0 versus Galsan BazarzhapovAfter 3 Sets:Pravin Jadhav: 29, 28, 28Galsan Bazarzhapov: 27, 27, 24
- 12:34 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov - Round Of 32Men's Individual ArcheryPravin Jadhav leads 4-0 versus Galsan BazarzhapovAfter 2 Sets:Pravin Jadhav: 29, 28Galsan Bazarzhapov: 27, 27
- 12:33 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov - Round Of 32Men's Individual ArcheryPravin Jadhav leads 2-0 versus Galsan BazarzhapovAfter Set 1:Pravin Jadhav: 29Galsan Bazarzhapov: 27
- 12:10 (IST)Sailing - 49er Men Race ResultsMen's SailingResults of Indian pair Varun Thakkar-KC Ganapathy in the 49er Men Races:Race 2 - 18thRace 3 - 18thRace 4 - 19thThe Indian sailing pair is ranked 18th after 4 Races
- 12:06 (IST)Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov - Round Of 32Men's Individual ArcheryIndia's archer Pravin Jadhav will take on Galsan Bazarzhapov of Russia in the Round of 32 of men's individual archery event in a few minutes from now
- 10:04 (IST)Tennis - Fabio Fognini vs Daniil Medvedev - Third RoundMen's Singles - Daniil Medvedev WinsRussia's Daniil Medvedev wins the deciding set and seals a win against Fabio Fognini of Italy in the third round of the men's singles tennis eventScore: 2-6 6-3 2-6
- 09:14 (IST)Tennis - Fabio Fognini vs Daniil Medvedev - Third RoundMen's SinglesRussia's Daniil Medvedev drops the second set against Fabio Fognini of Italy in the third round of the men's singles tennis eventScore: 2-6 6-3
- 09:08 (IST)Sailing - 49er Men Race - 2Men's SailingIndian pair of Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy begin the 49er Men Race 2
- 08:55 (IST)Tennis - Fabio Fognini vs Daniil Medvedev - Third RoundMen's SinglesRussia's Daniil Medvedev is up a set against Fabio Fognini of Italy in the third round of the men's singles tennis eventScore: 2-6 4-3
- 08:43 (IST)Rowing - Lightweight Men's Double ScullsMen's RowingRowing pair of Arjun Lal Jat-Arvind Singh advance to Lightweight men's double sculls Final B, finishing the race with a time of 6:24.41
- 08:38 (IST)Archery - Itay Shanny vs Tarundeep Rai- 1/16 EliminationsMen's Archery - Individual - Tarundeep Rai LosesIndia's Tarundeep Rai loses to Itay Shanny of Israel 6-5 in the men's individual 1/16 EliminationsTarundeep RaiSet Scores: 24, 27, 27, 28, 27Itay ShannySet Scores: 28, 26, 27, 27, 28
- 08:24 (IST)Badminton - PV Sindhu vs Cheung Ngan Yi - Group Play Stage - Group JWomen's Badminton Singles - PV Sindhu WinsIndia's medal hopeful and 2016 Rio silver medallist, PV Sindhu wins the second game and seals a win in straight games against Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong KongScore: 21-9 21-16
- 08:22 (IST)Archery - Itay Shanny vs Tarundeep Rai- 1/16 EliminationsMen's Archery - IndividualIndia's Tarundeep Rai takes on Itay Shanny of Israel after winning 6-4 against Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine in the men's individual event
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