Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Hardik Singh's goals helped India beat Great Britain in the men's hockey quarterfinal and make the semifinal of Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. India beat Great Britain 3-1 to make the last four. Dilpreet Singh scored in the first few minutes of the first quarter while Gurjant scored at the start of the second quarter. The Indians maintained their lead at half-time but Samuel Ian Ward got one goal against Great Britain's account in the dying moments of the third quarter, courtesy a penalty corner. But Hardik Singh scored in the fourth quarter to put India 3-1 ahead and the Indians maintained their lead till the end. Shuttler PV Sindhu secured a second medal for India at Tokyo Olympics as she won the bronze medal in women's singles badminton. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win two individual medals at the Olympics after she defeated He Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 in the bronze medal match.
Earlier in the day, Indian boxer Satish Kumar lost by a unanimous decision against Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan in the men's Super Heavy (+91kg) category quarterfinal today.
In equestrian, India's Fouaad Mirza and Seigneur Medicott were at the 22nd position with a total penalty points of 39.20. The eventing, jumping Qualifiers will be held on August 2.
India's golfer Udayan Mane ended his 2020 Olympics journey at rank 56 while Anirban Lahiri finished at rank 42.
Germany's Alexander Zverev defeated Russia's Karen Khachanov to bag the gold medal in the men's singles tennis event. Zverev showed no signs of weakness as he went past his opponent 6-3, 6-1.
PV Sindhu