Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Kamalpreet Kaur Finishes 6th In Discus Throw, Women's Hockey Team Shines
Tokyo Olympics: Kamalpreet Kaur finished 6th in the women's discus throw final with a best attempt of 63.70, while the women's hockey team stunned Australia to reach the semifinals.
- Aakash Arya
- Updated:August 02, 2021 07:01 PM IST
Kamalpreet Kaur finished sixth in the women's discus throw final with a best attempt of 63.70. She had started well in the women's discus throw final as she threw 61.62 in her first attempt but had a foul in the second before rain halted play. She threw 63.70 in her third to avoid getting knocked out after the first three throws. She had another foul in her fourth throw and only managed 61.37 in her fifth. She threw another foul in her final attempt to finish sixth as USA's Valarie Allman won the gold medal. Germany's Kristin Pudenz won silver while Cuba's Yaime Perez claimed the bronze medal. In equestrian, India's Fouaad Mirza finished 23rd in the individual final in Eventing Jumping. Earlier today, the women's hockey team claiming a shock win against Australia to enter the semi-finals of the Olympics for the first time. India took the lead through Gurjit Kaur in the second quarter and showcased immense defensive might to keep the Australian women at bay. Indian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput failed to breach the top 8 ranks as they missed the cut for the for 50m Rifle 3 Positions men's finals. Tomar finished 21st while Rajput ended a disappointing 32nd. It brought an end to the Indian shooting contingent's campaign at the Games. Sprinter Dutee Chand ran her season's best but still failed to qualify for the semi-finals of women's 200m. She clocked a time of 23.85 seconds and finished 7th in Heat 4.
Here Are The Highlights From Tokyo Olympics 2020
- 18:56 (IST)Tokyo 2020, August 2 - End of DayEnd Of DayThat's all for the day folks, hope you enjoyed the Live coverage from Tokyo 2020We will meet again tomorrow for some exciting Olympic action, till then goodbye and take care!
- 18:36 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur has a foul throw in her sixth and last attempt - She finishes 6th and out of medal contentionValarie Allman of USA wins gold with the best throw of 68.98mGermany's Kristin Pudenz gets silver with the best throw of 66.86Cuba's Yaime Perez wins bronze with her best of 65.72
- 18:27 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur throws 61.37 in her fifth attemptValarie Allman of USA is still in the lead with the best throw so far - 68.98m
- 18:20 (IST)Equestrian - Eventing Jumping - FinalEquestrianIndia's Fouaad Hyder Mirza and Seigneur Medicott finish 23rd in the Equestrian Jumping individual final
- 18:19 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur has a foul throw in her fourth attemptValarie Allman of USA is still in the lead with the best throw so far - 68.98m
- 18:13 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur is in the top 8She will have three more attempts
- 18:07 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowUpdate: Play ResumesIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur throws 63.70 in her third attemptRank 6Valarie Allman of USA has the best throw so far - 68.98m
- 17:45 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowUpdate: Rain seems to have stopped but the official word is that the the competition will not start before 5.55pm IST
- 17:33 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowUpdate: Not good signs from the Olympic stadium in Tokyo. The discus throwers are going back in as it is absolutely pelting
- 17:32 (IST)Equestrian - Eventing Jumping - FinalEquestrianIndia's Fouaad Hyder Mirza and Seigneur Medicott finish with 59.60 total individual penalty points
- 17:23 (IST)Equestrian - Eventing Jumping - FinalEquestrianIndia's Fouaad Hyder Mirza and Seigneur Medicott have begun their individual eventing jumping finalsA total of 25 riders with 9 obstacles to jump over
- 17:06 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowUpdate: Due to bad weather, the competition seems to be delayed. Officials are trying to dry up the surface with a miniature version of the super sopperIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur is placed at the seventh spot currentlyValarie Allman of USA has the best throw so far - 68.98m
- 16:54 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur has a foul second attemptValarie Allman of USA has the best throw so far - 68.98m
- 16:45 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowAfter First Attempt:India's Kamalpreet Kaur is placed 6thValarie Allman of USA has the best throw so far - 68.98m
- 16:39 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur throws 61.62m in her first attemptKristin Pudenz of Germany has the best throw so far - 63.07m
- 16:32 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur threw 64m in women's discus qualification to reach the finalShe had started with 60.29m effort and then improved it to 63.97m later on in the qualificationLet's see what she can bring to the table today
- 15:53 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur will be in action soon in women's discus throw finals as she will aim to bring India's first gold in Tokyo 2020 games
- 15:50 (IST)Equestrian - Eventing Jumping QualifiersEquestrian - India Qualify For FinalIndia's Fouaad Hyder Mirza and Seigneur Medicott finish in the top 25 in individual eventing jumping qualifiers to make it to the finals
- 15:26 (IST)PV Sindhu Exclusive - India's Bronze Medalist At Tokyo 2020PV Sindhu NDTV ExclusiveShuttler PV Sindhu explained what it means to win her second Olympic medal and how it will motivate her to achieve more in the future
- 14:19 (IST)Equestrian - Eventing Jumping QualifiersEquestrianIndia's Fouaad Hyder Mirza and Seigneur Medicott finish individual jumping qualifiers in 76:14 secondsRank 2Penalty Points: 8.00Current Individual Total: 47.20
- 13:09 (IST)Women's Team Pursuit - Qualifying - World Record BrokenWorld Record SplitGerman team of Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein, and Mieke Kroeger have set a new world record4:07.307 - New WR and ORThey eclipsed Great Britain's 4:10.236 set in 2016 Rio Games
- 13:02 (IST)Equestrian - Eventing Jumping QualifiersEquestrianIndia's Fouaad Hyder Mirza and Seigneur Medicott ended yesterday's individual Equestrian Eventing Cross Country session at the 22nd rank with a total 39.20 penalty pointsThe Eventing Jumping qualifiers will take place in a short while where they will have to jump across 12 obstacles over a time limit of 158 seconds with the total length of the course being 490 metres
- 12:19 (IST)Discus Throw - FinalWomen's Discus ThrowIndia's Kamalpreet Kaur will be aiming at nothing less than a gold medal in women's discus throw finals today evening
- 10:53 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - Indian Shooters Fail To QualifyIndian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput fail to breach the top 8 ranks as they miss the cut for the finalsAishwary Pratap Singh Tomar : Rank 21Kneeling 99, 100, 98, 100 : 397Prone: 98, 99, 97, 97 : 391Standing: 95, 96, 93, 95 : 379Sanjeev Rajput : Rank 32Kneeling: 96, 99, 95, 97 : 387Prone: 97, 100, 98, 98 : 393Standing: 94, 93, 95, 95 : 377
- 10:34 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - StandingSanjeev RajputSeries 39 10 9 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 : 95Series 410 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 : 95
- 10:13 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - StandingAishwary Pratap Singh TomarSeries 39 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 10 : 93Series 49 10 9 10 9 10 9 10 9 10 : 95
- 10:13 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - StandingSanjeev RajputSeries 110 9 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 10 : 94Series 29 9 10 10 10 8 8 10 9 10 : 93
- 10:02 (IST)Hockey - Australia vs India - Quarter-finalWomen's Hockey - End - India WinThe Indian women's hockey team have pulled off one of the greatest upsets as they have beaten Australia 1-0 to enter semi-finals in TokyoIndia have held onto their lead through Gurjit Kaur in the second quarter and have been able to maintain it till the very end
- 09:51 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - StandingAishwary Pratap Singh TomarSeries 19 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 : 95Series 29 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 : 96
- 09:49 (IST)Hockey - Australia vs India - Quarter-finalWomen's Hockey - 4th QuarterIndia are only 10 minutes away from one of their greatest Olympic triumphsCan expect Australia to come up with all their might
- 09:32 (IST)Hockey - Australia vs India - Quarter-finalWomen's Hockey - 3rd QuarterIndia are defending for their lives as Australia bring on the attackPenalty corner saved
- 09:18 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - ProneSanjeev RajputSeries 310 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 : 98Series 410 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 : 98
- 09:15 (IST)Hockey - Australia vs India - Quarter-finalWomen's Hockey - Half-TimeIndia go into half-time with a crucial lead against Australia in the quarterfinalsScore: 0:1
- 09:12 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - ProneAishwary Pratap Singh TomarSeries 310 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 : 97Series 410 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 : 97
- 09:09 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - ProneSanjeev RajputSeries 19 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 : 97Series 210 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 : 100
- 09:03 (IST)Hockey - Australia vs India - Quarter-finalWomen's Hockey - Second QuarterIndia take the lead through a penalty corner as Gurjit Kaur scores against Australia in the quarterfinalsScore: 0:1
- 08:59 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - ProneAishwary Pratap Singh TomarSeries 19 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10: 98Series 29 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 : 99
- 08:50 (IST)Hockey - Australia vs India - Quarter-finalWomen's Hockey - First Quarter EndsIndia and Australia end the first quarter goallessScore: 0:0
- 08:44 (IST)Hockey - Australia vs India - Quarter-finalWomen's Hockey - First QuarterExcellent and an exciting start to the game as both India and Australia hit the goal post in the first quarterScore: 0:0
- 08:43 (IST)Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's QualificationMen's Shooting - KneelingSanjeev RajputSeries 310 9 10 9 10 9 9 10 10 9 : 95Series 410 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 : 97