Tokyo Olympics 2020 Highlights: Shot Putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor Fails To Qualify, Indian Men's Hockey Team Suffer Semifinal Defeat
Tokyo Olympics Highlights: India's Tajinderpal Singh Toor failed to qualify for the men's shot put finals as he finished 13th in Group A of the Qualification Round.
Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor finished 13th in Group A of men's shot put Qualification Round and failed to qualify for the finals, at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. In his first attempt, he registered a throw of 19.99m but endured two foul throws in the second and third attempts. Meanwhile, the Indian men's hockey team crashed to a 5-2 defeat to Belgium in the men's hockey semi-final and will now play for the bronze medal. After conceding an early goal India roared back to take a 2-1 lead at the end of the first quarter but Belgium equalised in the second quarter. India conceded three goals in the final 15 minutes and lost the chance of going through to the final. Mandeep Singh and Harmanpreet Singh scored for India while Alexander Hendrickx scored a remarkable hat-trick for Belgium.
In wrestling, India's Sonam Malik lost to Mongolia's Bolortuya Khurelkhuu in the women's Freestyle 62kg 1/8 Final. Sonam's opponent lost her quarterfinal bout hence, ending her hopes of making it to the repechage round to fight for bronze.
Earlier, India's Annu Rani finished 14th in the women's javelin throw qualification Group A and failed to make it to the finals. She registered throws of 50.35m, 53.19m and 54.04m which wasn't enough to put her in the top 12.
Also, it is worth noting that Elaine Thompson-Herah won her second consecutive Olympic 200m gold medal, which she had already achieved in Rio 2016. The Jamaican sprinter had earlier also won the 100m gold medal, which she had also notched in 2016.
Here Are The Highlights From Tokyo Olympics 2020
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Okay, that's it folks!
Okay, that's it folks! It hasn't been a good day for India at Tokyo. Team India will resume their campaign again on Wednesday! Follow us for our live coverage of Tokyo Olympics on August 4.
Building on her fine performance from the 100m final, Elaine Thompson-Herah has once again come out on top, clocking 21.53. The Jamaican is followed by Namibia's Christine Mboma and USA's Gabrielle Thomas.
Women's 800m Final: USA's Athing Mu comes out on top!
USA's Athing Mu has won the 800m final with a timing of 1:55.21. She was followed by Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson in second place and USA's Raevyn Rogers in third position.
After an exciting and quite a successful day for the Indians yesterday, the country's athletes participating today will be expected of the same
the men's hockey team will look will play meet Belgium in the semis
Annu Rani will compete in women's javelin throw, Sonam Malik will put India's challenge forward in wrestling and Tajinderpal Singh Toor will begin his Olympic journey in men's shot put
