Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Indian Women's Hockey Team Qualifies For Quarters After Ireland Lose
Tokyo 2020 Highlights: The Indian women's hockey team qualified for quarterfinals after Great Britain beat Ireland 2-0, but boxers Amit Panghal and Pooja Rani lost their bouts while shooters had another disappointing day.
The Indian women's hockey team qualified for the quarterfinals after Great Britain defeated Ireland 2-0. India will now face Australia in their quarterfinal match. Boxer Pooja Rani crashed to a heavy defeat in the quarterfinal of women's middle (69-75kg) category, losing to Li Qian on Saturday, at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Earlier, Team India kept their qualification hopes alive with a 4-3 win against South Africa in their Pool A Women's Hockey match. Vandana Katariya was the talisman with three goals. Meanwhile, Kamalpreet Kaur qualified for the finals of the women's Discus Throw final with a 64.00 throw during qualification. On the other hand, Seema Punia failed to qualify, and registered 60.57 as her best attempt during qualification. PV Sindhu also lost in the semifinals of women's badminton singles to Tai Tzu Ying. She is still in contention for a bronze medal. Also, world number one Amit Panghal faced an early exit in the Round of 16, losing to Yuberjen Martinez in the Men's Boxing Fly (48-52kg) category. Other than Panghal, archer Atanu Das lost to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the men's individual 1/8 Eliminations. Shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil failed to qualify for the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, finishing outside top-eight in the standings. Meanwhile, Murali Sreeshankar also failed to make it past qualification in long jump.
Here Are The Highlights From Tokyo Olympics 2020
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Indian Women's Hockey Team qualify for quarterfinals
The Indian women's hockey team qualified for the quarter-finals after Great Britain defeated Ireland 2-0.
Jamaican Yohan Blake came second in his 100m heat, with Rohan Browning finishing ahead of him. Blake clocked 10.06 seconds, with Browning registering 10.01 seconds.
Long jump qualification: Sreeshankar registers 7.43 in his third attempt!
Sreeshankar registers 7.43 in his third attempt. Its not enough, and he is not out of contention for a qualification spot! He is currently 24th in the standings, and few long jumpers are still left.
Novak Djokovic withdraws from mixed doubles bronze medal final!
Well, looks like fatigue is finally getting to Novak Djokovic. He and his partner Nina Stojanovic of Serbia have withdrawn from the mixed doubles bronze medal final. Ash Barty and John Peers of Australia win on a walkover.
Novak Djokovic withdraws from the mixed doubles bronze medal match due to a left shoulder injury.
Ashleigh Barty and John Peers receive a walkover against Djokovic and Nina Stojanovic and win the bronze medal for Australia.
Pooja Rani is set to face China's Li Qian in her upcoming women's middle (69-75kg) quarterfinal bout. The match is scheduled to begin from 3:36 PM IST, and will be held at the Kokugikan Arena.
Winning gold in men's 81kg weightlifting, China's Lyu Xiaojun set records in snatch (170kg), clean and jerk (204) and total (374). Dominican Republic's Zacarias Bonnat Michel won silver, and Italy Antonino Pizzolato received bronze.
Pablo Carreno Busta beats World No.1 Novak Djokovic to win the bronze medal in men's single tennis at the Tokyo Olympics. Busta won the match 6-3, 6-7 (8/6), 6-3.
Novak Djokovic is 0-3 down in third set and is clearly frustrated out on the court. After losing the game, he smashed his racquet into the pole of the net.
