The third day of the Rio Olympics wrapped up with some more disappointing performances by the Indians. Shooters, hockey teams, swimmers and even the lone archer on the roster all failed to win their events. Here’s a wrap of India’s show on Day.
1. Bindra’s Olympic Farewell
Abhinav Bindra, the only individual Olympic gold medalist in 2008 at Beijing in the same men’s 10m air rifle event, lost a tension-filled shoot-off against Ukrainian marksman S Kulish after the two were tied third at 163.8 in the race to reach the medal round.
The Indian ace, in his fifth and last appearance at the Olympics, was at one stage standing second in the eight-man final in which one shooter gets eliminated gradually leading to the final two men standing in the face-off for the gold after the 20th shot.
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2. India Concede With 4 Seconds Left
The Indian men’s hockey team’s perennial habit of conceding late goals continued to haunt them as reigning double Olympic champions Germany scored four seconds from the final hooter to steal a 2-1 win in the Pool B fixture.
The win helped Germany keep their successful run intact against India since 1996. India last defeated Germany in Olympics way back in the Atlanta Games when they secured a 3-0 victory.
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3. Women’s Hockey Team Blanked by Great Britain
India’s women’s hockey team could not produce the performance of their opening match against Japan as Great Britain convincingly overpowered them 3-0 in their second Group B encounter.
“To play in Olympics after 36 years was big and there was a lot of pressure on us. We will have to learn from the mistakes and come back stronger. We still have hopes to make the quarters,” captain Sushila said.
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4. Manavjit, Chenai Fail to Qualify for Trap Semifinals
Trap shooters Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai could hardly improve on their opening day performance and failed to qualify for the Olympics men’s trap semifinals, signing off at 16th and 19th respectively on the second and final day of qualification .
While Manavjit shot 23, 23, 22, 25, 22 to total 115, Chenai ended with 22, 23, 22 24, 23 for a total of 114 to end their campaign in this event on a disappointing note. Only the top six from the two-day qualifiers made the cut for the semis.
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5. Swimmers Sajan, Shivani Finish 41st and 28th
Young Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash and Shivani Kataria both failed to make an impact in the heats of their respective events.
Sajan finished 41st in terms of timing amongst 43 swimmers in the 200m Butterfly heats. Shivani came in 28th out of 29 competitors in the 200m freestyle after finishing 2nd among 3rd in her heat.
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6. Archer Majhi Out in Round of 32
Indian Women Archers disappointing show at the Rio Olympics continued as Laxmirani Majhi suffered a 1-7 thrashing at the hands of Slovakia’s Alexandra Longova in the first round of the individual event.
Majhi was hardly a match to her much superior opponent and could not win a single set out of the four contested. She could only level the fourth set 26-26. The Slovakian won the first, second and third sets 27-25, 28-26 and 27-24.
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