Day 4 Tokyo Olympics: Men's Hockey Team Wins 3-0; Boxer Lovlina in QFs
The two-time World Championship bronze medallist is now just one win away from a medal; Achanta, Shooters Crash Out
Tokyo Olympics: Simranjeet Singh celebrates after scoring against Spain on Tuesday
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Shooters Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker finished 7th in 10m Air Pistol mixed team qualifications
India beat Spain 3-0 in their men's hockey match
Shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty win match, lose out on QF spot on game difference
Paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal lost to China's Ma Long 4-1
Elavenil Valarivan/Divyansh Singh Panwar and Anjum Moudgil/Deepak Kumar failed to make it to 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Stage 2
Pugilist Lovlina Borgohain beat Germany's Nadine Apetz 3-2
Medals Tally Update: India is currently at 34th position thanks to Mirabai Chanu's silver medal in women's 49kg weightlifting event, which remains the lone medal for India. China is no.1, with 8 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. USA is at #2, with 8 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze medals. Japan is #3 with 8 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze medals.
Hockey: Post-match comments from Indian men's hockey coach Graham Reid:
"Better result today, but a lot of things to work on from an improvement perspective. The fact that we gave too many corners, that's always a concern when that happens. But the team did really well in terms of defending the PC. The first quarter was played very well, we could move the ball really well and it was exactly what we planned to do. I think 2-0 is the worse score in hockey because after that we were relaxed and we struggled a bit in the second and third quarter to get back in the game. We managed to do that in the fourth quarter and tried to play simple hockey and that's what we ended up doing."
Source: Hockey India
Sailing Update: The first race of Men's Skiff 49er, in which India's Ganapathy Kelapanda and Varun Thakkar will participate, has been delayed.
Sailing Update: Nethra Kumanan finishes 38th in race 6 of the women's one person dinghy - laser radial event. She is placed 33rd (out of 44 positions) in the overall rankings, with four more races left.
Sailing Update: India's Vishnu Saravanan finishes 22nd in the fifth race of the one person dinghy-laser event. He is currently 25th in the overall rankings with five more races to go. Race 6 has been delayed.
Boxing: It's the final round and the pressure is on the German. Lovelina looking strong and confident. She is almost there. LOVELINA WINS THE THIRD ROUND AND THE MATCH 3-2. The Indian played it safe and smart overall.
The first two rounds were close. It was tough to separate them, that's how close it was. But the judges decided to go in the Indian pugilist's favour.
Lovlina, a two-time World Championship bronze medallist, is now in the quarterfinals and just one win away from a medal. Her next match is against Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen on 30 July.
Boxing: Lovelina wins Round 2 as well, with the judges scoring 3-2 in her favour.
Boxing: The judges award the first round to Lovlina 3-2. It was a slow start by her but she found some rhythm towards the end of the round.
Boxing: India's Lovlina Borgohain will take on Germany's Nadine Apetz in their women's welter 64-69kg round of 16 match at 10'57 am IST.
Something to make you feel better on an otherwise disappointing day:
Mirabai finally got her pizza! Well, she surely deserves it.
Tennis Update: SHOCKER! World No.2 Naomi Osaka crashes out of Olympics. Loses her third round singles match to Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 6-4.
Badminton Update: Shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Great Britain's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 21-17, 21-19. However, the pair fails to make it to the quarterfinals on game difference. Heartbreak for Satwik and Chirag. Life can be cruel sometimes. Chinese Taipei and Indonesia advance from Group A.
Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1: The Indian pairs of Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar, and Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar, have failed to qualify to Stage 2, finishing 12th and 18th respectively. Disappointing day for the shooters and India.
Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1: The other Indian pair of Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar finished the three rounds with a total score of 623.8 and finished at 18th position.
Anjum managed 103.0, 105.0 and 104.4 in her three rounds for a total score of 312.4.
Deepak score 103.4, 105.3, 102.7 for a total of 311.4.
Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1: Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar are done with all three series.
Elavenil scored 105.0 and Divyansh scored 103.6 in Series 1, finishing at n overall score of 208.6. In Series 2, Elavenil manged 104.0 and Divyansh 104.1 to finish with an overall score of 208.1. Divyansh showed an improved performance in Series 3, scoring 105.6, while Elavenil managed 104.2. Their score for Series 3 is 209.8. The team scored 626.5 in their three rounds and is currently placed 12th. The top 8 teams will qualify to Qualification Stage 2.
Elavenil: 105.0, 104.0, 104.2 - 313.2
Divyansh: 103.6, 104.1, 105.6 - 313.3
Sailing Update: Nethra Kumanan finished 32nd in the Laser Radial Race 5. Race 6 to start soon.
Badminton: Shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won their first game 21-17 against Great Britain's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy. The pair, unforunately, was out of the quarterfinal race even before the match had started as Chinese Taipei beat Indonesia. They won't advance because of their negative (-1) game difference. Neverthless, they have pride to play for.
Table Tennis: Ma Long, 39, at his dominant best. The way the match is going, it seems like it will be all over soon. And sadly that is the case. The Rio gold medallist wins 4-1(7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 4-11). Sharath showed some good fight in Game 2 and Game 3, but it was all Ma Long after that.
Table Tennis: Ma Long brings out his best in Game 4. Leading 6-0. Sharath Kamal seems to have no answer to Ma Long's class. The Chinese paddler wins it easy, 11-4, leads the match 3-1.
Table Tennis: Both men giving it their all. A neck and neck battle. Ma Long leading 10-8. Sharath Kamal won't let him have it easy, wins back a point. Makes it 10-9. Now, 10-10. Ma Long smashes it hard to make it 12-11 and takes a time out. Is getting instructions from his coach as he recuperates. 13-11 and Ma Long takes the lead 2-1.
Badminton Update: Indonesia facing Chinese Taipei in the other Group A match. It's 1-1 at present. If Chinese Taipei win, it's all over for India.
And unfortunately, that is the case. Chinese Taipei beat Indonesia 2-1 (21-18, 15-21, 21-17). Both teams will qualify from Group A.
Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal leading 8-7 in Game 2 at the towel break. Smashes his way back to win Game 2 11-8. It's 1-1. Game on!
Table Tennis: After losing the first game, Sharath continues to make it difficult for Ma Long or The Dragon as he is called. The Indian leads 5-3 in the second game with his forehand doing a good amount of damage.
Table Tennis: At the first towel break in the first game, Sharath Kamal trails the legendary Chinese Ma Long 2-4.
The Chinese has said if he loses even one game, he will feel like he has let his country down in the Games.
Sharath does well to keep himself in the game through the first game even though Ma Long takes the game at 11-7. This won't be easy for Sharath.
Sailing: India's Nethra Kumanan is currently in action in Race 5 of the Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial. She is ranked 28th after the first four races.
Badminton: Up next is the Doubles Group A Match, where Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on Ben Lane and Sean Vendy of Great Britain. India is currently placed 2nd on the Group A table with one win and one loss. It is a must-win match for India as the top-2 teams from each group will make it to the quarterfinals.
Table Tennis: Meanwhile, Achanta Sharath Kamal will take on China's Ma Long in their singles round 3 match.
Hockey: A clean sheet after the 7-1 drubbing speaks volumes of the show put by the Indian team today. A complete team effort!
The Indian team is currently placed 2nd with six points in Pool A after Australia, having won 2 of its 3 matches. They are yet to play Argentina and hosts Japan.
The top-4 teams from both Pool A & B will qualify to the quaterfinals.
Hockey: Less than a minute to go now. The hooter goes off. INDIA WIN 3-0. What a comeback after Sunday's match! Simranjeet Singh opened the account for India in the 14th minute, after which Rupinder Pal Singh scored two more goals (15', 51') through PCs. Great character shown by the men-in-blue. Great energy, possession and defence on the field today. Hoping for a similar show in the upcoming macthes as well.
Hockey: A PC for Spain and once again it is deflected by Sreejesh. Now in the dying minutes of the game. Spain trying their best to attack. The Indian defence, though, is holding fort.
Hockey: 3 PCs on the trot for Spain and India save all three. It's a different Indian team on the field today. What an inspiring performance and comeback after the humiliating 7-1 defeat.
Hockey: Start of Q4. PR Sreejesh blocks an Alejandro Alonso shot. Simranjeet Singh creates a PC for India. GOALLLL! Rupinder Pal Singh makes it 3-0. A little over 8 minutes left in Q4.
Rupinder Pal Singh has now scored 3 goals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Hockey: India leading 2-0 at the end of Q3. Spain dominated possession and put pressure of the Indian defence. Sumit recieved a green card. The end was full of drama. Spain thought they scored but the hooter went off and disallowed the goal. Spain asked for a review for a PC and it was granted. However, the Indian defence saved the day.
India's schedule for today:
8.30 AM, Badminton, Men’s Doubles Group A Match: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Ben Lane/Sean Vendy
8.30 AM, Table Tennis, Men’s Singles Round 3 Match: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Ma Long
8.35 AM, Sailing: Nethra Kumanan in Women’s Laser Radial Race
8:45 AM, Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan in Men’s Laser Race
9.45 AM, Shooting, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification: Elavenil Valarivan/Divyansh Singh Panwar and Anjum Moudgil/Deepak Kumar will be in action
11.33 AM, Boxing, Women’s 69kg Round of 16: Lovlina Borgohain vs Nadine Apetz
11.50 AM, Men’s Skiff 49er Race: KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar will be in action
Hockey: A yellow card for Spain in Q3. Down to 10 men for five minutes.
Hockey: India leading 2-0 at half-time. After the 7-1 drubbing at the hands of Australia two days ago, this team is playing with much more freedom and confidence. That game was in the past and it seems the men in blue have forgotten all about it, which is the right way to go about it. A new day, a new beginning. They are not feeling the pressure today and that is evident from the scoreline. Have been good in defence.
Hockey: Some much needed joy for India. Rupinder Pal Singh makes it 2-0 for India through a penalty stroke. End of Q1. What a start for India! That is how you comeback from 1-7 loss. What an inspired show!
Hockey: GOALLLL! Simranjeet Singh opens the account for India in the 14th minute.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 2: Another 8 in her 20th shot and Bhaker finishes with a 94 in Series 2. The pair manages 192 in Series 2 and finishes at 7th position with a total score of 380. Disappointing result for India. Would have needed four more points to finish fourth to qualify for the bronze medal match. China, ROC occupy the top two positions. Ukraine, Serbia finish 3rd and 4th.
Saurabh Chaudhary: 96, 98
Manu Bhaker: 92, 94
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 2: Chaudhary finishes with a 98 in Series 2 with 8 10s and 2 9s. Bhaker yet to complete Series 2. India is currently sixth. An 8 in her eighth shot in Series 2 will hurt India. The team was closing towards fourth position.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 2: Good start by Chuadhary. 59 in his first six shots with 5 10s and 1 9. Manu scores 48 in five shots with 3 10s and 2 9s. Nearing the top four position.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 2: A 96 for Saurabh in Series 1 with 6 10s and 4 9s. Manu finishes with a 92 with 4 10s, 4 9s and 2 8s. The pair manages a disappointing 188 in Series 1 and is placed 8th. Not looking so good.
Hockey: Indian men's hockey match against Spain begins.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification: The Stage 2 qualification round will begin at 6'15 am IST. All teams will start from a score of zero. Each athlete will have to fire 20 shots in 20 minutes. Teams from Iran, Ukraine, ROC, China, Australia, India, Serbia have made it to Stage 2.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1: Saurabh scores 98 in Series 3 with 8 10s and 2 9s. Bhaker finishes with 95 with 5 10s and 5 9s. A total of 193 for the pair in Series 3, which takes their overall score in Stage 1 to 582. Ranked 1 in the table, meaning they have qualified to Stage 2.
A disappointing show by Abhishek and Yashaswini. Finish 17th with a score of 564 (187, 189, 188). Abhishek improved his score in Series 3 with a 97 comprising 7 10s and 3 9s, but Yashaswini could only manage a 91 with 2 10s, 7 9s and 1 8.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1: Saurabh in top form! Scores 100/100 with 10 10s in Series 2. However, Manu manages a 94 with 4 10s and 6 9s. 194 in Series 2. The pair is currently placed first.
Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal take their Series 2 score to 189 with 94 from Verma and a 95 from Yashaswini. Currently placed 16th.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1: Great start by the team of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker. Post a score of 195 in Series 1. Saurabh posts 98 with 8 10s and 2 9s. Manu scores 97 with 7 10s and 3 9s.
Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal off to an average start with a score of 187. A 92 for Abhishek in Series, whereas Yashaswini manages 95.
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1: The format is as follows:
In the first stage, both shooters will have to shoot three series of ten shots each.
The top eight pairs in Stage 1 will qualify for Stage 2, where each member of the pair will shoot two series of ten shots each.
This will be followed by the medal rounds, where teams placed 1 & 2 after Stage 2 will compete for the gold medal, whereas those placed 3 & 4 will compete for the bronze medal.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Day 4 Live Updates
A very good morning to all! Welcome to our live coverage of Day 4 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It was a disappointing Day 3 for India. However, we hope the start of a new day brings with it some much needed change of fortune.
We start the day's proceedings with 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1 where the teams of Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker & Abhishek Verma, Yashaswini Singh Deswal will be in action.
8 Shooters in 2 Mixed Team Events
A big and a very promising day for India is this Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics with the shooters eyeing redemption in the mixed team events.
After only Saurabh Chaudhary managed to enter the final round on the first weekend of competition, a total of eight shooters will be competing in two events this morning.
Saurabh Chaudhary teams up with Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma collaborates with Yashaswini Singh Deswal as India's two teams in the 10m Air Pistol event.
The qualification round starts at 5:30am IST while the medal rounds get underway 7.30am IST.
Later in the day, Divyansh Singh Panwar & Elavenil Valarivan and also Deepak Kumar & Anjum Moudgil will compete in the 10m air rifle event. The qualification round starts at 9:45am and the medal rounds will start at 11.45am IST.
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