The women’s hockey team and panelist Kamalpreet Kaur saved the blush for India on a tough day in Tokyo 2020 when PV Sindhu lost their semifinals, while boxers Pooja Rani, Amit Phangal and archer Atanu Das faced the after Saturday’s defeat Olympic Games bowed.
Kamalpreet Kaur secured her place in the women’s discus throw final with a throw of 64.00, which was the qualifying mark. The women’s ice hockey team also defeated South Africa and Ireland’s loss to Great Britain made it to the quarterfinals.
Tai Tzu-ying too good for PV Sindhu in the badminton semifinals
India’s PV Sindhu will play for the bronze medal in badminton singles at the Tokyo Olympics after losing 21:18, 21:12 in the semifinals to world number 1, Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei.
PV Sindhu was in the lead in the first quarter of the game, but Tai’s incredible array of deception and skill earned her a straight game win in 40 minutes and extended her head-to-head lead against the Indian to 14-5.
PV Sindhu will face China’s number 8 seeded He Bingjiao in the bronze medal match at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on Sunday, while Tai will face top seeded Chen Yu Fei in the gold medal battle.
Impressive Kamalpreet takes 2nd place in the discus qualification and reaches the final
Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur delivered one of the best performances of an Indian woman at the Olympic Games, but in a qualifying round when she reached the final of the current games here on Saturday.
25-year-old Kaur, who competed in Qualification B, sent the discus over a distance of 64m in her third and final attempt to be one of the only two automatic qualifiers for the finals, the other being American Valarie Allman (66.42 m). ).
India’s Pooja Rani misses a medal
The Indian Pooja Rani was eliminated at the Olympic Games in Tokyo by the Chinese Li Qian in the quarter-finals of the women over 75 kg. The two-time Asian champion Pooja Rani lost a demanding middleweight fight by unanimous decision in the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena.
Pooja Rani, number 8 in the world, could not defeat the tactically superior Li Qian, who was seeded at number 4 and won bronze in Rio 2016.
The number 1 in the world, Amit Panghal, crashes at the first hurdle
The top seeded Amit Panghal was ousted by Rio 2016 silver medalist Yuberjen Martinez from Colombia with a 4: 1 split decision in the second round of the men with 52 kg (flyweight).
Four of the five Indian men’s boxers at the Tokyo Olympics left their respective opening rounds.
Sailing: India’s KC Ganapathy, Varun Thakkar finished 17th in the 49er class
India’s KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar bid farewell to the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday after finishing 17th in the men’s 49er class.
The Indian couple got off to a bad start in the 19-team event, but improved as the competition progressed.
Sreeshankar Murali does not make it into the final of the men’s long jump
The Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar could not qualify for the final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday and was 13th in his group and 25th in the overall standings.
In his last attempt, the Indian athlete managed 7.43 m after 7.51 m and 7.69 m respectively, which meant that Murali missed qualifying for the next stages.
India’s archery campaign ends without a medal after Das loses
India’s archery campaign ended on a disappointing note at the Tokyo Olympics after Atanu Das lost 4-6 to Takaharu Furukawa in an intense five-setter in the men’s singles pre-quarter finals on Saturday.
That couldn’t find a 10 in the fifth set and slipped onto the red circle for an 8, which turned out to be costly as Furukawa sealed the problem with a point ahead in the play-off.
Anjum, Tejaswini do not reach the final with 3 positions with a 50 m rifle
Anjum Moudgil finished with a total of 1167 with 54 inner 10s, 4 less than needed to finish within the top 8 of the 37-man field. She finished 15th after remaining in the top 8 after the prone lap.
Tejaswini Sawant, meanwhile, was never able to recover from a bad kneeling round, although she straightened up in the prone round. The experienced activist took 33rd place out of 37 women with a total of 1154.
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