Lakshya Sen missed a bronze medal in badminton whereas Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka fell brief within the skeet combined crew occasion in capturing. Wrestler Nisha Dahiya too was left in tears after an damage dashed her hopes within the ladies’s freestyle class.
Sen, aiming to be India’s first male shuttler to win an Olympic medal, confronted a troublesome matchup towards Malaysia’s world no.7 Lee Zii Jia within the bronze playoff.Regardless of a robust begin, Sen was unable to keep up his lead and misplaced the match 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 in a 71-minute contest.
“I had my possibilities within the second set and will have positively achieved higher. However credit score to him, he performed a extremely good sport. I believe for the time being I am simply not in a position to assume proper,” a crestfallen Sen stated after the match.
“I got here effectively ready for this match as effectively. It has been fairly a troublesome week general. However yeah, the fatigue saved on constructing. However I imply, I used to be prepared to provide my 100 per cent on this match.”
In the meantime, on the capturing vary in Chateauroux, Maheshwari and Naruka narrowly missed out on a bronze medal within the skeet combined crew occasion. They completed fourth, dropping by a single level to China’s Yiting Jiang and Jianlin Lyu, who secured the bronze with a rating of 44 towards the Indian duo’s 43.
Additional disappointment got here from the wrestling mat, the place Nisha confronted North Korea’s Pak Sol Gum within the ladies’s 68 kg freestyle class. Main 8-1 with simply over 90 seconds left, Dahiya sustained a severe damage to her proper hand. The damage left her in agonizing ache, and she or he was unable to proceed successfully.
Following a medical break, Nisha’s proper hand misplaced power, and Pak Sol Gum capitalized on the chance, scoring 9 straight factors. The bout ended with a rating of 8-10 in favor of the North Korean wrestler.
Nisha’s day led to tears as she was unable to keep up her early lead as a result of damage. With simply 10 seconds left, the rating was 8-8, however the consequence was already clear as she struggled to carry on within the last moments.
Ladies’s TT crew advances to quarters
The ladies’s desk tennis crew of Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath triumphed over higher-ranked Romania to safe a spot within the quarterfinals.
India initially led 2-0 however then Romania stage the match at 2-2. Manika then delivered decisively within the last sport.
Sreeja and Archana kicked off the proceedings with a win within the doubles match, defeating Adina Diaconu and Elizabeta Samara 11-9, 12-10, 11-7. Manika prolonged the lead with a convincing 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 victory over the higher-ranked Bernadette Szocs, giving India a snug 2-0 lead towards their fourth-seeded opponents. India is seeded eleventh within the competitors.
Within the second singles match, fortunes modified for India as Sreeja went down 2-3 (11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 6-11, 8-11) to European champion Samara after taking the primary sport. The loss led to a face-off between Archana and Bernadette, the place the latter prevailed.
Manika then clinched the tie for India by defeating Adina 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-9), sealing the crew’s spot within the quarterfinals.
India will subsequent face both the USA or Germany within the quarterfinals.
A primary in Indian males’s athletics
Avinash Sable created historical past by changing into the primary Indian man to qualify for the boys’s 3000m steeplechase last on the Paris Olympics.
Sable completed fifth in his warmth with a timing of 8:15.43 minutes to qualify among the many high 15 within the occasion.
In steeplechase, there are three heats and the highest 5 from every warmth qualify for the ultimate.
Sable’s warmth was received by Moroccan Mohamed Tindouft with private finest timing of 8:10.62 minutes.
Hockey crew eyes first last since 1980
The Indian hockey crew is poised on the point of securing a second consecutive Olympic medal because it prepares to face reigning world champion Germany within the semifinals.
A win within the vital match will guarantee at the very least a silver medal for India, an achievement final attained on the Rome Olympics in 1960.
India’s final Olympic gold in hockey got here on the 1980 Moscow Video games.
The crew can now discover itself on the rostrum as soon as once more, bettering on the bronze medal secured within the Tokyo version. The semis conflict towards Germany guarantees excessive stakes and excessive drama.
India will miss the providers of key defender Amit Rohidas, who acquired a one-match suspension following a purple card for a harmful maneuver within the match towards Britain.
Nonetheless, veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has been pivotal in India’s advance, notably together with his essential saves throughout the penalty shoot-out towards Britain.
Neeraj begins marketing campaign
Star Neeraj Chopra will likely be aiming for a historic second Olympic gold in javelin as he’ll start his marketing campaign on Tuesday with the qualification spherical, main as much as the finals on August 8.
Amid expectations of one other golden end, Chopra’s consistency will likely be examined this time, particularly as he battles a persistent adductor damage.
Chopra is ready to make historical past if he secures the highest podium end, changing into the fifth man in Olympic historical past to defend his javelin title. He would even be the primary Indian to win two gold medals in a person occasion on the Olympics.
Solely 4 athletes have achieved this feat earlier than: Eric Lemming of Sweden in 1908 and 1912, Jonni Myyra of Finland in 1920 and 1924, Jan Zelezny of the Czech Republic in 1992, 1996, and 2000, and Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway in 2004 and 2008.
