Indian men’s hockey team wins 3-0 against Spain

After a humiliating loss to Australia in which they lost by 7-1, the Indian men's hockey team, led by Manpreet Singh, was seeking their second win in the group stages. In their third game today, India went against Spain, looking for redemption.

In Pool A match at the OI Hockey Stadium, India put in a solid effort against world No. 9 Spain, scoring goals through Simranjeet Singh (14th minute) and Rupinder Pal Singh (15th and 51st minutes).

With six points from three matches (2 wins, 1 defeat) and a goal differential of -2, the Indian men have ascended to second place in Pool A. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain defeats Germany’s Nadine Apetz 3-2 in round of 16 women’s welterweight division

Lovlina Borgohain has advanced to the last 8 after a split decision win over Germany’s Nadine Apetz in the Preliminaries Round of 16 bout in women's Welter (64-69kg) event. In an eventful match at the Kokugikan Arena, Lovlina started round 1 strongly with the judges considering her to be the more dominant boxer. She employed a more counter attacking approach in the second round as Apetz improved her performance, however the split decision went in India’s favour. In the third and final round, Lovlina defended the German’s attacks successfully and won 3-2 after another split decision went in India’s favour.

With just one more win, the queen of Assam will be assured a medal at her debut Olympic Games.

Indians finding it hard to sail through in Tokyo

For the first time, India has fielded four sailors in a single Olympics. Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian female sailor to qualify for the Olympics and is competing in the laser radial event. Vishnu Saravanan is competing in laser standard class, and the pair of Varun Thakkar and Ganapathy Chengappa in the 49er class.

Nehra and Vishnu have 10 races overall and both of them have completed 6 of them. On the other hand, in the 49er class the pair of Varun and Ganapathy have just started their races today and have 12 races in total. Nethra Kumanan is currently placed 33rd after 6 races, she has four more to go and will expect to finish in the top. Vishnu Saravanan is currently placed 22nd and will look to improve on the next four races. The final race for both the individuals will be on the 1st of August.

Indian paddler Sharath Kamal loses to Long Ma in men’s singles Round 3 match

Reigning Olympic gold medallist Long Ma from China defeated Indian paddler Sharath Kamal 4-1 in the men’s singles Round 3 match. In a closely contested battle between the two, especially in the first three sets, Long Ma won the first 11-7 but Sharath Kamal fought back in the second set with an 11-8 win. However, the men’s singles and team gold medallist from the Rio Olympics showed just why he has accomplished it all as he won every set after the second game for a result of 11-7, 8-11, 13-11, 11-4, and 11-4.

India’s Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary fail to qualify for medal round in 10m Pistol Mixed Event

After a disappointing Day 4 at the Tokyo Olympics, things didn’t start too well for Indian Olympic contingent as shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary failed to qualify for the medal round in the 10m Pistol Mixed Event. The pair finished qualification in the 7th position with a total of 380 points as Manu Bhaker was particularly disappointing, dropping 14 points in two series.

Chirag and Satwiksairaj win the match but fail to qualify for quarterfinals

Indian Men’s doubles team won their match against Britain but missed out on a quarterfinal berth after winning fewer games than the second placed team. Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy beat Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in 44 minutes in straight games with a score of 21-17 and 21 -19.

Chirag and Satwiksairaj failed to qualify as they finished third in Group A. The pair started off their campaign with a huge win over the world number three pair of Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang of Chinese Taipei in their opening match and lost their next match to world number one Marcus Gideon Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia. Their badminton campaign has come to an end even though their performances were admirable.

Indian shooters knocked out of Mixed 10m air rifle event

Indian shooters D.S. Panwar and E. Valarivan are out of the running for mixed 10m air rifle event having ranked 12th in qualifying. The Indian shooting team were expected to dominate the Tokyo Olympics but their performance has been no short of disappointing.

Both teams are out of the finals after a lackluster performance in qualification, capping off a miserable day for Indian shooters.

Also read: Day 4: A day of disappointments for the Indian Olympic contingent