Sunday, July 25, 2021

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Day 3 Live Updates: Sutirtha Mukherjee suffers defeat; Fencer Bhavani Devi loses in Round of 32

09:29 (IST)

Sai Praneeth out of Olympics

Sai Praneeth's chances of qualifying to last 16 from the Group D in men's badminton singles is over with Misha Zilberman winning a game in his defeat to Mark Caljouw.

Praneeth who lost to Zilberman in his first match now cannot finish on top of Group D even if he beats Caljouw in straight games. 

09:21 (IST)

Another swimming gold for USA! 

09:09 (IST)

Sailing: Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 2 

Vishnu Saravanan's race is underway. Race 2 was to take place yesterday but it got postponed due to poor weather conditions. Vishnu had finished 14th in Race 1. The sailors will participate in 10 races and the top 10 at the end of 10 racers will qualify for the medal race. 

09:03 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sutirtha vs Fu YU

The stats from the match give you an idea of how Fu YU dominated the match.

09:01 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sutirtha loses in singles

A comprehensive 4-0 win for Fu YU. India's Sutirtha Mukherjee made an incredible comeback in the first round to win but we didn't get to see any such fight today. 

08:55 (IST)

Table Tennis: India 0-3 Portugal

Fu YU takes the third game 11-5. It has been tough going for Sutirtha as she has been unable to win stitch points together. She took a break early on in the game to break the opponent's rhythm but that was of no help. 
 

08:48 (IST)

Table Tennis: India 0-2 Portugal

Another easy win for Fu YU. She takes the second game 11-3. Sutirtha started well, taking a 2-0 lead but once Fu YU started scoring she never stopped. Sutirtha is failing in playing long rallies and that is helping her opponent. 

 
 

08:42 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sutirtha vs Fu YU

It's going to be a tough match for Sutirtha and it has become clear from the first game. Fu YU wins the first game 11-3. The Indian only won two points on her own serve out of eight.

08:33 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sutirtha vs Fu YU

India's Sutirtha Mukherjee will be taking on Portugal's Fu YU in the women's singles second round in a few minutes. Sutirtha is world No 98. Fu YU is ranked 55 in the world. 

Sutirtha defeated Linda Bergstorm from Sweden 4-3 in first round.

08:24 (IST)

Shooting: Men's Skeet Qualification

The remaining two rounds of qualification is underway. India's Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan both score 23/25 in the fourth round. Angad is ranked 19th, Mairaj is 25th. Top six qualify for final. 

08:11 (IST)

'Pioneer'

08:07 (IST)

Adam Peaty secures Great Britain's first gold medal in Tokyo 2020 after winning the men's 100m breaststroke

08:04 (IST)

Medal alert! 

08:01 (IST)

IGF statement regarding Team Spain

The Spanish Olympic Committee has informed the International Golf Federation that Jorge Campillo will replace Jon Rahm as a representative of Team Spain in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. 

Campillo will join Adri Arnaus in representing Team Spain for the men’s competition which begins on Thursday, 29 July at Kasumigaseki Country Club.

07:55 (IST)

She did her best! 

07:51 (IST)

Fencing: Bhavani goes down fighting in round of 32

Manon Brunet of France secures a 15-7 win over India's Bhavani Devi. 

Brunet is fourth seed while Bhavani is seeded 29. It was never going to be an easy match for Bhavani but the Indian has made us all proud. At one stage she was trailing 2-11 but then made it 6-11 and took it to 7-14 before losing. 

07:46 (IST)

Fencing: Bhavani vs Brunet

France's Brunet is the first one to reach eight points and we will have a break. Brunet is currently leading 8-2. The first to reach 15 points will win the match.

07:40 (IST)

Fencing: Bhavani in action

Time for Bhavani Devi's sabre round of 32 match against Manon Brunet of France who is the fourth seed. The Indian is the 29 seed. 

07:32 (IST)

'Bravo Sharath'

07:26 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sharath wins round 2 match

Here are the stats from the Sharath vs Apolonia match. 

07:24 (IST)

Table Tennis: India beat Portugal 4-2

Sharath clinches the match by winning Game 6 11-9. Just like the previous games, it was a closely fought Game 6 with Apolonia fighting hard but Sharath kept his calm and secured the vital win.

The Indian is through to round 3 where he will face current world and Olympic champion Ma Long of China. 

07:14 (IST)

'An Indian flag in a fencing hall for the first time'

07:13 (IST)

Table Tennis: India 3-2 Portugal

Sharath takes the fifth game 11-6. Apolonia was following the Indian very closely, not allowing him to take a big lead but at 7-5, Sharath won three crucial points to make it 10-5. Apolonia did win one more point but could not save the other four match points.

07:04 (IST)

Table Tennis: India 2-2 Portugal

A very closely contested game as Apolonia secures it 11-9. Sharath was in lead initially and later Apolonia but none of the paddlers were ready to give an inch. Once it was 4-all, then 7-all followed by 9-all but at the end, the Portuguese secured two vital points to win the game.  

06:54 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sharath vs Apolonia

India lead 2-1 as Sharath wins third game 11-5. A more comprehensive win this and the body language from Sharath is also appearing more confident now. There were some lovely smashes by the Indians in the game. 

06:48 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sharath vs Apolonia

Comeback for India! After losing the first game 2-11, Sharath bounces back to win the second 11-8. Still, some credit must go to Apolonia. The Indian was leading 7-2, but Apolonia did well to make it close before losing out. 

06:42 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sharath vs Apolonia

Not a good start for the Indian as he loses the first game 2-11. The Portugal paddler was quick off the blocks and gave Sharath no time to react.

06:40 (IST)

Bhavani Devi made history today by becoming the first Indian fencer to compete at Olympics!

On her route to the Olympics, she ran headfirst into history, was impeded by geography and economics, and hindered in some sense by anatomy, wrote Amit Kamath in his long-form piece on the athlete. 

Click here to read the profile

06:32 (IST)

Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal in action

Sharath Kamal will take on Portugal's Tiago Apolonia in the second round of men's singles. The Indian got a bye in the first round.

06:23 (IST)

Archery: Men’s team event round of 16

India win the round of 16 event with a 6-2 win over Kazakhstan. The opponents started strongly in fourth and last set with 9-9-10 while India replied with 10-8-9. Kazakhstan then went 7-9-10. Tarundeep got an 8 after that. Indian needed a 10 and 9 and they got two 10s. 

06:15 (IST)

Archery: Men’s team event round of 16

A strong start by Kazakhstan in the third set. They go 10-10-9 in the first three attempts. India reply with 10-9-9. Kazakhstan then record 9-10-9 to get a total of 57/60. India reply with 8-10-10 for a total of 56/60. Kazakhstan take the third set and two points. 

06:11 (IST)

Archery: Men’s team event round of 16

The second set and two more points go to India. Kazakhstan started with 8-8-8 while India began with 10-9-9. Kazakhstan improved with 9-9-9 in the last three attempts but 8-7-9 from India was enough to secure the set. 

06:07 (IST)

Archery: Men’s team event round of 16

India win the first set and two points. Jadhav and Atanu hit a 10 towards the end to help India edge Kazakhstan in first set. 

06:03 (IST)

Archery: Men’s team event round of 16

Indian men's team of Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai take on Kazakhstan. The event is underway.

05:50 (IST)

Fencing: Bhavani to face Brunet in the round of 32

Bhavani Devi will take on Manon Brunet of France in the round of 32. While Bhavani is seeded 29 ar the world, Brunet is seed No 4. 

05:42 (IST)

Fencing: Bhavani Devi v Ben Azizi

India's Bhavani Devi wins her women’s sabre individual, table of 64 match in a dominating fashion with a scoreline of 15-3. 

She is now through to round of 32. 

05:39 (IST)

Fencing: Bhavani Devi vs Ben Azizi

The Indian makes a fiery start and leads 8-0 at the first break. The first one to 15 points will be declared the winner. 

05:32 (IST)

Fencing: Bhavani Devi makes history

India's Bhavani Devi will be in action soon. She will be taking on Ben Azizi Nadia of Tunisia in Women's Sabre Individual Table of 64.

Bhavani is the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics

05:18 (IST)

Firstpost in Tokyo! 

There are fears that Typhoon Nepartak may be headed for the Japanese capital and is likely to interrupt some events of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. A day after Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal in women’s weightlifting on Saturday, the campaigns of some Indian top athletes were hit by a metaphorical typhoon on Day 2 of the Tokyo Olympics.

The day started with an equipment malfunction afflicting Manu Bhaker’s qualifying round in the 10m air pistol event at the Asaka Shooting Ranges and ended with Indian men’s hockey team being handed a 1-7 defeat by Australia at the Oi Hockey Stadium’s North Pitch 40 kilometres away. In between, India’s top-ranked paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran was ousted by World No 95 Lam Siu Hang, a man 57 spots below him. The Indian let slip a 3-1 lead. Boxer Manish Kaushik too was headed home by evening after being eliminated at the hands of Britain's Luke McCormack.

The only two Olympic medallists in India’s contingent to Tokyo — Rio 2016 silver-medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and London 2012 bronze winning boxer Mary Kom — were the only bright spots of Day 2, besides Manika Batra stunning the World No 32 Margaryta Pesotska.

At the Asaka Shooting Ranges there was drama aplenty with a malfunctioning gun throwing Manu’s hopes of qualifying for the final of the first of her three events at Tokyo into a tizzy. A couple of hours later, Divyansh and Deepak Kumar joined her and Yashaswini Singh Deswal. Divyansh, who averages 629 in competitions and scores in the 630s in training, could manage only 622.8. There were six shots in the nines for young Divyansh, including three consecutive ones in the third series. His scores perked up in the fifth and sixth series, but by then it was too late.

While Manu’s elimination could be explained away as an equipment error, the rest of the big-name defeats led coaches to look for silver linings amid the typhoon.

— writes Amit Kamath from Tokyo

05:15 (IST)

Day 2 review: Indian shooters came undone once again and the hockey team took a hammering but badminton ace PV Sindhu, boxing great MC Mary Kom and table tennis star Manika Batra went about their jobs with trademark resolve to keep India's Olympic campaign on track despite a medal-less second day at the Games on Sunday.

Click here to read the full report

05:13 (IST)

Another big day coming up!

Day 3 at Tokyo 2020 and it will start at 5.30 AM for India with CA Bhavani Devi making history as she is set to become the first fencer from the country to participate in Olympics. Bhavani will be taking part in the Women's Sabre Individual Table of 64. 

6.00 AM: Archery Men's team of Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav will be in action in eliminations to reach the quarter-finals. 

6.30 AM: Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singj Bajwa will resume their men's qualifications in the skeet competetion. Final is also scheduled for today

TT Players Sharath Kamal, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra will be in action today.

Sailor Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Saravanan will continue their laser races today.

Badminton men's doubles pair of Satwik Sairaj Renkireddy and Chirag Shetty will be playing their second group game.

Boxer Ashish Kumar will open his campaign in Men's 75kg category.

Swimmer Sajan Prakash will be taking part in heats of the Men's 200m Butterfly event.

India women's hockey will be in action against Germany in their Pool A clash.

Click here for the complete schedule and timings

04:57 (IST)

Hello and welcome to Day 3 coverage of Tokyo Olympics 2020 on our LIVE blog here. 

Day 3 preview: Day 2 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 turned out to be a disappointing day for India.

Barring a few good performances in table tennis, badminton and boxing, where Manika Batra, PV Sindhu and Mary Kom registered wins, Indians were outclassed everywhere.

In shooting, it was another bad day as Manu Bhaker ran out of luck in 10m air pistol event and others were just below average in their qualifications.

The two Indian competitors in the Men’s 10M Air Rifle, Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar also could not make much headway, finishing 26th and 32nd in qualifying respectively. Deepak shot a score of 624.7 while Divyansh was further back with 622.8. Both had a weak first series if 10-shots where they scored 102.9 and 102.7 respectively and never recovered.

Other big jolts were Sathiyan Gnanasekaran failing to win his first round clash in TT and Indian hockey team getting a 7-1 drubbing in hands of Australians.

Good news in badminton as PV Sindhu too eased into the second round.

In tennis, Sania Mirza/Ankita Raina pair was beaten in the opening round.

Gymnast Pranati Nayak failed to make the cut in qualifications.

Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh however qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s lightweight double sculls repechage at the Tokyo Olympics.

There is a lot to look out for on Day 3 of the Olympics with India's first ever fencer at Olympics CA Bhavani Devi opening her campaign at 5.30 am IST. Followed by men's team qualification in archery. There is a women's hockey match as well in the evening where India take on Germany.

Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee too will play her group matches in women's singles and Sharath Kamal will be action in men's singles.

The men's badminton doubles pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be playing in their round 2 clash.

You can click here to check out India's Day 3 schedule at Tokyo Olympics 2020.

With inputs from NRAI



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