05:30 (IST)
Hockey: Almost a must-win for India
India's action on Day 5 starts with the women's hockey team taking on Great Britain and a victory will be a major boost for India's hopes to qualify for the quarter-finals.
After a 1-5 drubbing against world number one the Netherlands, the Indians players lifted their game by leaps and bounds to give third-ranked Germany a run for their money before losing 0-2 in their second Pool A match.
But two consecutive defeats have definitely pegged the side back.
With two defeats from as many games, the Indian women are currently lying at the bottom of the six-team Pool A, which is being headed by Netherlands, followed by Germany, Great Britain, Ireland and South Africa.
While Ireland has recorded a win out of their two games, both South Africa and India are winless but the Africans are placed ahead on goal difference.
The top four sides from each pool of six will qualify for the quarter-finals. Ranked 11th in the world, India stand a chance to make the quarterfinals but for that to happen they will have to outplay seventh-ranked Ireland and South Africa, who are placed 16th. But a win against Great Britain will make the progress a lot easier.
05:20 (IST)
Some good news for India on Day 4
There was some good news for India on Tuesday!
Hammered 1-7 by Australia on Sunday, the Manpreet Singh-led men's hockey team claimed a 3-0 triumph over Spain to inch closer to a quarter-final berth.
Lovlina Borgohain, the lone Indian boxer in action on the day, prevailed 3-2 over German veteran Nadine Apetz in a closely fought last-16 stage bout.
05:00 (IST)
Not a memorable Day 4 for India
India had high hopes of winning a medal in the mixed team events in the shooting but the pressure got better of the athletes with Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker failing to qualify for the final of the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
They finished seventh in Qualification 2 after topping the first phase with 582.
The other Indian team in the event, Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal failed to clear Qualification 1 and finished in 17th place, having totalled 564 across six series (three each for one member).
Later in the day, both the Indian pairs participating in the 10m air rifle mixed team event, crashed out in the first qualifications stage, missing out on yet another final after an outing that left a lot to be desired.
The duo of Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar finished 12th with a total of 626.5 across three series each, while Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar ended 18th out of 29 pairs with an aggregate score of 623.8.
Also, in badminton, men's doubles pairing of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's campaign came to an end.
They defeated the England pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in their final Group A match but still missed out on qualifying for the quarter-finals as they finished third in the group, behind the top-ranked Indonesian team of Marcus Gideon Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and world number three Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang of Chinese Taipei.
Also, table tennis veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal bowed out in the men's singles third round after the 39-year-old put up an admirable fight against reigning Olympic and World champion Ma Long of China.
04:37 (IST)
India's Day 5 schedule at Tokyo Olympics
6:30 AM: Hockey - Women's Pool A (India vs Great Britain)
7:30 AM: Badminton - Women's Singles Group Play Stage Group J (PV Sindhu vs Ngan Yi Cheung)
7:31 AM: Archery - Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations (Tarundeep Rai vs Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine)
8:00 AM: Rowing - Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Semifinal A/B 2 (Arjun Lal Jat-Arvind Singh)
8:35 AM: Sailing - Men's Skiff - 49er - Race 02 (Ganapathy Kelapanda, Varun Thakkar) Followed by Race 03, Race 04
12:30 PM: Archery - Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations (Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov of ROC)
2:14 PM: Archery - Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations (Deepika Kumari vs Karma of Bhutan)
2:30 PM: Badminton - Men's Singles Group Play Stage - Group D (B Sai Praneeth vs Mark Caljouw of Netherlands)
2:33 PM: Boxing - Women's Middle (69-75kg) - Round of 16 (Pooja Rani vs Ichrak Chaib of Algeria)
04:36 (IST)
Hello and welcome to Day 5 coverage of Tokyo Olympics 2020 on our live blog here.
Day 5 preview: Day 4 of the Olympics gave India more worries than positives. Indian shooting disappointed again as mixed team pairs in both pistol and rifle misfired, beginning a debate of expectations versus performance.
In badminton, men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their last group match but despite the win, they failed to qualify for the next round due to an inferior games won-lost difference.
India's table tennis start Sharath Kamal bid goodbye to another Olympics but not without a fight and boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) advanced to the quarter-finals in her debut Olympic appearance, defeating German veteran Nadine Apetz in a closely-fought last-16 stage bout.
Indian men's hockey team too made a strong comeback after 1-7 drubbing in hands of Australians a couple of days back.
Day 5 comes with good number of Indian athletes in action.
Expect Indian women's hockey team to give it their all when they take on Great Britain in the third Pool match at the Games. They have failed to open their account in Tokyo and onus will be on Rani Rampal and Co to win this match. The good thing is that they are constantly improving. After going 1-5 against Netherlands in opening contest, they displayed better hockey against Germany and will hope to play even better in Wednesday's match.
Indian archers will also be in action. Tarundeep Rai will take on Oleksii Hunbin from Ukraine in Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination Match while Pravin Jadhav will take on ROC's Galsan Bazarzhapov in the same event. Deepika Kumari will be up against Karma from Bhutan in Women's Individual 1/32 Elimination Match in the afternoon.
In Boxing, Pooja Rani will be making her Olympics debut, as she takes on Ichrak Chaib of Algeria in Women's 75kg Round of 16 bout.
In badminton, PV Sindhu plays NY Cheung of Hong Kong in Women's Singles Group J Match while B Sai Praneeth will be up against M Caljouw (Netherlands) in Men's Singles Group D Match. Sai Praneeth is already out of contention from moving forward from his group.
There is also a sailing events where KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar are participating in Men's Skiff 49er Race 2 to 4.
Not to forget, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh will be competing in Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Semi-final 2 as well.
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