'Chin up, you did us proud': India women's hockey team lauded for fighting Olympic show
August 06, 2021 11:11 ISTThe Indian women's hockey team earned plaudits after the side went down fighting against Great Britain in the bronze medal match.
The Indian women's hockey team earned plaudits after the side went down fighting against Great Britain in the bronze medal match.
Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia entered the semifinals of 2020 Tokyo Olympics, beating Iran's Morteza Ghiasi by fall.
Great Britain defeated India 4-3 in the Tokyo Olympics bronze medal match in women's hockey.
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Ravi is so aggressive and mentally razor-sharp against his opponents that senior grapplers had picked him as one of the medal prospects in Olympics.
Vinesh was knocked out 3-9 by Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus at the Makuhari Messe Hall on Thursday morning.
The women's hockey team will eye a medal as they take on Great Britain in the bronze medal match.
Dahiya tried every trick to breach the defence of world champion Zavur Uguev but the Russian wrestler stayed solid in his defence.
Fifty seven athletes started in the competition and 52 finished their races. Five were either disqualified or DNF (Did Not Finish).
India now have five Olympic medal-winning wrestlers. KD Jadhav had won a bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games.
The San Marino wrestler grabbed the decisive two-pointer after getting hold of the Indian's right leg and converted it into a take-down in dying moments of the bout.
Vinesh had no answer to the supreme defence of Vanesa, who got her revenge from the Indian at the biggest stage after suffering a similar embarrassing defeat 'by fall' earlier this year in Ukraine.
Dahiya etched his name on record books as he became the fifth Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
The 23-year-old rolled in five birdies, which included three in her last four holes,tied second on nine-under 133 after the second round.
Asian record holder Toor could only manage one legal throw of 19.99m, in his first attempt, to finish 13th in Group A qualification and 24th overall.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik took to his official Twitter account to hail the Indian men's hockey team for its bronze medal victory.
India on Thursday scripted history by winning an Olympic medal, a bronze, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
PM told Manpreet Singh that "you have scripted history" after the Indian men's hockey team won the bronze medal, defeating Germany 5-4.
The team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match.
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