India beat Japan 5-3 to end pool engagements on a high in Tokyo Olympic men's hockey
Other Sports | July 30, 2021 17:50 ISTBy virtue of this win, India finished second in Pool A behind Australia with four victories out of five Games.
By virtue of this win, India finished second in Pool A behind Australia with four victories out of five Games.
Mary Kom on Thursday and Lovlina Borgohain on Friday fought in uniforms which neither featured their names nor identified their countries at the back of their vests.
Borgohain (69kg) kept her calm to upstage former champion Nien-Chin Chen to enter the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics, the third Indian boxer ever who will now finish on the podium at the quadrennial showpiece.
Djokovic was attempting to become the first man to win all four Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic gold in the same year.
The 25th-ranked Russian player beat Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-3, 6-3 on Friday to reach the biggest final of his career.
The 26-year-old Indian, who won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, defended brilliantly and rode on her attack to outclass the fourth seeded Yamaguchi.
The cases have doubled since last week, although officials say the surge is unrelated to the Olympics.
The 23-year-old Assam boxer was smiling ear-to-ear after making the semifinals but also well aware that the task is only half done.
For the three-time Olympian Deepika, this was yet another heartbreaking outing at the Games.
Needing a win to keep their hopes alive after three consecutive losses, India waited anxiously for 57 minutes before Navneet Kaur scored the winner.
While Vijender was the first Indian male boxer to win an Olympic medal in 2008, Mary Kom became the first woman to finish on podium in 2012 London edition.
Borgohain will now meet Surmeneli Busenaz of Turkey in the first semi-final on August 4, a win assuring her of at least a silver medal.
Borgohain is only the third Indian boxer after Mary Kom and Vijender Singh to clinch a boxing medal at the Olympics.
The 26-year-old Indian, seeded fourth, went down 0-5 despite a gritty performance.
It means the pistol shooters will return home empty-handed for the second straight time at the Olympics.
The six-time world champion lost her flyweight (51kg) pre-quarterfinal against Colombia's Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria by the narrowest of margins.
M P Jabir also brought up the rear in men's 400m hurdles as the Indians made a disappointing start to their athletics campaign.
In a stirring Round of 16 clash at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field on Friday, Deepika shot 10 in the shoot-off to make it to the quarters. She registered a 6-5 win over the Russian.
Biles could still compete in other gymnastic events during the Olympics. She also has a solid history of gymnastic accomplishments, including four gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics.
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