Wrestling: Bajrang Punia books berth in Tokyo Olympics semifinals in 65kg category
Other Sports | August 06, 2021 10:51 ISTIndian wrestler Bajrang Punia entered the semifinals of 2020 Tokyo Olympics, beating Iran's Morteza Ghiasi by fall.
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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Indian women's team had qualified for the Olympic Games semi-finals for the first time in history, after defeating Australia in the quarter-finals. If they win on Friday, this will be their first-ever medal.
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The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match.
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.
Ravi Dahiya on Thursday became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games but Vinesh Phogat's redemption dream came crashing down after a shock quarterfinal exit and Deepak Punia let slip a bronze in the last 10 seconds of his play-off bout on Thursday.
The Indian men's hockey team won a historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, ending nation's 41 year of wait for a podium finish at the Games.
Fifty seven athletes started in the competition and 52 finished their races. Five were either disqualified or DNF (Did Not Finish).
There were expectations that the 23-year Dahiya would become India's youngest Olympic champion but the Russian defended well to win comfortably.
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.
Right from early morning on Thursday, the house of Sreejesh was a crowded one with all glued to the TV.
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