I couldn't hold back my tears, says Sakshi Malik as friend Vinesh Phogat bows out of Olympics
Other Sports | August 05, 2021 20:51 ISTVinesh was knocked out 3-9 by Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus at the Makuhari Messe Hall on Thursday morning.
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.
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.
PM told Manpreet Singh that "you have scripted history" after the Indian men's hockey team won the bronze medal, defeating Germany 5-4.
Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi made the announcement after India beat Germany 5-4 in the bronze play-off.
India were 1-3 down in the match and Reid said one of the things that has been worked on during his stint was to never lose hope of a comeback.
The Indian men's hockey team ended the 41-year-wait for an Olympic medal, winning the bronze medal in Tokyo.
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