India at Tokyo 2020 - what to look forward on Day 11 - 2nd August 2021

 

Athletics - 

7:24am - Dutee Chand in 200m heat 4 (semis from 3:55pm)

4.30 pm - Kamalpreet Kaur in the discus finals 

Equestrian - 

1:30 pm - Fouaad Mirza will be in action. If he stays in top 25 he will be in finals at 5.15 pm

Hockey - 

8:30 am - Women quarterfinals - India will take on Australia

Shooting - 

8am - Men's 50m 3 position qualification will have Sanjeev Rajput and Aishwary Tomar in action at 8 am and finals at 1:20 pm. 

Medal possibilities - Can Kamalpreet surprise us?

India at Tokyo 2020 - what to look forward on Day 10 - 1st August 2021

 

Badminton - 

5pm - Sindhu will take on Bing Jiao He in the Bronze medal match up

Boxing - 

9.36am Satish Kumar will take on Uzbek's Bhakodir Jalalov who is a former world champion... It's going to be tough for Satish

Equestrian

4.15am - Fouaad Mirza will be in action 

Golf

4 am - Day 4 and final day of men's action. Anirban and Udayan will be in action

Hockey - 

5.30 pm - Indian men will take on Great Britain in Men's Quarters 

Medal possibilities - Can Sindhu defeat the Chinese shuttler ???

India at Tokyo 2020 - Our performance today - Day 9 - 31st July 2021

 

Archery

7:18 am - Atanu Das lost in the pre-quarters to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa 6-4

Athletics - 

Kamalpreet Kaur qualified for Discus finals. Seemia didn't make it. Kamalpreet was one of the 2 automatic qualifiers

Men's Long Jump Qualification - M Shreeshankar was not in form and he was warned about it. He continued his poor form and jumped a best of 7.69 and didn't make it to finals.

Badminton -  

Sindhu lost to Tai Tzu Ying in straight games. The first game was close till 18-18 but after that it was one way traffic.

Boxing -

Huge disappointment, to start the day. Amit Panghal lost in pre-quarters to Columbia's Herney Yuberjen Rivas Martinez in the men's Fly. He started ok in the first round but from second round Amit was literally running away from the Columbian boxer... Third round was just so sad to watch.. something went horribly wrong ... Either Amit was injured or he pressure got to him... 

Pooja Rani lost to former World champion Li Qian in the quarters ... The Chinese boxer was in a different league and it was one way traffic...

Golf -

Anirban and Udayan are tied 28th and 55th end of day 3. 

Hockey - Indian women beat South Africa in the Pool A match 4-3. 

Sailing -

Ganapathy and Varun finished 16th, 9th and 14th in races 10, 11 and 12... They finished overall 17th in a field of 19

Shooting - 

50m Rifle 3 position - Anjum Modgil and Tejaswini Sawant didn't qualify for the finals... Anjum was in top 8 after the prone and kneeling but dropped to 13th after standing... Tejaswini 

Medal possibilities - Atanu Das could win our second Archery medal. 

India at Tokyo 2020 - what to look forward on Day 9 - 31st July 2021

Archery

7:18 am - Atanu Das will be in the pre-quarters against Japan's Takaharu Furukawa. Quarters to finals happen back to back from 11:15 am till 1:45 pm.  

 

Athletics - 

6:00 am - Women's Discuss throw Qualification - Seema Punia and Kamalpreet Kaur will be in action 

3:40 pm - Men's Long Jump Qualification - M Shreeshankar will be in action

Badminton -  

around 3pm - Sindhu will take on Tai Tzu Ying in the semis 

Boxing -

7:30 am - Amit Panghal will be in action for the first time in the pre-quarters against Columbia's Herney Yuberjen Rivas Martinez in the men's Fly

3:36 pm - Pooja Rani will take on former World champion Li Qian in the quarters 

Golf -

5 am - Anirban and Udayan will be in action on the last day of Men's golf action 

Hockey - 

8:45 am - Indian women take on South Africa in the Pool A match. Another must win match for the Indian's. 

Sailing -

8:35 am - Ganapathy and Varun will be in action in races 10, 11 and 12 in what would be their last day of action.  

Shooting - 

8:30 am - 50m Rifle 3 position - Qualification at 8:30 am and Finals at 12:30 pm - We have Anjum Modgil and Tejaswini Sawant in action

Medal possibilities - Atanu Das could win our first Archery medal. Can Pooja Rani stun another World Champion to ensure a second boxing medal?

India at Tokyo 2020 - Our Performance on Day 8- 30th July 2021

 Archery - 

Deepika Kumari beat Ksenia Perova in pre-quarters to get to the quarter finals. It also went to the shoot off and Deepika came out on top.. Deepika lost in the quarter finals against the the Korean An San. The match started with Deepika shooting a 7 and the Korean shooting a 10 and the Korean was on top through the match. She lost in straight sets 6-0. Korean went on to win the Gold eventually. Our wait for the archery medal continues right from the days of Limba Ram. 

Athletics - 

Athletics starts on 30th July 

Avinash Sable finished 7th in the 3000m Steeplechase heat 2. He created a national rank. However, that was not good enough to make it to semis. Luck also didn't play a part as in the next heat all 3 qualifiers were slower than Avinash. If only he had been in the next heat :(. He was the 13th fastest in the field of 42. He ran a 8.18.12 and earlier national record was 8.20.20 (which was also his record)

  

MP Jabir finished last in his heat in 400 m hurdles heats 5. He finished overall 33rd in a field of 36.  He ran a 50.77 (PB of 49.13)

Not much was expected of Dutee Chand in 100m heatsShe finished 7th in her heat and overall 45th in a field of 54.  She ran a 11.54 (PB 11.17)

4*400 Mixed relay team - We had 3 from Tamil nadu in the team, I don't remember such a line up mostly Tamil nadu runners. Finished last in the heat way behind others.. We were 6th after the first change over and last after Revathi's leg and after Subha the gap got worser and Rajiv was like 200meters behind when he started and finished about 10 second behind the first placed Polish team. 

Badminton - 

Sindhu defeated Akane Jamguchi in the Quarters in straight games. It was a completely dominating performance. There was a moment in the second game when Akane was on couple of game points but Sindhu came back to win it. 

Boxing -

Simranjit lost to Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee in the pre-quarters. In the first round I personally felt Simranjit fought really well but all 5 judges thought the Thai boxer won it. In the second round Simranjit was trying to force her way to scoring but let her guard down which was taken advantage by the Thai boxer who won the second round convincingly. Once you lose 2 rounds on all 5 cards it is very difficult to come back in the 3rd which is what happened and Thailand boxer won it 5-0. 

Lovlina defeated Chinese Taipei's Chin Nien Chen in the Quarter finals. Taipei's boxer is a former world champion and had defeated Lovlina in their last 2 meetings. Lovlina had a clear strategy of fighting from distance and used her reach and height advantage beautifully. First round both boxers were cagey was finding what the other was trying to do and both landed few blows but Navnit came on top 3-2 and in the second round Lovlina fought really well using her height and own it 4-1. After losing 2 rounds the Taipei boxer needed a very bring round in the 3rd which was not to be and Lovlina was using her height and not giving much chance for the Taipei boxer to come back to win it. She is not assured of a medal. Next up the Turkey boxer who looks very strong. Hope Lovlina and the coaches come up with a clear strategy to defeat her. It's going to be very tough for Lovlina in semis.  

Equestrian -

5 am - Fouuad Mirza is placed 7th in the field of 42 (total 63 competitors) after the completion of 2 of 3 sessions of Dressage. There is still Cross Country and Jumping left. 

Golf - 

The action was interrupted due to lightning.  

Hockey -  

Indian women beat Ireland 1-0 in Pool A match. It was a must win match for the Indians. The Indian's are struggling still to finish anything in the D. They made so many entries to the D but couldn't finish it. Gurjit was not in the pitch and all our penalty corners was coming to nothing as Grace was not able to do much with them. Finally India was able to break the deadlock in the last 5 minutes to win in 1-0.   

Indian men defeated Japan 5-3 in the final Pool A match. We had already qualified for the quarter finals and confirmed second spot in Pool A. They had rested some of the players like Rupinder and Mandeep Singh.   

Sailing - 

Nethra Kumanan finished 37th and 38th in the 9th and 10th race. She finished 35th overall in a field of 44

Vishnu Saravanan finished 3rd and 15th in 9th and 10th race. He finishes 20 in the overall field of 35. Really happy with a top 3 finish at least in one race for Vishnu. 

Ganapathy and Varun finished 17th, 11th and 16th in the 7th, 8th and 9th race. They are currently placed 17th overall.  

Shooting - 

Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat shot 582 and 573 to finish 15th and 32nd in the 25m Pistol. The dry run in shooting continued even today. 

India at Tokyo 2020 - what to look forward on Day 8 - 30th July 2021

 

Archery - 

6:00 am - Deepika Kumari will take on Ksenia Perova in pre-quarters. 

Quarters to finals happen back to back from 11:15 am till 1:45 pm.  

Athletics - 

Athletics starts on 30th July 

6:17 am - We have Avinash Sable in 3000m Steeplechase heat 2

8:27 am - MP Jabir in 400 m hurdles heats 5 (top heat) 

8:45 am Dutee Chand in 100m heats - Heats to be finalized post preliminaries in the morning. Will update the timings in the post once its finalized  

4:42 pm - 4*400 Mixed relay team in heat 2

Badminton - 

1:15 pm - Sindhu will take on Akane Jamguchi in the Quarters 

Boxing -

8:18 am - Simranjit will take on Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee in the pre-quarters. Thai boxer is a former World championship silver medalist 

8:48 am - Lovlina will take on Chinese Taipei's Chin Nien Chen in the Quarter finals. Taipei's boxer is a former world champion. 

Equestrian -

5 am - Fouuad Mirza will be in action in the morning and at 2 pm

Golf - 

5 am - Day 2 of Men's action. Anirban and Udayan will be in action 

Hockey -  

8:15 am - Indian women take on Ireland in Pool A match. Must win match for the Indians.  

3 pm - Indian men take on Japan in the Pool A match. Last league match for us. 

Sailing - 

8:35 am - Nethra will be in action in races 9 and 10. Probably the last day of Olympics for her 

8:35 am - Ganapathy and varun will be in action in Races 7, 8 and 9. 

11:05 am - Vishnu Saravanan will be in action in races 9 and 10. Last day for him as well 

Shooting - 

5:30 am - Women 25m Pistol Qualification Day 2 - we have  Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat and finals at 11:20 am

Medal possibilities - Manu Bhaker an outside chance in 25m shooting.. Lovlina may confirm her medal.. Lot will ride on Deepika and she will mostly face the Korean No 1 in Quarters.  

  

India at Tokyo 2020 - Our Performance on Day 7- 29th July 2021

Archery - 

Atanu Das beat Chinese Taipei's Yu Cheng Deng 6-4 in the round of 64 match and defeated the former olympic champion Jinhyek Oh of Korea in a very close match which went to shoot off.  

Badminton 

Sindhu defeated Mia Blichfeldt in the round of 16 match in straight games. It was a more convincing victory for Sindhu. 

Boxing

Satish Kumar defeated Jamaica's Ricardo Brown convincingly in the round of 16 in the Super Heavy weight category. He will take on former World Champion in the next round  

MC Mary Kom lost to Columbia's Lorena Ingrit Valencia Victoria 3-2 in the round of 16 match and is out of the Olympics. 

Golf

Anirban Lahiri shot a 4 under end of day 1 and Udayan Mane is 1 under when bad weather stopped play.   

Hockey - 

Indian men defeated Argentina 3 -1 in the pool A match. India was struggling to do much in the D till the 3rd quarter as Argentina was defending beautifully. In the last few minutes India scored 2 goals to win 3-1. With this we have qualified for the quarters and are placed 2nd in the pool. 

Rowing - 

Indian pair finished overall 11th in the Final B. This is the highest Indian's have ever finished in Rowing. 

Sailing -

Nethra Kumanan finished 22nd  and 20th in the 7th and 8th race. She is overall 31st end of 8 races  

Vishnu Saravanan finished 27th and 23rd in 7th and 8th race. He is overall 23rd after 8 races  

Ganapathy and Varun finished 16th and 7th in the 5th and 6th race. They are currently placed 17th overall.  

Shooting -

At the end of Day 1 of Qualification. Rahi Sarnobat shot at 287 and Manu Bhaker shot a 292. They are placed 25th and 5th as of now.    

Swimming -

Sajan Prakash finished 2nd in his 100m Butterfly Heat 2. However, he doesn't qualify for the semis.