Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Heartbreak in women's hockey, Punia loses semis

India's women's hockey team's maiden Olympic medal remained out of bounds as Great Britain came out on top in the pulsating encounter.

The history-making Indian women's hockey team's dream of securing its maiden Olympic medal remained unfulfilled as it lost 3-4 to Great Britain in a hard-fought bronze play-off match at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020 on Friday.

The Indian women had already created history and surpassed all expectations by entering the semifinals of the Games for the first time. But the maiden Olympic medal remained out of bounds as world no.4 Great Britain, who were gold-winners in the 2016 Rio Games, came out on top in the pulsating encounter.

India's Bajrang Punia suffered a huge setback as he lost to Aliyev Haji of Azerbaijan, going down 12-5 on points in the semifinals of the 65kg freestyle wrestling and will now fight for the bronze medal on Saturday.

Punia, who had survived a scare in the pre-quarterfinals against Akmataliev Ernazar of Kyrgyzstan and outplayed Ghiasi Cheka Morteza of Iran in the semifinals, went behind 1-4 on points in the first period and then came under repeated attacks from the Azerbaijani in the second to lose by a big margin.

Here's how India's schedule looks like today:

1) Men's 50 km walk final - Gurpreet Singh - 2:00 AM

Result: Fails to finish due to cramps

2) Golf - Women's individual R3 - Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar - 4:00 AM

Result- Aditi Ashok finished Round 3 in second place. 

3) Women's 20km walk final - Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami - 1:00 PM

Result: Priyanka finishes 17th, Bhawna finishes 32nd

4) Hockey Women's Bronze Medal - GBR vs IND - 7:00 AM

India loses to Great Britain

5) Wrestling - Men's freestyle 65kg 1/8 Final -

Bajrang Punia vs E. Akmataliev - Result: Wins 
Bajrang Punia vs Ghiasi Cheka (QF): Result: Wins
Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in the 2nd semi-final. Result: Loses
 

6) Wrestling - Women's freestyle 50kg 1/8 Final - Seema Bisla vs Sarra Hamdi - 8 AM onwards

Result: Seema Bisla loses

Athletics - Men's 4x400m relay Heat 2 - Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirma Noah Tom, Muhammed Anas - 5:07 PM
Result: India finishes 4th, 9th overall
 

5:40 PM

India's schedule on August 7

 

 

Gold – Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 4 – Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar -- 3:00 am

 

Athletics – Men’s Javelin Throw Final – Neeraj Chopra – 4:30 pm

 

Wrestling – MFS 65kg Bronze/Final – Bajrang Punia – 3:15 pm onwards

5:38 PM

Here's India's schedule and results today:

 

 

1) Men's 50 km walk final - Gurpreet Singh - 2:00 AM

Result: Fails to finish due to cramps

 

2) Golf - Women's individual R3 - Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar - 4:00 AM

Result- Aditi Ashok finished Round 3 in second place. 

3) Women's 20km walk final - Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami - 1:00 PM

Result: Priyanka finishes 17th, Bhawna finishes 32nd

4) Hockey Women's Bronze Medal - GBR vs IND - 7:00 AM

India loses to Great Britain

5) Wrestling - Men's freestyle 65kg 1/8 Final -

Bajrang Punia vs E. Akmataliev - Result: Wins 
Bajrang Punia vs Ghiasi Cheka (QF): Result: Wins
Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in the 2nd semi-final. Result: Loses
 

6) Wrestling - Women's freestyle 50kg 1/8 Final - Seema Bisla vs Sarra Hamdi - 8 AM onwards

Result: Seema Bisla loses

Athletics - Men's 4x400m relay Heat 2 - Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirma Noah Tom, Muhammed Anas - 5:07 PM
Result: India finishes 4th, 9th overall

5:37 PM

Deepak Punia's coach Murad's accreditation terminated by IOC

International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled the accreditation of Deepak Punia's coach Murad Gaidarov after he "yelled" at a referee after the wrestler's game in the ongoing Tokyo Games.

Speaking to ANI, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary-General Rajeev Mehta confirmed that there was a complaint made against the coach and they have got the email from IOC about his accreditation termination.

"After the bout, Deepak's coach yelled at the referee. A complaint was filed into the international body, later the international body wrote to IOC and now IOC has taken action against him," Rajeev Mehta said.

Grappler Deepak Punia was not able to win a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 86kg category after suffering a defeat at the hands of Myles Amine of San Marino.

Deepak suffered a 2-4 defeat on the basis of points in the bronze medal match.

5:27 PM

India finishes 4th in their Men's 4x400 Relay heat, 9th overall; smash Asian record

 

India finish 4th in their heat (3:00.25). They finish 9th overall and fail to qualify by 1 second. However, India has smashed the Asian record.

 

3:28 PM

Over and out: Marijne says Olympic was last assignment as coach with India women's hockey team

The Indian women's hockey team's chief coach Sjoerd Marijne on Friday revealed that the bronze medal match against Great Britain in the ongoing Olympics was his last assignment with the side.

The 47-year-old coached the Indian women's hockey team to its best ever performance in the Olympic Games, guiding them to a creditable fourth place finish here.

The Indian women came tantalisingly close to winning their maiden Olympic medal before losing to Great Britain 3-4 in a close bronze play-off match. Hours after this feat, Marijne announced that it was his last assignment with the Indian team.

"I don't have any plans because this was my last match with Indian women. It's upto Janneka (Schopman) now," the Dutchman told the Indian media in a virtual press conference.

It has been learnt that both Marijne and team's analytical coach Janneka Schopman were offered an extension by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) but the former refused the offer due to personal reasons.

Sources in the know of developments told PTI that Schopman is expected to take over Marine's position on a full-time basis now.

3:23 PM

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik speaks to India's women's hockey team

3:19 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in men's 65kg wrestling (Semi-final)

 

Bajrang will take on Rashidov in the Bronze medal match tomorrow.

3:11 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in men's 65kg wrestling (Semi-final)

 

Bajrang Punia gets a point but he is still behind, he loses another point as Aliyev. 2 more points for Punia, he was close to clinch more but his opponent defends it. It's 5-11 and Bajrang Punia loses the match.

3:05 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in men's 65kg wrestling (Semi-final)

 

Three minutes for Punia to make a comeback, Aliyev tackles 4 points, trouble for Punia as he trails 1-8

3:04 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in men's 65kg wrestling (Semi-final)

Haji Aliyev declared passive, he rushes to Punia but the Indian defends it, Bajrang gets a point. Single leg hold and take down by Aliyev, he gets two points for it. Another tackle and Aliyev gets 2 more points. End of first period.

 

It's 1-4 as Punia trails. 

2:59 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in men's 65kg wrestling (Semi-final)

Bajrang Punia's semi-final bout up next

 

2:43 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in men's 65kg wrestling (Semi-final)

Bajrang Punia's semi-final bout starts at 2:55pm

2:41 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Priyanka Goswami and Bhawana Jat in women’s 20km race walk

Bhawna Jatt finishes 32nd (1:37:38)

2:37 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Priyanka Goswami and Bhawana Jat in women’s 20km race walk

Priyanka Goswami finsihes 17th (1:32:36)

 

2:29 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Priyanka Goswami and Bhawana Jat in women’s 20km race walk

Antonella Palmisano wins gold with a timing of 1:29:12, Colombia's Arenas wins silver (1:29:37), China's Hong Liu wins bronze (1:29:57).