Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra win

Manu Bhaker disappoints on Day 2 as she bows out in 10m Air Pistol qualification round. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

India's women athletes shined on Day 2 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as six-time World champion MC Mary Kom defeated her rival Miguelina Hernandez Garcia in the Women's Flyweight (51kg), round of 32 and Manika Batra advanced to next round in the women's singles table tennis by making a comeback against her rival Margaryta Pestoksa. 

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Earlier, shuttler PV Sindhu won her first women's singles badminton match at Tokyo Olympics 2021 today as Indian shooters cobntinued to disappoint after a poor show on Day 2. Sindhu defeated Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in straight sets as the match eneded in 37 minutes.

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Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal failed to qualify for the women's 10m Air Pistol finals after finishing 12th and 13th, respectively in qualification round.

In hockey, India's men's hockey team was thrashed by Australia 7-1. India will take on Spain for a much-needed win to advance beyond the group stage. 

India's 10m air rifle events came to a sad end. Following the women's failure to qualify for the final, the men follow suit. Deepak Kumar came in 26th place with a score of 624.7, while Divyansh Panwar came in 32nd place with a score of 622.8 on Day 2 of Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Meanwhile. Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal has qualified for semifinals A/B in Men's lightweight double sculls.

 
Indian men’s hockey team will lock horns with Australia at 3 pm IST after winning their first match in Tokyo 2020 while Mary Kom's match will begin at 1:30 pm IST.

Indian swimmers also had a tough time today as Maana Patel clocked 1:05.20 in the women’s 100m backstroke heats, finishing 39th overall. She failed to qualify for the semis.

Srihari Nataraj finished 27th overall in the men's 100m backstroke heats, and failed to qualify for the semis. He clocked 54.31s. 

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RESULTS: India on Day 2 of Tokyo Olympics 2021

Badminton women's singles: PV Sindhu beats Ksenia Polikarpova 21-7, 21-10
 

Women's 10m air pistol: Manu Bhaker (12th position) and Yashaswini Deswal (13th positions) bow out in qualification round.
 

Men's lightweight double sculls: Arjun Lal and Arvind Singh into semifinal A/B

Women's doubles tennis: Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina lost to Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok and Liudmyla Kichenok (6-0, 6-7, 8-10).

Table Tennis, men's singles second round: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 10-12, 6-11 to Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang.

Artistic gymnastics: Pranati Nayak finished at 16th position with a total score of 42.565.

Sailing, women's individual laser radial: Nethra Kumanan 27th overall after two races (out of 10)

Women's singles Table Tennis: Manika Batra beats Margaryta Pestoksa 4-3 (4-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7) in just under an hour.

Women's 10m Air rifle qualification: Divyansh and Deepak bow out as they finished 32nd and 26th respectively.

Women's Flyweight (51kg), round of 32: MC Mary Kom defeats Miguelina Hernandez Garcia

Men's lightweight, round of 32: Boxer Manish crashes out, loses 1-4 to Luke McCormack of Great Britain 

Swimming: Maana Patel clocked 1:05.20 in the women’s 100m backstroke heats, finishing 39th overall. She failed to qualify for the semis.

Srihari Nataraj finished 27th overall in the men's 100m backstroke heats, and failed to qualify for the semis. He clocked 54.31s. 

 

India Olympics matches today
 

Shooting
Events	Indian Participants	Match timings (IST)	Result
10m Air Pistol Women's qualification	Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh Deswal	ENDS	BOW OUT IN QUALIFICATION
Skeet Men's Qualification Day 1	Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa	ENDS	Angad Bajwa 11th, Mairaj Khan 25th in qualifying Day 1
Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification	Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh	ENDS	BOW OUT IN QUALIFICATION
Rowing
LWT Men's Double Sculls Repechage 2	Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh	Ends	Finishes third
Badminton
Women's Single	PV Sindhu	Sindhu won	21-7, 21-10
Tennis
Women's double	Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina	India loses	(6-0, 6-7, 8-10)
Sailing
Laser Radial Women Race 01	Nethra Kumanan	SECOND RACE UNDERWAY	Nethra Kumanan finishes at 33rd position in RACE 1
Laser Men Race 01	Vishu Saravanan	ENDS	Finished 14th
Table Tennis
Men's singles	Sathiyan Gnansekaran vs Slu Hang LAM (Hong Kong)	LOST	(7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 10-11, 6-11)
Women's Single	Manika Batra	ENDS	Beats Margaryta Pestoksa 4-3
Boxing
Women's fly (48-51kg) Round of 32	Mary Kom	ENDS	Wins
Men's light (57-63kg) Round of 32	Manish Kaushik	ENDS	Loses
Hockey
Men's hockey	India vs Australia	ENDS	India lose 1-7
Swimming
Women's 100m Backstroke - Heat 1	Manna Patel	ENDS	Finishes 39th overall (did not qualify for semis)
Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3	Srihari Nataraj	ENDS	Finishes 27th overall (did not qualify for semis)
Artistic Gymnastics	Pranati Nayak	ENDS	Finshes 16th

Tokyo Olympics 2020 live telecast India and streaming details
 
The live broadcast India’s Olympics matches will take place on Sony Sports Network. Sony TEN 1 HD/SD, Sony TEN 2 HD/SD and Sony SIX HD/SD with English commentary. Sony TEN 3 HD/SD to live telecast Tokyo Olympics 2021 with Hindi Commentary.
 
The live streaming of Olympics 2021 will be available on Sony LIV APP and Website.
 
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8:32 PM

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India's schedule looks like on Monday, July 26 (Day 3)

Archery:

India (Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das, and Tarundeep Rai) vs Kazakhstan in Men's Team 1/8 Eliminations: 6:00 am IST

Badminton:

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Marcus Gideon Fernaldi/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) in Men's Doubles Group A Match: 9:10 am IST.

Boxing:

Ashish Kumar vs Erbieke Tuoheta (China) in Men's 75kg Round of 32 Bout: 3:06 pm IST.

Fencing:

C Bhavani Devi vs Nadia Ben Azizi (Tunisia) in Women's Sabre Individual Table of 64 match: 5:30 am IST.

Hockey:

India vs Germany in Women's Pool A match: 5:45 pm IST

Sailing:

Vishnu Saravanan in Men's Laser Race: 8:35 am IST.

Nethra Kumanan in Women's Laser Radial Race: 11:05 am IST.

Shooting:

Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa in Men's Skeet Event Day 2: 6:30 am IST.

Mens' Skeet Final: 12:20pm IST.

Swimming:

Sajan Prakash in Men's 200m Butterfly Heats: 3:45 pm IST.

Table Tennis:

Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Tiago Apolonia (Portugal) in Men's Singles Round 2 Match: 6:30 am IST.

Manika Batra vs Sofia Polcanova (Austria) in Women's Singles Round 3 match 12:00 pm IST.

Tennis:

Sumit Nagal vs Daniil Medvedev (ROC) in Men's Singles Round 2: Third match after 7:30 am IST start.

7:50 PM

Emotional and happy to embrace each other: Mary Kom congratulates Chanu

Boxer Mary Kom on Sunday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu for winning a silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

Mirabai Chanu opened India's medals tally on Saturday as she bagged a silver in the Women's 49kg category at Tokyo International Forum.

"Congratulations @mirabai_chanu. Emotional and happy to embrace each other. A proud Manipuri and a fighter for India in one frame," tweeted Mary Kom.

7:50 PM

Tokyo Olympics: Dominos India announces lifetime free pizza for Mirabai Chanu

In a sweet gesture, Pizza chain Domino's has announced that they would be offering weightlifter Mirabai Chanu "free pizza" for the rest of her life.

Mirabai Chanu opened India's medals tally on Saturday as she bagged a silver in the Women's 49kg category at Tokyo International Forum.

After the feat, the restaurant chain said they never want Mirabai Chanu to wait to eat a Pizza.

7:49 PM

Rowers Arjun, Arvind produce best-ever Indian performance at Olympics, sail to double sculls semis

Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh on Sunday produced the best-ever Olympic performance by Indian rowers as they cruised into the men's lightweight double sculls semifinals at the Tokyo Games.

The Indian duo clocked 6:51.36 to finish third in the repechage round at the Sea Forest Waterway.

"We followed exactly whatever had been told to us by our coach. The coach told us that we should try to get the best position for India," the duo said.

"It's (rowing) not a very popular sport in India. So our coach told us that getting to the semifinals is also a big motivation for us, and we had to do our best."

Poland's Jerzy Kowalski and Artur Mikolajczewski finished at the top with a timing of 6:43.44, followed by Spain's Caetano Horta Pombo and Manel Balastegui, who clocked 6:45.71 in the repechage 2.

While Arjun assumes the role of the bower, Arvind is the team's stroker. The two had finished fifth in their heats on Saturday.

7:19 PM

Germany a good side, we have to be on top of our game, says skipper Rani

The Indian Women's Hockey Team showed a lot of character when they took on World Number 1 Netherlands in their first Tokyo Olympics match on Saturday.

Even though the national side went down 5-1, they put up a strong fight throughout the match. The Indian Women's Hockey Team will certainly look to make improvements when they take on the World Number 3 side Germany at the Oi Hockey Stadium on Monday.

The German side defeated Great Britain 2-1 in their first Pool A match on Sunday.

The Indian Women's Hockey Team Captain Rani, who scored the only goal for India in their match against the Netherlands, expressed that the team can take a lot of confidence from the way they played against the Dutch.

6:48 PM

Olympics swimming: Tunisian Hafnaoui creates history; Australia sets world record

 

 

 

 

Eighteen-year-old Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia stunned the pool when he swam an event-winning time of three minutes and 43.36 seconds in the men's 400m freestyle, as the first four swimming medals of the 2021 Olympic Games were awarded Sunday.

 

The 18-year-old youngster also ended the dominance of Australia, New Zealand and Asian nations in men's 400m freestyle. A swimmer from outside Asia or Oceania has not won a gold medal in the event at the Olympic Games since Barcelona 1992.

 

In the women's 400m freestyle relay final, Australia grabbed a new world record in 3:29.69. The previous two records were also held by the Australians. Canada and America took the silver and bronze respectively. China broke the Asian record in 3:34.76.

 

Yui Ohashi won the women's 400m individual medley gold for Japan in 4:32.08. American swimmer Emma Weyant and Hali Flickinger shared the podium.

 

In men's 400m IM, Rio Olympics runner-up Chase Kalisz of the United States claimed the gold in 4:09.42. American Jay Litherland made the podium with a silver in 4:10.28. The 21-year-old Australian Brendon Smith, who finished 4:09.27 in the qualifier, struck a bronze in 4:10.38.

6:45 PM

Golf world No 1 Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau test positive for Covid-19, out of Tokyo Olympics

American golfer Bryson DeChambeau and world No. 1 Jon Rahm will miss the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after getting tested positive for coronavirus.

According to Kyodo News, Spanish Olympic Committee confirmed that Rahm has pulled out of the showpiece event. The third PCR test returned a positive result, the committee said.

On the other hand, DeChambeau tested positive for COVID-19 prior to departing for Tokyo, the USA Golf informed.

5:26 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates: Japanese siblings win gold in Judo

 

 

Japanese Judoka Uta Abe won the women's 52-kg, while her elder brother Hifumi  clinched men's 66-kg gold.

5:00 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates: Srihari Natraj finishes fifth

Srihari Natraj finishes fifth with a timing of 54.31 in his heat. Nataraj finishes 27th overall in the men's 100m backstroke heats, fails to qualify for the semis.

4:33 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Australia in Men's hockey

 

 

It's all over! Aussies maintained lead and ruthlessly attacked for which the Indian side had not much to answer. Aussies thrash India 7-1.

4:26 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates:

Olympics 2021 live updates: Srihari Nataraj competes in the men's 100m backstroke heat

4:23 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Australia in Men's hockey

 

 

Goal!! It's 7-1 and India is on the backfoot totally.

4:18 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Australia in Men's hockey

 

 

It's the last quarter and India is desperately looking for a goal, but they have a plenty of gap to fill. Meanwhile, Australia launches another attack but Sreejesh gets in the way!

4:15 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Australia in Men's hockey

 

 

It's the end of the third quarter and India are yet to bounce back. The scoreline reads 6-1 as Aussies dominate.

4:10 PM

Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Australia in Men's hockey

 

 

GOAL!! Aussies convert another penalty corner into a goal. It's 6-1 now!