Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Sindhu misses gold, women's hockey in QFs

PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu Ying in the women's singles semi-finals while the women Hockey team qualified for the quarterfinals.

Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) (18-21, 12-21) in the women's singles semi-finals on Saturday in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Sindhu started strongly against her rival but Chinese Taipie's Ying bounced back and clinched the first game. Sindhu looked no match for her rival in the second game as her opponent faced all the attacks without much trouble, thereby, leaving a little space for Sindhu to bounce back into the game. Sindhu  will feature in the Bronze Medal match tomorrow. 

Meanwhile, India’s Women Hockey team qualified for the quarterfinals after Great Britain defeated Ireland 2-0 in Pool A Women's Hockey match. 

Kamalpreet Kaur qualified for the finals of the women's Discus Throw final with a 64.00 throw during qualification. Seema Punia failed to qualify. 

India's Amit Panghal faced an early exit in the Round of 16, losing to Yuberjen Martinez in the Men's Boxing Fly (48-52kg) category. Archer Atanu Das lost to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the men's individual 1/8 Eliminations. 

 

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Here's India's schedule on Saturday, July 31 at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
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Archery:
 
*Atanu Das vs Takaharu Furukawa (Japan) in Men's Individual Pre-Quarterfinals Match: 7:18am IST
 
Athletics:
 
*Seem Punia in Women's Discus Throw Qualification - Group A: 6:00am IST.
 
*Kamalpreet Kaur in Women's Discus Throw Qualification- Group B: 7:25am IST.
 
*Sreeshankar in Men's Long Jump Qualification - Group B: 3:40pm IST.
 
Badminton:
 
*PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu-Ying (Chinese Taipei) in Women's Singles Semifinal Match: 3:20pm IST.
 
Boxing:
 
*Amit Pangal vs Yurberjen Herney Martinez Rivas (Colombia) in Men's 52kg Round of 16 bout: 7:30am IST.
 
*Pooja Rani vs Li Qian (China) in Women's 75kg quarterfinal bout. 3:36pm IST.
 
Golf:
 
*Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane in Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 2, which was suspended on Friday: 04:15am IST.
 
Hockey:
 
*India vs South Africa in Women's Pool A Match: 8:45am IST.
 
Sailing:
 
*KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar in Men's Skiff 49er Race 10, 11 and 12: 8:35am IST.
 
Shooting:
 
*Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification: 8:30am IST.

 

Here's India's result on Saturday, July 31 at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
 

ATHLETICS: Kamalpreet Kaur qualifies for the women's discus throw final on August 2 after finishing second in Group B with a best of 64m. Seema Punia, in Group A, didn't make the final after a best throw of 60.57m.

ARCHERY: Atanu Das lost 6-4 to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the pre-quarterfinals.

BOXING: Amit Panghal lost 4-1 to Yuberjen Martinez of Colombia in the men's flyweight round of 16.

Pooja Rani lost to Li Qian (China) 5-0 in the women's middleweight quarterfinal.

HOCKEY: India women beat South Africa 4-3, qualifies for quarterfinals after Ireland lost 0-2 to Great Britain 

SHOOTING: Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant fail to make the women's 50m rifle 3 positions final after finishing 15th and 33rd, respectively, in qualification.

BADMINTON: PV Sindhu lost to Tai Tzu Ying 18-21, 12-21. She will face China's He Bingjiao in the bronze medal match tomorrow.
 

Tokyo Olympics 2020 live telecast India and streaming details
 
The live broadcast of 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. DD Sports will live broadcast India matches on its Direct-to-home DTH service.
 
The live streaming of Olympics 2021 will be available on Sony LIV App and website.
 
Stay tuned for Olympics 2021 live updates….

7:38 PM

Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo's Olympic record in women's 100

 

 

Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner's 33-year-old Olympic record in the women's 100 meters, pointing at the scoreboard even before crossing the line in 10.61 seconds Saturday to defend her title and lead a Jamaican sweep of the medals.

 

Griffith Joyner set the old record of 10.62 at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

 

Thompson-Herah beat her top rival, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, by .13 seconds. Shericka Jackson, who moved to the shorter sprints for the Tokyo Olympics, won bronze in 10.76.

7:18 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: India's results on Saturday

BADMINTON: PV Sindhu lost to Tai Tzu Ying 18-21, 12-21. She will face China's He Bingjiao in the bronze medal match tomorrow.

 

BOXING: Pooja Rani lost to Li Qian (China) 5-0 in the women's middleweight quarterfinal.

 

ATHLETICS: Kamalpreet Kaur qualified for the women's discus throw final on August 2 after finishing second in Group B with a best of 64m. Seema Punia, in Group A, didn't make the final after a best throw of 60.57m.

 

ARCHERY: Atanu Das lost 6-4 to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the pre-quarterfinals, bringing his Tokyo Olympics to an end.

 

BOXING: Amit Panghal lost 4-1 to Yuberjen Martinez of Colombia in the men's flyweight round of 16. 

 

HOCKEY: India's women's hockey team beat South Africa 4-3,  qualified for quarterfinals after Great Britain defeated 

Ireland 2-0..

 

ATHLETICS: M Sreeshankar finished with a best effort of 7.69 in qualification B in men's long jump, which wasn't enough for him to make the final.

 

SHOOTING: Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant fail to make the women's 50m rifle 3 positions final after finishing 15th and 33rd, respectively, in qualification.

 

GOLF: After three of four rounds, Anirban Lahiri is tied 28th with a score of 6-under 207, while Udayan Mane is tied-55th with a total of 2-over 273.

 

SAILING: KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar finished 14th in race 12 (out of 12), and 17th overall in the men's skiff 49er.

7:07 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Lahiri and Mane in Golf

Anirban Lahiri is tied at 28th spot with a score of 6-under 207 at the end of penultimate and third round on Saturday. Meanwhile, Udayan Mane is tied at 55th spot with a total of 2-over 273 and was languishing at 56 and 57 places in the first two rounds.

7:04 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: women's hockey team in Quarterfinals

 India women's hockey team made it to the quarterfinals as Ireland bowed faced a 2-0 defeat against Great Britain.

7:01 PM

Indian women's hockey team qualifies for QFs

5:26 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali's Olympic campaign ends.

Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali's Olympic campaign ends. He managed 7.43m in his final attempt after 7.69 and 7.51 in the first two attempts. Direct qualification mark: 8.15m.

5:23 PM

Tokyo sees virus record at Olympics midpoint

The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Tokyo totaled 4,058 people, a daily record, city hall said Saturday, fanning worries as Japan's capital plays host to the Olympic Games.

Critics have long said the Olympics should be canceled or postponed, as tens of thousands of athletes, corporate sponsors and media gather from around the world.

Athletes are getting tested for the coronavirus every day. Twenty-one people working at the Olympics tested positive Saturday, none of them athletes.

The Games have had 241 positive tests so far, 23 of them athletes.

Japan has had more than 15,000 deaths related to COVID-19. Daily reported cases also reached records in Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, neighbouring Tokyo.

4:59 PM

Djokovic withdraws from mixed doubles after losing singles to Carreno Busta

Hours after losing a tough men's singles bronze-medal match to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia withdrew from the mixed doubles bronze-medal match at the Olympics due to a left shoulder injury.

What could have been a mouth-watering clash between two world No. 1s and reigning Wimbledon champions -- Serbia's Djokovic is the world No. 1 men's player, while Australia's Ashleigh Barty is the women's numero uno -- ended in a damp squib with the former pulling out at the last minute.

The Serbian team of Djokovic and Nina Stojanovic was to take on Australia's world No. 1 women's singles player Ashleigh and John Peers in mixed doubles bronze contest, but the International Tennis Federation (ITF) tweeted before the match that the winner of 20 Grand Slam singles had withdrawn.

4:45 PM

Badminton Women's Singles semifinals: PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu Ying

 

 

Tai Tzu Ying wins it

 

It's 12-21

 

4:39 PM

Badminton Women's Singles semifinals: PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu Ying

 

Tai Tzu Ying wins it

 

It's 12-21

 

4:38 PM

Badminton Women's Singles semifinals: PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying

 

 

Tai Tzu Ying leads

 

It's 12-20

 

4:38 PM

Badminton Women's Singles semifinals: PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying

 

Tai Tzu Ying leads

 

It's 12-19

 

4:38 PM

Badminton Women's Singles semifinals: PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying

 

 

Point for Sindhu

 

It's 12-18

 

4:37 PM

Badminton Women's Singles semifinals: PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying

 

point for Sindhu

 

It's 11-18

 

4:37 PM

Badminton Women's Singles semifinals: PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying

 

Tai Tzu Ying leads

 

It's 10-18