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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.

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Indian women's hockey team | Photo: Official Website Of Hockey India

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

Italy's Antonella Palmisano from leads with just a km to go. Arenas from Colombia is second and Brazil's Sena is third. Priyanka Goswami has slipped to 15th and Bhawna Jatt is at 33rd position.

2:09 PM

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

After the completion of 14km, Priyanka Goswami has slipped to 15th and Bhawna Jatt is at 33rd position.

1:55 PM

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

After the completion of 11km, Priyanka Goswami has slipped to 8th position while Bhawna Jatt is 34th.

1:45 PM

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

After the completion of 9km, Priyanka Goswami has slipped to 7th position while Bhawna Jatt is 33rd.

1:29 PM

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

The Indian athletes have shown improvement just as 5km distance is completed. Priyanka Goswami is at 3rd and Bhawna Jatt is at 28th position

1:08 PM

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

After 1 km, Priyanka Goswami is 16th and Bhawana Jat is 35th

1:00 PM

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

Priyanka Goswami and Bhawana Jat will be in action in women’s 20km race walk event. There are 58 participants and they will have to cover 20 laps.

12:56 PM

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

Priyanka Goswami and Bhawana Jat will be in action in women’s 20km race walk event shortly.

12:51 PM

Will seek government job for my daughter, says hockey star Gurjeet Kaur's father

Indian women's hockey star Gurjeet Kaur's father Satnam Singh on Friday said that he will request for a government job for his daughter who has scored 2 goals in the bronze medal match versus Great Britain at Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

"I will talk to the government regarding a government job for my daughter. Let's see what happens," Satnam said while praising his daughter's performance in the match.

Indian women's hockey team went down fighting against Great Britain 3-4 in the bronze medal match here at Oi Hockey Stadium -- North Pitch on Friday. With this loss, the Indian women's team finished fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, meanwhile, team Great Britain captured their third consecutive Olympic medal.

"We lost, but Punjab won. Our daughter is from Punjab and she scored 2 brilliant goals. We will welcome her just the way we were going to in case of a win," added Satnam.

12:51 PM

Finishing 4th in Olympics is no small feat but losing medal hurts, says gutted Rani

She is proud of the effort but Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal is hurting as well after coming within touching distance of a historic Olympic podium finish only to finish fourth ultimately.

The Indians, beating all expectations, entered the semifinals of the Games for the first time, and signed off with a fourth place finish after going down to Great Britain 3-4 in the bronze medal play-off here on Friday.

"We are feeling so disappointed because we were so close. And we were 2-0 down and then we equalised and we were 3-2 up. I don't know what to say, but yeah it hurts a lot because we couldn't win the bronze medal," she said after the heart-breaking loss.

"But I think everyone just gave their best, so I am proud of the team. Playing in the Olympic Games and finishing top four is not easy. We came a long way. I think now we were closer, but sometimes close is not good enough.

"But I'm still proud of the team, how throughout the tournament we worked so hard and played as a team together," Rani added.

The Indians played their hearts out and overcame a two-goal deficit to lead 3-2 at half time.

12:51 PM

Women's hockey team lost, but it achieved something bigger: Coach Marijne

The chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team, Sjoerd Marijne, said his team may not have won a medal at Tokyo 2020 but his players did achieve something bigger as they inspired the country to dream of success at the Olympics.

India went down 4-3 to Great Britain in a closely-fought bronze medal playoff on Friday despite fighting back from a two-goal deficit. The team led 3-2 at half-time but the British came back strongly in the second half and denied them a historic medal in only their third appearance in the Olympics since women's hockey made its debut in 1980 at Moscow.

Marijne's team stunned everyone by making it to the semifinal by beating mighty Australia, world No. 2, in the quarterfinal after scrapping through the preliminary round, and though they went down to Argentina in the semis and Great Britain, the team came up with a fighting display in all its matches and had more than a billion lauding the effort.

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