Tokyo Olympics 2021 highlights: Germany defeats India 2-0 in women's hockey
India suffered another setback when paddlers Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra bowed out of the women's singles event after losing their Round 2 matches
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The women's team played their hearts out in their second Tokyo Olympics encounter against the World Number 3 Germany side at the Oi Hockey.
The start of Day Three at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics brought happiness to the face of fans as India's lone representative in fencing, Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman Bhavani Devi got off to a winning start in the women's individual sabre here on Monday.
Check Tokyo 2020 India's events on Day 4 (July 27) live coverage here
However, the Indian fencer went down against France's Manon Brunet in women's individual sabre 15-7 in the round of 32 at Makuhari Messe B Hall Yellow Piste. Bhavani Devi has now set her eyes on Paris 2024.
Tokyo 2020 Medal Tally
Check Tokyo 2020 India schedule on July 27 (Day 4) here
Tokyo 2020 Medal Tally
Check Tokyo 2020 India schedule on July 27 (Day 4) here
"Big Day. It was Excitement & Emotional. I won the First Match 15/3 against Nadia Azizi and become the First INDIAN Fencing Player to win a Match at Olympic but 2nd Match I lost 7/15 against world top 3 player Manon Brunet. I did my level best but couldn't win. I am sorry," tweeted CA Bhavani Devi.
A similar thing happened with the archery team, who won the game in the morning but ended up losing the quarter-final match on Monday.
The Indian trio of Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das, and Tarundeep Rai overcame team Kazakhstan in the men's team event to reach the quarters.
In the next round, the trio failed to rise to the tough challenge against South Korea in the quarter-final of the men's archery team event.
India suffered another setback when paddlers Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra bowed out of the women's singles event after losing their Round 2 matches.
However, table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal progressed to Round 3 of the men's singles event after defeating Portugal's Tiago Apolonia here at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym -- Table 1 in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
Moreover, the men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also faced a defeat in the Group A Play Stage here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 1.
Also, Angad Bajwa finished 18th in the qualifiers with a score of 120 and Mairaj Ahmad Khan ended 25th with 117, to bow out of the Men's Skeet event.
Tennis star Sumit Nagal bowed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing the second-round match against Daniil Medvedev here at the Ariake Tennis Court 1.
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Boxer Ashish Kumar (75kg), who was playing the first match of the Tokyo Olympics, bowed out of the men's middleweight (69-75kg) category event.
The string of defeats continued and in the afternoon as swimmer Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the men's 200m butterfly event.
In the evening, all eyes were on the Indian women's Hockey team and the side in Blue couldn't find a way to get on board, before going down 0-2 against the Germans.
The women's team played their hearts out in their second Tokyo Olympics encounter against the World Number 3 Germany side at the Oi Hockey.
India Olympics matches on Day 3
| Fencing | |||
| Events | Indian participants/matches | Time (IST) | Result |
| Women's Sabre individual Table of 64 | Bhavani Devi | WINS | 15-3 |
| Women's Sabre individual Table of 32 | Bhavani Devi vs France's Manon Brunet | Loses | 15-7 |
| Archery | |||
| Men's Team 1/8 Eliminations | India vs Kazakhstan | India wins | 6-2 |
| Men's Team Quarterfinals | India vs South Korea | India loses | 6-0 |
| Shooting | |||
| Skeet Men's Qualification- Day 2 | Angad and Mairaj | ENDS | Angad finished 18th and Mairaj ended 25th |
| Table Tennis | |||
| Men's Singles Round 2 | Sharath Kamal vs Tiago Apolonia (Portugal) | Sharath wins | 4-2 |
| women's singles round 2 | Sutirtha Mukherjee | Loses | 4-0 |
| women's singles round 3 | Manika Batra vs Sofia Polcanova (Austria) | Manika loses | 4-0 |
| Tennis | |||
| Men's Singles Round 2 | Sumit Nagal vs Daniil Medvedev (ROC) | Nagal loses | 6-2, 6-1 |
| Badminton | |||
| Men's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group A | Satwik and Chirag vs Kevin and Marcus (Indonesia) | India loses | (21-13, 21-12) |
| Boxing | |||
| Men's middle (69-75kg) Round of 32 | Ashish Kumar vs Erbieke Tuoheta (China) | ENDS | Ashish loses |
| Swimming | |||
| Men's 20m Butterfly- Heat 2 | Sajan Prakash | ENDS | Sajan finishes fourth |
| Hockey | |||
| Women's hockey | India vs Germany | ENDS | India loses 0-2 |
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. 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….
9:30 PM
Tokyo Olympics 2020: India's Schedule on Tuesday, July 27.
Badminton:
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Ben Lane/Sean Vendy (Great Britain) in Men's Doubles Group A Match: 8:30am IST.
Boxing:
Lovlina Borgohain vs Nadine Apetz (Germany) in Women's 69kg Round of 16 Bout: 11:33am IST.
Hockey:
India vs Spain in Men's Pool A match: 6:30am IST.
Sailing:
Nethra Kumanan in Women's Laser Radial Race: 08:35am IST.
Vishnu Saravanan in Men's Laser Race: 08:45am IST.
KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar in Men's Skiff 49er Race: 11:50am IST.
Shooting:
Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker and Yeshahswini Deswal/Abhishek Verma in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification: 05:30am IST followed by final.
Elavenil Valarivan/Divyansh Singh Panwar and Anjum Moudgil/Deepak Kumar in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification: 10:45am IST followd by final.
Table Tennis:
Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Ma Long (China) in Men's Singles Round 3 Match: 8:30am IST.
8:09 PM
Tokyo Olympics 2020 live updates: Following are the results of Indian athletes on day three:
Women's Hockey:
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India lose 0-2 to Germany in Pool A fixture
Table Tennis:
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A Sharath Kamal beats Tigao Apolonia 4-2 in round two
Manika Batra loses to Sofia Polcanova 0-4 in round three
Sutirtha Mukherjee loses to Yu Fu 0-4 in round two
Boxing:
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Ashish Kumar loses to Erbieke Tuoheta 0-5 in round of 32
Swimming:
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Sajan Prakash finishes 24th in Men's 200m Butterfly
Fencing:
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C A Bhavani Devi beats Nadia Ben Azizi 15-3 in table of 64
C A Bhavani Devi loses to Manon Brunet 7-15 in table of 32
Archery:
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India lose to South Korea 0-6 in quarterfinals
India beat Kazakhstan 6-0 in pre-quarterfinals
Tennis:
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Sumit Nagal loses to Daniil Medvedev 2-6 1-6 in men's singles second round
Badminton:
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lose to Marcus Gideon Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 13-21 12-21 in group match
Shooting:
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Angad Vir Singh Bajwa finishes 18th and Mairaj Ahmad Khan 25th in the men's skeet event.
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India lose 0-2 to Germany in Pool A fixture
Table Tennis:
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A Sharath Kamal beats Tigao Apolonia 4-2 in round two
Manika Batra loses to Sofia Polcanova 0-4 in round three
Sutirtha Mukherjee loses to Yu Fu 0-4 in round two
Boxing:
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Ashish Kumar loses to Erbieke Tuoheta 0-5 in round of 32
Swimming:
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Sajan Prakash finishes 24th in Men's 200m Butterfly
Fencing:
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C A Bhavani Devi beats Nadia Ben Azizi 15-3 in table of 64
C A Bhavani Devi loses to Manon Brunet 7-15 in table of 32
Archery:
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India lose to South Korea 0-6 in quarterfinals
India beat Kazakhstan 6-0 in pre-quarterfinals
Tennis:
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Sumit Nagal loses to Daniil Medvedev 2-6 1-6 in men's singles second round
Badminton:
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lose to Marcus Gideon Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 13-21 12-21 in group match
Shooting:
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Angad Vir Singh Bajwa finishes 18th and Mairaj Ahmad Khan 25th in the men's skeet event.
7:38 PM
RESULTS: India at Tokyo Olympics 2021 on Day 3
Archery: India loses quarterfinals vs Korea in straight sets
Fencing: Bhavani Devi loses her round-of-32 match against World Number 3, Manon Brunet (France).
Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal advances to round 3 (Next match tomorrow)
Table Tennis, women's singles: Sutirtha Mukherjee loses in straight sets.
Men's doubles badminton: Chirag and Satwik lost in straight sets against Indonesia.
Men's skeet shooting qualification: Angad and Mairaj bow out in qualification round.
Men's singles Tennis: Sumit Nagal loses in second round.
Table Tennis: Manika batra loses in round 3.
Boxing: Ashish Kumar Chaudhary loses in men's middle (69-75kg) category
Swimming: Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the semi-finals. He finished 24th overall.
Hockey: Germany defats India 2-0 in women's hockey.
Table Tennis, women's singles: Sutirtha Mukherjee loses in straight sets.
Men's doubles badminton: Chirag and Satwik lost in straight sets against Indonesia.
Men's skeet shooting qualification: Angad and Mairaj bow out in qualification round.
Men's singles Tennis: Sumit Nagal loses in second round.
Table Tennis: Manika batra loses in round 3.
Boxing: Ashish Kumar Chaudhary loses in men's middle (69-75kg) category
Swimming: Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the semi-finals. He finished 24th overall.
Hockey: Germany defats India 2-0 in women's hockey.
7:37 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: Women's hockey Pool A standings
7:09 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: Germany defeats India in women's hockey
The Indian side put all efforts but that did not translate into goals. Gurjit's penalty stroke miss proved fatal for the Indian side. And time's up. Germany wins it 2-0.
7:06 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
4th Quarter: Last three minutes left and India are still 0-2 behind.
7:00 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
4th Quarter: Sharmila gets a yellow card. Suspended for 5 minutes. India too play with a player less.
6:54 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
4th Quarter: Vandana was so close to scoring a goal but the ball hit the cross bar.
6:52 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
3rd Quarter: Germany leads 2-0 as India failed to take advantage of the chances. All depends on how India plays in the last 15 minutes.
6:44 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
3rd Quarter: Vandana gets a chance to score, there was enough room but she could not breach the defence by the German keeper. Minutes later, Neha also missed a chance to strike just yards away from the German goal post.
6:40 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
3rd Quarter: GOAL!! Germany scores second and now leads 2-0.
6:37 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
3rd Quarter: Penalty corner for India as Vandana breaches German defence, but India misses it, appeals for a penalty stroke but refree denies, India refers the decision, and India gets a penalty stroke. Germany also appeals for referral and the refree denies it. MISSED! Gurjit missed the penalty stroke and German side breathes. Disappointment for India.
6:22 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
Germany leads 1-0 at half-time. India is still behind and desperately looking to level the score.
6:13 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
2nd Quarter: India tries to close in the gap, doesn't give much chance to Germany to launch any attack. However, the Germans did manage to get a penalty attack, but Tete comes in the front. It's almost half-time in the second half.
6:02 PM
Olympics 2021 live updates: India vs Germany in women's hockey
1st Quarter: Germany maintains possession and score a goal in the first quarter. India looks good but penalty corner will be a key for the Indian side. It's 1-0 as Germany leads.
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First Published: Jul 26 2021 | 5:00 AM IST
