Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Ravi wins silver, men's hockey team bags bronze

India's men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating Germany 5-4 to win the bronze.

4:07 PM

Vinesh makes shock exit from Tokyo Games, Anshu too loses repechage bout

Star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday made a second consecutive heart-breaking quarterfinal exit from the Olympic Games after suffering a massive upset defeat at the hands of Belarus' Vanesa Kaladzinskaya, here.

Vinesh had no answer to the supreme defence of Vanesa, who got her revenge from the Indian at the biggest stage after suffering a similar embarrassing defeat 'by fall' earlier this year in Ukraine.

Later, Vanesa lost her semi-final to China's Qinyu Pang on criteria after scores were tied 2-2, a result that brought curtains on Vinesh's campaign at the Tokyo Games.

The top-seeded Vinesh, who was a hot favourite for a medal, needed Vanesa to beat the Chinese to rejoin the 53kg competition through the repechage round and push for a bronze.

At the 2016 Rio Games, Vinesh had suffered a quarterfinal defeat against China's Sun Yanan after enduring a leg injury and was stretchered out of the mat.

4:06 PM

Privileged to have played a part: India's Aussie hockey coach Graham Reid on historic Olympic bronze

The Indian men's hockey team's Australian coach Graham Reid on Thursday said he feels "privileged" to be a part of the game's revival in India after the side clinched its first Olympic medal in 41 years, crediting togetherness and a team first mentality for the triumph.

India beat Germany 5-4 in the bronze play-off this morning.

The 57-year-old, who was a part of Australia's silver-winning team in the 1992 Barcelona Games, took over as India coach in 2019 and has obsessively talked about pursuing a process and investing in youth to get the results at a big stage like the Olympics.

"It is a fantastic feeling, it has come after a lot of sacrifices that the whole group has made," Reid said referring to the time the players spent away from their families and in some cases, battling COVID-19 as well.

"It takes a long time to get where these athletes have gotten. All the sacrifices that go unseen," he added with skipper Manpreet Singh sitting by his side after the 5-4 triumph over Germany here.

4:06 PM

Man held for passing casteist remarks against hockey player Vandana Katariya

A man was arrested from the Roshnabad area of Uttarakhand's Haridwar district for allegedly making a mockery of and passing casteist remarks against the family of Vandana Katariya who was part of India's women's hockey team which lost to Argentina in a semifinal match at the Tokyo Olympics, police said on Thursday.

Soon after the team went down to Argentina, two men allegedly danced and burst firecrackers outside Vandana's house in the Roshnabad area in a gesture of mockery on Wednesday evening, an official at SIDCUL police station said.

When some members of Vandana's family came out hearing the noise outside their house, the two men also passed casteist remarks against the family, saying the team had lost because it had too many Dalit players in it, he said.

A heated argument also took place between members of the family and the two men involved in the incident, following which a complaint was lodged by Vandana's brother, the official said.

3:53 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia in action soon

 

After winning semi-final, Ravi Dahiya will lock horns in his final match in the 57kg men's freestyle category. Deepak Punia will also square off in the bronze medal match. 

2:44 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

 

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: The race ends, Sandeep Kumar finishes, 23rd, Rahul Rohilla and KT Irfan end at 47th and 51st, respectively.

 

2:29 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: The race ends, Sandeep Kumar finishes, 23rd. 

2:23 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: Italy's M Stano 1st, Japan's Ikeda 2nd, Japan's Yamanishi 3rd.

2:20 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

 

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: After 17km, Sandeep Kumar is at 22th position, while Rahul is at 47th and KT Irfan at 51st.

Italy's M Stano, Japan's Yamanishi, Ikeda are in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position.

2:19 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

 

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: After 17km, Sandeep Kumar is at 22th position, while Rahul is at 47th and KT Irfan at 51st.

2:13 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

 

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: After 17km, Sandeep Kumar is at 26th position, while Rahul is at 48th and KT Irfan at 51th.

2:04 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

 

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: After 14km, Sandeep Kumar is at 19th position, while Rahul is at 47th and KT Irfan at 52th.

1:46 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

Halfway through and Sandeep has slipped to 12th position after staying at the 2nd position for most of the time so far, Rahul is at 47th while Irfan at 50th postion

1:32 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

 

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: Sandeep Kumar maintaining his number 2 position after 6 kmwhile Rahul is at 35th and KT Irfan at 47th.

1:10 PM

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: Sandeep Kumar is at number 2 after 2 km

1:04 PM

Tokyo Olympics Live updates: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in action

 

Men's 20km racewalk FINAL: Sandeep Kumar in early leads, racewalkers will cover 20 laps of 1km circle, we are already in the second lap now. It's a long race ahead still.