Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 witnessed its fair share of excitement. Here are the highlights.
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Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 witnessed the Indian men’s hockey team reach the semi-final after a period of 49 years. PV Sindhu further became the first Indian woman to record two individual medals. However, boxer Satish Kumar was knocked out in a significant blow. (Tokyo 2020 full coverage)
The Indian campaign in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics witnessed history on Saturday. This is after the national women’s hockey team qualified for a maiden quarter-finals berth in the history of the Olympics.
Kamalpreet Kaur has directly qualified for the Women’s Discus Throw final, after three successful throws to her name.
However, the day’s action witnessed its fair share of disappointments with PV Sindhu and boxer Pooja Rani suffering defeats.
Anirban Lahiri finished at T28, while Udayan Mane secured a tied 55th in Round 3 of the Golf-Men’s Individual Stroke Play. Seema Punia failed to reach the finals of the Women’s Discus Throw.
Atanu Das was the last remaining medal contender for India in archery. After the exit of Deepika Kumari on Friday to An San and with Pravin Jadhav losing to Brady Ellison, Atanu was the last hope.
He put up a fantastic fight in the game against Japan’s Takahuru Furukawa in the 1/8th elimination round. But, Atanu lost 4-6.
19:00 PM IST – A resilient Indian men’s hockey team have beaten Great Britain 3-1 to reach the semifinal of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Read the full report here.
18:36 PM IST – Great Britain get one back! Indian men’s hockey team have conceded a goal in the last kick of the third quarter against Great Britain in quarterfinals. The score is 2-1 in India’s favour at the end of the 3rd quarter.
18:07 PM IST – India in cruise control! Indian men’s hockey team have doubled their lead through Gurjant Singh against Great Britain in quarterfinals. The score is 2-0 at the end of the 2nd quarter.
17:50 PM IST – Indian men’s hockey team have taken the lead through Dilpreet Singh against Great Britain, with the scoring reading 1-0 at the end of the first quarter.
17:57 PM IST – PV Sindhu has become the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals, after beating Tai Tzu Ying to win bronze. Here is the full report.
17:35 PM IST – Indian men’s hockey team start their crucial quarterfinal clash against Great Britain.
17:27 PM IST – PV Sindhu is just one game away from becoming the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals, after winning the first game by a 21-13 margin.
16:45 PM IST – PV Sindhu will be battling it out for the bronze medal, in nearly 15 minutes. The Indian will look to make amends for her defeat against Tai Tzu Ying.
15:18 PM IST – PV Sindhu will take on He Bing Jiao for the bronze medal, having lost 18-21, 12-21 to Tai Tzu Ying in the women’s singles semi-finals.
11:45 AM IST – The world of swimming has two new superstars – Caeleb Dressal and Emma McKeon. Read about their accomplishments at Tokyo here.
11:05 AM IST – “I’m not sure I will ever be able to do what they have done. But maybe I could help them to accomplish this one by giving them this Olympics. So it’s both for Martina and for Roger.”
Belinda Bencic paid tribute to idols Roger Federer and Martina Hingis after winning gold in the women’s singles tennis event. Read her reaction here.
10:30 AM IST – Read the full report on Satish Kumar’s quarterfinal loss here. This result means no Indian male boxer is bringing home a medal.
9:53 AM IST – India’s Satish Kumar bows out of the men’s super heavyweight boxing. He lost by unanimous decision to Uzbekhistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov, who won 5-0 in points.
9:00 AM IST – Australia’s Emma McKeon finishes with 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympics. That is the most ever by a female swimmer in one edition of the Games.
8:30 AM IST – USA won the men’s Olympic 4x100m medley relay. Their time of 3:26.78 smashed the previous world record – incidentally also by – of 3:27.28 that was set in 2009.
7:20 AM IST – In golf action, Udayan Mane is done with 11 holes in his fourth round. He managed one birdie, three bogeys and the rest were par. Anirban Lahiri hasn’t started well either, slipping down the leaderboard.
6:40 AM IST – The equestrian event features one Indian, Fouaad Mirza, competing. He’s currently just outside the top 10 of the rankings.
6:00 AM IST – Hello and welcome to Day 9 of the Games. Today should be an interesting day for Indian athletes at Tokyo. Catch a round-up of Saturday’s action here.
