Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 saw Indian fans cautiously positive about an increase in medal tally. Follow highlights here.
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The weekend has arrived, marking the beginning of plenty of sporting action in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. India’s day kicked off with golf action as Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane took part in Round 2. The Indian women’s hockey team has managed to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in the history of the Olympics. PV Sindhu however suffered a defeat in the semi-final against Tai Tzu-ying. (Tokyo 2020 full coverage)
Friday proved to be a productive day for India at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The country might have seen ace archer Deepika Kumari crash out of her competition in the quarterfinals.
But fans also saw boxer Lovlina Borgohain guaranteeing India’s second medal in Tokyo. PV Sindhu too moved one step closer to winning her second Olympic medal.
The men’s hockey team also finished their group stage campaign with a good win over hosts Japan. The country’s sailors did a pretty good job despite not winning a medal.
The elimination of Dutee Chand might be seen as a negative along with that of Deepika, but there were more positives on the day for the nation.
20:35 PM IST – Elaine Thompson-Herah won in an Olympic record time of 10.61 seconds, completing a Jamaican clean sweep of the podium at the Tokyo Games. Read the report here.
19:05 PM IST – Indian women’s hockey team have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics after Great Britain defeated Ireland. Read the full report here.
18:15 PM IST – India’s long jumper Murali Sreeshankar failed to qualify for the final, finishing 13th in his group and 25th in the overall standings. Read everything about it here.
16:41 PM IST – PV Sindhu goes down to Tai Tzu-Ying in straight games 18-21 12-21. She will play Chinese He Bing Jiao for a Bronze medal tomorrow. Here is the full report.
16:22 PM IST – World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying has pulled off a triumph in the first game of the semi-final against PV Sindhu, by a 21-18 margin.
16:10 PM IST – Indian boxer Pooja Rani suffers a 0-5 defeat to Li Qian of China in women’s quarterfinal bout. Read the full report here.
16:00 PM IST – The first game in the semi-final clash between PV Sindhu and World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying has kicked off, after a certain delay.
14:52 PM IST – Spanish tennis player Pablo Carreno Busta survived a thriller against World No.1 Novak Djokovic to clinch the bronze medal. Read the report here.
14:42 PM IST – PV Sindhu will soon be seen in action taking on World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-final of the singles event.
11:30 AM IST – The Indian women’s hockey team pulled off quite the win against South Africa. Check out the details here.
9:30 AM IST – Kamalpreet Kaur managed to automatically qualify for the discus throw final by throwing 64m, exactly the mark needed. She was one of two to get qualification that way. Full report here.
8:40 AM IST – Seema Punia won’t be in medal contention in the discus throw event. Her throw of 60.57m wasn’t enough to make the top 12. Details here.
8:06 AM IST – Atanu Das was the last remaining medal contender for India in archery but on Saturday he too bowed out of the Games. It was a closely-fought affair but the fine margins caught up. Read the report here.
8:00 AM IST – Amit Panghal suffered a shock defeat in his boxing Round of 16 encounter. A medal hope gone. Read the full report here.
7:34 AM IST – Atanu Das lost to Japan’s Takaharu Furukawa in a tightly-contested match. Sadly that is the end of the archery charge for India.
6:30 AM IST – Round 2 of the men’s strokeplay golf event saw India’s Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane in action. Lahiri finished a joint T25 whereas Mane was joint T56.
5:40 AM IST – Hello everyone and welcome to live coverage of Day 8. In case you missed any action from yesterday, catch up on Day 7’s happenings here.
