Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel failed to better their personal bests on Sunday. Both crashed out of the 100m backstroke events at the Tokyo Olympics.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran held a 2-0 head-to-head lead over his 24-year-old opponent at the beginning of the match. However, there was a definite shift of dynamics in the game as Siu H...
Despite having tremendous efforts and scoring 13.466 on vault, Nayank could not qualify. On the floor, Nayak managed 10.633, 9.433 on the balance beam, and 9.033 on uneven bars.
The Indian women's hockey team fought valiantly in the first two quarters before losing the steam to go down 1-5 against the Netherlands.
In the third set, Tin-Tin was attempting a comeback and took an impeccable lead. It was only after Batra composed herself, she came back up from 10-6 to win that round as well.
The Indian duo lost 6-2 sets after scoring a close 32, 37, 37, and 33 as compared to South Korea's 35, 38, 35, and 33.
Maika and Sharath started the round with a few points' lead but ended up tailing off in the second half of the first round, losing that 11-8 to Lin Yun-ju and Cheng I-Ching.
Only 19 Indian athletes attended the ceremony, including flag-bearers - boxer Mary Kom and men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, who were accompanied by six officials.
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is finally here after a delay of one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The opening ceremony will be muted on Friday but the real action will begin on Sa...
India has sent it largest ever contingent of 127 members to the Tokyo Olympics and are realistically hopeful of securing its best ever medal tally.