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India at Tokyo Olympics, Day 6: PV Sindhu, Deepika Kumari, Pooja Rani Win On Mixed Day For India - Highlights

Catch the highlights of Day 6 of Tokyo 2020. Indians had a mixed day on Wednesday

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India at Tokyo Olympics, Day 6: PV Sindhu, Deepika Kumari, Pooja Rani Win On Mixed Day For India - Highlights
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India won't be competing for any medals today. Wednesday is a day for qualification and elimination. Shuttler PV Sindhu entered the knockout rounds in badminton while archers Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav crashed out from the individual competition. The women's hockey team lost to the defending champions Great Britain 1-4 for third successive defeat. So far, India have a lone silver medal won by Mirabai Chanu in weightlifting on Saturday. Catch the highlights of Tokyo Olympics here.

4:55 PM IST: Medal Alert !

Korea beat Italy to win their first fencing gold at the Games in men's team sabre final. Hungary won bronze

4:31 PM IST: Medal Alert!

Japan's dominance in Judo continues. Chizuru Arai wins women's 70kg gold defeating Michaela Polleres. Bronze went to Madina Taimazova (ROC) and Sanne van Dijke (NED).

THIS IS JAPAN'S 6TH GOLD IN JUDO

3:51 PM IST: Badminton Men's Singles Group D

13th seed B Sai Praneeth failed to bring his 'A' game  and went down 14-21 14-21 to Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in 40 minutes for his second defeat in Group D.

2:50 PM IST: Medal alert

Rugby - Men's Final

Fiji beat New Zealand 27-12 to win the gold medal. Earlier, Argentina claimed bronze with a win over Great Britain.

3:10 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 5 - Deepika Kumari (25, 28, 27, 24, 26) 6-4 (26, 25, 25, 25, 25) Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA.

3:08 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 4 - Deepika Kumari (25, 28, 27, 24) 4-4 (26, 25, 25, 25) Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA.

3:05 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 3 - Deepika Kumari (25, 28, 27) 4-2 (26, 25, 25) Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA.

3:03 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 2 - Deepika Kumari (25, 28) 2-2 (26, 25) Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA.

3:00 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 1 - Deepika Kumari (25) 0-2 (26) Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA.

2:56 PM IST: Boxing - Women's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 16

Round 3 - Another round for Pooja Rani. She beats Ichrak Chaib of Algeria 5-0 with a unanimous decision. Indian boxer enters quarters.

2:51 PM IST: Boxing - Women's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 16

Round 2 - Close round. But Pooja Rani wins 5-0, again.

2:48 PM IST: Boxing - Women's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 16

Round 1 - Pooja Rani, in the red corner, wins the round 5-0 against Ichrak Chaib of Algeria.

2:45 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Deepika Kumari takes on Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez of USA.

2:32 PM IST: Boxing - Women's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 16

Pooja Rani takes the ring to face Ichrak Chaib of Algeria.

2:30 PM IST: Tennis - Men's Third Round

Novak Djokovic of Serbia through to the quarter-finals after a straight-sets 6–3, 6–1 win over Alejandro Davidovich of Spain. He meets Kei Nishikori next.

2:25 PM IST: Medal alert

Rugby - Men

Argentina beat Great Britain 17-12 to win bronze. Gold medal match between New Zealand and Fiji starts shortly.

2:21 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Set 3 - Deepika Kumari (26, 26, 27) 6 - 0 (23, 23, 24) Karma of Bhutan.

Easy for world number one. And she will be soon in action for the 1/16 elimination.

2:19 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Set 2 - Deepika Kumari (26, 26) 4 - 0 (23, 23) Karma of Bhutan.

2:16 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Set 1 - Deepika Kumari (26) 2 - 0 (23) Karma of Bhutan.

2:04 PM IST: Boxing - Women's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 16

Upcoming - Pooja Rani up against Ichrak Chaib of Algeria.

1:35 PM IST: Medal alert

Cycling - Men's Individual Time Trial

Slovakia's Primoz Roglic wins gold medal. Netherlands' Tom Dumoulin and Australia's Rohan Dennis take silver and bronze respectively.

1:29 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 3 - Pravin Jadhav (27, 26, 23) 0-6 (28, 27, 26) Brady Ellison (USA).

And that's the end Pravin Jadhav's individual campaign.

1:27 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 2 - Pravin Jadhav (27, 26) 0-4 (28, 27) Brady Ellison (USA)

1:25 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/16 Eliminations

Set 1 - Pravin Jadhav (27) 0-2 (28) Brady Ellison (USA)

1:10 PM IST: Archery - Women's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Upcoming - Deepika Kumari is up against Karma of Bhutan.

12:58 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Pravin Jadhav will meet USA's Brady Ellison in the next round, in a short while from now.

12:37 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Set 3 - Pravin Jadhav (29, 28, 28) 6-0 Galsan Bazarzhapov (27, 27, 24).

Comfortable win for the Indian shooter.

12:35 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Set 2 - Pravin Jadhav (29, 28) 4-0 Galsan Bazarzhapov (27, 27)

12:34 PM IST: Medal alert

Diving - Men's Synchronised 3m Springboard

Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi take gold medal. USA's Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon claim silver ahead of Germany's Patrick Hausding and Lars Rudiger

12:32 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Set 1 - Pravin Jadhav (29) 2-0 Galsan Bazarzhapov (27)

12:30 PM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov of ROC begins.

12:15 PM IST: Tennis - Men's Singles, Third Round

Ugo Humbert of France beats third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in three sets, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

12:12 PM ISTSimone Biles will not defend her Olympic title.

11:33 AM IST: Tennis - Men's Doubles, Quarters

Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig of Croatia beat Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-7 to enter semis.

Cilic and Dodig will face Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand for a place in the final.

11:09 AM IST: Archery - Men's Individual, 1/32 Eliminations

Upcoming - Pravin Jadhav faces Galsan Bazarzhapov of ROC.

10:50 AM IST: Tropical storm Nepartak spares Olympics.

10:26 AM IST: 3rd straight loss leaves India women's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne fuming.

10:06 AM IST: Tennis - Men's Singles, 3rd Round

A double fault from Fabio Fognini of Italy to give second seed Daniil Medvedev of ROC, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win.

9:08 AM IST: Medal alert

Cycling - Women's Road

Annemiek van Vleuten of Netherlands wins gold medal, ahead of Marlen Reusser of Switzerland. Fellow Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen takes bronze.

9:08 AM IST: Medal alert

Swimming - Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay

Great Britain (Tom Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards, Duncan Scott) stun ROC and Australia to win the gold medal with a new European record. USA fourth! The Americans are outside the medal bracket for the first time in this event since 1988.

8:45 AM IST: Medal Alert

Swimming - Women's 1500m Freestyle

Second gold medal for Kathleen Ledecky. She wins the final comfortably, ahead of compatriot Erica Sullivan and Germany's Sarah Kohler.

8:33 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/16 Elimination

Tarundeep Rai loses to Itay Shanny of Isreal in the shoot-out, 6-5 (24-28, 27-26, 27-27, 28-27, 27-28, 9-10)

8:26 AM IST: Badminton - Women's Singles, Group Play

Game 2 - PV Sindhu takes 35 minutes to beat Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong (21-9, 21-16) to open her campaign.

With that Sindhu enters elimination round. She takes on Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark.

8:23 AM IST: Medal Alert

Swimming - Women's 200m Individual Medley

Yui Ohashi of Japan wins gold. Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass of USA take silver and bronze respectively.

8:20 AM IST: Rowing - Lightweight Double Sculls

Indian rowers Arjun and Arvind fail to qualify for final.

8:10 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/16 Elimination

Upcoming - Tarundeep Rai meets Itay Shanny of Isreal in the next round.

8:07 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Full time - India 1-4 Great Britain

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India's Gurjit Kaur, left, blocks a shot by Britain's Elena Sian Rayer. AP photo

Third successive defeat for Indian eves! They will need to win their remaining matches against Ireland and South Africa to keep their keeps hopes alive.

8:04 AM IST: Badminton - Women's Singles, Group Play

Game 1 - Comfortable for PV Sindhu against Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong. Takes the first game 21-9 in 15 minutes.

8:03 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Fourth quarter - India 1-4 Great Britain

Grace Balsdon converts from the spot and GB takes a three-goal lead with little over more than three minutes left in the match.

7:56 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/32 Elimination

Set 5 - Tarundeep Rai beats Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine 6-4 (25-25, 27-28, 27-27, 26-24, 28-25).

7:55 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/32 Elimination

Set 4 - Tarundeep Rai wins 36-25 in a very low-scoring set. It's 4-4 with Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine.

7:52 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/32 Elimination

Set 3 - Another 27 each to share the points between Tarundeep Rai and Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine. Tarundeep Rai still trails 2-4.

7:50 AM IST: Badminton - Women's Singles, Group Play

PV Sindhu takes the court to face Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong.

7:49 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/32 Elimination

Set 2 - Tarundeep Rai loses second set to Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine, 27-28, and trails 1-3.

7:48 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/32 Elimination

Set 1 - Tarundeep Rai and Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine share the honours, 25 each.

7:47 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Third quarter - India 1-3 Great Britain

India have 15 minutes to fight back against the defending champions.

7:44 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/32 Elimination

Tarundeep Rai in action against Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine.

7:42 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Third quarter - India 1-3 Great Britain

Lily Owsley increases the lead for GB with a penalty corner goal.

7:29 AM IST: Medal alert

Rowing - Women's Quadruple Sculls

China set a new world best time to win gold medal. Poland and Australia take silver and bronze medals respectively.

7:27 AM IST: Badminton - Women's Singles, Group Play

Upcoming - PV Sindhu takes on Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong in their Group J match.

7:24 AM IST: Medal alerts

Swimming

Ariarne Titmus of Australia wins her second gold after winning women's 200m Freestyle final, while Hungary's Kristof Milak takes in men's 200m Butterfly to take gold. Both set new Olympic records.

7:10 AM IST: Medal alert

Rowing - Men's Quadruple Sculls

Netherlands set new world best time to win gold medal. Great Britain and Australia take silver and bronze medals respectively.

7:12 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Half time - India 1-2 Great Britain

7:04 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/32 Elimination

Upcoming - Tarundeep Rai up against Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine.

7:00 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Second quarter - India 1-2 Great Britain

A fine finish from the Sharmila from a penalty corner to give India their first goal. Seven minutes left in the quarter.

6:57 AM IST: Badminton - Women's Singles, Group Play

Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in Group L and Tai tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei in Group P have started their singles campaign with resounding wins.

6:54 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Second quarter - India 0-2 Great Britain

Another field goal from Hanna Martin, this time with a reverse hit, to give GB a two-goal lead with 11 minutes before the first half.

6:50 AM IST: Medal alert

Rowing - Men's Four

Australia set new Olympic best time to win gold. Romania and Italy settle for silver and bronze respectively.

Two more finals today. Aussies have won two in four finals so far.

6:49 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

First quarter - India 0-1 Great Britain.

Players take a short break after the end of first quarter.

6:33 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

First quarter - India 0-1 Great Britain

It takes only 75 seconds for Great Britain to take the lead, thanks to a scramble field goal from Hannah Martin.

6:30 AM IST: Medal alert

Rowing - Women's Four

World champions from Australia set new Olympic best timing to win gold, ahead of Netherlands and Ireland.

6:17 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Check India's line-up for the clash against Great Britain

6:15 AM IST: Here's a look at other events featuring India today, with expected start time

Archery - Men's individual, Round of 64

Tarundeep Rai vs Oleksii Hunbin (UKR) - 7:30 AM
Pravin Jadhav vs Galsan Bazarzhapov (ROC) - 12:30 PM
With medal rounds to follow.

Archery - Women’s individual, Round of 64

Deepika Kumari vs Karma (BHU) - 2:14 PM
With medal rounds to follow.

Badminton - Women’s singles

Group J - PV Sindhu vs Ngan Yi Cheung (HKG) - 7:30
AM

Badminton - Men's singles

Group D - B Sai Praneeth vs Mark Caljouw (NED) - 2:30
PM

Boxing - Women's 75kg, Round of 16

Pooja Rani vs Ichrak Chaib (ALG) - 2:33 PM IST

Rowing - Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls, Semi-finals A/B-2

Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh - 8:00 AM

Sailing - Men’s Skiff 49er

KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar - Race 2,3 and 4 - 8:35 AM

6:09 AM IST: Medal alert

Rowing - Men's Double Sculls, Final A

France take gold medal with the Olympic best time. Netherlands and world champions from China settle for silver and bronze medals respectively.

6:04 AM IST: Medal alert

Rowing - Women's Double Sculls, Final A

Romania take gold medal with the Olympic best time. New Zealand and Netherlands settle for silver and bronze medals respectively.

6:00 AM IST: Hockey - Women's Pool A

Indian eves take on Great Britain in their third pool match. Match starts 6:30 AM.

5:30 AM IST: Medal events today - 28

Diving (1), Swimming (5), 3×3 Basketball (2), Road cycling (2), Equestrian (1), Fencing (1), Gymnastics - Artistic (1), Judo (2), Rowing (6), Rugby sevens (1), Weightlifting (1)


The Indian women's hockey team, winless after two matches, will be looking to lift its performance against Rio 2016 champions Great Britain. India lost 2-0 against Germany in a well contested match and Rani's team will take away a lot of positives from that game especially after the 5-1 drubbing they got from world champions, the Netherlands in its opening pool match.

Rio 2016 silver medallist must win against Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong. A defeat could ruin her chances of topping her group and making the knockout rounds where she is expected to meet the strong Japanese players. B. Sai Praneeth will also be playing his group match but the Indian shuttler will have no chance to progress even he wins against Dutchman Mark Caljouw.

The archers, like the shooters so far, have drawn a blank so far in the team events. Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai will bank on their experience in the individual elimination rounds on Wednesday. It's been quite windy in Tokyo and Deepika is known to falter in such conditions. The world No. 1 has won everything except an Olympic medal. This is her third Olympics.

Boxer Pooja Rani will hope to enter the quarterfinals in the 75 kg category. If she wins against Ichrak Chaib of Algeria, Pooja will be the third Indian boxer to advance after Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain.

8:08 AM IST: Archery - Men's Singles, 1/16 Elimination
Tarundeep Rai loses to Itay Shanny of Isreal in shoot-out, 6-5 (24-28, 27-26, 27-27, 28-27, 27-28, 9-10)

Archery - Women's Individual, 1/32 
Eliminations