Table tennis star Sharath Kamal won his match and was the lone bright spot for India through Day 4 as more players crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics. Sutirtha Mukherjee in table tennis, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan in shooting, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in badminton, Bhavani and the archery team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai all tasting defeats. Manika Batra also exited leaving India to endure another frustrating day. And to add to the misrey India women's hockey team lost 0-2 to Germany. Follow day 4 (Monday, July 26) highlights from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here:
7:10 PM IST: Women's Pool A: India 0-2 Germany
Germany have won the match 2-0 and India will have to blame themselves for the mistakes. They were not able to string good attacks and missed a penalty stroke, a golden chance to make a comeback. After a 1-5 drubbing at the hands of Netherlands, India women did much better but were still short against a formidable side like Germany.
Germany's Jette Louisa Fleschutz runs the ball up the field during a women's hockey match against India at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: AP Photo
*Indian men will take on Spain in their match early on Tuesday morning, 6:30 AM IST. *
That's it for the Day 4, another medal-less day for India. Meanwhile Mirabai Chanu has landed back in India and will be appointed as the Additional Superintendent of Police in the Manipur police department.
6:51 PM IST: Women's Pool A: India 0-2 Germany (End of 3rd quarter)
Germany are leading by two goals. India missed a penalty stroke and in the very next minute conceded a field goal. India women have still managed to put up a fight
6:39 PM IST: Women's Pool A: India 0-2 Germany (3rd quarter)
GOAL!!! Germany has scored the second goal. Anne Katarina Schroder sounds the board.
6:36 PM IST: Women's Pool A: India 0-1 Germany (3rd quarter)
India miss a golden chance. Gurjit Kaur has failed to score. India are still trailing.
6:22 PM IST: Women's Pool A: India 0-1 Germany (Half Time)
India have denied Germany although they did concede two penalty corners. Germany have just one goal advantage but the biggest worry for India is that they have not been able to press forward and take full advantage of whenever they have had the ball possession.
6:01 PM IST: Women's Pool A: India 0-1 Germany (End of 1st quarter)
India once again managed to hold their own for the first 12 minutes before Germany got their first realistic chance and scored. India will need to comeback strongly in the second quarter
5:57 PM IST: Women's Pool A: India 0-1 Germany (1st quarter)
Germany have taken lead with a penalty corner conversion. Nike Lorenz sounds the board
5:37 PM IST: Here's India's line up against Germany. India lost their first game 1-5 to Netherlands while Germany secured a 2-1 win over Britain.
5:30 PM IST: India's weightlifting sliver medallist Mirabai Chanu is back in India.
5:28 PM IST: India women have all to play for as they face Germany. They need to comeback after their first match loss to Netherlands. Rani will have to inspire her side and give fans something to cheer about on another medal-less day.
4:34 PM IST: Shohei Ono of Japan has won men's 73kg judo gold. Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili came second, while An Changrim of Korea and Tsogtbaatar Tsend-ochir of Mangolia won bronze.
4:07 PM IST: Sajan Prakash was way off the mark and fails to qualify for the semifinals. He finished fourth in Heat 2, 24th overall. Yet another loss for India. Women's hockey match against Germany coming up
3:55 PM IST: Sajan Prakash starts in fourth lane. The Indian swimmer finished 4th in the heat with 1:57.22. Parkash did well to make a comeback after falling behind now it remains to be seen whether he qualifies for the next round or not with this timings. Tomoe Hvas won the heat with a time of 1:56.30. 16 swimmers will move into second round i.e. semifinals
3:48 PM IST: India swimmer Sajan Prakash will be in action in few minutes in Men's 200m butterfly heat 2
3:21 PM IST: Boxing - Men's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 32
Round 3 - And it's over for Ashish Kumar. Erbieke Touheta of China wins 5-0, unanimous.
3:17 PM: Boxing - Men's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 32
Round 2 - Ashish Kumar is spraying his punches. And the result, another round in favour of Erbieke Touheta of China.
3:13 PM: Boxing - Men's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 32
Round 1- Ashish Kumar looks clueless. All five judges in favour Erbieke Touheta of China.
3:06 PM: Boxing - Men's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 32
Ashish Kumar enters the ring for his bout against Erbieke Touheta of China. Ashish is in the red corner.
2:50 PM: Boxing - Men's Middle (69-75kg), Round of 32
Upcoming - Ashish Kumar takes on Erbieke Touheta of China.
2:43 PM: Meanwhile, Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu may well end up winning the gold medal in the women's 49kg category.
1:40 PM: India left today
Sajan Prakash in swimming, Ashish Kumar in boxing and hockey eves.
1:32 PM: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 3
Manika Batra loses fourth game 7-11 to Sofia Polcanova of Austria for 0-4 (8-11, 2-11, 5-11, 7-11). The match lasts just 24 minutes. And that's the end of her campaign at Tokyo 2020.
Sharath Kamal the last Indian left in TT, and he faces Ma Long tomorrow early morning!
1:30 PM: Medal alert
Archery -Men's Team Final
South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 6-0 (59-55, 60-58, 56-55) to win yet another team gold medal at the Games.
Earlier, Japan beat Netherlands 5-4 after shoot-out by a whisker (9,9,10+ vs 10,9,9) for the bronze medal.
1:25 PM: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 3
Manika Batra loses third game too, 5-11. Sofia Polcanova of Austria takes a 3-0 lead.
1:21 PM: Medal alert
Shooting - Skeet Men's Final
Vincent Hancock of the USA wins gold, ahead of Jesper Hansen of Denmark and Abdullah Al Rashidi of Kuwait.
1:19 PM: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 3
Manika Batra loses second game 2-11 against Sofia Polcanova of Austria in just four minutes. Down 0-2.
1:13 PM: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 3
Manika Batra loses first game 8-11 against Sofia Polcanova of Austria in eight minutes.
1:00 PM: Medal alert
Medal alert
Cycling - Mountain Bike
Great Britain's Tom Pidcock wins gold medal. Mathias Flueckiger of Switzerland and David Valero Serrano of Spain take silver and bronze.
12:35 PM: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 3
Upcoming - Manika Batra takes on Sofia Polcanova of Austria.
12:33 PM: Medal alert
Diving - Men's Synchronised 10m Platform
Thomas Daley and Matty Lee in action. AP Photo
Great Britain's Thomas Daley and Matty Lee win gold. China's Yuan Cao and Aisen Chen claim silver, while ROC's Aleksandr Bondar and Viktor Minibaev settle with bronze.
12:30 PM: Archery - Men's Team, Semi-final 2
Chinese Taipei blank Netherlands 6-0 to set up a final date with South Korea.
12:18 PM: Sailing - Women's One Person Dinghy, Laser Radial - Race 3
Result - India's Nethra Kumanan finishes creditable 15th in the 44-competitor field.
12:15 PM: Medal alert
Shooting - Skeet Women's Final
Amber English of USA wins gold, ahead of Italian Diana Bacosi and Chinese Wei Meng.
12:13 PM IST: Archery - Men's Team, Semi-final 1
South Korea survive the Japan test in thriller to enter the final. After 3-3, Korea win by a whisker in the shoot-off, by a 9+ to 9. (9,10,9+ vs 10,9,9).
They will face the winners of Chinese Taipei and the Netherlands.
11:51 AM IST: Tennis - Men's Singles, Second Round
Humbling experience for Sumit Nagal. Indian tennis star loses his match to Daniil Medvedev (ROC) in straight sets 2-6, 1-6 in just over an hour.
And that's the end of India's tennis campaign. Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina have already exited from the women's doubles tournament.
11:4 AM: Tennis - Men's Singles, Second Round
Sumit Nagal loses first set 2-6 to Daniil Medvedev in 30 minutes.
11:00 AM: Remaining Indian competitors today
Sailing - Men's One Person Dinghy, Laser
Vishnu Saravanan
Sailing - Women's One Person Dinghy, Laser Radial
Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 3
Manika Batra vs Sofia Polcanova of Austria
Boxing - Men's Middle (69-75 kg), Round Of 32
Ashish Kumar vs Erbieke Touheta of China
Swimming - Men's 200m Butterfly, Heat 2
Sajan Prakash
Hockey - Women's Pool A
India vs Germany
10:49 AM IST: Shooting - Skeet Men's Qualification - Day 2
Round 5 - Both the Indians failed to make the final. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa finished 18th with 120, while Mairaj Ahmad Khan 25th with 117 points.
10:37 AM IST: Tennis - Men's Singles, Second Round
Sumit Nagal gets ready to face Daniil Medvedev.
10:35 AM IST: Badminton - Men's Doubles, Group Play - Group A
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lose second game too, 12 -21 to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action. AP photo
But they are still in contention. Will take on British pair in their final group match.
10:30 AM: Archery - Men's Team, Quarter-final
Set 3 - Atanu starts with 9. Pravin also shoots 9. Tarundeep hits 8 for 26. Korea respond with 8, 10, 10 for 28.
Tarundeep hits 9, Pravin hits 10, Atanu hits 9 for 54. Korea respond with 9, 10, 9 for 56 to beat India, 6-0.
For the record, Kim De Deok, Kim Woojin and Oh Jinhyek represented Korea.
10:25 AM: Archery - Men's Team, Quarter-final
Set 2 - India starts. 9 from Atanu, his first after two 8s in the first set. 10s from Pravin and Tarundeep. India 29.
9, 10, 10 from Korea for 29.
India hit 10, 10, 8 then Korea hit three 10s for 59, two more than India. They lead 4-0.
10:20 AM: Archery - Men's Team, Quarter-final
Set 1 - South Korea starts - 10, 10, 9; Atanu Das starts with 8, Pravin Jadhav Tarundeep Rai hit 10s.
Korea hit 10, 10, 10. Tarundeep hits 9, also 9 for Pravin. Atanu hits 8. And Korea take set 1 59-54 for 2-0 lead.
10:13 AM: Badminton - Men's Doubles, Group Play - Group A
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lose first game 13-21 to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia.
10:08 AM: Medal alert and sweetest of them all
Skateboarding - Women's Street
From left, Rayssa Leal of Brazil, Momiji Nishiya and Funa Nakayama of Japan. AP photo
Japan's 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya wins gold ahead of another 13-year-old, Brazil's Rayssa Leal. Japan's Funa Nakayama (16) takes bronze.
10:04 AM IST: Badminton - Men's Doubles, Group Play - Group A
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty trail first game 8-12 to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia. Then, Shetty takes a break due to a foot injury.
9:15 AM IST: Shooting - Skeet Men's Qualification - Day 2
Standings after Round 4 - Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 19th with 96 points, Mairaj Ahmad Khan 25th with 94 points.
Top six qualify for the final.
9:11 AM IST: Archery - Men's Team
Here are the quarter-final match-ups
QF1 - South Korea vs India
QF2 - United States vs Japan
QF3 - China vs Chinese Taipei
QF4 - Great Britain vs Netherlands
9:06 AM: Badminton - Men's Doubles, Group Play - Group A
Upcoming - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on top seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia.
Two other teams in the group are Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin of Chinese Taipei and Ben Lane and Sean Vendy of Great Britain. The Brits are eliminated after losing to the Taipei pair.
9:00 AM IST: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 2
Sutirtha Mukherjee's singles campaign ends with a 0-4 defeat to Yu Fu of Portugal. The match lasts 23 minutes, 3-11, 3-11, 5-11, 5-11.
Manika Batra will be in action later today.
8:55 AM IST: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 2
One more five-minute game. Sutirtha Mukherjee loses third game 5-10 to Yu Fu of Portugal. Indian player 0-3 down.
8:47 AM IST: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 2
Another five-minute game. Sutirtha Mukherjee loses second game 3-10 to Yu Fu of Portugal in five minutes.
8:43 AM: Medal alert!
Swimming - Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final
American quartet of Dressel Caeleb, Pieroni Blake, Bowen Becker and Zach Apple take gold ahead of Italy and Australia.
8:41 AM IST: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 2
Sutirtha Mukherjee loses first game 3-10 to Yu Fu of Portugal in five minutes.
8:35 AM IST: Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 2
Sutirtha Mukherjee in action now, against Yu Fu of Portugal.
8:30 AM: Tennis - Men's Singles, Second Round
Upcoming - Sumit Nagal faces second-seed Daniil Medvedev of ROC.
8:17 AM: Shooting - Skeet Men's Qualification - Day 2
Round 4 - Both Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan shot 23 each for totals of 96 and 94 respectively.
8:00 AM: Swimming Results
And the shock! Aussie Arianne Titmus stuns American legend Kathleen Ledecky to take Women's 400m freestyle gold. Li Bingjie of China takes bronze.
Great Britain's Adam Peaty wins Men's 100m breaststroke gold ahead of Arno Kamminga and Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy
Maggie MacNeil of Canada takes Women's 100m butterfly gold, ahead of China's Zhang Yufei and Emma McKeon os Australia.
7:51 AM: Fencing - Women's Sabre Individual, Table Of 32
CA Bhavani Devi crashes out after losing to fourth-seed number four and Rio Games semi-finalists, Brunet Manon of France 7-15.
7:50 AM IST: Archery - Men's Team, Quarter-final
Upcoming - Indian trio of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai face South Koreans Kim De Deok, Kim Woojin and Oh Jinhyek.
7:45 AM: Fencing - Women's Sabre Individual, Table Of 32
CA Bhavani Devi trails 2-8 to Brunet Manon of France in the 1st period.
7:38 AM: Fencing - Women's Sabre Individual, Table Of 32
CA Bhavani Devi up against Brunet Manon of France.
7:03 AM: Table Tennis - Men's Singles, Round 2
One match point and that's enough. Sharath Kamal takes sixth game, 11-9, to beat Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 4-2.
Kamal next meets Chinese legend Ma Long.
7:11 AM IST: Table Tennis - Men's Singles, Round 2
Sharath Kamal takes fifth game, 11-6. Leads Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 3-2.
7:07 AM IST: Shooting - Skeet Men's Qualification - Day 2
Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa in action now.
7:03 AM IST: Table Tennis - Men's Singles, Round 2
Tiago Apolonia of Portugal takes fourth game, 11-9 against Sharath Kamal. It's 2-2.
6:53 AM IST: Table Tennis - Men's Singles, Round 2
Sharath Kamal takes third game 11-5 for a 2-1 lead against Tiago Apolonia of Portugal.
6:45 AM IST: Table Tennis - Men's Singles, Round 2
Sharath Kamal responds with a 11-8 win in the second game.
6:38 AM IST: Table Tennis - Men's Singles, Round 2
Sharath Kamal loses first game against Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 2-11.
6:27 AM IST: Table Tennis - Men's Singles, Round 2
Sharath Kamal up against Tiago Apolonia of Portugal. Players are ready.
6:21 AM IST: Archery - Men's 1/8 Eliminations
Kazakhstan starts the fourth set. 9, 9, 10 for 28. Atanu hits 10, Pravin hits 8, Tarundeep hits 9 for 27.
7,9,10 for Kazakhstan for 54. Tarundeep hits 8, Pravin hits 10 and Atanu hits 10 for 55 as India win the fourth set 55-53. India win 6-2.
Meaning, India face South Korea again in quarters.
6:16 AM IST: Archery - Men's 1/8 Eliminations
Kazakhstan starts third set. 10, 10, 9 for 29 in the first round. Strong response from Kazakhstan. Atanu hits 10, Pravin hits 9, Tarundeep hits 9 for 28.
9, 10, 9 for Kazakhstan for 57. Highest score so far. Tarundeep hits 8, Pravin hits 10, Atanu hits 10 but Kazakhstan win the set 57-56. Scores 4-2 in favour of India.
6:10 AM IST: Archery - Men's 1/8 Eliminations
Kazakhstan starts set 2 - 8,8,8. Atanu hits 10, Pravin hits 9, Tarundeep hits 9 as India lead 28-24 in first round.
9, 9, 8 for Kazakhstan. Tarundeep hits 8, Pravin hits 7, Tarundeep hits 9 as India win the second set 52-50 for 4-0 lead.
6:05 AM IST: Archery - Men's 1/8 Eliminations
And a 10 to start for Kazakhstan. Followed by 9s. 28 to beat for India. Atanu Das starts with 9, Pravin Jadhav hits 9 and Tarrundeep manages only 8, for 26.
8, 8 and 10 as Kazakhstan reached 54. 9 from Atanu, 10 from Pravin Jadhav, and 10 from Tarundeep Rai as India win the first set, 55-54.
6:00 AM IST: Archery - Men's 1/8 Eliminations
Players are lining up for the showdown. Kazakhstan will start.
5:52 AM IST: Archery - Men's 1/8 Eliminations
Upcoming - Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai vs Ilfat Abdullin, Denis Gankin and Sanzhar Mussayev of Kazakhstan.
5:40 AM: Fencing - Women's Sabre Individual, Table Of 64
CA Bhavani Devi makes a resounding fencing debut for India with a 15-3 win over Nadia Azizi of Tunisia.
She will meet Brunet Manon of France in the next round.
5:30 AM IST: Other Indians in action (morning)
- Archery: Atanu Das/Pravin Jadhav/Tarundeep Rai in men's team
- Shooting: Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa in Skeet Men's Qualification - Day 2
- Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal in men's singles, round 2; Sutirtha Mukherjee in women's singles, round 2
- Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan in Men's One Person Dinghy, Laser; Nethra Kumanan in Women's One Person Dinghy, Laser Radial
- Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty in men's doubles, group play stage
- Tennis: Sumit Nagal in men's singles, second round
5:25 AM IST: Fencing - Women's Sabre Individual, Table Of 64
First Indian in action today is CA Bhavani Devi. She is up against Nadia Azizi of Tunisia.
5:18 AM IST: Medal Alert!
Triathlon -Men's
Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt wins the men's triathlon. Alex Yee of Great Britain takes silver ahead of New Zealand's Hayden Wilde, who settles with bronze.
5:12 AM IST: Medals will be decided on diving (1), swimming (4), archery (1), canoeing - slalom (1), cycling - mountain biking (1), fencing (2), gymnastics - artistic (1), judo (2), shooting (2), skateboarding (1), taekwondo (2), triathlon (1) and weightlifting (1).
PREVIEW
Men’s skeet is the only event with Indian interest in shooting on Monday. So far India's super-talented youth brigade have drawn a blank either with poor scores (Elavenil Valarivan) or equipment malfunction (Manu Bhaker). They say experience counts in shooting and 48-year-old Mairaj Ahmed Khan has plenty of it. He was 25th out of 30 shooters at the end of qualification on Day 1 on Sunday but Monday could be a different story. There will be another two series of qualifying and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, 11th overnight, has a good chance to make the final cut. Bajwa holds the world record in skeet.
The archers will be back in action on Monday with the men's team in contention for a medal. Pravin Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das will face Kazakhstan in a knockout match. A win will take the troika to the quarterfinals where Korea, Japan, China and the Netherlands are already waiting. The archers have failed so far in the mixed team event.
Fencer Bhavani Devi will become the first Indian to take part in an Olympics. The 27-year-old Chennai girl will take part in women's sabre round of 64. She will face Nadia Azizi of Tunisia and is in line to cross swords with world No. 3 Manon Brunet.
In racquet sports, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy meet the tournament top seeds Kevin Sukamuljo and Marcus Gideon of Indonesia. It will be a group match and the Indians are quite capable of producing an upset. On the tennis court, Sumit Nagal faces world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). It will perhaps be one of the biggest matches of his career. Nagal beat Denis Istomin of Uzbeskistan in his opening match.
Sharath Kamal, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra will also be in action in table tennis.
And the Indian women's hockey team will aspire their first points after the 5-1 hammering against the Netherlands in their opening Pool game. Rani's team plays Germany at 5:45 PM IST, the last event for the Indian contingent on Monday.
Table Tennis - Women's Singles, Round 2
Sutirtha Mukherjee in action now, against Yu Fu of Portugal.
