Tag: Tokyo Olympics 2021

Olympics 2021: India (4,5,6,7th Aug)

4th August2021 – Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh (Javelin Throw), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar (Golf), Indian hockey Hockey Team (Women), Rahi Kumar Dahiya and Anshu Malik ( Wrestling).

5th August 2021: Havildar Irfan Kolothum Thodi, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul Rohilla ( Men’s 20km walk ), Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar (Golf), Indian Men’s Hockey Team, Ravi Kumar(Finals), Deepak Punia(Bronze match), Vinesh Phogat and Anshu Malik(Wrestling).

6th August 2021: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar (Golf), Gurpreet Singh(50km walk), Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami (Women’s 20km Walk Finals), Anas, A. Jacob, N.N. Tom, N. Pandi ( Men’s 4x400m relay ), indian women’s hockey team, Bajrang Punia and Seema Bisla (Wrestling)

7th August 2021: Neeraj Chopra(Javelin Throw FINAL), Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar (Golf FINALS), Bajrang Punia (Wrestling Bronze Match)

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Athletics

Men’s javelin throw

Neeraj Chopra bagged First position by throwing at a distance of 86.65m in Qualifications of Group A.  

The first javelin thrower to enter an Olympic final and also the first to finish on top of the qualification round. 

Shivpal Singh secured 12th in the Group B Qualifications. But, only Top 8 qualify for the seccon round.

Neeraja Chopra to compete in The finals on 7th August at 4:30pm.

Subedar (Indian Army Rank) Neeraj Chopra created history by winning Gold Medal in Athletics.

Men’s 20km walk

Sandeep Kumar came 23rd in the 20km finals on 5th August. Massimo Stano from Italy bagged 1st position.

Men’s 50km Walk

Gurpreet Singh failed to complete 50km walk. He tagged out after 35km by putting up a good fight.

Women‘s 20km walk finals

Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami will be competing on 6th August in the finals of 20km Walk. Priyanka complete the competition and ranked 17th.

Men’s 4x400m relay

A. Rajiv, M. Anas, A. Jacob, N.N. Tom, N. Pandi will be competing on 6th august at 5pm. India fought till the end and missed the 3rd pace by mere mere seconds failing to qualify for finals.

Boxing

Women’s welterweight

Busenaz Surmeneli gave Lovlina Borgohain a tough fight in the Semi-Finals. B. Surmeneli won by the scores as 5-0.

Lovlina Borgohain fought for the Bronze Medal and won it.

Golf

Women’s individual

Aditi Ashok had an excellent start as she finished Round 1 in second position and Diksha Secured 56th position.

Aditi Ashok fabulously played and came second in the round 2 on 5th August and Diksha secured 53rd position.

On 6th August she continued her lead and went into next round by securing 2nd position and Diksha Dagar secured 51th position.

Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar will be competing in finals on 7th August at 3am.

Aditi Ashok had a great lead throughout the Match. But, she slipped to 4th position at the eleventh hour. Yet, Aditi Ashok has paved a way for Indian Golfers by reaching finals and remaining in top5 through and through.

Hockey

Women’s tournament

A grueling match between Argentina and India at the Semi- Finals today. It ended with Argentina scoring 2-1 to enter the Finals.

On 6th August, India played against Great Britain for the Bronze medal match.. India put up a brave fight but went down to Britain by marginal scores of 4-3.

Men’s Tournament

Indian Men’s Tournament will be fighting for the Bronze Medal against Germany team on 5th August at am. India won Bronze Medal.

Wrestling

Men’s freestyle 57kg

Ravi Kumar Dahiya wrestled amazingly through 1/8th Finals, 1/4th Finals and Semi- Finals and entered finals at Multiple rounds today – 4th Aug.

Ravi Kumar vs Zaur Uguev will be putting on a wrestle for the Gold Medal on 5th August. It was nail-biting and split decision match. Zaur Uguev won Gold medal and Ravi Kumar won Silver Medal.

Men’s freestyle 86kg

Deepak Kumar lost to David Taylor Iii in semi-finals on 4th aug.

D. Kumar vs Myles Amine on 5th August will be wrestling for the Bronze Medal. The match was grueling from the start. By mere seconds, Myles won the Bronze Medal.

Women’s freestyle 53kg

Vinesh Phogat Vs Sofia Mattsson for 1/8th finals on 5th august. Vinesh Phogat won the 1/8th match and went for the 1/4th match. Wherein she wrestled against Vanesa Kaladzinskaya. Vanesa Won the 1/4th match by fall.

Women’s freestyle 57kg

Iryna Kurachkina from Belarus defeated Anshu Malik in 1/8th Finals with scores 8-2.

Anshu malik vs Koblova Valeria in Repechage round 2 on 5th August. Valeria won this round with scores 5-1.

Men’s freestyle 65kg

Bajrang Punia wrestled his through multiple matches against Iran and Kyrgyzstan to enter the semi-finals of multiple matches on 6th August.

He will be wrestling against Haji Aliyev from Azerbaijan in the semi-finals.He barely slipped through the crack and lost to his opponent.

Bajrang Punia won the bronze Medal in his match against Daulet Niyazbekov, Kazakhstan.

Women’s freestyle 50kg

Sarra Hamdi from Tunisia defeated Seema Bisla in the 1/8th finals.

India’s performance in Tokyo Olympics so far

We are in day 5 of Olympics and toady I will discuss about the performances of Indian athletes so far. India had sent 127 athletes in Tokyo Olympics 2021. but performance so far is as usual its not been up to the mark and according to expectations of fans.

India got a perfect start on day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics as weightlifter Mirabhai chanu won Silver medal and created history of become just 2nd women weightlifter to win a medal in Olympics for India after Karnam Malleswari. there were many events but some of them were as:- After winning qualification round easily, Saurabh Chaudhary finished seventh in the 10m air pistol final. In archery, the pair of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav qualified for the finals but lost the next round from south korean archers. Our Mens hockey team won the first match of Olympics and defeated New Zealand by 3-2.

On day 2, India could not improve their medal tally. However, it was a good day for the Indian rowing team of Arjun Lal and Arvind Singh that were qualified for the semifinals. Shuttler PV Sindhu won her opener in a perfect start to better Rio campaign. Paddler Manika Batra moved to the third round.later, Mary Kom opened her Tokyo 2020 campaign with a round of 32 win in the 51kg category but all o us were shocked by India’s disappointment in shooting as Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Deswal and Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Panwar failed to qualify for 10m air pistol in their respective categories. senior tennis player Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina were knocked out of the women’s doubles after losing 6-0, 6-7(0), 8-10 to the Kichenok twins of Ukraine. and India’s lone gymnast Pranati Nayak also failed to qualify.

Day 3 also didn’t bought any smile on Indian fans as Indian shooters dissapointed again and the hockey team were hammered by australia 1-7 but badminton star player P V Sindhu, boxing great M C Mary Kom and table tennis star Manika Batra won their respective matches. The 38-year-old Mary Kom, who is already an 2012 Olympic bronze-medallist, prevailed 4-1 against a rival who is 15 years her junior to start her pursuit of a second medal but apart from these 2-3 small success other athletes dissappointed.

on day 4,Team India had a heartbreaking day in Badminton and Shooting on Tuesday. Initially the day was good for India as Indian shooters Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary topped their mixed team air pistol qualification Stage 1 but were unable to go ahead after that. The day then continued to worsen for Indian shooting as Divyansh/Elavenil and Anjum/Deepak also failed to make it to rifle final. but it was not enough as Divyansh/Elavenil and Anjum/Deepak also failed to make it to rifle final. Indian men hockey team made a terrific comeback and defeated Spain 3-0 after getting hammered by Australia. Meanwhile, boxer Lovlina Borgohain made indian fans smile was qualified to quarterfinals and is a step away from winning a medal. She will face Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinal on Friday (July 30). (Stats source: https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/tokyo-olympics-2020-day-4-live-updates-7423748/)

Apart from weightlifter Mirabhai chanu, India had really disappointed so far but we will continue to support our athletes and will expect a medal very soon. as many events our still remaining.