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Published : Jul 19, 2021, 08:31 AM ISTUpdated : Jul 24, 2021, 06:51 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates: Women's Hockey -Netherlands completes 5-1 India rout

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Tokyo Olympics 2020 is officially underway. Join us as we get you the latest updates from the Games Village. The spotlight would be on the Indian contingent and their journey through the Olympics Games.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates: Women's Hockey -Netherlands completes 5-1 India rout

06:50 PM (IST) Jul 24

Women's Hockey: Netherlands completes 5-1 India rout

After 60 minutes of one-sided dominance, it's the Netherlands that has the last laugh, completing the 5-1rout of India, with Caia van Maasakker scoring the final goal for the Dutch.

06:35 PM (IST) Jul 24

Women's Hockey: Netherlands produces a rout

By the end of the third quarter, it is a rout by the Netherlands, having plundered India 4-1. Is there any way back for India from here?

06:14 PM (IST) Jul 24

Women's Hockey: Netherlands leads again

The Netherlands secures a penalty corner via video referral, as Margot Geffen successfully converts it in the 33rd minute (Q3).

06:08 PM (IST) Jul 24

Women's Hockey: India locked 1-1 against Netherlands

No change in the scoreline at half-time, as India women and Netherlands women continue to battle it out.

05:37 PM (IST) Jul 24

Women's Hockey: India locked 1-1 against Netherlands

India fell back within six minutes of the opening quarter, as Felice Albers converted a rebound off a penalty corner. However, Captain Rani drew level just four minutes later, as the score is locked at 1-1 at the end of the first quarter.

04:25 PM (IST) Jul 24

Boxing: Vikas Krishan defeated in 3 rounds by Japan's Okazawa

India's boxing stint in Tokyo Olympics started off on a poor note as Vikas Krishan suffered a 5-0 defeat within three rounds of his welterweight bout against Okazawa of Japan. While Krishan suffered a defeat in the opening round, the second round turned out to be brutal as he suffered a cut over his left eye, while the third round was an extremely  poor show from the former Commonwealth Games medalist.

02:32 PM (IST) Jul 24

TT: Sutirtha Mukherjee gets past Linda Bergström, through to Round 2

Sutirtha sealed her place in Round 2 of the Women's singles Table Tennis competition. She was involved in an intense battle with Sweden's Linda Bergström and had to toil until the seventh set.

Team 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    T
India  5    11    11    9    11    11    11    4
Sweden   11    9    13    11    3    9    5    3 

02:25 PM (IST) Jul 24

TT: Sutirtha Mukherjee battling against Linda Bergström

In Table Tennis action, India's Sutirtha Mukherjee is involved in an intense battle against Sweden's Linda Bergström in Round 1 of Women's singles. So far, Sutirtha has maintained the lead in the opening six rounds, as she is involved in intense competition in the decider.

Team 1    2    3    4    5    6
Sweden 11    9    13    11    3    9
India 5    11    11    9    11    11

01:21 PM (IST) Jul 24

Mirabai Chanu: Was dreaming of this for past five years

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's first remarks after winning the silver medal at Olympic Games: I am very happy, was dreaming of this for the past five years.

Wishes have been pouring in for the weightlifter after his historic achievement. CLICK HERE TO READ

 

12:55 PM (IST) Jul 24

Manika Batra sails into next round of Table Tennis singles

Manika Batra has won the first round match against Great Britain's Ho Tin-Tin has begun in Tokyo 2020 women's singles table tennis.

Manika sailed through the first two sets 11-7. 11-6.

Ho Tin-Tin put up a spirited fight in the last two sets. In the third set, Manika came from behind to win the set 12-10.

Manika won the last set 11-9.

 

12:42 PM (IST) Jul 24

Manika Batra wins first two sets against Great Britain's Ho Tin-Tin

Manika Batra has won the first game in her match against Great Britain's Ho Tin-Tin has begun in Tokyo 2020 women's singles table tennis.

Manika won the first two sets 11-7, 11-6.

12:34 PM (IST) Jul 24

Manika Batra ahead in table tennis women's singles match

Manika Batra has won the first game in her match against Great Britain's Ho Tin-Tin has begun in Tokyo 2020 women's singles table tennis.

Batra holds a 5-1 lead in the second game.
 

12:30 PM (IST) Jul 24

Another setback for India in shooting

Disappointment for India once again in shooting event. 

Saurabh Chaudhary, who is considered a big medal hope for India, has missed out in the 10m air pistol men's final by staying at number 7.

With this sequence, Saurabh is now out of the medal race. The competition is still on.
 

12:21 PM (IST) Jul 24

PM Narendra Modi congratulates Mirabai Chanu

PM Narendra Modi congratulated Mirabai Chanu after she won the silver medal in weightlifting.'

 

12:13 PM (IST) Jul 24

BREAKING: Mirabai Chanu claims silver in Women's 49kg weightlifting

In the first medal for India, Mirabai Chanu has bagged silver in the Women's 49kg weightlifting event here. She lifted a total of 202kg. The gold was claimed by China's ZH Hou, while Indonesia's WH Aisa claimed the bronze.

12:06 PM (IST) Jul 24

Badminton: Satwik-Chirag win third game against Chinese Taipei

Meanwhile, in the men's doubles group stage clash, the pair of Satwik-Chirag overcame the challenge of Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Wang Chil-lin in the third set, thus winning it 21-16, 16-21 and 27-25.

12:00 PM (IST) Jul 24

B Sai Praneeth loses men's singles group stage to Misha Zilberman

In badminton men's singles, B Sai Praneeth lost his opening group stage game to Israel's Misha Zilberman in straight sets (21-17 and 21-15).

11:47 AM (IST) Jul 24

Badminton: Satwik-Chirag lose second game against Chinese Taipei

After an impressive performance in the opening set, the pair of Satwik-Chirag has lost the second game of the badminton doubles to the Chinese Taipei pair of LeeYang and Wan Chi-lin (16-21).

11:22 AM (IST) Jul 24

India loses mixed archery event quarterfinal

India's hopes of entering the semifinals of the first-ever mixed archery event have ended after Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav failed to overcome a strong South Korean challenge.

The Indian team was defeated 6-2 in the quarterfinals.

11:21 AM (IST) Jul 24

Badminton: Satwik-Chirag win first game against Chinese Taipei

Indian pair of Satwik Siraj and Chirag Shetty defeated Chinese Taipei pair in the first game of Group A match of Tokyo 2020 men's doubles badminton.

In the first game, the Indian pair won 21-16 against Chinese Taipei's Li Yang and Wang Chi-lin.

 

11:11 AM (IST) Jul 24

Sumit Nagal loses second set to Istomin

Sumit Nagal lost the second set tiebreaker to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7-6 in the first round of men's singles tennis.

In the first set, Sumit had won 6-4 in 42 minutes, but in the second set, Sumit had to face defeat after a 71-minute long struggle.

Istomin took a 1-0 lead in the third set as well.

10:50 AM (IST) Jul 24

Saurabh Chaudhary qualifies for 10m Air Pistol finals

Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary has qualified for the finals of the 10m Air Pistol event.

Saurabh Chaudhary completed his qualifying session scoring 586 points with 28 hits at the bull's eye.


 

10:42 AM (IST) Jul 24

Strong start by Mirabai Chanu

Indian women's weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has made a great start in Group A of 49 kg weightlifting at Tokyo 2020.

Chanu is leading after the first round with a total weight of 194 kg. Chanu has lifted 84 kg in snatch and 110 kg in clean and jerk.

10:22 AM (IST) Jul 24

Saurabh Chaudhry now tops qualification charts

Saurabh Chaudhry now tops the qualification charts in the 10m Air Pistol event.

He has hit the bull's eye 25 times in the five rounds so far.

 

 

10:15 AM (IST) Jul 24

Sumit takes 4-1 lead in the second set

Sumit Nagal has taken a 4-1 lead in the second set of the first round of Tokyo 2020 men's singles tennis against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.

Sumit won the first set 6-4.
 

10:10 AM (IST) Jul 24

Saurabh and Abhishek climb up the ladder

India's Saurabh Chaudhary continues to climb up the 10m air pistol men's qualification.

In the third series, Saurabh has made it 2nd with a score of 361. He is currently in the fourth series.

He has so far hit the maximum number of 18 bull's-eyes.

Abhishek Verma is at number 14 with a score of 230. His third series is going on right now.
 

09:59 AM (IST) Jul 24

10m Air Pistol Men's qualifying: Saurabh back in top 10

Saurabh is currently at number 6 and Abhishek is on 27th

India's Saurabh Chaudhary has moved up to 6th position in the third series with a total score of 251 after finishing the first series in the Tokyo 2020 10m Air Pistol Men's Shooting qualifying.

On the other hand, Abhishek Verma has scored fewer shots, but with a score of 132, he has maintained the 27th position.
 

09:56 AM (IST) Jul 24

Sumit Nagal wins first set against Uzbekistan's Denis

Meanwhile, Sumit Nagal has won his first set against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in the men' singles event.

He won the set 6-4.

At one point both the players were tied 4-4, but the Indian hopeful won the set after winning two games in a row.

09:44 AM (IST) Jul 24

10m Air Pistol qualifying: Saurabh Chaudhary slips

India's Saurabh Chaudhary has fallen behind after making four consecutive bulls-eye starts.

Saurabh is at number 13 in the first series with a score of 77, while another Indian Abhishek Verma is at number 29 with a score of 56.

09:36 AM (IST) Jul 24

Fantastic start for shooter Saurabh Chaudhary

Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary starts off strongly in the 10m air pistol event.

He is currently topping the qualification charts in the event

09:28 AM (IST) Jul 24

Coming up: 10m Air Pistol Men's event

The competition in the 10m Air Pistol Men's event of Tokyo 2020 will begin at 9.30 am at the Asaka Shooting Range.

Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma, who are considered to be strong medal hopes for India, will be seen in action in this match.

09:14 AM (IST) Jul 24

India out of table tennis mixed doubles event

India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra lost the table tennis mixed doubles match against Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun Jew and Cheng I Ching at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym.

The Indin duo lost the match in straight sets 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4

09:11 AM (IST) Jul 24

Sculls doubles event: Indian team moves into repechage round

In Heat-2 of Rowing's Lightweight Men's Doubles Sculls event, Indian team of Arvind Singh & Arjun Lal finish in 5th position out of 6 teams & move into repechage round

The pair, who clocked 6:40.33, still have a chance to stay in the bronze medal race by entering the repechage.

08:59 AM (IST) Jul 24

India two sets down in mixed table tennis event

India's mixed table tennis team of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra has lost the first two sets against Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun Jew and Cheng I Ching at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym

The Indin duo lost the first set 11-8 and then the second set 11-6.

08:54 AM (IST) Jul 24

India to face Korea in archery mixed event

India will have to overcome the Korean challenge if it has to enter the semis at the first-ever mixed team archery event at the Olympics.

Remember, the Koreans were on fire yesterday during the individual ranking rounds, having topped the charts in both men and women's categories.

 

08:41 AM (IST) Jul 24

Sushila Devi crashes out of judo 48kg category event

In the women's judo 48kg category, India's L Sushila Devi had crashed out of the elimination round of 32 after losing to Eva Csronovsky of Hungary in a 2.40-minute clash.

08:30 AM (IST) Jul 24

India win! Final score 3-2

India has won its first Pool A match against New Zealand 3-2.

The last quarter saw New Zealand piling on pressure upon the Indian defence.

However, the player of the match would certainly be Sreejesh who dogged defence of the goalline frustrated New Zealand.

08:23 AM (IST) Jul 24

Coming up: Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra in action

Coming up: Indian mixed table tennis team's first match will start at 8.30 pm. The round of 16 matches of the mixed table tennis event are currently underway.

India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will face Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun Jew and Cheng I Ching at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym at 8.30 am IST.

08:21 AM (IST) Jul 24

Two brilliant saves by Sreejesh

New Zealand fails to capitalise its eighth penalty corner.

Sreejesh with two brilliant saves in the dying moments of the game.

08:05 AM (IST) Jul 24

First medal of Tokyo 2020 goes to Yang Qian of China

China's Yang Qian, who won the first medal of Tokyo 2020, won the gold medal in the final of the 10m women's air rifle with a new Olympic record of 251.8.

The silver medal in this event was won by ROC's Anastasia Galashina with a score of 251.1, while Switzerland's Nina Christen won the bronze with a score of 230.6.