Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Heartbreak in women's hockey, Punia loses semis
India's women's hockey team's maiden Olympic medal remained out of bounds as Great Britain came out on top in the pulsating encounter.
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India's women's hockey team's maiden Olympic medal remained out of bounds as Great Britain came out on top in the pulsating encounter.
2 min read Last Updated : Aug 06 2021 | 5:40 PM IST
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Gold – Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 4 – Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar -- 3:00 amAthletics – Men’s Javelin Throw Final – Neeraj Chopra – 4:30 pmWrestling – MFS 65kg Bronze/Final – Bajrang Punia – 3:15 pm onwards
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1) Men's 50 km walk final - Gurpreet Singh - 2:00 AM
Result: Fails to finish due to cramps
2) Golf - Women's individual R3 - Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar - 4:00 AM
Result- Aditi Ashok finished Round 3 in second place.3) Women's 20km walk final - Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami - 1:00 PM
Result: Priyanka finishes 17th, Bhawna finishes 32nd4) Hockey Women's Bronze Medal - GBR vs IND - 7:00 AM
India loses to Great Britain5) Wrestling - Men's freestyle 65kg 1/8 Final -
Bajrang Punia vs E. Akmataliev - Result: Wins
Bajrang Punia vs Ghiasi Cheka (QF): Result: Wins
Bajrang Punia vs Haji Aliyev in the 2nd semi-final. Result: Loses
6) Wrestling - Women's freestyle 50kg 1/8 Final - Seema Bisla vs Sarra Hamdi - 8 AM onwardsResult: Seema Bisla loses
Athletics - Men's 4x400m relay Heat 2 - Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirma Noah Tom, Muhammed Anas - 5:07 PM
Result: India finishes 4th, 9th overall
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled the accreditation of Deepak Punia's coach Murad Gaidarov after he "yelled" at a referee after the wrestler's game in the ongoing Tokyo Games.
Speaking to ANI, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary-General Rajeev Mehta confirmed that there was a complaint made against the coach and they have got the email from IOC about his accreditation termination.
"After the bout, Deepak's coach yelled at the referee. A complaint was filed into the international body, later the international body wrote to IOC and now IOC has taken action against him," Rajeev Mehta said.
Grappler Deepak Punia was not able to win a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 86kg category after suffering a defeat at the hands of Myles Amine of San Marino.
Deepak suffered a 2-4 defeat on the basis of points in the bronze medal match.
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The Indian women's hockey team's chief coach Sjoerd Marijne on Friday revealed that the bronze medal match against Great Britain in the ongoing Olympics was his last assignment with the side.
The 47-year-old coached the Indian women's hockey team to its best ever performance in the Olympic Games, guiding them to a creditable fourth place finish here.
The Indian women came tantalisingly close to winning their maiden Olympic medal before losing to Great Britain 3-4 in a close bronze play-off match. Hours after this feat, Marijne announced that it was his last assignment with the Indian team.
"I don't have any plans because this was my last match with Indian women. It's upto Janneka (Schopman) now," the Dutchman told the Indian media in a virtual press conference.
It has been learnt that both Marijne and team's analytical coach Janneka Schopman were offered an extension by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) but the former refused the offer due to personal reasons.
Sources in the know of developments told PTI that Schopman is expected to take over Marine's position on a full-time basis now.
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Indian women's hockey star Gurjeet Kaur's father Satnam Singh on Friday said that he will request for a government job for his daughter who has scored 2 goals in the bronze medal match versus Great Britain at Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
"I will talk to the government regarding a government job for my daughter. Let's see what happens," Satnam said while praising his daughter's performance in the match.
Indian women's hockey team went down fighting against Great Britain 3-4 in the bronze medal match here at Oi Hockey Stadium -- North Pitch on Friday. With this loss, the Indian women's team finished fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, meanwhile, team Great Britain captured their third consecutive Olympic medal.
"We lost, but Punjab won. Our daughter is from Punjab and she scored 2 brilliant goals. We will welcome her just the way we were going to in case of a win," added Satnam.
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She is proud of the effort but Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal is hurting as well after coming within touching distance of a historic Olympic podium finish only to finish fourth ultimately.
The Indians, beating all expectations, entered the semifinals of the Games for the first time, and signed off with a fourth place finish after going down to Great Britain 3-4 in the bronze medal play-off here on Friday.
"We are feeling so disappointed because we were so close. And we were 2-0 down and then we equalised and we were 3-2 up. I don't know what to say, but yeah it hurts a lot because we couldn't win the bronze medal," she said after the heart-breaking loss.
"But I think everyone just gave their best, so I am proud of the team. Playing in the Olympic Games and finishing top four is not easy. We came a long way. I think now we were closer, but sometimes close is not good enough.
"But I'm still proud of the team, how throughout the tournament we worked so hard and played as a team together," Rani added.
The Indians played their hearts out and overcame a two-goal deficit to lead 3-2 at half time.
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The chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team, Sjoerd Marijne, said his team may not have won a medal at Tokyo 2020 but his players did achieve something bigger as they inspired the country to dream of success at the Olympics.
India went down 4-3 to Great Britain in a closely-fought bronze medal playoff on Friday despite fighting back from a two-goal deficit. The team led 3-2 at half-time but the British came back strongly in the second half and denied them a historic medal in only their third appearance in the Olympics since women's hockey made its debut in 1980 at Moscow.
Marijne's team stunned everyone by making it to the semifinal by beating mighty Australia, world No. 2, in the quarterfinal after scrapping through the preliminary round, and though they went down to Argentina in the semis and Great Britain, the team came up with a fighting display in all its matches and had more than a billion lauding the effort.
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Topics :Bajrang Punia2020 Tokyo olympicsIndian Hockey Team
First Published: Aug 06 2021 | 6:18 AM IST
