Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Chanu's silver opens India's medal tally
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2021 today.
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Mirabai Chanu wins silver for India on Day 1 of Tokyo Olympics 2021. Photo: Twitter
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2021 today, claiming silver in the women's 49kg weightlifting. Mirabai had a total lift of 202kg - 87kg in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk as she finished second behind China's Hou Zihui 210kg (94 & 116) who set an Olympic record in snatch.
Indian shooters, however, disappointed as Saurabh Chaudhary finished seventh in men's 10m Air Pistol final. Elavenil Valarivan finished at 16th while Apurvi Chandela finished 36th and therefore failed to qualify in the 10m air rifle women's qualification round.
China wins first gold medal of Tokyo Olympics 2021 as Qian Yang topped women's 10m air rifle event. Earlier, India shooters Apurvi Chandel and Elavenil Valarivan were knocked out in qualification in the same event.
Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav's mixed team has stormed into the quarterfinals after winning the first match against Chinese Taipei but failed to overcome Korean challenge in the quarterfinals.
Boxer Vikas Krishan lost to Japan's Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa in his Men's Welter (69kg) Round of 32 clash. In table tennis singles event, Manika Batra won her first round match against Tin-Tin Ho of Great Britain in straight games.
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while Sharath Kamal and Batra lost in straight games against the Chinese Taipei pair of Yun Ju Lin and Ching I Cheng in their Round of 16 clash in the mixed doubles event.
In tennis, Sumit Nagal won his first round singles match against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.
In badminton, men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Chinese Taipei's Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang.
Meanwhile, badminton player Sai Praneeth lost to Misha Zilberman of Israel in the men's singles Group Stage.
In men's hockey, India beat New Zealand 3-2 in the Pool A match, however, India's women's hockey team suffered defeat against Netherlands.
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India’s Olympics matches today
| Shooting | |||
| Events | Indian participants | Match timing (IST) | Result |
| 10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification | Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan | ENDS | failed to qualify for main event. |
| 10m Air Pistol Men's Qualification | Abhishek Verma and saurabh Chaudhary | Ends | Abhishek fails to qualify |
| 10m Air Pistol Men's finals | Saurabh Chaudhary | Ends | Saurabh finishes seventh |
| Archery | |||
| Mixed Team | Deepika Kumar and Pravin Jadhav | - | India won 5-3 |
| Mixed Team | Deepika Kumar and Pravin Jadhav | ENDS | India loses (6-2) |
| Hockey | |||
| Group stage | India vs New Zealand | India won | 3-2 (final score) |
| Group stage | India vs Netherlands | India lost | 5-1 |
| Rowing | |||
| LWT Men's Double Sculls Heat 2 | Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh | ENDS | Qualified for repachge |
| Tennis | |||
| Men's singles first round | Sumit Nagal vs Denis Istomin(UZB) | Nagal wins | 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 |
| Judo | |||
| Women's 48 kg Elimination round of 32 | Shushila Devi vs Eva Csernoviczki (HUN) | 7:30 AM | TBD |
| Table Tennis | |||
| Mixed doubles Round of 16 | Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal Achanta | India lose | 4-0 |
| Women's singles Round 1 | Manika Batra | Manika wins | 11-7, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 |
| Sutirtha Mukherjee | Ends | Wins in the 1st round | |
| Boxing | |||
| Men's Welter (63-69) kg, Round of 32 | Vikas Krishan | Ends | Loses in the first round |
| Badminton | |||
| Men's Doubles (Group Stage) | Satwiksairaj and Chirag | India wins | 2-1 |
| Men's singles first round | B Sai Praneeth | India loses | 2-0 |
6:48 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
Its full-time and Netherlands thrash India 5-1.
6:34 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
GOAL! It's 5-1 and it doesn't look like India will be able to bounce back from here
6:24 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
End ofthe third quarter and Netherlands lead 4-1 in the women's hockey competition
6:22 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
GOAL!! It's 4-1 as Netherlands score another
6:21 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
GOAL!! Netherlands score another and takes a 3-1 lead against India in the women's hockey competition
6:17 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
India still looking to bounce back in the 3rd quarter after conceding a goal.
6:08 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
GOAL! Netherland scores and takes a lead here
6:04 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
Third quarter begins, scores still stand at 1-1
5:53 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
It's still 1-1 after the second quarter as no goals were scored by both sides.
5:46 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
It's still 1-1 in the second-half as India looks for another goal
5:39 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India vs Netherlands
After first quarter, India are currently level at 1-1 against Netherlands.
5:27 PM
Netherlands scores first goal, India bounces back
Felice Albers gives Netherlands the lead, India replies just minutes later with a goal
5:14 PM
Tokyo Olympics: India takes on Netherlands
The women's hockey team set to face Netherlands in the Pool A fixture. The match is expected to begin at 5:15 PM.
4:40 PM
Indian women's hockey team
The women's hockey team set to face Netherlands in the Pool A fixture. The match is expected to begin at 5:15 PM.
4:31 PM
Vikas Krishan loses to Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa
After round 3, Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa defeats Vikas Krishan, 5-0.
Topics : 2020 Tokyo olympics archery Weightlifting Indian Hockey Team Shooting sports sports broadcasting
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First Published: Jul 24 2021 | 5:16 AM IST
