New Delhi: After the first medal won by Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics, hopes of a second medal are growing day by day.
Day 6 brought some good news for team India as Indian shuttler PV Sindhu beat Mia Blichfeldt in straight games to advance to quarters, rowing team of Arjun and Arvind finished 11th, Indian hockey men team beat reigning champions Argentina 3-0 and advance to quarterfinals and Boxer Satish Kumar won his first match to advance to quarterfinals.
Not only this Archer Atanu Das stunned London Olympics gold medallist Oh Jin-Hyek, Manu Bhaker finished 5th with a score of 292 in 25m women’s pistol qualification precision stage.
Later in the day India’s flagbearer Mary Kom will be in action in the Round of 16 clash and Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane will be seen in golf action for India.
PV Sindhu storms into quarterfinals after defeating Mia Blichfeldt
Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu defeated Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt in the Round of 16 match of women’s individual event in the Tokyo Olympics here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 3 on Thursday. Sindhu defeated Mia Blichfeldt 21-15, 21-13 in just 41 minutes to cruise into the quarter-finals.
Sindhu will now face either 12th seed South Korean Gaeun Kim or Japan’s 4th seed Akane Yamaguchi in the last 8.
On Wednesday, Sindhu defeated Hong Kong’s Ngan Yi Cheung in straight sets 21-9, 21-16 to cruise into the elimination round of women’s singles. This was the second successive win for the 2016 silver medallist who earlier on Sunday started her Tokyo campaign on a good note after defeating Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova 21-7, 21-10. The entire match lasted for just 28 minutes.
Indian Men’s Hockey team defeat Argentina 3-1, enter QFs
India men’s hockey team defeated defending Olympic Champion Argentina by 3-1 in their fourth group A game here at Oi Hockey Stadium- North Pitch on Thursday.
With this win, the Indian men’s hockey team has qualified for the quarterfinals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. After this victory, India has now won three matches in their group.
Atanu Das stuns Jinhyek Oh in thriller, cruises into next round
Indian archer Atanu Das shocked South Korea’s Jinhyek Oh in a nail-biting finish to make it to the 1/8 Elimination round in the men’s individual archery event here at the Yumenoshima Ranking Field on Thursday. The third-seed Korean started the match with a decent 8-9-9 and Das replied with 8-8-9, giving Jinhyek two points in the first set.
Das came strongly in the second set with three 9s, Oh missed the chance to take the two points after hitting an 8 in the last arrow.Earlier in the day, Atanu defeated Chinese Taipei’s Yu-Cheng Dang in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics 6-4 in the 1/64 Elimination round
Satish Kumar punches his way to QFs after defeating Ricardo Brown 4-1
India boxer Satish Kumar progressed into the quarter-finals of the men’s super heavyweight (+95kg) category in the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Ricardo Brown of Jamaica in the Round of 16 here at the Kokugikan Arena. Satish defeated Ricardo Brown by a split decision of 4-1 on Thursday.
Kumar took the first round comprehensively as all judges voted in his favour. Boxing in red, the Indian pugilist continued from where he left off and thrashed Brown with some quality right hook and body shots during the second round.
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