Boxing legend MC was about to have a big, big heartbreak marie comoDespite the fact that the London Olympic bronze medalist had actually won two of the three rounds in her flyweight (51kg) bout against Colombia’s Ingrit Valencia, she crashed out of the pre-quarterfinals.
But how can one celebrate the fact that the 38-year-old mother-in-law is still going strong and has promised not to stop, even as her Olympic journey has now come to a close.
Before India celebrated its grit, it got some great news from the hockey stadium here.
The Manpreet Singh-led men’s team defeated defending champions Argentina 4-1 in their final group match to reach the quarter-finals.
it was after badminton ace pv Indus Moving on to the quarterfinals set the tone for the day with a 21-15, 21-13 win over Denmark’s Mia Blichfeld, hoping to top her group in the process.
But the biggest victory of the day was undoubtedly Atanu.
Hardly anyone had given him a chance against two-time Olympic champion Oh Jin Hyek, but he certainly knew what needed to be done, displaying nerves of steel as his wife and fellow archer Deepika Kumari supported him. shouted to his lungs from the stand.
Atanu is now in the pre-quarters, just like Deepika, who made it on Wednesday.
Atanu, who lost his place to Praveen Jadhav in the fantasy mixed team event after slipping to 35th in the ranking round last week, knocked out the great Korean in an arrow shoot-off.
An individual Olympic champion of London 2012 and a team gold medalist here, Oh started the shoot-off with a 9, but Das gave a perfect 10, ending the issue 6–5 (10–9). Killed the bull’s eye to seal it. was not expected.
He had earlier faced a tough challenge of beating Chinese Taipei’s Deng Yu-cheng 6-4 to draw 4-4.
In the boxing ring, India’s first super heavyweight (+91 kg) to compete in the Olympics, Satish Kumar, defeated Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown in his first match to reach the quarter-finals of his debut games.
In the budding players’ battle, 32-year-old Satish won 4-1, which was a comfortable victory for him despite the split verdict.
However, he sustained two cuts – one on his forehead and the other on his chin – during the bout and clashed with Uzbekistan’s world champion Bakhodir Jalolov.
India also made a strong start in golf competition Anirban Lahiri, playing in his second Olympics, got off to a solid start, drawing a 4-under 67 in the first round, finishing 8th in a lightning storm. Kasumigaseki Country Club.
The East Asian Tour No. 1 had six birdies against two bogeys and shared 8th place at the end of the day with Paul Casey (Great Britain), Alex Noreen (Sweden) and Sebastian Munoz (Mexico).
Second Indian in the field, Udayan Mane, who fielded 60 in the final leg, started well at 2-under after eight holes. But he finished on a 5-over 76 and finished last on the leader-board.
After constant disappointment, good news also came from the shooting range. Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat finished 5th and 25th respectively in the women’s 25m pistol qualification (precision).
In a field of 44 shooters, Bhaker scored 292 after 30 shots on target in precision rounds, while compatriot Sarnobat scored 287 in qualifying at the Asaka Shooting Range.
The second stage of qualification – the rapid round – will take place on Friday. The top eight shooters in the qualification will qualify for the final.
Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh ended their campaign in the men’s lightweight double sculls in 11th place, the best result for the country at the Olympics so far.
The pair finished fifth in Final B with a time of 6:29.66, which was not the medal round, and finished 11th overall at Sea Forest Waterway.
The country’s swimming challenge also ended Sajan Prakash failed to make it to the semi-finals of the 100m butterfly event.
He finished second in his heat but it was not enough to advance as he finished the second slowest heat with a time of 53.45 seconds. The cut was kept at 51.74.
The blue-riband athletics competition begins in the Japanese capital on Friday and India’s slim medal hope will be from faster but less prepared star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who is due to compete on August 4.
The 23-year-old Chopra, who is currently ranked fourth in the world, is the brightest prospect for an Olympic medal, though she has been short on preparation, having participated in only one top-class international event in the run-up to the Olympics due to the COVID-19. -19 pandemic.
In all, 26 Indian athletes will take part in the race, including sprinter Dutee Chand.
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