India’s 53rd place within the medal tally didn’t enhance on Sunday as no new medals had been added however the hockey staff’s unbelievable shoot-out win over Nice Britain turned out to be the spotlight of the day.
India’s present tally contains bronze medals, all in capturing occasions — from the ladies’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol blended staff, and males’s 50m rifle three positions.
In boxing, Lovlina Borgohain, a bronze medalist within the welterweight class on the Tokyo Video games, confronted disappointment. Borgohain misplaced within the quarterfinals to Chinese language veteran Li Qian within the girls’s middleweight (75kg) class.
Lakshya Sen additionally confronted a setback in his bid for gold, shedding 20-22, 14-21 to defending champion Viktor Axelsen.
Nonetheless, Sen has one other probability for a medal as he’ll compete in opposition to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia within the bronze playoff scheduled for Monday night.
Regardless of the challenges, the Indian contingent had a motive to rejoice. The lads’s hockey staff confirmed outstanding resilience, notably after key defender Amit Rohidas acquired a crimson card for unintentionally hitting a rival participant 20 minutes into the sport.
The staff managed to carry off Britain to 1-1, resulting in a decisive shoot-out.
Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, sometimes called the ‘Nice Wall of India’, then performed a vital position within the shoot-out. Sreejesh made a number of important saves, guaranteeing India’s 4-2 shoot-out triumph.
“(It’s a) day by day job of a goalie,” shrugged the 36-year-old, who’s competing in his final worldwide occasion.
“Once I stepped on this discipline at the moment, there was two choices for me. This may be my final match, or I bought a chance for 2 extra matches and I feel, yeah, I bought two extra matches now,” he quipped.
Coach Craig Fulton expressed his satisfaction within the staff’s efficiency, stating that the victory was greater than only a win.
“When our backs are in opposition to the wall, we’re all roped in. We’re all on this collectively,” he mentioned.
Boxers finish with out medal
India’s boxing marketing campaign got here to an unsuccessful finish after Lovlina Borgohain, the Tokyo bronze-winner, misplaced within the girls’s 75kg quarterfinals to China’s Li Qian.
The defeat adopted a detailed loss by Nishant Dev within the males’s 71kg quarterfinals, leaving the staff with none medals.
Borgohain, who’s the reigning world champion in her class, was defeated 1-Four in a difficult match in opposition to Li Qian, the Tokyo Video games silver medalist. Each boxers acquired repeated cautions for clinching and holding through the contest.
India was represented by a six-member boxing contingent on the Video games, consisting of 4 girls and two males. 4 of those boxers had been eradicated within the preliminary phases.
Lakshya misses bull’s eye however medal nonetheless in sight
India’s pursuit of a historic first Olympic gold in badminton was dashed when Lakshya Sen misplaced to Viktor Axelsen within the males’s singles semifinals.
The 22-year-old Sen, who beforehand received a bronze on the World Championships, couldn’t maintain onto his early leads in both recreation of the 54-minute match in opposition to the two-time world champion.
Sen initially had a three-point benefit within the first recreation and adopted with a 7-Zero lead within the second recreation.
Regardless of the promising begins, he in the end succumbed to Axelsen’s prowess, leaving the dream unfulfilled.
India is but to clinch an Olympic gold in badminton.
PV Sindhu received a silver and bronze within the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, respectively, whereas Saina Nehwal secured a bronze on the 2012 London Video games.
Shooters do nicely however not sufficient
Shooters Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala put up commendable performances within the {qualifications} of the 25m fast hearth males’s pistol occasion in Chateauroux however fell wanting making it to the finals.
Vijayveer and Anish displayed good capturing expertise over the 2 phases of qualification.
They remained robust contenders till the ultimate 10 photographs of the second rapid-fire stage.
Nonetheless, they shot scores of 92 and 93, ending in ninth and 13th locations respectively. Sadly, solely the highest six shooters advance to the ultimate spherical.
Within the girls’s skeet competitors, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon additionally confirmed aggressive spirit. Maheshwari led to 14th place, scoring a complete of 118 throughout 5 sequence. The primary three sequence, which occurred on Saturday, noticed her scoring 23, 24, and 24, adopted by 25 and 22 within the subsequent sequence.
Raiza completed in 23rd place with a complete rating of 113, after recording 21, 22, 23, 23, and 24 in her sequence.
Much like the lads’s occasion, solely the highest six within the {qualifications} moved on to the ultimate stage.
Nothing to have fun in athletics to this point
India’s efficiency within the athletics competitors noticed nationwide report holders Parul Chaudhary and Jeswin Aldrin falling brief of their respective occasions.
Whereas Parul did not qualify for the ladies’s 3000m steeplechase, Jeswin Aldrin didn’t make it by means of the lads’s lengthy soar qualification, each ending their campaigns on the Paris Olympics.
Parul completed eighth in her warmth and 21st general within the girls’s 3000m steeplechase.
Jeswin fouled his first two makes an attempt within the males’s lengthy soar qualification earlier than recording a soar of seven.61 meters on his third strive.
He concluded the competitors 13th in Group B and was positioned 26th general.
