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OLYMPIC MEDAL TALLY
G. S. B. Ttl
1 China. 21 13 12 46
2. Japan. 17 5 8 30
3. US. 16 17 13 46
4. ROC. 11 15. 11 37
India is in 60th position with 1 Silver (Meerabhai Chanu in Weight lifting)
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India at Tokyo Olympics: 9 Day (July 31) results
BADMINTON: PV Sindhu lost to Tai Tzu Ying 21-18 and 21-12 in the semi-final. She can still win a bronze medal.
BOXING : Indian boxers Pooja Rani & Amit Panghal lost their respective matches.
ATHLETICS : Murali Sreeshankar & Seema Punia couldn’t qualify for the final.
DISCUS THROW:Kamalpreet Kaur has qualified for the final and can win a medal for the country.
ARCHERY : Atanu Das crashed out after losing to Japan’s Archer 4-6.
HOCKEY : Indian women’s hockey team defeated South Africa 4-3. Qualified for quarter finals.
SAILING : Ganapathy Kelapanda and Varun Thakkar finished 10th in Race 10; 9th in Race 11
SHOOTING: Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant couldn’t qualify for the medal event
TOKYO OLYMPICS DAY 10, Indians in action on August 1: Schedule, events
EQUESTRIAN
Fouaad Mirza in Eventing Cross Country Team and Individual: 04:15am IST
BOXING
Satish Kumar vs Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) in men’s super heavy (+91kg) quarterfinals: 9:36am IST
BADMINTON
P V Sindhu vs He Bing Jiao (China) in women’s singles bronze medal play-off match: 5pm IST
HOCKEY
India vs Great Britain in Men’s quarterfinal: 5:30pm IST.
3. The veteran athelete Mann Kaur, who defied age to set several world record in the 100-plus age category and inspired the society with her feats, breathed her last here on 31 Jul (Saturday) with age related illness. She was 105 years old.
Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |