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16:38 Shuttler Praneeth crashes out
With this loss, Praneeth has failed to qualify for the next stage as he lost both his group stage matches.
Caljow, with this win, topped the group to qualify for the knockout stage. Only the group toppers advance to the knockout stage.
13th seed B Sai Praneeth failed to bring his 'A' game to the table once again, going down 14-21, 14-21 to Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in 40 minutes for his second defeat in Group D.
With this loss, Praneeth has failed to qualify for the next stage as he lost both his group stage matches.
Caljow, with this win, topped the group to qualify for the knockout stage. Only the group toppers advance to the knockout stage.
16:28 Olympics Updates: Archer Deepika enters last-16
World number one archer Deepika Kumari survived some anxious moments before getting past US teenager Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez 6-4 to sail into the pre-quarterfinals of the women's individual section and keep Indian medal hopes alive at the Tokyo Olympics.
Deepika seemed to feel the pressure initially as she started off hitting the red-zone, capping a poor seven at the floodlit Yumenoshima Park.
Deepika lost the first set by one point but she bounced back strongly with three 10s in a row to take a 4-2 lead. She, however, failed to wrap up the match in the fourth set as she misfired a six in her second arrow.
The 18-year-old American made it 4-4, winning the set by one-point (25-24). In the winner-takes-all fifth set, Deepika had two 9s to start with before finishing with a poor 8.
Needing a 10 in her last arrow to force a shoot-off, Jennifer signed off with a nine in what was a promising campaign for the American teenager.
Earlier, Deepika sailed into the second round with a facile 6-0 win over lower-ranked Karma of Bhutan in her opening match.
Deepika seemed to feel the pressure initially as she started off hitting the red-zone, capping a poor seven at the floodlit Yumenoshima Park.
Deepika lost the first set by one point but she bounced back strongly with three 10s in a row to take a 4-2 lead. She, however, failed to wrap up the match in the fourth set as she misfired a six in her second arrow.
The 18-year-old American made it 4-4, winning the set by one-point (25-24). In the winner-takes-all fifth set, Deepika had two 9s to start with before finishing with a poor 8.
Needing a 10 in her last arrow to force a shoot-off, Jennifer signed off with a nine in what was a promising campaign for the American teenager.
Earlier, Deepika sailed into the second round with a facile 6-0 win over lower-ranked Karma of Bhutan in her opening match.
14:57 Wins by unanimous decision
Pooja Rani beat Algeria's Chaib 5-0 in the round of 16 middleweight bout (75 kgs) to enter the quarter-final.
Pooja has unanimously won the bout 5-0 to enter the quarter-final.
Pooja continues defensively and counter-punches. Chaib has been taken down at the bell.
It's raining punches in the 2nd round and Pooja has been dominant here with her counter-attacking punches.
At the end of the 2nd round the results are out and the Indian has won the 2nd round unanimously again.
India pugilist Pooja Rani takes on Algerian Chaib in the 75kgs Middleweight category in their Round of 16 bout.
She is throwing a lot of punches and a good left cross and then a right hook in the face of Chaib.
Pooja has unanimously won the 1st round 10-9.
It was an even contest with punching
14:26 Enters round of 16
Deepika Kumari beat Bhutan's Karma 6-0 to advance to the round of 16 in the women's individual archery event.
In her round of 32 Eliminations, Deepika has taken a lead after the 1st set taking a 2-0 lead against her Bhutanese opponent in the women's individual event.
She wins the 2nd set and takes a 4-0 lead here.
Deepika wins 3rd set 27-24 and has won the match 6-0.
Sailors Ganapathy and Varun languish at bottom in skiff 49er event
The Indian pair of K Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar languished at 18th after four races in the men's skiff 49er sailing event at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian duo finished 18th, 17th and 19th in the three races on Wednesday. They finished 18th in the first race on Tuesday in 19-team race at Enoshima Yacht Harbour.
Eight more races and a medal round remain in the competition.
On Tuesday, Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan finished way behind the leaders, ending at 22nd and 33rd spot in the respective events after six races.
Saravanan finished 23rd and 22nd in the fifth and sixth race in the men's laser event while Kumanan was 32nd and 38th in the two races of the women's laser radial event.
Each event consists of a series of races. Points in each race are awarded according to position: the winner gets one point, the second-placed finisher scores two and so on.
13:34 Tarundeep out
Pravin Jadhav lost to World No 1 Brady Ellison 0-6 in the round of 16 of the Men's individual archery event.
He put on a good fight but Ellison shot calmly to win it eventually.
Jadhav had earlier beaten World No. 2 China's Galsan Bazarzhapov in the 1st round.
12:57 He will face World No 1 Ellison in round of 16
India's Pravin Jadhav put on mesmerising performance to knock out World No. 2 China's Galsan Bazarzhapov in the 1st round of Men's Individual event.
Jadhav won 6-0 to enter the round of 16.
He will face World No. 1 Brady Ellison in the 2nd round.
12:46 Gymnast Biles withdraws from another event
China's Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi won gold in the mens synchronised 3 metre springboard diving at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon of the United States claimed silver, with Germany's Patrick Hausding and Lars Rudiger taking bronze.
12:07 Pulls out from individual all-around final competition
Simone Biles, who shocked the world by pulling out of the team all-around competition in the Tokyo Olympics, has also withdrawn from the individual all-around competition, USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Twitter on Wednesday.
Biles would be evaluated to see if she can take part in individual apparatus competitions still ahead, the statement said. Her place in the all-around would be taken by Jade Carey.
11:16 Rowing: Netherlands, China win gold
Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten romped to gold in the time trial, winning by a massive 56 seconds over 22km.
It was the sweetest of moments for the 38-year-old in her last Olympics.
Van Vleuten, who suffered spinal injuries in a serious crash when in sight of gold at the Rio Olympics road race, was a class apart with Switzerland's Marlen Reusser the only other of the 25 starters to get within a minute of her time of 30:13.49.
Van Vleuten's team mate Anna van der Breggen, the reigning world champion, finished with a bronze medal, 1:01.63 back.
In rowing, the Netherlands and China posted world best times to win gold in the men's and women's quad sculls races.
China clinched the women's quad sculls in 6:05.13, more than six seconds ahead of silver medallists Poland and bronze winners Australia.
11:09 Swimming: Haughey makes history for Hong Kong
The Netherlands and China posted world best times to win gold in the men's and women's quad sculls races.
China clinched the women's quad sculls in 6:05.13, more than six seconds ahead of silver medallists Poland and bronze winners Australia.
On the men's side, the Netherlands won gold -- one of four medals they picked up during the day's competition -- in 5:32.03, 1.72 seconds ahead of Britain's crew, with Australia claiming bronze.
10:40 Wins silver in 200m freestyle
Siobhan Haughey won Hong Kong's first Olympic swimming medal by taking silver in the 200m freestyle on Wednesday and said she hoped her achievement in Tokyo would inspire the next generation of Olympians back home.
The 23-year-old psychology major, already the first swimmer from Hong Kong to reach an Olympic final, looked set for gold before Australia's Ariarne Titmus chased her down.
Haughey's silver medal comes after Hong Kong secured a gold in fencing on Monday. It was Hong Kong's first gold medal in 25 years.
My achievement, coupled with Cheung Ka-long in fencing, can inspire other Hong Kong athletes who are here in Tokyo, and 'add oil' to them," she said after her race, a phrase meaning to keep drawing strength.
"Those swimmers back home - continue to train hard and you will be the next."
10:34 The other three members of his men's four crew tested negative
Italy raced their way to an Olympic bronze in the men's four medal race on Wednesday, but team stalwart Bruno Rosetti missed out on his chance for a treasured piece of hardware after a COVID-19 test came back positive hours before the final.
The 33-year-old's sample was taken on Tuesday and confirmed positive on Wednesday morning, according to World Rowing, as Rosetti was moved into in isolation. The other three members of his men's four crew tested negative and Marco di Costanzo, 29, took his place in the boat on Wednesday.
Rosetti is not eligible to receive an Olympic medal, despite having featured in earlier rounds, World Rowing confirmed.
09:05 Archery: Tarundeep Rai knocked out
Tokyo Olympics organisers on Wednesday reported 16 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, bringing the disclosed total to 169.
India has not had the best of starts on the day -- PV Sindhu being the lone bright spark.
Archer Tarundeep Rai has crashed out in 2nd round of the Men's Individual event, the round of 32, losing to lower ranked Itay Shanny from Israel 5-6. Rai lost in the shoot-off.
Earlier, PV Sindhu beats Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi 21-9, 21-16 to top Group J and cruise into the round of 16.
Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh out of medal contention, after they finished last (6) in Semifinal of Lightweight Men's Double Sculls event with a timing of 6.24.41.
India's women's hockey team suffered their third defeat at the Tokyo Olympics, going down 1-4 to Great Britain, at the Oi Hockey stadium.
08:44 Badminton: Sindhu beats Cheung 2-0
Archer Tarundeep Rai has crashed out in 2nd round of the Men's Individual event, the round of 32, losing to lower ranked Itay Shanny from Israel 5-6. Rai lost in the shoot-off.
Earlier, PV Sindhu beats Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi 21-9, 21-16 to top Group J and cruise into the round of 16.
08:30 India rowers out of medal contention
PV Sindhu beats Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi 21-9, 21-16 to top Group J and cruise into the round of 16.
She was dominant from the get go and won the 1st game 21-9.
In the 2nd game, she was trailing Cheung 10-11 at the break but caught up with her opponent and has now taken a 20-16 lead and finally take the 2nd game a 21-16.
Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh out of medal contention, after they finished last (6) in Semifinal of Lightweight Men's Double Sculls event with a timing of 6.24.41.
Earlier, India's women's hockey team lost 1-4 to Great Britain to crash to their third loss in a row.
08:10 Olympics Archery: Tarundeep advances
The Indian women's hockey team lost 1-4 to Olympic champions Great Britain to crash to their third defeat at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
08:06 Hockey: India women trail GB 1-3
Tarundeep Rai moves into R32 of Men's Individual event with 6-4 win against world No 66 Ukraine's Oleksii Hunbin.
He will face Israel's Shanny shortly.
In badminton, Sindhu leads Cheung 11-5 in first game.
07:57 Tarundeep, Sindhu in action shortly
Britain have extended their lead to 3-1 in the 3rd quarter of the women's hockey match against India.
In the meanwhile, Archer Tarundeep Rai and badminton star PV Sindhu are ready to take the stage in their respective events.
Tarundeep Rai is in action in the 1st round of Men's Individual event against Ukranian Oleksii Hunbin.
Sindhu is in action now for her 2nd and final Group stage match against Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong. Sindhu has a 5-0 head-to-head record against Cheung.
07:49 Britain up 3-1
At the start of the second half, Britain have won a penalty corner but Savita pulls off a brilliant save!
Indians are beginning to attack, a video referral by India and a penalty corner awarded but Britain manage to keep it out and keep the lead.
Yellow card shown to Salima Tete for a foul and a PC awarded to Great Britain.
Britain add to their tally in the 42nd minute as Lily Owsley fires from close range to extend the lead and go up 3-1.
07:28 Pull one back just before half-time
Britain got off to a rousing start, Hannah Martin scoring in he second minute from the team's first break into the India circle.
Martin doubles Britain's striking again in the 19th minute with a backhand finish past goalkeeper Savita Punia.
India did well to pull a goal back just before half-time when Sharmila Devi scored after a perfect penalty-corner drill, deflecting in Gurjit's strike.
07:26 Sindhu, archers in action day
The Indian women's hockey match between India and Great Britain has commenced and the Indians have a goal deficit at half time.
After trailing for a while, India have managed to pull one back in the 23rd minute. Sharmila converts the penalty corner to put India on the scoreboard.
07:12 Women's Hockey team are going about their business
Good morning. There are no medal events scheduled today but we have PV Sindhu in action along with archers.
Sindhu, who won the silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, will be up against Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong in the women's badminton singles group stage match at 7.30am IST.
In the archery, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav will be seen in action in the men's individual 1/32 elimination round, while Deepika Kumari will be aiming to bounce back in the women's individual event. Here is the schedule for the day.
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