Olympics Updates: Swimmer Sajan misses out on semis

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17:34 Swimmer Prakash misses out on semis

India's swimmer Sajan Prakash claimed second place in Heat 2 of the men's 100m butterfly with a 53.45 seconds finish.

However, he finished 46th overall and failed to make it to the semi-finals, with only the top 16 going through to the semi-finals.

15:56 Mary Kom loses to Valencia

MC Mary Kom has crashed out of Tokyo Olympics after going down to Colombia's Ingrit Valencia Victoria in the round of 16 bout.

Valencia registered a narrow split verdict 3:2 victory ((30-27 29-28 27-30 29-28 28-29) to advance to the quarter-finals in the women's 51kg category.

15:52 Mary Kom bounces back in 2nd Round

Mary Kom has bounced back strongly in round 2 with three of the five judges ruling in her favour.

The veteran displayed some strong defence and threw in some nicely punches and jabs to emerge superior in the second round.

However, Valencia holds a slight edge after the two rounds and Mary will look to finish strongly in the final round.

15:47 Mary Kom trails after 1st round

Ingrit Valencia has claimed a narrow lead in the opening round against Mary Kom, with four of the five judges ruling in her favour.

Valencia got 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, while Mary bagged 9, 9, 10, 9, 9.

15:32 MC Mary Kom against Valencia

Boxing legend Mary Kom will be up against Colombia's Ingrit Valencia in the 51kg round of 16 bout at 3.36pm IST.

2012 London Olympic medallist Mary Kom powered into the Olympics' pre-quarterfinals after a superb tactical victory over Dominican Republic's Miguelina Hernandez Garcia.

The Manipuri displayed some brilliant tactics to overcome Garcia, 15 years her junior and a Pan American Games bronze-medallist.

14:28 Relay win put China ahead of US and Japan

The rivalry of economic powerhouses China, Japan and the United States played out in an Olympic swimming pool on Thursday, where a world record in the women's freestyle relay put the Chinese ahead by one gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

American joy at their own double gold in the pool was tempered as pole vaulter Sam Kendricks was ruled out of the Games due to a positive COVID-19 test.

China gained their first gold in the Tokyo pool with Zhang Yufei winning the women's 200 metre butterfly, and then she returned to the pool to help her team beat the fancied Americans and Australians to win the 4x200 freestyle relay, setting a world record along the way.

The relay victory put China ahead of the United States and Japan on the gold medal rankings and triggered cheers from Chinese journalists in the media centre.

China was leading the medal tally with 14 golds and 29 medals in total. The United States and Japan both have 13 golds with the Americans landing 36 medals in total compared to Japan's 22.

The surprise world record by the Chinese women's freestyle relay team provided a swift answer to the double gold for US swimmers Caeleb Dressel in the 100 freestyle and Bobby Finke in the 800 freestyle.

12:49 Golf: Solid start by Lahiri

The sporting director of the German cycling federation has been told to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after making racist remarks during Wednesday's men's Olympic road time trial, the German team said on Thursday.

"The team leadership at the Olympic Games in Tokyo has decided that Patrick Moster cannot continue his work as national team leader Cycling and will return to Germany," the team said in a statement.

Moster had made the remarks during the road time trial event as he tried to urge on one of Germany's cyclists.

India's Anirban Lahiri playing his second Olympics got off to a solid start with a 4-under 67 in the first round of the golf competition.

The former Asian Tour No. 1 Lahiri had six birdies against two bogeys and was Tied-sixth though many players were yet to finish.

The other Indian, Udayan Mane, who made the field of 60 at a late stage, also had a fair start as he 1-under through 10 holes. He was T-30 though his position will change as the round ends.

12:23 Shooting: Slovakian wins women's trap gold

India's Anirban Lahiri playing his second Olympics got off to a solid start with a 4-under 67 in the first round of the golf competition.

The former Asian Tour No. 1 Lahiri had six birdies against two bogeys and was Tied-sixth though many players were yet to finish.

The other Indian, Udayan Mane, who made the field of 60 at a late stage, also had a fair start as he 1-under through 10 holes. He was T-30 though his position will change as the round ends.

The field was led by Austrian Sepp Straka, who came into the Games after six missed cuts in last seven starts. He equalled an Olympic record of 8-under 63. Straka lipped out his birdie attempt on 18th that would have set the record.

Belgium's Thomas Pieters and Mexican Carlos Ortiz shot 6-under 65 each, while Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond was also 6-under with three holes left when play was stopped due to dangerous weather in the area.

12:13 Sailing: Ganapathy-Varun go up the charts

Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova of Slovakia won the women's trap gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics at the Asaka Shooting Range on Thursday.

Kayle Browning of the United States won the silver while the bronze went to Alessandra Perilli of San Marino.

Earlier, in sailing, the Indian pair of K C Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar climbed to 16th place in Race 5 and 7th place in Race 6 of the Men's Skiff - 49er Race.

10:58 7th after race 6

The Indian pair of K C Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar climbed to 16th place in Race 5 and 7th place in Race 6 of the Men's Skiff - 49er Race.

10:20 24 new Games-related COVID cases reported

At the end of Precision round of Qualification in the 25m Pistol event, Manu Bhaker has shot 97, 97, 98 to tally (292/300) finished at 5th spot and with 287 points, Rahi Sarnobat is at 25th spot.

Rapid round of Qualification will be tomorrow. From a field of 44 shooters, 8 will qualify for the final.

Earlier, pistol shooter Rahi Sanorbat shot 96, 97, 94 (287/300) in the Precision round of Qualification. She finished at 7th spot (out of 10 shooters). She will shoot tomorrow in Rapid round of Qualification.

09:53 Two people hospitalised

Tokyo Olympics organisers on Thursday reported 24 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, including three athletes.

The latest daily cases have brought the total Games-linked number since July 1 to 193.

Also, two Games-related people have been hospitalised but neither of the cases are serious, Tokyo Olympic organisers said on Thursday, declining to provide further details citing privacy concerns.

The cases are the first known COVID-19 hospitalisations at the pandemic-hit Games, which is in its sixth day of competition and runs till August 8.

Athletes and other attendees have flooded into Tokyo from around the world and are subject to a testing regime to identity and isolate positive cases. The capital city is in a state of emergency with coronavirus infections at a record high.

09:09 Enters quarters

Pugilist Satish Kumar beat Jamaica's Ricardo Brown in the Olympics men's +91kg Round of 16 boxing bout to enter quarters. Satish beat Brown 4-1.

It's been a good morning for India with PV Sindhu, the men's hockey team and archer Atanu Das all progressing to the next stage in their respective events.

In shooting, Manu Bhaker finishes 5th with a score of 292 while Rahi Sarnobat stands at 18th spot with a score of 287 in 25m women's pistol qualification precision stage

08:58 Good day for India so far

Caeleb Dressel of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

Kyle Chalmers of Australia won the silver and Russian Kliment Kolesnikov took the bronze.

There has been an upset in men's doubles in badminton.

The Minions are out! Malaysia's Chia and Soh beat the Indonesian pair of Gideon and Sukamuljo in the quarters.

But it's been a good morning for India with PV Sindhu, the men's hockey team and archer Atanu Das all progressing to the next stage in their respective events.

08:49 Good day for India thus far

In the Precision round of Qualification in the 25m Pistol event, Manu Bhaker has shot 97, 97, 98 to tally (292/300) and sit at 5th spot (out of 32 contestants).

There is still a lot of time before the results but this is a good start for the teenager.

Rapid round of Qualification will be tomorrow.

Meanwhile, there has been an upset in men's doubles in badminton.

The Minions are out! Malaysia's Chia and Soh beat the Indonesian pair of Gideon and Sukamuljo in the quarters.

It's been a good morning for India with PV Sindhu, the men's hockey team and archer Atanu Das all progressing to the next stage in their respective events.

While the Indian men's hockey team stormed into the Olympic Games quarterfinal with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over defending champions Argentina, Sindhu sailed into the women's singles quarter-finals with a straight-game triumph over Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt.

Archer Atanu Das shocked stuns two-time Olympic champion South Korea's Oh Jinhyek 6-4 in the 2nd round of the men's individual event to move to the pre-quarterfinals after he beat Chinese Taipei's Deng Yu-Cheng in a five-setter earlier in the morning.

08:32 Wins for Sindhu, men's hockey team

Archer Atanu Das stuns two-time Olympic champion South Korea's Oh Jinhyek 6-4 in the 2nd round of the men's individual event to move to the pre-quarterfinals. The result was decided in a shoot-off.

Das was down 4-2, went on to level 4-4 and then forced the shoot-off at 5-5.

India archer Atanu Das beats Taiwan's YC Deng in Men's Archery.

Moves into 2nd round with 6-4 win over the Taipei archer.

He faces Oh Jin-hyek of South Korea in the round of 32.

Earlier, the Indian men's hockey team qualified for the quarters by finishing 2nd in the table after beating Argentina 3-1.

07:41 Enter quarters after late goals

India have beaten defending champions Argentina 3-1 in their men's hockey match to progress to the quarter-finals.

Varun Kumar scored for India from a penalty-corner in the 43rd minute before Argentina levelled through Maico Casella's penalty conversion before India pumped in two more goals in the dying minutes -- off the sticks of Vivek Prasad and Harmanpreet -- to close the encounter and book a spot in the quarters.

07:32 Book spot in quarters

Back-to-back goals in a matter of a minute for India, this time it's Harmanpreet who sounds the boards!

India lead 3-1.

With two minutes to the hooter, the Indians have taken the lead.

Vivek Prasad shoots on the rebound to put India ahead again.

India up 2-1.

07:27 Argentina level

Argentina go level now as Maico Casella finds the equaliser with a penalty corner.

The Indian men's team take the lead in their match against Argentina in the 3rd quarter .

Varun Kumar scores for India from a penalty-corner in the 43rd minute.

07:17 Badminton: Sindhu progresses

The Indian men's team have taken the lead in their match against Argentina with in the 3rd quarter .

Varun Kumar scores for India from a penalty-corner in the 43rd minute.

Earlier, PV Sindhu thrashed World No. 12 Mia Blichfeldt 21-15, 21-13 to enter the badminton Women Singles quarters.

07:10 Hockey: India pump in first goal

India get off to a good start today as PV Sindhu cruises into quarters with a 21-15, 21-13 win over World No. 12 Mia Blichfeldt.

In hockey action, India have sounded the boards and have taken a 1-0 lead against Argentina.

07:01 Rowing: Arjun Lal & Arvind Singh finish 5th

Good morning, folks!

India's campaign has begun early today with Sindhu leading against Denmark's world number 12 Mia Blichfeld.

Meanwhile, our rowers have gone one better this year.

Arjun Lal & Arvind Singh finish 5th (5 teams) in Final B clocking 6:29.66; finishing 11th overall bettering Dattu Bhokanal's showing, who finished 13th at the 2016 Rio Games.

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