Swimmer Sajan Prakash Fails To Make Semis
Sajan Prakash, who became the first Indian swimmer to achieve Olympic 'A’ qualification, finishes 24th in the men's 200m butterfly heats and loses out on a place in the semi-finals. Prakash finished with a timing of 1.57.22 which wasn't enough for him to finish in the top 16.
Boxer Ashish Kumar Bows Out
Boxer Ashish Kumar has bowed out of the men's middleweight boxing event in the round of 32. After three rounds of boxing the judges awarded the bout 5:0 to Kumar's opponent China's Erbieke Tyoheta.
Japan's Momiji Nishiya Creates History In Street Skateboarding
Japan's Momiji Nishiya has created history! The 13-year-old has become the first gold medalist in a skateboarding event at the Olympics. Not only that, she also becomes the third youngest gold medalist in the history of the Olympics.
Sumit Nagal's Olympic Run Ends
Sumit Nagal's Olympic run has ended in a second-round defeat to World No 2 Daniil Medvedev. The Indian, who became the first Indian man to win a singles tennis match at the Olympics after Leander Paes in 1996, lost 2-6, 1-6.
No Indians In Men's Skeet Shooting Final
Another disappointing event for the Indian shooting contingent. Angad Bajwa and Mairaj Khan have failed for qualify for the finals of the men's skeet shooting event. Bajwa finished 18th with a score of 120 while Khan finished 25 with a score of 117.
Satwiksairaj-Chirag Pair Lose To Top Seeds
The men's badminton doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lose to the top-ranked Indonesian pair of Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya 13-21, 12-21.
The Indian pair can still qualify for the quarter-finals if they beat the British pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy and hope Gideon-Sanjaya beat the Chinese Taipei pair.
Men's Archery Team Lose In QF
The men's recurve archery team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai are out of the Olympics after losing 6-0 to South Korea. The Koreans were favourites to win and even though the Indian team shot well, it was still not enough to beat the dominant Koreans.
Shuttler B Sai Praneeth Out
India's only men's singles badminton player B Sai Praneeth is out of the Olympics even before playing his second group match. Israel's Misha Zilberman lost to Mark Caljouw but won one game taking his game difference to +1. Even if Sai Praneeth beats Caljouw, his game difference will be 0 at best.
India loses to Australia 1-7
After putting up a strong front in the initial quarter of the game, Indian team crumbled under pressure against Australia in Men's Hockey, losing 1-7.
Mary Kom Wins 4-1
Wrestler and Rajya Sabha MP Mary Kom advanced to round of 16, after defeating Dominican Republic's Miguelina Hernandez 4-1 in 51kg category in boxing.