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Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates, Day 10: Kamalpreet Kaur in Discus Throw Final; Fouaad Mirza in Equestrian-Jumping Final
Tokyo Olympics 2020 Games Latest News and Live Updates: Kamalpreet Kaur is in action in the women's discus throw final. Fouaad Mirza qualified for the Equestrian-Jumping final after the Indian women's hockey team booked their spot in the Olympic semifinal for the very first time.
Tokyo Olympics 2020 Games Latest News and Live Updates: Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, who became the first Indian woman in athletics to qualify for the final, stands a very realistic chance of a medal finish if she manages to throw close to her personal best. The Indian women’s hockey team have scripted history! They have booked their spot in the semifinals of the Olympics for the very first time after beating Australia 1-0 in the quarterfinals. Rani Rampal and her team will face Argentina in the semis who beat Germany 3-0 in the previous quarterfinals match. Fouaad Mirza qualified for the Equestrian-Jumping Final event. Sprinter Dutee Chand failed to make it to the semifinals of the women’s 200m dash as she finished seventh in her heat and 38th overall out of 41 athletes. She clocked 23.85s which was her season’s best performance yet could not progress. Indian shooters Aishwary Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput failed to qualify for the finals of the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions finishing outside of top 20.
TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS – FULL COVERAGE | INDIA IN FOCUS | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | MEDALS TALLY | PHOTOS | OFF THE FIELD | EBOOK
It was a monumental day for Indian hockey and badminton at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday and it could very well turn out to be another special day for India on Monday. While Manpreet Singh-led men’s hockey team sealed a top 4 finish after a gap of more than four decades, reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu won her second consecutive Olympics in the women’s singles bronze-medal match against World No.9, He Bingjiao of China.
Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Athletics
India's Kamalpreet Kaur is in the Women’s discus throw final.
But Did You Know Olympic Star Kamalpreet Kaur Wanted to Leave Discus Throw to Play Cricket?
Tokyo Olympics Live: Equestrian
Fouaad Mirza & Seigneur Medicott has qualified for the Individual Jumping Final event. The duo will compete in one more round of show jumping to finalise their standings in eventing.
Currently they are ranked 25th
Olympics 2020 Live updates: Football
Women's Football Semifinal: Canada Beat USA 1-0 to enter the gold medal match. It is their first win over their neighbours for over 20 years! They will face the winner of the Australia vs Sweden match.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan congratulated the Indian women's hockey team as they booked their place in the semi-final at the Olympics for the first time.
Olympics 2020 Live updates: Football
60' | In the women's football semifnial, USA are taking on arch-rivals Canada. The match is still goalless, however, the reigning world cup champions have brought on Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Christen Press.
Players OFF | Tobin Heath, Alex Morgan, Lynn Williams
Sjoerd Marijne revealed that watching a movie on self-belief after three consecutive losses rebuilt the Indian women's hockey team's shattered morale.
“The difference is believing in ourselves and believing in their dreams and then it’s about going back to reality focussing on your past. I think that is the main thing and that’s what we did," Marijne said after upsetting world no.2 Australia in the quarterfinals here.
Sorry family , I coming again later 😊❤️ pic.twitter.com/h4uUTqx11F
— Sjoerd Marijne (@SjoerdMarijne) August 2, 2021
Tokyo Olympics Live: Equestrian
Fouaad Mirza has completed the Jumping Round of Equestrian event at and has got 8 point penalties and a score of 47.20. This should be enough to stay in the Top 25 to qualify for the Jumping Final Event Crossed fingers. He is currently at ranked 8th
Tokyo Olympics Live: Gymnastics
She had pulled out of last week's opening team competition after one vault, and subsequently withdrew from the all-around final and three of the four apparatus finals -- the floor, vault and uneven bars.
We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow - Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can’t wait to watch you both!
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) August 2, 2021
PV Sindhu etched her name among the all-time greats after winning badminton's women's singles bronze medal to add to the silver she won at Rio de Janeiro five years back.
Tokyo Olympics India News: Wrestling Campaign Starts Tuesday
Sonam Malik will open India's wrestling campaign at the Tokyo Olympics. She will take on Asian silver medallist Bolortuya Khurelkhuu from Mongolia.
Simone Biles in Women's Balance Beam Final
Simone Biles will compete in the women's balance beam final, USA Gymnastics confirmed. The balance beam final is the last medal round for women's artistic gymnastics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
You Are A True Warrior Satish Kumar
A valiant army man, Satish Kumar took to the ring with multiple stitches on his forehead and chin after sustaining cuts in the pre-quarters.
Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov, who dominated the proceedings throughout, could not resist lauding his rival’s spirited performance. He acknowledged the Indian boxer’s courage at the end of the bout. He wished the spunky Army boxer a speedy recovery.
You’re a true warrior #SatishKumar
— Bakhodir Jalolov (@BakhodirJalolov) August 1, 2021
get well soon brother ✊🏻#UZB #IND pic.twitter.com/I7CZ9f40JU
Tokyo Olympics Live: Watch Full Press Conference of PV Sindhu and Coach Park Tae Sang
Learned from Every Coach: PV Sindhu
"I have learned from every coach. It is good to have those skills and utilise them. I have those skills in me now and just have to make it perfect. Every coach has a different mindset."
Focus was to Develop Sindhu's Defence: Coach Park Tae Sang
"My main focus was to develop her defence. Sindhu has a very strong attack and all the players know about it, they are ready for her smashes. So working on her motion skills was important"
I Was Sad After the Semifinal Loss: PV Sindhu
"After the semi-final loss, I was sad; but we had to prepare ourselves for the next game and control my emotions."
This is Why Sindhu Hugged Tai Tzu After the Latter's Loss in the Final
"When the the game is on, you are rivals, but when the game is over you are back to being friends. And when you see someone lose, you understand that loss; so when Tai Tzu lost (in final) I went up to her and hugged her, told her it’s ok"
Coach Park Tae-Sang Reveals He Was Under Pressure as Sindhu's Coach
"Sindhu was already a big star when I started coaching, so I was under pressure; but as a player I never won an Olympic medal, but very happy she did"
Sindhu Reveals How Coach Park Tae-Sang Helped Her
"Park told me there is a lot of difference between Silver and Bronze. I went with the mindset that I have to get the medal"
Went Blank After the Winning Point: PV Sindhu
"After the (winning) point, I went blank, coach Park was in tears. After 5-7 seconds I realised what had happened and I and went up to him and hugged."
Training at Gachibowli Stadium Helped Me: PV Sindhu
"For me, I utilised the pandemic restrictions in a better way. I learned new strokes and techniques. Training at Gachibowli Stadium actually helped in that way. BAI was very helpful and took care of everything."
Very happy to get a medal at the Olympics, that too back-to-back, Says PV Sindhu
"We always had the dream to get the Olympic medal. We worked hard, especially he (Park Tae-sang) worked hard. He could not go home due to the pandemic. It is all his effort and hardwork that I could win a medal."
Tokyo Olympics: Argentina Women Reach Semis for 1st Time Since 2012, Sending Germany Packing
Argentina reached the semi-finals of the women’s Olympic hockey tournament for the first time since 2012 on Monday thanks to a 3-0 win over Germany, the 2016 Olympic bronze medallists. Argentina now faces a showdown with India in the semi-final on Wednesday.
Indian women's hockey team keeper Savita Punia kept out eight penalty corners from Australia as social media dubbed her the 'Wall of India'.
It’s like a dream come true. I think this is the Chak De India in reality
Indian women's hockey team coach Sjoerd Marijne was ecstatic after India's historic win and rightly so!
WATCH | Gurjit Kuar's Historic Goal That Took India to the Semi-finals
Drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur scored the only goal from India's lone penalty corner in the 22nd minute to beat Australia and book their place in the Tokyo Olympics semi-final.
A goal that will go in the history books! 🙌
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) August 2, 2021
Watch Gurjit Kaur's brilliant drag flick that led #IND to a 1-0 win over #AUS in an epic quarter-final 😍#Tokyo2020 | #UnitedByEmotion | #StrongerTogether | #Hockey | #BestOfTokyo pic.twitter.com/MkXqjprLxo
Tokyo Olympics, Hockey -Years of Hard Work: Gurjit Kaur
Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur scored the only goal of the match in the 22nd minute and after the historic win, a beaming Gurjit told the Olympic channel that the win is a result of all the hard work and effort the players put in as a team in the national camps.
“I am very happy. We have worked hard in the camps, today we got the result."
South Korea's Kim So-yeong, right, and Kong Hee-yong celebrates after winning against compatriot Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan their women's doubles bronze medal match
Three medals are confirmed for India so far but who all can add to the tally? READ to know more
Olympics 2020 Live updates: Shooting
Well, shooters disappoint yet again as both Aishwary Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput fail to qualify for the finals of the 50m Rifle 3 Positions final. Both finish outside top 20.
Discus Thrower Kamalpreet Kaur in action at Tokyo 2020 (AP)
