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Tokyo Olympics 2020 LIVE Updates, Day 12: Lovlina Borgohain takes home bronze, Ravi Kumar, Deepak Punia win

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Tokyo Olympics 2020 LIVE Updates, Day 12: Lovlina Borgohain takes home bronze, Ravi Kumar, Deepak Punia win

Lovlina Borgohain in action at Tokyo 2020. AP

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Aug 04, 2021 - 12:31 (IST)

Indian wrestlers Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia storm into semi-finals

Ravi Dahiya was his usual dominant self while Deepak Punia pulled off a decisive two-pointer towards the end of his quarter-final as the two Indian wrestlers stormed into the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, on Wednesday.

Such was the dominance of 23-year Dahiya that he won both his bouts on technical superiority to set up a 57kg semi-final clash with Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev.

Deepak made the most of an easy draw by getting past Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor, the African championship bronze medallist by technical superiority and then prevailed 6-3 against China's Zushen Lin in the quarter-final.

The fourth-seeded Dahiya outclassed Colombia's Tigreros Urbano (13-2) in his opener and then outwitted Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov (14-4).

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Aug 04, 2021 - 12:13 (IST)

Sukara Yosozumi wins another skateboarding gold medal for Japan

The Olympic debut of skateboarding is turning out to be an all-Japanese affair.

Making it three gold medals from three events, with just one more left to go, Sakura Yosozumi led a Japanese 1-2 in the women's park event on Wednesday, solidifying the host country's dominance in the sport's Olympic debut.

Kokona Hiraki took silver and, at 12 years old, became Japan's youngest ever Olympic medalist. Sky Brown of Britain, already a skating superstar at 13, prevented a Japanese medal sweep by taking the bronze.

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Aug 04, 2021 - 11:59 (IST)

Lovlina Borgohain wins bronze medal after going down in semi-final bout

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) signed off with a bronze medal in the Olympic Games after a comprehensive 0-5 loss to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli on Wednesday, bringing an end to the country's campaign in the sport.

Up against quite literally a bully in the ring, Borgohain was completely out-punched by the gold medal favourite, who produced a thoroughly dominating performance.

The Assam boxer also copped a one point deduction in the second round for not paying attention to the referee's instructions despite a couple of cautions.

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Aug 04, 2021 - 11:42 (IST)

Golf

Aditi Ashok with a bogey on the 18th hole and she finishes the day at four-under for a tied-second spot on the leaderboard. She trails Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom by a shot. Diksha Dagar is presently tied 55th after 14 holes for a score of 4-over

Aug 04, 2021 - 11:38 (IST)

Debut Olympics, maiden medal for Lovlina!

Aug 04, 2021 - 11:36 (IST)

Great effort Lovlina!

Aug 04, 2021 - 11:26 (IST)

Lovlina wins bronze medal

Lovlina Borgohain becomes India's third medallist in boxing at an Olympics. She follows in the footsteps of Vijender Singh (2008 Beijing Olympics) and Mary Kom (2012 London Olympics)

Aug 04, 2021 - 11:22 (IST)

Boxing

Here's how judges scored Lovlina's bout against Surmeneli

Aug 04, 2021 - 11:21 (IST)

Boxing

Lovlina Borgohain is beaten in a unanimous decision by Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli. That means Borgohain will have to contend herself with a bronze medal. 

Aug 04, 2021 - 11:17 (IST)

Boxing

Third and final round. Lovlina needs something big to turn things around. Surmeneli with some huge right jabs into Lovlina. Follows up big left hit with a massive right hook. Lovlina seems to be shook by this barrage of punches. The Turk dominant in the third and final round


Preview, Day 12: After a disappointing day at Tokyo Olympics 2020, Team India will be looking to make Day 12 of the Games count and there is plenty of action to look out for today.

Neeraj Chopra is rated as among India's best javelin thrower and records don't lie. Reigning Olympic champion Thomas Rohler, too, backed the javelin thrower to bring a medal for his country. He said that Neeraj has the experience and looks ready to battle for a medal at the biggest stage. It will be interesting to see how Neeraj fares. He is the last hope for Indian athletics contingent which has had a bad outing so far, except of course Kamalpreet Kaur who finished sixth in the discus throw.

Then, we have the India women's hockey team semi-final clash against Argentina. It will not be easy in any sense. It will take a lot from Rani Rampal and Co to breach the Argentine defence if they want to write history in Japan.

Three wrestlers begin their campaign: Ravi Kumar Dahiya takes on Oscar Eduardo Tigreros of Colombia in men's freestyle 57kg. Anshu Malik will face Iryna Kurachkina from Belarus in women's freestyle 57kg. Deepak Punia will be up against Ekerekeme Agiomor of Nigeria in men's freestyle 86kg.

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain will be compete in her semi-final bout against Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli. She has come this far through attacking, free-minded boxing and expect her to go all guns blazing even in semi-final. A win in semis will ensure at least a silver medal for her. A loss will give her, and India, a bronze.

In golf, women's individual stroke play round gets underway with India being represented by Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.

So far, India have been able to collect two medals courtesy Mirabai Chanu (weightlifting, a silver) and PV Sindhu (badminton, a bronze).

You can check the complete Day 12 schedule here.

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