Tokyo 2020 day 12 live: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain in action in the semifinal

Boxing, women’s welterweight semifinal, IND 0-5 TUR: Unanimous win for Surmeneli. An extraordinary performance of arrogance and technique and belief, is how the commentator puts it. Brutal from her. But in the end, a memorable bronze for Lovlina Borgohain!

Boxing, women’s welterweight semifinal, IND vs TUR: Another standing count for Lovlina in the third round. Ouch. But to the Indian’s credit she is not backing out.

Boxing, women’s welterweight semifinal, IND vs TUR: A penalty as well for Borgohain and the only she can win this bout is now through a stoppage.

Boxing, women’s welterweight semifinal, IND vs TUR: First round all the way across to the Turkish boxer. Coach Nieva trying to gee the Indian up but the second round has also started much the same way the first ended.

Boxing, women’s welterweight semifinal, IND vs TUR: Standing count for Lovlina towards the end of that round. The Indian started well but that is not going her way, surely.

Zenia D’Cunha: MASSIVE match-up coming up folks, Lovlina Borgohain semi-final vs Busenaz Surmeneli. She has already assured a medal but she can become the first Indian boxer to reach an Olympics final.

Boxing, women’s welterweight semifinal, IND vs TUR: SURMENELI Busenaz vs BORGOHAIN Lovlina. Two entertaining 23-year-old boxers.

Tokyo 2020: Meet Busenaz Surmeneli, the world champion boxer who faces Lovlina Borgohain in semis

Wrestling wrap: Ravi Dahiya was his usual dominant self while Deepak Punia pulled off a decisive two-pointer towards the end of his quarterfinal as the two Indian wrestlers stormed into the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics. Such was the dominance of 23-year Dahiya that he won both his bouts on technical superiority to set up a 57kg semifinal 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 quarterfinal. (VIA PTI)

Wrestling, women’s 53kg: That is one heck of a draw for Vinesh Phogat. The Swede, American are tough opponents. Let’s see how she goes.

Boxing: Next up for India... Busenaz Surmeneli vs Lovlina Borgohain in the women’s Welterweight semi-final. Bout starts at 11 am. Clear the schedule.

Golf Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 1: A good start by Aditi Ashok who is tied 2nd at the moment with FOUR BIRDIES through the first 15 holes. Long, long way to go. But that is a good start. Diksha Dagar is T-49th.

Wrestling: That doesn’t sound like the best of draws for someone who is the top seed!

Not a bad morning. Not a bad morning at all. What say India fans? Neeraj Chopra into the final Ravi Kumar into the semis. Deepak Punia into the semis. Anshu’s hopes alive through repechage. Aditi Ashok doing well in golf (update coming).

Repechage in wrestling, a quick explainer:

Repechage roughly means a second chance for all wrestlers who lose against both finalists. If you lose against someone who goes on to be a finalist in your category, you become active again and will have repechage matches. 

There are two separated groups of repechage: one group of wrestlers who lost against the first finalist, and another group of wrestlers who lost against the second finalist. The repechage matches begin with wrestlers who lost in the first round against one of the two finalists up until two to the losers in the semi-finals by direct elimination. 

So in the case of an event starting with round of 16, the loser in that round against a finalist will fight against the loser in the quarterfinal against the finalist. The winner of that bout will fight against the loser of the semifinal for bronze. (Basically losing in the semifinal takes the wrestler to the bronze medal bout directly).

The winners of the two repechage groups will receive each the bronze medal. 

Kaushal Shukla: Belarus’ Iryna Kurachkina reached the semi-finals of women’s 57kg which means India’s Anshu Malik’s repechage hopes are still alive. She will enter the repechage rounds if Kurachkina reaches the final.

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 86kg, quarterfinal, IND 6-3 CHN: The challenge from the Chinese camp is not good and that adds another point to the Indian’s score! WHAT A STUNNING WIN. Second seed reaches the semifinal and will fight for a medal for sure.

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 86kg, quarterfinal, IND 5-3 CHN: SECONDS LEFT AND DEEPAK HAS DONE IT! HE HAS PULLED OFF A TWO-POINT THROW! China request a challenge. But that is a formality it seems.

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 86kg, quarterfinal, IND 3-*3 CHN: The win seems close for Deepak in the second period but a challenge from China puts the score back at 3-1 and the Chinese immedaitely gets two points. Criteria favours China now. TEN SECONDS NOW. Can Deepak fight back?

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg, quarterfinal IND 14-4 BUL: RAVI THROUGH TO SF! Aggression from the Bulgarian to start the second period and gets him two points but Ravi comes storming back again with a series of two pointers. AND THAT WILL BE TECH SUPERIORITY AGAIN! WOW. The Indian wins in the final minute, into the semifinal. Will fight for a medal for sure.

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 86kg, quarterfinal, IND 1-0 CHN: Just the passivity point for Deepak in the first period against China’s Zushen Lin

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg, quarterfinal IND 6-0 BUL: A SUPERB FIRST PERIOD FOR RAVI DAHIYA! He has raced to a 6-0 lead with three two pointers. End of the first three minutes

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 86kg, quarterfinal, IND vs CHN: Deepak Punia is also on at the same time! Madness. Can someone think of the live bloggers?

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg, quarterfinal IND vs BUL: Time for the quarterfinal and this will be a tougher challenge for the Indian. Just before this one, an absolutely chaotic between JPN and KAZ that the latter won (Sanayev) on criteria after it was level 4-4.

If you are looking for something to read in the office while waiting for the wrestling bouts, here are two pieces. One on the importance of being PV Sindhu and the other on the shooting contingent.

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg, quarterfinal IND vs BUL: Done with his R16, Ravi Kumar Dahiya is next up against Georgi Valentinov Vangelov from Bulgaria.

Kaushal Shukla: Deepak Punia and Ravi Dahiya both win by technical superiority in their first rounds to proceed to the quarter-finals. Perfect start to their campaigns. Need more of the same

Wrestling, men’s 86kg round of 16, IND 12-1 NGR: DEEPAK PUNIA INTO THE QF! Easy does it in the second period for the second seed.

Wrestling, men’s 86kg round of 16, IND 4-1 NGR: This is closer than Deepak’s liking too but the Nigerian has come out all aggressive. Deepak does take the first 2 points and then on the defensive goes out of bounds. Finishes the first period strongly, the Indian. 4-1 lead.

Wrestling, men’s 86kg round of 16, IND vs NGR: Deepak Punia (men’s 86kg, 2nd seed) is pitted against Nigeria’s Ekerekeme Agiomor.

Women’s hockey semifinal: Netherlands have stormed into the final with a 5-1 win over Great Britain who will now fight for bronze.

Wrestling, women’s 57kg, IND 2-8 BLR: ANSHU OUT, must wait for repechage. The score is not a fair reflection of how the bout went. With a minute left, Anshu had the chance to pull off a leg attack and level things up, could have defended from there. But the experienced third seed pulled off a superb counterattack under pressure.

Wrestling, women’s 57kg, IND 2-4 BLR: Two one-pointers to start the second period for Anshu and she has the chance to get a two-pointer at the end with a minute left!

Wrestling, women’s 57kg, IND 0-4 BLR: A passivity point against the Indian and then the Belarusian bounces back with one point followed by a two pointer. First period goes to the third seed.

Wrestling, women’s 57kg, IND vs BLR: Anshu Malik though will have it slightly tough as she faces third-seeded Iryna Kurachkina in her women’s 57kg first round. The bout begins.

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg, IND 13-2 COL: RAVI INTO QF. Unanswered 10 pints in the second period. After a close first period, Ravi Kumar Dahiya comes out strongly for the 2nd period and racks up a win by Technical Superiority. Nicely done.

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg, IND 9-2 COL: Blistering start to the second period for Ravi and he has raced to a 9-2 lead wit a series of 2 pointers

Wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg, IND 3-2 COL: Ravi opens his 57kg campaign in the Tokyo Olympics against Colombia’s Tigreros Urbano. This is closer than the Indian would have liked, started off really well with a 2-pointer but allowed the Colombian to come back. Gets a one point just before first period is over.

Wrestling: Ravi Kumar’s bout begins. Here we go. Ravi Kumar is the 4th seed.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification: WELL, WELL, WELL. The qualification is done for men’s javelin and Neeraj Chopra (who qualified with his first attempt) goes through as the man with the best throw on the day. Remember, this list means nothing for the final and it will be a fresh start under completely different conditions. So, temper your expectations accordingly! But what is now a fact is that: London 2012 champion Keshorn Walcott, Doha 2019 World Champion Anderson Peters, Polish athlete Marcin Krukowski (2nd on SB list) are all OUT of the final. (Julius Yego too but he hasn’t been in the mix for a while).

Women’s hockey semifinal: Netherlands are overpowering Great Britain. After two goals in the space of a minute in second quarter, they have started with a goal in the third quarter too

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B: Shivpal Singh misses out on the final as well with throws of 76.40 74.80 74.81.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B: These are some interesting numbers... four men in the mid-80s mix are yet to get going and are in danger of missing out for the final. They are all outside the top 12 overall with one attempt left.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B: Shivpal’s second throw in 74.80. Doesn’t seem to be getting the release and trajectory right. Next up, ARSHAD NADEEM! 85.16! Third best thrower of the day and the Pakistan athlete is into the final. Earlier, Marcin Krukowski who has reportedly had a rocky build-up goes 74.65 after a X on first attempt

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B: Oh wow. That is not a good throw from Walcott, the London 2012 champion and a medal favourite here. He starts with a rather ordinary 76.13.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B: Weber, another German who is not half bad, gets the big Q with his first throw of 84.41m. Looked pumped for it. He has been overshadowed recently by Vetter but is ONE AND DONE. Time now for Keshorn Walcott.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B Julius Yego in action and he has not really been too great recently but it is a lovely story he has.

How Julius Yego became world javelin throw champion and Olympic medallist – with help from YouTube

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B: India’s Shivpal Singh and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem are next to each other on the throwing order in Group B. They start with 76.40 and 78.50 respectively. Not good enough at the moment.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group B: Shivpal is sixth in the order. He will have three attempts.

Shivpal Singh: PB = 86.23, SB = 81.63

We are all set for Group B action to begin in men’s javelin throw. Plenty of big names in the fray here, India’s Shivpal Singh is in action too. If he gets close to his PB he has a chance of reaching the final as well.

Wrestling: A big day for Indian wrestlers too, with three in action in their respective categories.

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GOLF, Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 1: Women’s golf has started today. Remember, India have two athletes in contention here as late entry Diksha Dagar joined Aditi Ashok in the field. Aditi in action now and has started with Par on Hole 1 & 2. We will keep you posted during the day with score updates from the Country Club.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: Good enough throws from three athletes in that session (fewer than we expected) and that leaves the door open for more qualifiers from Group B. Shivpal Singh is in the mix next.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: Vetter gets his warm-up done with, wrapping up qualification with 85.64. Jokes apart, it was an important throw for him to get the Q because there is no reason risking a “q” given that Group B is also loaded.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: Third attempts are underway and still only Neeraj Chopra and Lassi Etelatalo have made the “Q” mark of 83.50.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: Vetter must really want this warm-up session, eh? 82.08 in his second attempt. Currently sitting sixth in this Group A.

Ashish Magotra: Neeraj Chopra showing that PBs and SBs don’t matter unless you can get close to them in a real competition. Superb.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: The final is on August 7 and Neeraj Chopra will be back for that. Shivpal Singh is in action in Group B and will look to join him there later. We will continue to watch this event to see what the competitors do but Neeraj is not hanging around. Off the tracks, back to his routine. Only two athletes qualified with their first attempts, Vetter taking it easy there.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: One. And Done. Indeed. Nice one from Neeraj Chopra, a 86.65 to start and he is through to the final with the big Q.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: The first athlete to qualify for final, Finland’s ETELATALO Lassi.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: Starts with a 82.04m, released nice and early before the white line. Getting warmups done one supposes.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: Well maybe not the greatest of conditions, only three more than 80.00 so far. And now it is time for Vetter. One and done, surely.

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification, Group A: Romanian Novac starts off proceedings with a 83.27 to get the ball rolling! Indications the conditions are not bad. Chopra is the 15th in action in Group A, Vetter is 11th.

DID YOU KNOW: Vetter is the only man in the world to have thrown beyond 90.00 in the past 24 months. He has done so 18 times in competitions – including a record streak of seven competitions between April and June this year. (via World Athletics)

Athletics men’s javelin throw qualification: Qualifying performance 83.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final (q). But given the quality of the field, would be alright to say a “Q” is almost essential to make it through. There are 32 athletes in the fray and more than 15 have a season best of 83.50 or more. Many athletes will hope to be one and done (qualify with first out of three attempts).

Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A: Neeraj Chopra, one of India’s star athletes in the contingent for Tokyo Olympics, begins his competition shortly the qualification round for men’s javelin throw. To say Germany’s Johannes Vetter is the favourite for this event would be an understatement. Later in Group B, Shivpal Singh is in action as well.

Tokyo 2020, men’s javelin throw: Ahead of Neeraj Chopra’s event, a look at start list & season bests

05.25 am: Hello all and welcome to the live coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on action this Wednesday. It has the potential to be a massive day for Indian sport. Plenty of events to look forward to and we will come to the rest of it later, but first up, all our focus is on a debut that many of us have been waiting for. Rio 2016 came too soon for the record-breaking, path-breaking Neeraj Chopra but he is now at the Olympic Games.

India at Tokyo 2020: Day 12 complete schedule