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Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 10: India women enter hockey semifinals; Kamalpreet finishes 6th in Discus throw final
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 10: India women's hockey team beat Australia 1-0 in the quarterfinals to take India to their first-ever women's Olympic semifinals. Fouaad Mirza finished 23rd in the Equestrian Eventing Jumping Individual final, while Kamalpreet Kaur finished 6th in the Discus final.
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 10: The Indian women's hockey team delivered when it mattered as they feated Australia 1-0 to reach the semi-final in women's hockey of the Olympics for the first time in history. Equestrian star Fouaad Mirza qualified for the Eventing Jumping Individual final but failed to win a medal by finishing 23rd in the final. Kamalpreet Kaur finished 6th in the women's Discus final. Shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput failed to qualify for Men's 50m Rifle Positions 3 final. Indian sprinter Dutee Chand failed to qualify for the 200m semi-final despite recording her season's best timing.
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That's all the action we have for you today. Thank you so much for joining us. The best part of the day for the Indian contingent was the women's hockey team beating Australia in the quarterfinals to make the semifinals. We will be back with you tomorrow morning with more action. See you there! Until then, it's goodnight. CIAO!
YOUR MEDALLIST OF THE WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW EVENT
GOLD- Valarie Allman (USA)- 68.98
SILVER- Kristin Pudenz (GER)- 66.86 (PB)
BRONZE- Yaime Perez (CUB)- 65.72
JUST IN
India's Kamalpreet Kaur finishes 6th with a throw of 63.70m in the discus throw final, misses out on medal
ROUND 6
1) Marike Steinacker of Germany throws 60.32. SHE FINISHES 8TH
2) Shadae Lawrence of Jamaica throws a foul throw. SHE FINISHES 7TH
3) Kamalpreet Kaur of India throws a foul throw. SHE FINISHES 6TH
4) Liliana CA of Portugal FINISHES 5TH
5) Sandra Perkovic of Croatia throws 63.25. SHE FINISHES 4TH
6) Yaime Perez of Cuba throws a foul throw. SHE HAS WON BRONZE MEDAL
7) Kristin Pudenz of Germany throws a foul throw. SHE HAS WON SILVER MEDAL
8) Valarie Allman of USA throws a foul throw. SHE HAS WON GOLD MEDAL
WHAT A SWING
Kristin Pudenz of Germany throws 66.86 TO MOVE INTO SILVER MEDAL CONTENTION
Valarie Allman is still in gold contention and Perez has slipped to bronze medal contention.
THE VERY FINAL ROUND, AT LAST
ROUND 5
1) Marike Steinacker of Germany throws 60.10
2) Shadae Lawrence of Jamaica throws 59.46
3) Kamalpreet Kaur of India throws 61.37
4) Liliana CA of Portugal throws a foul throw
5) Sandra Perkovic of Croatia throws a foul throw
6) (silver medal contention) Kristin Pudenz of Germany throws 66.86- PB
7) (bronze medal contention) Yaime Perez of Cuba throws 65.20
8) (gold medal contention)Valarie Allman of USA throws 66.78
Equestrian update- NO MEDAL
India's Fouaad Mirza finishes 23rd in the Equestrian Eventing Jumping Individual final, misses out on winning India medal. But an inspired show throughout nonetheless.
LOOKING TOUGH FOR KAMALPREET
India's Kamalpreet Kaur is till 6th after the fourth round. Two more rounds to go. She needs one massive throw to get surpass 65.34 to get into medal contention
ROUND 4 BEGINS
1) Marike Steinacker of Germany throws a foul throw
2) Shadae Lawrence of Jamaica throws 59.46
3) Kamalpreet Kaur of India throws a foul throw
4) Liliana CA of Portugal throws a foul throw
5) Sandra Perkovic of Croatia throws a foul throw
6) Kristin Pudenz of Germany throws a foul throw
7) Yaime Perez of Cuba throws 65.20
8) Valarie Allman of USA throws 64.76
Final 8 are here
Athletes through: Sandra Perkovic, Shadae Lawrence, Izabela Da Silva, Kristin Pudenz, Kamalpreet Kaur, Yaime Perez, Valarie Allman, Marike Steinacker
Athletes knocked out: Yang Chen, Liliana CA, Daisy Osakue, Vita Claudine
KAMALPREET IS THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND
A brilliant throw of 63.70 by India's Kamalpreet Kaur means she is through to the final round of the competition. Bottom four throwers have been eliminated. After a short break, the reverse order begins which means Kamalpreet will throw 3rd
ROUND 3
1) Yang Chen of China throws 61.43
2) Liliana CA of Portugal throws a foul throw
3) Daisy Osakue of Italy throws a foul throw
4) Sandra Perkovic of Croatia throws 65.01
5) Shadae Lawrence of Jamaica throws 58.98
6) Claudine Vita of Germany throws 61.80
7) Izabela Da Silva of Brazil throws 59.56m
8) Kristin Pudenz of Germany throws 64.34m
9) Kamalpreet Kaur of India throws 63.70m
10) Yaime Perez of Cuba throws 63.20
11) Valarie Allman of USA throws a foul throw
12) Marike Steinacker of Germany throws a foul throw
We are back underway
Right then, Allman resumes the competition with her second round throw.
It's a foul throw. And then Steinacker throws 62.02.
Practice throws
The athletes are having practice throws. Warming up with the disc. We are moments away from resumptions.
DISCUS FINAL UPDATE- PLAYERS BACK OUT
And all the 12 discus throwers have returned to the field for the resumption of the final. It is confirmed that we will begin again from the third round. Hence, Marike Steinacker of Germany threw the last legal throw at the round of 2. This also means that Liliana CA and Chen Yang will get to have a legal attempt to get the round 3 going
Equestrian update
After 11 riders, Mirza is currently placed 9th. He is virtually out of contention
CURRENT LEADERS IN DISCUSS THROW
USA's Valarie Allman is in the gold medal position with a throw of 68.98
Cuba's Yaime Perez is in the silver medal position with a throw of 65.72m Germany's Kristin Pudnezis in the bronze medal position with a throw o 63.07
IT'S POURING IN TOKYO
It's still pouring out there. The rain is tumbling down and the athletes are being allowed to return in indoors. For now it's halted but it could result into something bigger later. We willl have to wait and see what happens.
Equestrian update
59.60 FOR MIRZA! Fouaad Mirza, who was up first in the final, finishes with 59.60. Only time will tell whether that will be enough eventually
Equestrian update
Fouaad Mirza of India will be in action in the Eventing Jumping Individual final in about 5 minutes from now. Out of the 25 riders, his jump will be the very first
WE HAVE PAUSED
Yup, finally the officials have brought the event to a halt and they are trying very hard to dry the circle. There are massive puddles around the circle
ROUND 3- RAIN STOPS PLAY, RESUMPTIONS SOON
1) Yang Chen of China throws a foul throw
2) Liliana CA of Portugal throws a foul throw
Rain halts the competition. These throws were later scrapped. Round 3 began afresh after the rain delay
VERY WET CONDITIONS
Well, it's raining there and the athletes are beginning to lose their footing. It all began with the current leader Valarie Allman of USA when the discus slipped out of her hand while she was turning to throw. Replay showed she slipped.
Then, Marike Steinacker of Germany also slipped while throwing. However, her throw wasn't counted.
WHY ARE WE STILL PLAYING? It's pouring out there and the discus slips out of Chen Yang's hand
ROUND 2
1) Yang Chen of China throws 59.59
2) Liliana CA of Portugal throws 63.93
3) Daisy Osakue of Italy throws a foul throw
4) Sandra Perkovic of Croatia throws a foul throw
5) Shadae Lawrence of Jamaica throws 62.12
6) Claudine Vita of Germany throws a foul throw
7) Izabela Da Silva of Brazil throws a foul throw
8) Kristin Pudenz of Germany throws 65.34
9) Kamalpreet Kaur of India throws a foul throw
10) Yaime Perez of Cuba throws 62.16
11) Valarie Allman of USA throws a foul throw
12) Marike Steinacker of Germany throws 62.02
AFTER ROUND 1- INDIA'S KAMALPREET IS...
ROUND 1| After the end R1, India's Kamalpreet Kaur's stands in the 6th position Discus final standings with a throw of 61.62m
