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Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 12: Wrestler Ravi Kumar ensures a medal, India women's hockey team to fight for bronze
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 12: Wrestler Ravi Kumar ensured a medal by reaching the finals, boxer Lovlina Bogorhain settled for bronze after losing her semifinal bout, while India's star athlete Neeraj Chopra qualified for the final of javelin throw.
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 12: Wrestler Ravi Kumar ensured India's fourth medal by advancing to the final of Men's Freestyle 57kg category. Wrestler Deepak Punia lost his semifinal of the 86kg category and will now fight for the bronze medal. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain settled for a bronze medal after losing her semifinal bout 0-5 to world no.1 Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli in the 69kg division. India's Neeraj Chopra qualified for the final of Men's javelin throw, topping the qualification table with a throw of 86.65m. The India women's hockey team went down 1-2 to Argentina in the semi-final and will now face Great Britain in a bronze medal match....Read More
Follow all the highlights from Day 12 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Women's hockey: Netherlands in final
The Netherlands have reached the final of women's Olympic hockey for a fifth straight time in Tokyo after beating the 2016 Rio Olympic champions Britain 5-1 on Wednesday.
Deepak Punia wins
India's Deepak Punia decimates opponent Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomo in the Men's Freestyle 86kg 1/8 Final. He moves into the next round with a win by technical superiority (12-1).
Wrestling: Punia leads
Deepak Punia has taken the lead of 4-1 over Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomo after the first three minutes.
Up next: Deepak Punia
India's medal hope Deepak Punia is facing Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor in Men's freestyle 86kg wresting. Bout about to start.
Anshu Malik loses
Tokyo Olympics: Indian wrestler Anshu Malik loses to Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus 2-8 in Women's Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final.
Malik trailing in bout
Number-three seed Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus has taken a 4-0 lead over 19-year-old Anshu Malik after 3 minutes. Anshu needs a great performance in the next three minutes to go ahead.
Up next: Anshu Malik
India's Anshu Malik's bout with Olympic medaIryna Kurachkina in Women's freestyle 57kg begins.
Ravi decimates opponent
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar beats Oscar Eduardo Tigreros of Colombia by technical superiority (13-2) in the Men's Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final.
Ravi wins first half
India’s Ravi Kumar got off to a brilliant start, taking a 2-0 lead but Eduardo Tigreros of Colombia made a strong comeback to make it 2-2. But Ravi scored a point again to take a 3-2 lead at the halfway mark in the Men's Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final. Another 3 minutes to go.
Ravi Kumar's bout begins
India's Ravi Kumar and his opponent Oscar Eduardo Tigreros are on the mat and bout is about to begin.
Wrestling update
India’s Ravi Kumar is up against Oscar Eduardo Tigreros of Colombia in the Men's Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final. The bout will begin shortly.
Neeraj on top in qualification
After the end of Group B qualification, Neeraj Chopra has the best throw of 86.65m.
Shivpal fails to qualify
Shivpal Singh's third attempt is 74.81m. With that, it looks like he has failed to qualify for the final as he doesn't make it to the list of 12 best performers in qualification.
Shivpal's second attempt
Shivpal Singh's second attempt is 74.80m. He is still short of the qualification mark. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem qualifies with a throw of 85.16m.
Discus throw update
Germany's Julian Weber has also qualified for the final of Men's javelin throw.. He has a personal best of 88.29m.
Shivpal's first attempt
Shivpal's first throw measures 76.40 metres. It is short of the qualification mark but he still has two attempts left.
Shivpal in action
Shivpal Singh is on the field in Group B of the Men's javelin throw qualification.
Golf update
India's Aditi Ashok is in action in round 1 of Women's individual golf.
Tough for him to beat me: Vetter on Neeraj
"He (Chopra) threw good throws twice this year. Above 86m in Finland. If he is healthy and if he is in the right shape, especially in his technique, he can throw far. But he has to fight with me. I am looking to throw over 90m in Tokyo, so it will be tough for him to beat me," Vetter had said before the event. Neeraj's qualification mark is longer than him.
Vetter qualifies
Johannes Vetter has also qualified for the final with a throw of 85.64m. Neeraj still leads the standings in Group A of Men's Javelin Throw.
Two Indians could be in finals of Men's Javelin Throw?
Tokyo Olympics: Shivpal Singh will also be in action in Group B of Men's Javelin Throw qualification. After the end of Group A, the action in Group B will start. India could have two athletes in the final of a Track and Field event. Shivpal threw 85.47 meters to qualify for 2020 Olympics and if he lands that throw in qualification, then he would be in the finals.
Neeraj qualifies for final
Neeraj Chopra will be fighting it out for a Tokyo Olympics medal as he has qualified for the final of Men's Javelin Throw. He has made a statement with that throw of 86.65 metres in his first attempt in an Olympics.
Neeraj breaches qualification mark
WOW! Neeraj Chopra leads the standings in the Group A of Men's Javelin Throw with a throw of 86.65 metres. Amazing first throw by the Indian.
Vetter's first throw
Gold-medal prospect Johannes Vetter's first throw is 82.04. He has a personal best of 97.76 m.
Men's javelin throw qualification begins
The qualification mark has been set at 83.50 metres and Romania's Alexandru Mihaita Novac has almost breached that mark in his first throw.
