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Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 2: Australia thrash India 7-1; swimmers Nataraj, Maana Patel fail to make semifinals
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 2: It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent on day 2. Apart from PV Sindhu, Manika Batra, and Mary Kom, Pranati Nayak, the swimmers, shooters and the men's hockey team failed to register wins.
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 2: India's Sathiyan lost against Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang in his men's singles Round 2 after a thrilling contest. Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar failed to qualify for Men's 10m Air Rifle Final. The pair of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina were knocked out after losing in the first round of the women's doubles tennis match. PV Sindhu of India won 21-7, 21-10 against her Israel opponent Ksenia Polikarpov in her first match of the Tokyo Olympics. Disappointment for India early in the day as both shooters Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh failed to qualify for the women's 10m air pistol final. The Indian pair of Arvind Singh and Arjun Jat finished in the 3rd position in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Rowing Repechage and have qualified for Semifinal A/B. Manik Batra fought back to win her second-round match 4-3, while MC Mary Kom defeated Miguelina Hernandez in the round of 32 to advance to the next round. Pranati Nayak failed to make the finals of the artistic gymnastics event. In the women's 100m backstroke event, India's Maana Patel failed to qualify for the semifinals after finishing 39th. India's men's hockey team were beaten 1-7 by Australia in their Pool A game. At last, Srihari Nataraj failed to make the semifinals of the men's 100m backstroke event....Read More
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END OF A DISAPPOINTING DAY FOR INDIA!
It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent on day 2. Apart from PV Sindhu, Manika Batra, and Mary Kom, Pranati Nayak, the swimmers, shooters and the men's hockey team failed to register wins.
Swimming update
Swimmer Srihari Nataraj fails to qualify for men's 100m backstroke semi-final after finishing 27th
FULL-TIME| AUS 7-1 IND
A brutal display from Australia means they thrash India 7-1 in their pool A match.
Srihari Nataraj begins his swimming campaign
Tokyo Olympics: Swimmer Srihari Nataraj finishes 5th in Heat 3 of men's 100m backstroke event with a timing of 54.31
55' Less than 5 minutes to go now
7-1 is a devastating score and the Indians can only hope that it doesn't get worse
GOOALLLL, AUS ADD A 7TH
WHAT A GOAL! THIS IS HOCKEY AT ITS BEST FROM THE WORLD NO.1. The move began with a brilliant lob from Australi's half to pick out Tim Brand at the edge of the area. Sreejesh, once again, charged off his line to intercept the pass but he was undone by Brand's great stickwork, who then dribbles closer to goal before beating Lakra at far post to slot the ball home
50' COLLISSION
NASTY COLLISION! Sreejesh is a bit dazed but he is back up. It happened while he charged off his line to the edge of the circle to intercept a pass to Govers but they ended up colliding. We are back up and running.
Q4 begins
Can India stop the carnage or will Australia score more goals in the last 15 minutes?
END of Q3
THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE EMBARRASSING FOR INDIA. Australia are just making it look easy and that's pretty much all one can say about this game. Indian defense has been near invisible
42' RUTHLESS AUSTRALIA SCORE 6
Zalewski injects the ball and Govers takes the shot. The ricochets off Birendra Lakra near the goalline and balloons over a diving PR Sreejesh
PC FOR AUSTRALIA
Birendra Lakra brings down Govers and it's a PC for Australia.
40' GOOAALLLLLL, AUS MAKE IT 5-1
The penalty is given and Blake Govers scores; goes to his right, while Sreejesh goes to his right.
40' PENALTY CORNER REFERRAL
Ogilvie's shot is blocked by Sreejesh but the India contest that the ball did not hit Surinder. It did. India lose their referral.
40' JUST WIDE
WIDE! Amit Rohidas belters the ball towards goal and Mandeep Singh looks to deflect the ball past Ogilvie but he hits it wide.
40' India ask for a referral for a potential PC
After a healthy stoppage and multiple reviews, the decision is in India's favour. India keep their referral.
Swimming update
In the women's 100m backstroke event, India's Maana Patel failed to qualify for the semifinals after finishing 39th.
34' GOOOOALLL, INDIA PULL ONE BACK
Dilpreet Singh pulls one back for India after Rupinder Pal Singh's shot reaches Dilpreet after escaping multiple Australian bodies. We still have 25 minutes to play. Can India make further inroads?
Swimming update
Women's 100m backstroke swimming: Maana Patel out of contention for a place in semi-final after finishing 39th. The top 16 advance
Swimming update
Maana Patel clocks 1:05.20 in Heat of 100m Backstroke event; finished 2nd out of 3 swimmers. Best 16 athletes out of all Heats will progress to the Semifinals.
33' 2 PCs to India but no goal
India manage to win two penalty corners but Australia hold their own in the defense
Q3, SECOND HALF BEGINS
We are back with the action of the men's hockey POOL A game between India and Australia
Swimming update
Maana Patel was really impressive as she was quick off the blocks and kept the pace up. But she couldn't catch up with Zimbabwe's Donata Katai. The Indian finished a creditable second in the women's 100m backstroke Heat 1
IND VS AUS HALFTIME
Wow, the Australians are on a roll here and India seemed to have derailed and lost the plot. Everytime Australia attack, they look like scoring. India's defending leaves a lot of be desired.
SWIMMING UPDATE
India's Maana Patel finishes second in women's 100m backstroke Heat 1