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Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 1: Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal; shooters Chaudhary, Verma and boxer Krishan disappoint

Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 1: The Indian contingent got off the mark as Mirabai Chanu won the country's first medal in Tokyo. She grabbed silver in the women's 49kg weightlifting event. Shooters failed to win any medal. And finally, the Indian women's hockey team lost 1-5 to the Netherlands.

Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 1
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 1

Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 1: Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal at the Tokyo Olympics, winning a silver medal in 49kg weightlifting with a total lift of 202 kg. Saurabh Chaudhary finished 7th in the 10m air pistol final. The duo of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav lost to Korea in the mixed team quarter-finals. Shuttler B Sai Praneeth crashes out in the first round. India paddlers Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal lose to Chinese Taipei in the first round. Harmanpreet Singh's brace gives India a win in their first men's hockey match of Group A. Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to produce their best in the Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification. Moreover, shooter Saurabh Chaudhary finished 7th in the men's 10m air pistol event. Later, paddlers Suthirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra advanced to the women's singles second round after winning their respective first-round matches. And finally, the Indian women's hockey team lost 1-5 to the Netherlands.


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Jul 24, 2021, 11:28:11 IST

Clean and Jerk: Weightlifting 49 kg

Japan's MIYAKE Hiromi fails to lift 99kg in her first attempt.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:27:29 IST

Clean and Jerk: Weightlifting 49 kg

Belgium's Nina Sterckx lifts 99kg easily in her first Clean and Jerk event.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:25:40 IST

Clean-and-Jerk: Weightlifting 49 kg

France's Anais Michel lifts 98 kg in Clean and Jerk.


Chinese Taipei's FANG Wan-Ling lifts 98kg in Clean-and-Jerk.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:21:31 IST

Archery - Republic of Korea vs India - Quarterfinal Results

India's mixed archery team ousted by Korea 6-2 in the quarter-finals. No surprises there, given the might of the Koreans in the sport. What was surprising, though, was that Deepika Kumari didn't hit a single 10 throughout the four sets. Pravin Jadhav blew hot and cold, going between two 10s in the second set to 6 in the final.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:16:38 IST

Archery - Republic of Korea vs India - Quarterfinal Results

Set 3: The Indians strike back!! Kumari and Jadhav shoot 37, as opposed to Korea's 35 to halve the deficit. The set score is 2-1 and set points score is 4-2 in the Korea's favour

Jul 24, 2021, 11:13:21 IST

Archery - Republic of Korea vs India - Quarterfinal Results

Set 2: The Indian pair register a score of 37 with 2 perfect arrows. However, the Korean pair better than with two arrows of 10 and 9, respectively to shoot 38 and take a 4-0 set points lead. They lead the set score 2-0

Jul 24, 2021, 11:13:12 IST

Archery - Republic of Korea vs India - Quarterfinal Results

The mixed doubles pair of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav take on An San and Kim Je Deok

The Korean pair take the first set 35-32 to take a 2-0 set points lead

Jul 24, 2021, 11:12:50 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49 kg

Weightlifting scores. (Screenshot)
Weightlifting scores. (Screenshot)

A look at Weightlifting scores after Snatch round.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:08:17 IST

Badminton results update

Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won the first game 21-16 against Chinese Taipei opponents.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:07:26 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49 kg

China's HOU Zhihu attempts to lift 94kg. Her World record is of 96kg in Snatch. This will be an Olympic record if she lifts it. SHE DOES!

Jul 24, 2021, 11:04:56 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49 kg

China's HOU Zhihui attempts 92 kg lift. Easy peasy.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:03:54 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49 kg

Mirabai Chanu will attempt to lift 89 kg in Snatch. Can she do it here? Nope, her first attempt is a miss.


China is in the lead with 91kg lift in Snatch.

Jul 24, 2021, 11:01:42 IST

Badminton results update:

B Sai Praneeth has lost his opening men's singles Group D match, going down to Israel's Misha Zilberman 17-21, 15-21.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:58:29 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49kg

Mirabai Chanu's lift of 87 kg is a success. This time, she looked tidier and more confident.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:55:19 IST

Tennis results update:

Denis Istomin fights back to take the second set 7-6(6) against Sumit Nagal. The Indian was up a break in the second after winning the first set, but will now have to fight it out in the decider.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:52:30 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49kg

Mirabai Chanu's lift is a success. A little struggle, but good recovery to lift it clean.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:51:23 IST

Shooting update:

We have our first finalist in Tokyo. And who else but Saurabh Chaudhary. The 19-year-old, cool as ever, tops the 10m Air Pistol qualification round with a score of 586, which included a perfect 100 in the fourth series. Abhishek Verma made a valiant fightback after a slow start and looked set to squeeze into the top 8 too, but two straight 8s in the final series pushed him down to 17th.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:51:11 IST

Shooting update:

Saurabh Chaudhary's has qualified for the final of the men's 10m air pistol event with a score of 586, marginally missing out on the Qualification Olympic Record (591). He shot a perfect 100 in series 4, 98 in series 5 and a 97 in series 6. He finished top of the list after 6 series.

However, compatriot Abhishek Verma, who was fifth during series 5, eventually finished 17th and failed to qualify for the final. He finished with a score of 575.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:49:01 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49kg

Belgium's Nina Sterckx attempts 81kg lift. She does it in the 2nd attempt.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:46:16 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49kg

Belgium's Nina Sterckx attempts 81kg lift. She is unable to do so in her first attempt.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:43:46 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49kg

Chinese Taipei's FANG Wan-Ling attempts 80kg lift. She has done it. Great lift.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:42:22 IST

Badminton results update

B Sai Praneeth loses first game 17-21 against Israel's Misha Zilberman in the Men's singles Group D match.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:41:27 IST

Snatch: Weightlifting 49kg

Chinese Taipei's FANG Wan-Ling lifts 78 kg quite comfortably.


France's Anais Michel comes to lift 78 kg. She has done it.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:38:21 IST

Shooting update

Saurabh Chaudhary's qualification round is over and he finishes with a score of 586, marginally missing out on the Qualification Olympic Record (591). He shot a perfect 100 in series 4, 98 in series 5, and a 97 in series 6.

On the other hand, Abhishek Verma jumps to the seventh position. He shot 98 in that round.

Remember, the top 8 shooters will qualify for the finals.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:32:28 IST

Weightlifting 49kg: Mirabai Chanu set to perform

India's weightlifter Mirabai Chanu set to compete in the 49kg Weightlifting event. Mirabai's first attempt in Snatch will be of 84 kg.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:26:03 IST

Saurabh Chaudhary on a roll

After a perfect score of 100 in series 4, Saurabh Chaudhary shoots 98 in series 5 to lead the list.


On the other hand, Abhishek Verma registers 97 in series 4 to jump to 9th place in the standings. Good recovery, that.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:23:32 IST

Shooting update

Saurabh Chaudhury on fire. A perfect round of 10 10s and now leading the qualification by some distance.... incredible stuff from India's quiet man of shooting.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:18:59 IST

Shooting update:

Saurabh Chaudhary's onslaught continues as he jumps to 1st position in the list, whereas Abhishek Verma drops to places to 16th place

Jul 24, 2021, 10:12:08 IST

Weightlifting 49kg start list

Michel Anais (France)

Fang Wan-Ling (Chinees Taipei)

Sterckx Nina (Belgium)

Aisah Windy Candika (Indonesia)

Delacruz Jourdan Elizabeth (USA)

Hiu Zhihui (China)

Miyake Hiromi (Japan)

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom (India)

Jul 24, 2021, 10:10:06 IST

Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma recover

Saurabh Chaudhary has reached 2nd position in the list -- and Abhishek Verma is too recovering. He is on 14th now.

Jul 24, 2021, 10:04:35 IST

Shooting qualifiers update

Saurabh Chaudhary has climbed to the 4th position now in the qualifiers. Abhishek Verma still somewhere in the 20s.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:57:59 IST

Shooting qualifiers update

Saurabh Chaudhary reaches 6th position in the table. Abhishek Verma languishing in 27th position.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:50:10 IST

Shooting qualifiers update

Saurabh Chaudhary recovers, climbs to 15th position. Abhishek Verma still jittery.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:46:11 IST

Shooting qualifiers

Jittery start for Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma. Both are struggling to reach the top half.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:43:12 IST

Sumit Nagal vs Denis Istomin

Sumit Nagal, India's last-minute entry in the singles tennis draw, wins the first set 6-4 against 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Denis Istomin.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:38:52 IST

Shooting begins: Scores

Saurabh (Series 1): 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

Abhishek (Series 1): 9, 9

Jul 24, 2021, 09:38:30 IST

Djokovic in Olympic village

Novak Djokovic. (Twitter/Screenshot)
Novak Djokovic. (Twitter/Screenshot)

Simply, Novak Djokovic things. Djokovic spotting: the man is everywhere, doing everything.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:28:12 IST

Archery QF

Archery mixed team QF: India's Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav will have to contend with the most dominant archery team in the world, the Koreans. In. 2016 Rio Korea swept all 4 archery gold medals on offer. Are they still unbeatable?


-- Rudraneil Sengupta, Sports Editor

Jul 24, 2021, 09:25:38 IST

Tennis result so far:

Sumit Nagal facing Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in First round. He is currently leading 4-3 in first set

Jul 24, 2021, 09:19:14 IST

Shooting qualifcation round

Men's 10m pistol shooting qualification round featuring Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Chaudhary to begin in 15 minutes.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:18:28 IST

Tennis: Sumit Nagal in action

Sumit Nagal is tied at 1-1 with Denis Istomin in Round 1 of Tennis match.


Elsewhere, Satwik and Chirag face men's doubles action in badminton.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:12:03 IST

Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra lose

India's Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra bow out of the Mixed Doubles event as they lose 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 to Chinese Taipei's Ju Yun Lin and Ching I Cheng in Round of 16.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:10:41 IST

Chinese Taipei are relentless

Lin Yun Ju & Cheng I Ching have turned on the heat in the fourth game as they lead 7-0.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:07:25 IST

Sharath and Manika trail 0-3

Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra haven't been able to find an answer to the Chinese pair of Lin Yun Ju & Cheng I Ching. They now trail 0-3 in the match after losing the third game 11-5.

Jul 24, 2021, 09:03:17 IST

Manika, Sharath trail again

Lin Yun Ju & Cheng I Ching of Chinese Taipei are again leading the third game as they lead 5-3. Can Manika and Sharath make a comeback?

Jul 24, 2021, 08:59:42 IST

Second games goes to Chinese Taipei

Yun Ju & I Ching have overwhelmed Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal in the second game as they win 11-6. They are leading 2 games to nil.

Jul 24, 2021, 08:56:48 IST

Close second game

Manika and Sharath are giving a good fight to Yun Ju & I Ching in the second game. The score reads 6-6.

Jul 24, 2021, 08:51:56 IST

Manika, Sharath lose first game

Lin Yun Ju & Cheng I Ching of Chinese Taipei have won the first game 11-8.

Jul 24, 2021, 08:49:23 IST

Yun Ju & I Ching make comeback

Third seeds Lin Yun Ju & Cheng I Ching of Chinese Taipei have made a comeback into the game as they now lead the Indian pair 7-5.

Jul 24, 2021, 08:47:39 IST

Manika, Sharath make good start

Manika and Sharath have made a good start as they lead 4-1 in the first game.

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