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Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 5: Boxer Pooja Rani makes quarters; PV Sindhu and Deepika Kumari advance to pre-quarters

Tokyo Olympics Live Updates Day 5: The fifth day was a lot better for the Indians as boxer Pooja Rani stormed into the quarterfinals. Moreover, archer Deepika Kumari and shuttler PV Sindhu made the pre-quarterfinals. However, the campaigns of B Sai Praneeth, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav ended.

Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 5:
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 5:

Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 5: PV Sindhu reached the Round of 16 after beating Hong Kong’s Yi Ngan Cheung 21-9, 21-16 on Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympics. Boxer Pooja Rani began her campaign in style by beating Algeria's Ichrak Chaib 5-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. Deepika Kumari advanced to the pre-quarterfinals. in the archery women's singles event. Earlier, India's women's hockey team lost 1-4 to Great Britain in their Pool A match. Meanwhile, Archer Tarundeep Rai was eliminated by Israel's Itay Shanny in the men's singles archery. Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh failed to qualify for the men's lightweight double sculls final. Archer Pravin Jadhav got knocked out of the men's singles event after losing to world No.1 in the round of 16. And finally, B Sai Praneeth's campaign came to an end with a 14-21, 14-21 defeat to Netherlands' Mark Calijouw.


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