PANAJI: It has been a mixed morning for Team India at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Day 2. Here’s a roundup of key events.
Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh kept their Tokyo Olympics campaign alive with a third-place finish in the repechage round of the men’s lightweight double sculls.The repechage race allows boats that didn’t make it to the semi-finals after the heats a second chance to make the cut. At the Sea Forest Waterway, the Indian scullers clocked 6:51.36 to make it to the semi-finals.
Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu began her quest for gold with a 21-7, 21-10 win over Ksenia Polikarpova of Israel in her first match of Group J of women’s singles event.
India’s top paddler G Sathiyan surrendered a commanding two-game lead (3-1) to go down 3-4 to Lam Siu Hang (HKG).
In tennis, Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina’s Tokyo Olympics campaign came to an early end after going down against Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok and Lydumyla Kichenok 6-0, 6(0)-7(7), 8-10
Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh Deswal, 10m Air Pistol shooters ended 12th and 13th in the qualification rounds; while in the men’s event, Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar could not advance to the final of the men’s 10m air rifle finishing 26th and 32nd spot. Only the top eight shooters advance to the final medal round.
Gymnast Pranati Nayak finishes 12th in the Qualification Round with an overall score of 42.565.
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