PV Sindhu clinched India's second medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. She defeated He Bingjiao in women's badminton singles bronze medal match. Apart from her, Indian men's hockey team defeated Great Britain to march into the semis. Here's Indiaās Tokyo Olympics 2020 Medal Tally Updated.
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2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Highlights Day 9: Look Back at Major Headlines, Match Results, Updated Medals Tally
Day 9 can turn out to be a historic day for India in the Olympics with athletes like PV Sindhu, Satish Kumar, and the men's hockey team having the opportunities to attain glory in the biggest sporting event in all of the world.
01 Aug, 19:02 (IST)
Team India has made it to the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. The Men in Blue beat Great Britain by 3-1 and qualify for semis Ā at Olympics after a gap of 49 years.Ā
01 Aug, 18:55 (IST)
Third goal for India and they have very much sealed this game and a place in the semi-finals as well.
01 Aug, 18:40 (IST)
Great Britain score their first goal. Some drama left in this contest. Can Great Britain register a come from behind win? Samuel Ian Ward scores the goal for Great Britain.
01 Aug, 18:22 (IST)
Final 30 minutes of the game coming up and India's lead continues to be 2-0. Can they manage to keep Great Britain at bay? Only time will tell.Ā
01 Aug, 18:06 (IST)
Indian team is leading by 2-0 in their men's hockey quarterfinal at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.
01 Aug, 17:55 (IST)
PV Sindhu Wins Bronze Medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, beats He BingJiao 21-13, 21-15. With this Sindhu becomes first Indian woman to win two medals at Olympics in individual events. Ā At 2016 Olympics she won the silver and now bronze.
01 Aug, 17:54 (IST)
PV Sindhu now leads 20-15 in Game 2. Inching closer towards bronze medal.
01 Aug, 17:43 (IST)
Game 2 is turning out to be a closely fought one but its is PV Sidhu who continues to maintain the lead. The Indian now leads 11-9.
01 Aug, 17:33 (IST)
PV Sindhu takes the Game 1 by 21-13. The Indian shuttler looked aggressive throughout the game Ā to take the lead.
01 Aug, 17:20 (IST)
PV Sindhu is playing aggressively now and has taken her lead to 14-8. She closing in to seal the Game 1. Remember at one stage, He Bingjiao was in the lead.
01 Aug, 17:12 (IST)
It is 6-6 in the first game. PV Sindhu was leading earlier but her Chinese opponent He Bingjiao made a fine comeback to level the scores for now.
01 Aug, 17:03 (IST)
PV Sindhu is all set to take on He Bingjiao of China in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. Stay tuned for live updates. You can catch live streaming online details of the match here.
01 Aug, 16:20 (IST)
As we wait for PV Sindhu's match, here are the head-to-head records, predictions and other details you need to know about ahead of the game.Ā
01 Aug, 16:04 (IST)
Alexander Zverev defeatsĀ Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-1 in the men's singles match. Zverev clinched Gold Medal to win the game.Ā
01 Aug, 13:43 (IST)
PV Sindhu will be live in action at 5.00 pm IST. She will take onĀ He Bing Jiao for the bronze medal match. Meanwhile, here are the live streaming details of the game.Ā
01 Aug, 11:48 (IST)
Meanwhile, we have yet another disappointing news coming in for India.Ā Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane have crashed out of Tokyo Olympics 2020. Lahiri stood on 43rd spot whereas, Mane occupied 56th spot.Ā
01 Aug, 09:54 (IST)
Satish Kumar did display grit but in the third round, the World number 1 went into a defensive mode and walked away with the quarterfinals. He won the match 5-0.
01 Aug, 09:49 (IST)
In the second round, Satish Kumar displayed grit and a great fighting spiriting. There were a few blows slammed by the Indian boxer. However, the results didn't go in favour of Kumar.Ā
01 Aug, 09:45 (IST)
Indian boxer Satish Kumar loses the first round to World number oneĀ Bakhodir Jalolov. The judges give him 9 points each.Ā
Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympics would be an interesting day as, after Mirabai Chanu and Lovlina Borgohain, two more Indians-shuttler PV Sindhu and boxer Satish Kumar could secure medals for the country, bettering its' performance from the Rio Olympics in 2016. The Indian men's hockey team would also be up against Great Britain in the quarterfinals. India have so far been an in-form side in Pool A but they would have to play their best game when they take on Great Britain on Sunday, August 1. 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Highlights Day 8.
On Day 7, India started off on a disappointing note with archer Atanu Das, boxer Amit Panghal and discus thrower having had their campaigns ended in the Tokyo Olympics. But Kamalpreet Kaur raised hopes of the Indians as she secured a final berth by finishing second in the qualifying stage. While the whole of India wanted Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu to enter the finals of women's singles badminton, unfortunately, she suffered a crushing defeat to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-Ying. So did Pooja Rani, who was beaten by China's Li Qian in the quarterfinals of the women's middleweight boxing event. But India once again smiled when the women's hockey team made it to the quarter-finals after Ireland lost 0-2 to Great Britain.
Day 9 can turn out to be a historic day for India in the Olympics with athletes like PV Sindhu, Satish Kumar, and the men's hockey team having the opportunities to attain glory in the biggest sporting event in all of the world.
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