India’s Results on Day 2
Shooting (women): Heena Sidhu failed to qualify for the finals of 10m Air Pistol. She finished 14th.
Shooting (men): Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai were a poor 17th and 19th respectively on the first day of qualifying, leaving slim chances of reaching the semifinals.
Hockey (women): The Indian team, playing an Olympic match for the first time in 36 years, made a spirited comeback to hold Japan to a 2-2 draw.
Archery (women): The fancied recurve team of Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi crashed out losing to Russia in the quarter-finals.
Gymnastics (women): Dipa Karmakar qualifies for Vault Final finishing 8th in the qualifying round.
WORLD RECORD GOLD: Three-time World Champion Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostrom breaks the world record to win women’s 100 meters butterfly gold. She clocked 55.48 seconds, surpassing her own record of 55.64 seconds.
WORLD RECORD GOLD: Britain’s Adam set a new world record on his way to winning the gold medal in the Olympic men’s 100m breaststroke. He clocked 57.13 seconds, smashing his own world best of 57.55 set a day earlier.
WORLD RECORD GOLD: Katie Ledecky of the United States set a new world record on Sunday as she powered to the Olympic gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle. She clocked 3min 56.46sec, smashing her own world record of 3:58.37 set in the Gold Coast, Queensland in 2014.
BIG BREAKING
SWIMMING: Michael Phelps and USA wins win 4x100m relay gold. This is Phelps 19th Gold medal.
Novak Djokovic World No 1 Novak Djokoivc crashed out of Rio Olympics by Del Petro in the Round 1 of men’s singles match.
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar through to Vault final in her maiden appearance at the Olympic Games. She ended No. 8 in the qualifying round. The Vault Final will be at 11:15 pm IST on August 14.
Quote Unquote: “It was very windy, was kind of blowing us away,” Deepika Kumari after India lost in the quarterfinals of women’s team recurve event in archery.
World Record in Weightlifting: China’s Long Qingquan lifted a world record combined total of 307 kg to take gold in the men’s 56-kg category.
Setback for USA: Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, crash out in Round 1 after losing to Lucie Safarova and Barborain Strycova 6-3, 6-4.
DIPA KARMAKAR UPDATE: The fifth and final subdivision in artistic gymnastics qualifying has begun. Dipa’s fate for Vault Final will be sealed at the end of it. She is currently 7th. Top 8 qualify for the finals.
DIPA KARMAKAR UPDATE: The 4th subdivision in women’s artistic gymnastics qualifying ends. The Indian slips to No. 7 in Vault with one more subdivision left before final standings are decided.
China’s Wu Minxia has become the most decorated woman Olympics diver with five gold medals after she won the 3m synchronized springboard event.
MEDAL ALERT: Italian fencer Daniele Garozzo wins men’s foil gold.
MEDAL ALERT: Italy’s Fabio Basile wins 66kg men’s judo gold.
GOLDEN DAY FOR KOSOVO: Hadn’t won a medal before this Olympics, and Judoka Kelmendi wins a GOLD for her country in the 52kg women’s category.
SOUTH KOREA’S ARCHERY DOMINATION CONTINUES
They win their 8th consecutive women’s team archery Olympic gold
MEDAL ALERT: Taiwan’s Hsu wins women’s 53kg weightlifting gold.
MEDAL ALERT: China’s gold rush is on its way as Shi Wu wins the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving event.
Update on Dipa Karmakar’s Vault Final Qualification: There are total five subdivisions in artistic gymnastics with four rotations (vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise) in each. Only three of those five subdivisions have finished. So until all the subdivisions are over, the top eight scorers in each of the rotations can’t be ascertained (top eight reach the final). The fifth and last rotation is around 7 a.m. on August 8, which is when we will know if Dipa has made it or not. She is currently sixth in vault.
Gold Alert: Van der Breggen wins road cycling gold for Netherlands
Dipa Karmakar’s historic debut ends at 27th place in artistic gymnastics qualification round.
Gold Alert! Australia’s Skinner wins women’s trap gold
Gymnastic: Dipa Karmakar finishes her fourth event in artistic gymnastics with 12.033 in floor exercise
Medal Alert: GOLD for Australia Women in trap shooting
Breaking: India crash out of women’s team recurve Archery losing the quarter-final to Russia in a shoot-off.
Archery: India lose the decider 23/25 against Russia. They are out.
Archery: Its 2 sets all now. India lose the fourth. Its heading to a decider
Archery: Great start by Russia in 4th set. 28
Archery: India win third set as well. 53/50
Archery: India trail 24-27 in 3rd
Gymnastics: Dipa Karmakar is 12.866 on balance beam
Archery: India win the second set against Russia 53/52. Good comeback by Indian women
Archery: Russia women with 27.
Archery: Disappointing 24 by Indian women in the second set
Archery: Indian women lose first set 48/55
Archery: Russia with 28/30. Next is India
Archery: India’s Archery women’s recurve event is next. They take on Russia in quarters
Gymnastics: Dipa has just finished her uneven bars exercise with scores of 11.666
Gymnastics: Dipa Karmakar’s average score after two attempts in vault is 14.850
Women’s Team Recurve Archery: South Korea beat Japan 5-1 to enter semis
Gymnastics: Dipa Karmakar makes her Olympic debut with a score of 15.100 on Vault in Artistic Gymnastics
Update: Chinese Taipei first women’s team to enter Recurve Archery semifinals by beating Mexico 5-4
Dipa Karmakar, India’s first woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics, will make her historic debut around 11 pm IST
Shooting: After Day 1 of Men’s Trap qualification Manavjit Singh Sandhu at 17th and Kynan Chenai at 19th position
Archery: India vs Russia – Women team Archery quarters start time is 23:45 pm IST
Shooting: The third series of Men’s Trap Shooting has started. India’s Manavjit Singh Sandhu now 11th, while Chenai is 22nd
Hockey: India women’s team now play Great Britain in their next match.
Breaking: Russia has been banned from Rio 2016 Paralympics over doping scandal
Hockey: That was close. Indian women had a great chance to make it 3-3 but somehow Japan survive. 5 minutes to go
Hockey: Exciting last ten minutes coming up here. It’s 2-2
Shooting: Manavjit Singh Sandhu moves to 12th place with 46 points in two rounds in Men’s Trap Shooting Qualifying event
Hockey: Goooaallll! India with another goal and they have levelled it 2-2 against Japan. Lilima Minz the goal scorer.
Hockey: Goal! India get one goal back as they score from PC. Rani Rampal with the goal. Japan now lead 2-1
Shooting: Kynan Chenai moves to 20th position after shooting 13 points in the second round of the men’s trap qualification
Hockey: Japan have extended their lead 2-0 against Indian women. They are in trouble now.
Hockey: India had four shots at goal. But all weak shots. Indian women still trail 0-1
Hockey: We are underway in the second quarter
Hockey: Japan women have scored and they lead 1-0 against India.
Shooting: The first set of 25 shots is complete and Manavjit sits in 14th place while Kynan Chenai is in 28th.
Hockey: First positive move coming from Rani Rampal for India but the free hit is wide.
Hockey: Japan and India women hockey match is underway11:45 pm today – time for the IND v RUS quarterfinal in women’s team recurve Shooting: Manavjit Singh Sandhu ranked 16th while Kynan Chenai is down in the 29th place. Archery: India women’s archery team beat Colombia 5-3 to qualify for quarters Archery: The third set ends in a tie as both teams get a set point each Archery: India falter in second set. Colombia win 50-49 Shooting:Manavjit Singh holds 3rd position after #shooting 20 points in Round 1 Archery: Colombians falter and India win the first set by 52-51 Archery: Japan through to quarters. India vs Colombia has started now Shooting: Manavjit Singh is at 4th position after shooting 10 points Archery: Indian Women’s Archery Team is up next as they take on Colombia Shooting: Manvajit Singh Sandhu has begun his first round. Shooting: Kynan Chenai currently at 10th place with 22 points in the first round Breaking: No joy for Heena Sidhu this time in Rio. Finishes with 380. Out of the race for a final berth Shooting: Looks like all over for Heena, she is 17th now with two shots left in Series 4Trap Men Qualification: Kynan Chenai currently at 10th place with 10 shots in the first roundShooting: Heena Sidhu is at 19th place after 3 Series. Her score is 285. Shooting: Heena Sidhu is constantly juggling between the 21st and the 24th spot. Shooting: Heena Sidhu finishes second series with a 95 and is ranked 29th. Shooting: India’s Manvajit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai will be in action in the qualifying round in Men’s Trap Shooting Shooting: 19/20 for Heena in first two shots of Series 3.Shooting: Heena Sidhu is 26th after 8 shots in the second series with a total score of 170
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