Welcome to our coverage of the third day of the Rio Games. A heartening news for the Indian fans that the Tripura-girl Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round.
Eight sports will be awarding 14 gold medals Monday at the Rio Olympics in events ranging from artistic gymnastics to diving, fencing, judo, rugby sevens, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. Swimming alone will hand out four gold medals in the men’s 200 meter freestyle and the 100 meter backstroke, and in the women’s 100 meter breaststroke and 100 meter backstroke. In the men’s 200 meter freestyle finals, watch for Germany’s Paul Biedermann, who holds the world record. Medals in rugby will be awarded for the first time in 92 years as the top four women’s sevens teams in the world Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand compete.
The Indian men’s hockey team will be up against the current Olympic champions Germany (India beat Irealand in the first round) and the Indain women’s team (Indian women drew with Japan)will have their
0415 hours: India lose to Great Britain in women’s hockey 0-3.
0315 hours: GB leads 2-0 at half time.
0230 hours: Indian women take on Great Britain in hockey. Captain Sushila Chanu said: “Great Britain will be a tough competition for us. We really wanted to win the match against Japan but I am happy with the way we fought back. Britain has some really good players like Alex Danson, Lily Owsley, Kate and Helen Richardson. We need to do better with penalty corner conversion.”
2057 hours: Campriani wins the gold medal at the 10m air rifle competition.
2055 hours: Gone in 60 seconds… Hockey and Bindra
2053 hours: Germany scores at a last second. Wow!! what a match it was. A spirited display from the Indian men’s hockey team.
2051 hours: It is still 1-1 at the Indian men’s hockey match between India and Germany
2048 hours: It is getting curiouser and curiouser. It’s shoot off for bronze medal. Abhinav Bindra finished 4th in men’s 10m air rifle final after losing the shoot-off for the bronze medal with Ukraine’s S Kulish.
2045 hours: Bindra maintains his third position till now. Can he bring glory for India today?
2043 hours: Bindra is now in the third position.
2042 hours: Abhinav Bindra is now in the second position
2038 hours: Croatia’s Petar Grosa is eliminated
2037 hours: Olar Tsarkov eliminated in the 10m air rifle shooting
2032 hours: It’s another goalless first quarter of the second half. India missed two or three opportunities in this quarter.
2030 hours: On the other side, can Bindra get the first medal in this Olympics at the 10m air rifle.
2029 hours: It is now just three minutes left in the first quarter of the second half. The score is still 1-1
2026 hours: The men’s 10m air rifle finals is now underway
2025 hours: Excellent save from the goalkeeper. India could not convert the penalty corner. Oh! No!
2024 hours: It is a penalty corner for India. Can they take the lead?
2020 hours: Both the teams are playing attacking hockey in the first quarter of the second half
2017 hours: Don’t forget that in another 13 minutes, Abhinav Bindra will be competing in the men’s 10m air rifle finals.
2016 hours: The second half is underway now.
2005 hours: After a minutes of German domination in the second quarter, Indians dominated the proceedings. The score stood at 1-1 at the end of the first half.
2002 hours: Another excellent display of hockey from India but the ball just went wide.Wow!! What a display of hockey from this rejuvenated Indian side.
2001 hours: Another opportunity wasted from India. German defenders are found wanting.
1959 hours: A good save from the German goalkeeper. Germans are nearly floored. Indians combined together to make that dangerous move.
1957 hours: It’s a penalty corner for India. India is in with a chance to equalise. India equalises with a scorching shot from Rupinder Pal Singh.
1954 hours: After the goal, Germany is on the move and are playing attacking hockey and adding pressure on the Indian defenders and P.R. Sreejesh.
1950 hours: Germany’s Niklas Wellen scores a scorching goal and it is 1-0 for Germany
Germany’s Niklas Wellen celebrates after scoring a goal against India during the men’s field hockey match of the Rio 2016 Olympics Games at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Photo: AFP1949 hours: The second quarter of the first half is underway.
1947 hours: Laxmirani Majhi beaten by her Slovakian counterpart by 7 sets to 1.
1945 hours: It is 0-0 in the first quarter. Fine execution of hockey from both the teams.
1942 hours: Another attacking display from India but little bit of wide shot. Indians are putting pressure on the German defenders.
1940 hours: On the other side, Laxmirani Majhi is competing in the individual women’s archery competition. She is trailing to her Slovakian counterpart.
1937 hours: An attacking display from India. They nearly scored but well saved in the end by the German goalkeeper.
1925 hours: All set for a mouth-watering match between India and Germany in the second match. The national anthem is being played at the stadium.
1924 hours: Australian cyclist Richie Porte is headed home after breaking his right scapula during a crash in the Olympic road race, two days before he was supposed to race for gold in the time trial. Porte’s trade team BMC Racing said Monday the rider was examined at Vitoria Hospital in Barra and was returning home to recover. Doctors are optimistic the bone will heal without surgery. Porte is one of the world’s best in the time trial. The weekend road races were marked by several horrific crashes, including one that left Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten with a concussion and three fractures to her spine.
1920 hours: It took only 46 seconds for Brazil’s Rafaela Silva to score the country’s first judo win on Monday. In a first—round match against Germany’s Miryam Roper, Silva went out quickly on the offensive and within 15 seconds, had flipped Roper once to score. To chants of “Brazil,” the 11th—ranked Silva kept charging at her opponent and just 30 seconds later, managed to get another strong grip for a second throw. The two throws were enough to give Silva an ippon victory, which ends the fight automatically. At the London Games, Silva was disqualified for an illegal leg grab. Silva is Brazil’s first female world champion and one of the country’s strongest medal hopes; Brazil narrowly missed out on bronze medals on the first two days of the competition.
1915 hours: In a few minutes, in the men’s hockey India will be facing the defending champions Germany in the second round match. Can India pull this off?
Shooters compete during the men’s 10m air rifle competition at Rio Olympics 2016 on Monday. Photo: Reuters1854 hours: The following athletes are qualified for the 10m air rifle finals:
1. Niccolo Campriani (Italy) 630.2 Q points 2. Vladimir Maslennikov (Russia) 629.0 Q 3. Petar Gorsa (Croatia) 628.0 Q 4. Serhiy Kulish (Ukraine) 627.0 Q 5. Oleh Tsarkov (Ukraine) 626.2 Q 6. Peter Sidi (Hungary) 625.9 Q 7. Abhinav Bindra (India) 625.7 Q 8. Illia Charheika (Belarus) 625.5 Q 9. Cao Yifei (China) 625.5
USA’s Stefanie Fee (left) celebrates a goal with teammates during the womens’s field hockey match against Australia at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Photo: AFP1848 hours: Indians fans have to wait till 8.30 p.m. IST whether India can pull off a medal today. Watch Abhinav Bindra compete in the 10m air rifle final at 8.30pm IST.
1845 hours: Abhinav Bindra qualifies for 10m Air Rifle finals, London Olympics bronze-medallist Gagan Narang ousted. Read more
1843 hours: Strong finish for Abhinav Bindra with a tally of 625.7. Fingers crossed for the next few minutes.
1836 hours: Men’s single sculls repechage – Qualified for next round: 1. Korea Kim Dongyong 7 minutes 12.96 seconds 2. Lithuania Armandas Kelmelis 7:13.36 3. Algeria Sid Boudina 7:20.84 4. Iraq Mohammed Riyadh Jasim 7:14.38 5. Uzbekistan Shakhboz Kholmurzaev 7:14.58 6. Peru Renzo Leon Garcia 7:25.55
1828 hours: After a fine gritty performance in the qualifiers, Indian archer Atanu Das will be eyeing a medal when he begins his campaign in the elimination round of the Olympic Games on Tuesday. Das showed fine composure and skill to bounce back from a poor start in his maiden Olympics to finish fifth in the qualification round. He will begin his elimination round against lowly 60th ranked Jitbahadur Muktan of Nepal. Lying a lowly 10th after first 36 arrows, the 24—year—old Kolkata lad turned it around in style in the final set of 36 arrows by shooting 23 perfect 10s including 10 closest to the centre to finish fifth with 683 out of the possible 720. Das is the lone male member in the Indian archery team and will compete only in the individual section as the men’s team had failed to qualify from the World Championship.
task cut out against Great Britain early on Tuesday. With Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu out of the medal contention, the Indian fans will be keenly watching Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang in the 10m Air Rifle men’s championships. The qualificatiion round will be at 5.30 p.m. on Monday followed by the finals at 8.30 p.m. (Monday).
Will the Dipa Karmarkar effect enthuse the Indian contingent, particularly in the swimming competition as Shivani Kataria (200m freestyle) and Sajan Prakash (200m butterfly) are competing. Indian women archers are already out of the Rio Olympics but one hopes that Laxmirani Majhi will not be deterred as she will be competing in the women’s individual eliminations round.
[Source: The Hindu]
