New Delhi, 31 July
The second week of the Tokyo Olympics has now started. The nation’s hopes have been raised in the discus throw on the ninth day.
In the women’s event, Kamalpreet Kaur has entered the final with a scoreof 64 meters. She finished second in Group B. Apart from this, in hockey also, the women’s team won the last match of the group and defeated South Africa by 4-3.
However, in other games, the Indian players disappointed. Atanu Das has to face defeat in the pre-quaterfinal match of Arcjery’s singles event. He was defeated 6-4 by Japanese player. Whereas Amit Panghal, the country’s biggest hope in boxing, has also been out after losing. The world number one player suffered a loss to a Colombian boxer.
Indian star badminton player PV Sindhu had to face defeat against Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. Tai defeated Sindhu 21-18, 21-12. On the other hand, in boxing, Indian boxer Pooja Rani (75kg) had to face defeat in the quaterfinals. She was defeated 5-0 by Qian of China.