Tokyo 2020: Ravi Dahiya eyes wrestling gold, Lovlina Borgohain takes bronze and women's hockey lose semi-final

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 8/5/2021 12:12:44 PM


Tokyo, Aug 4 Team India produced its best day so far at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday after its athletes Lovlina Borgohain and Ravi Kumar Dahiya added two more medals to the tally while Neeraj Chopra also impressed in his first outing on Day 12 in Japan. The day started on a stunning note as Neeraj Chopra progressed to the men's javelin throw final by topping the qualification round with a throw of 86.65m. A lot was expected of Chopra and the 23-yearold Panipat athlete delivered on the big stage by becoming the first Indian to top qualification at any athletics event at the Olympics. Unfortunately, his compatriot Shivpal Singh couldn't match up to Neeraj's standards and crashed out of the Olympics with a best throw of 74.81m in Qualification Group B. Then came the time for the Indian wrestlers to shine which is exactly what they did as Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia stormed their way into the semifinals of the men's 57kg and 86kg freestyle events respectively. Anshu Malik could have completed the hat-trick of wins for Indian wrestlers but sadly she crashed out of the competition after losing the women's 57kg freestyle quarterfinal. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain then became the third athlete to bag a medal for India after she clinched the bronze in the women's boxing 69kg category following her semi-final defeat which ended her dream run. Ravi Kumar Dahiya then produced one of the most memorable performances in wrestling history to storm into the final, thus, assuring at least a silver medal for India in the Games. Deepak couldn't progress any further than his semifinal and therefore, will now have to turn his focus towards the bronze medal match later this week. India couldn't finish the day as well as they started it as the women's hockey team went down fighting against Argentina in the semi-finals. They will however, get one last chance to clinch their maiden Olympic medal when they take on Great Britain in the bronze medal match. Wrestling: Ravi Kumar Dahiya reaches Gold medal match in Men's Freestyle 57kg. Wrestling: Deepak Punia loses Men's 86kg Freestyle Wrestling semifinal to crash out. Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain bags bronze, loses Women's Welterweight semi-final. Athletics: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Men's Javelin Final with a throw of 86.65m, Shivpal Singh crashes out. Golf: Aditi Ashok finishes Round 1 of Women's Individual strokeplay at the joint- 2nd spot.

 

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