Tokyo Olympics 2021 highlights: Boxer Lovlina enters QF; India beats Spain
India's men's doubles team in badminton Shetty failed to qualify for the Quarterfinals despite a win today. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India
UPDATED: July 27, 2021, 16:14 PM IST
Lovlina Borgohain, the lone Indian boxer in action on the day, prevailed 3-2 over her rival who is 12 years her senior. Both the boxers were making their Games debut and the Indian became the first from her nine-strong team to make the quarterfinal stage.
Borgohain is a two-time World and Asian Championships bronze-medallist. She will next face Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen, who is seeded fourth and a former world champion, on July 30. A win in that bout would assure Borgohain of at least a bronze medal at the mega-event.
India’s men’s doubles badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty failed to qualify for the Quarterfinals despite a win over Great Britain today. The Indian pair failed to qualify for Quarterfinals on the basis of a number of seats won. Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and India have won two matches each in their group.
Earlier, the Indian hockey team make a strong back in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games as it defeated Spain men’s team 3-0 in a Pool A match today. Indian men’s hockey team lost their previous game against Australia, which was also India’s worst defeat in Olympics history.
Meanwhile, Indian shooters continued to disappoint in Olympics 2021 as Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary crashed out of 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event on Day 4 of Tokyo Olympics 2021 after finishing seventh in the second stage of the qualification round. While the other Indian pair of Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma was knocked out in the first stage of the 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event as they finished 17th.
Later in the day, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Elavenil Valarivan, Deepak Kumar, and Anjum Moudgil also failed to make any mark in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event after finishing 12th and 18th in qualification round stage 2.
In the laser race, sailors Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Saravanan will compete, while sailors KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar will compete in the 49er event.
RESULTS: India at Tokyo Olympics 2021 on Day 4
- 10m Air Pistol Mixed team shooting event: Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma knocked out in first round of qualification
- 10m Air Pistol Mixed team shooting event: Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary crashed out in stage 2 of qualificcation round.
- Men’s hockey: India beats Spain 3-0.
- Men’s table tennis singles Round 3: Defending gold medalist Ma Long (China) defetaed Sharath Kamal (4-1).
- Men’s double badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty beats Great Britain in straight sets but fails to qualify for
- Women’s welter (66-69 kg) boxing: Lovlina Borgohain storms to quarterfinals.
India Olympics matches today
| Shooting | |||
| Events | Indian participants | Timings | Results |
| 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification | Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker | ENDS | Crashes out in Stage 2 qualification |
| Yeshahswini Deswal/Abhishek Verma | Crashes out in Stage 1 qualification | ||
| 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification | Elavenil Valarivan/Divyansh Singh Panwar | ENDS | Crashes out in Stage 1 qualification |
| Crashes out in Stage 1 qualification | |||
| Hockey | |||
| Men’s Hockey | India vs Spain | India wins | (3-0) |
| Badminton | |||
| Men’s Doubles Group A Match | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Ben Lane/Sean Vendy (Great Britain) | India wins | 2-0 |
| Table Tennis | |||
| Men’s singles round 3 | Achanta Sharath Kamal | India loses | 4-1 (final score) |
| Boxing | |||
| Women’s 69kg Round of 16 Bout | Lovlina Borgohain vs Nadine Apetz (Germany) | India wins | 3-2 |
Tokyo Olympics 2020 live telecast India and streaming details
Live broadcast India’s Olympics matches will take place on Sony Sports Network. Sony TEN 1 HD/SD, Sony TEN 2 HD/SD and Sony SIX HD/SD with English commentary. Sony TEN 3 HD/SD to live telecast Tokyo Olympics 2021 with Hindi Commentary. DD Sports will live broadcast India matches on its Direct-to-home DTH service.
The live streaming of Olympics 2021 will be available on Sony LIV APP and Website.
