TOKYO (Japan): India could yet discover a new women’s boxing hero as Lovlina Borgohain on Friday assured the country of at least a bronze by beating Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen 4-1 in the 69kg contest to reach the semifinals.
But star archer, Deepika Kumari was knocked out after losing to Korea’s An San in the quarterfinals of the women’s individual archery.
India women’s hockey team beat Ireland 1-0 in pool A match. Boxer Simranjit Kaur failed to reach the quarterfinal after losing her round of 16 match.
Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat failed to reach the Women’s 25m Pistol final. India 3000m steeplechase athlete Avinash Sable set a new National Record but was unable to qualify to the next round. Catch all the live updates of Day 7 of the Tokyo Olympics here.
In golf, In Round of 2 of the men’s individual stroke play, India’s Anirban Lahiri finishes T14 with four other golfers, while Udayan Mane is currently tied 58th with Puerto Rico’s Rafael Campos.
In sailing, a great first outing on Day 7 of the Olympics for India’s Vishnu Saravanan, finishes 3rd in the Men’s One Person Dinghy Laser Race 9.
