Tokyo Olympics 2020: Aussies Thrash India Men’s Hockey Team 7-1

Arhama Altaf

25th Jul, 2021. 04:21 pm
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India lost 1-7 against Australia in their second Pool A match at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics here on Sunday.

Both India and Australia won their opening games and will be looking to consolidate their position on top of their group with a win at the Oi Hockey Stadium for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

India beat New Zealand 3-2 in a closely contested encounter on Saturday. Australia come into the match on the back of a 5-3 victory against hosts Japan. Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace for India against New Zealand and will be looking to add to his tally.

Goalkeeper P R Sreejesh also starred, making some big saves towards the end of the match.

Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal missed to qualify for the women’s 10m Air Pistol finals after finishing 12th and 13th, respectively in the qualification round.

India’s 10m air rifle events came to a sad end. Following the women’s failure to qualify for the final, the men follow suit. Deepak Kumar came in 26th place with a score of 624.7, while Divyansh Panwar came in 32nd place with a score of 622.8 on Day 2 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Meanwhile. Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal have passed for semifinals A/B in Men’s lightweight double sculls.

Indian men’s hockey team will lock horns with Australia at 3 pm IST after winning their first match while Mary Kom’s match will begin at 1:30 pm IST.

India Olympics matches today

Shooting
Events	Indian Participants	Match timings (IST)	Result
10m Air Pistol Women’s qualification	Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh Deswal	ENDS	BOW OUT IN QUALIFICATION
Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 1	Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa	ENDS	Angad Bajwa 11th, Mairaj Khan 25th in qualifying Day 1
Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification	Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh	ENDS	BOW OUT IN QUALIFICATION
Rowing
LWT Men’s Double Sculls Repechage 2	Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh	Ends	Finishes third
Badminton
Women’s Single	PV Sindhu	Sindhu won	21-7, 21-10
Tennis
Women’s double	Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina	India loses	(6-0, 6-7, 8-10)
Sailing
Laser Radial Women Race 01	Nethra Kumanan	SECOND RACE UNDERWAY	Nethra Kumanan finishes at 33rd position in RACE 1
Laser Men Race 01	Vishu Saravanan	11:05 AM	TBD
Table Tennis
Men’s singles	Sathiyan Gnansekaran vs Slu Hang LAM (Hong Kong)	LOST	(7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 10-11, 6-11)
Women’s Single	Manika Batra	12:00 PM	TBD
Boxing
Women’s fly (48-51kg) Round of 32	Mary Kom	ENDS	Wins
Men’s light (57-63kg) Round of 32	Manish Kaushik	ENDS	Loses
Hockey
Men’s hockey	India vs Australia	ENDS	India lose 1-7
Swimming
Women’s 100m Backstroke – Heat 1	Manna Patel	3:32 PM	TBD
Men’s 100m Backstroke – Heat 3	Srihari Nataraj	4:26 PM	TBD
Artistic Gymnastics	Pranati Nayak	ENDS	Finshes 16th

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Aussies Thrash India Men’s Hockey Team 7-1

Arhama Altaf

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