Tokyo Olympics: Kamalpreet Kaur enters women's discuss throw finals

Tokyo: India’s quest for another medal continues today at the Tokyo Olympics. With several athletes just a win away from increasing country’s medal tally, Indian contingent is aiming to rise to the occasion today.

Olympic debutant Kamalpreet Kaur entered the final of Women’s Discus Throw with third attempt of 64.00 metre in the Group B event, which was also the qualification mark. India’s national record holder Kamalpreet finished second in qualification. The final will be held on 2nd August.

However Athlete Seema Punia could not qualify for Women’s Discus Throw. She gave her best of 60.57 metre.

In a huge upset for India in Boxing, top seed and favourite Amit Panghal bowed out after losing to Yuberjen Martínez of Colombia, 1-4 in pre quarter finals of Men’s flyweight event.

India’s campaign in Archery ended this morning as Atanu Das failed to qualify for the quarterfinals after losing to Takaharu Furukawa of Japan, 4-6 in a close battle of bows in the Men’s individual event.

Indian women’s Hockey Team is locking horns with South Africa in must-win pool A match. The Indian



eves have kept the quarterfinal hopes alive after registering their first win against Ireland 1-0 yesterday.

In Equestrian, second day of the dressage round of individual section, featuring India’s Fouaad Mirza atop his horse Seigneur Medicott, is also underway. Fouaad was at the seventh position following the first two sessions of dressage round yesterday.

In Shooting, Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil will be testing their skills in the qualification round of Women’s 50 metre Rifle 3 Positions. If qualified, they will be seen in the finals of the event in the afternoon.

In Sailing, 10th race of Men’s Skiff – 49er event will begin with participation of Kelapanda Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar.

In Badminton, Rio Olympics Silver medalist PV Sindhu will face world number one Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei in the Women’s Singles semifinals. Pugilist Pooja Rani will clash with Qian Li of China in quarterfinals of Women’s Middleweight (69-75kg) category.

The day will end with, Athelete M Sreeshankar sweating for the qualification round of Men’s Long Jump.