The second week of the Tokyo Olympics has now started. The nation’s hopes have been raised in the discus throw on the ninth day. In the women’s event, Kamalpreet Kaur has entered the final with a score of 64 meters. She finished second in Group B. Apart from this, in hockey also, the women’s team won the last match of the group and defeated South Africa 4-3.
However, in other games, the Indian players disappointed. Atanu Das has to face defeat in the pre-quarterfinal match of archery’s singles event. He was defeated 6-4 by the Japanese player. Whereas Amit Panghal, the country’s biggest hope in boxing, has also been out after losing. The world number one player suffered a loss to a Colombian boxer.
Now there are hopes from PV Sindhu in the semi-finals of women’s singles in badminton. While in the quarterfinals of boxing, Pooja Rani will present her claim.
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Indian women’s hockey team managed to win the last match of their group. Team India won the match against South Africa 4-3 and got the second victory of Tokyo Olympics. Vandana Kataria scored the highest three goals for India. With this win, the Indian team is placed fourth in Group A and their hopes of reaching the quarterfinals remain intact.
In fact, now India will have to depend on the match between Great Britain and Ireland to reach the quarterfinals. As per the rules, three teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals, but currently the Indian team is fourth in Group A. Now the teams of Great Britain and Ireland will play the last match of the group, in which if Britain wins or the match plays a draw, then India will reach the quarterfinals. But India will be out on Ireland’s victory.
