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Competing in the Round-of-16 bout against the Colombian wrestler, the 23-year-old Dahiya, who is making his Olympic debut at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, showed no nerves as he dominated the bout to win by technical superiority (13-2).
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At the Olympic Stadium, the 23-year-old Chopra, the junior world champion, cleared the automatic qualifying mark of 83.50 metres with his first attempt of 86.65 metres in Group A to emerge a strong contender
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Up against quite literally a bully in the ring, Borgohain was completely out-punched by the gold medal favourite, who produced a thoroughly dominating performance.
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Chamundeswarinath has gifted cars to sports persons who have won medals in Olympics or Asian Games or World Championships in the past. Sindhu is a recipient of many cars when she won medals in these major tournaments.
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The Manpreet-led team would now meet Germany in bronze medal match
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Elaine Thompson-Herah completes sprint double; Duplantis soars high to pocket pole vault gold
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Led by Rani Rampal, the Indian team will count on their recent experience of playing against the Argentinians during their extensive tour of Argentina in January this year.
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The 23-year-old from Assam is the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish at the showpiece after Vijender Singh (2008) and M C Mary Kom (2012).
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He highlighted that this time, the highest number of players had qualified for the games.
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy directed officials to extend the cash award late on Monday night as part of the state sports policy.
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Sonam, a two-time Cadet World Champion (2017, 2019), had qualified for the Tokyo Games by making the final at the Asian Qualifier in April in Almaty.
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Belgium's Alexander Hendrickx (19th, 49th and 53rd min) scored a hat-trick.
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Indian women stun Aussies, create history by entering maiden semis
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Today if Sindhu has won four medals in World Championship and two medals in Olympics, Ramana has taken a few calculated risks while giving the best facilities to his daughter.
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“It was a well-guarded secret. There was cause of concern as we could not take risk of any medication before the Olympics. Luckily, the physio did a marvelous job with ice treatment,’’ said Pradeep Raju of the Suchitra Academy.
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Sindhu, who won silver in Rio Games, in her talk, mentioned about the emotions and the drama after winning the last point against China’s He Bing Jiao for the bronze medal.
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Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will have spotlight on them when India's seven wrestlers, beginning with Sonam Malik, open their campaigns on Tuesday
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Chanu had planted saplings at her home town in Manipur and urged everyone to carry on their bit in saving the environment.
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The 25-year-old Dutee was 38th out of 41 in the overall standings despite a season's best time of 23.85.
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India took the lead through Gurjit Kaur’s goal in the 22nd minute and kept the Aussies women at bay to go into the break. But the Australians were relentless in their pursuit for the equaliser.