Tokyo 2020, day 2 as it happened: Sindhu, Batra, Mary Kom win; Australia crush India in men’s hockey

That’s it for India at Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. No medal but a mixed day, with some solid wins and heartbreak in shooting and men’s hockey.

Stay tuned for Monday’s schedule.

Swimming Men’s 100m Backstroke:

India’s Srihari Nataraj finishes 5th in the Heat 3. He finishes overall 27th among 41 swimmers with his timing of 54.31 seconds.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-7 Australia: “On the plus side, we are just done with Australia for now...maybe before meeting them in final,” says former India captain Viren Rasquinha in the Sony Studio with a wry smile. “This was the toughest match of the group. We have got to pull ourselves back win the remaining matches.”

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-7 Australia, FULL TIME: The agony is over for Indian hockey fans (and players too I guess). What a performance by Australia! Ruthless. India will have to hope they can recover from this.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-7 Australia, Q4: At least the Aussies seem to have stopped hounding India with their pressing. Small mercies. And perhaps a good thing it’s come this early in the tournament, to look for a silver lining.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-7 Australia, Q4: Score corrected.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-6 Australia, Q4: Sreejesh was asked to play a sweeper keeper role there. Ridiculous, really. Had to pull back a little, surely? Damage control? Nope, the Indian goalkeeper is beaten and he is every bit as dejected as you’d expect him to be. Sitting inside the goal.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-6 Australia, Q4: India seem shellshocked, not sure going forward in numbers really serves any purpose here. Acres of space in the back to exploit.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-6 Australia, Q4 begins: The good thing is, this match has to end at some point. And we are only 15 minutes away. The bad thing is this match is not over yet and there are 15 more minutes left.

Ashish Magotra: This isn’t how it was supposed to be. Australia have been ruthless and India, but for a small period at the start of Q3, have looked rather flat today. Just haven’t been able to get going.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-6 Australia, Q3: GOAL, AUSTRALIA. It’s 6-1 now. A breadstick with a hockey stick. Govers again.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-5 Australia, Q3: GOAL, AUSTRALIA. India lose the review and the decision is upheld. Blake Govers is not missing from there is he? 91st international goal we are told. So prolific.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-4 Australia, Q3: Good referral to win the PC but it comes to nothing for India. At the other end it looks like a penalty stroke has been given to Australia. India using the review they still have.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-4 Australia, Q3: CHANCE!India make another inroad into the area, the ball fell to Mandeep in the center but he couldn’t quite get his shot away. India have asked for a referral now to check for back-stick and PC.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-4 Australia, Q3: Back to 11 vs 11. But India still asking questions orf the Aussie defence. Dilpreet having a good game.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-4 Australia, Q3: 10 to go in Q3. Australia trying to manage the game here while down to 10. Feels like the first real little phase of Indian dominance in this match.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 1-4 Australia, Q3: GOALLLL INDIA! DILPREET! The Indian forward with a poacher’s finish. One of the youngest in the team, has given the side a small boost. India made the man advantage count, a long pass from the centre, Dilpreet guides it over the keeper.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-4 Australia, Q3: Another PC for India, after the first is blocked. And that is blocked too. Aussies temporarily down to 10 but feels like they are playing with 20.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-4 Australia, Q3 : PCs are going to be crucial for India... can they make the most of this? WELL, that’s a big no. Complete miscontrol from the injection. But soon after a brilliant run from Manpreet earns another PC to go with a green card for AUS.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-4 Australia, Q3 begins: Right then, can India make it interesting in the 2nd half? Here’s a look at the first half stats.

Swimming, women’s 100m backstroke, Heat 1 Maana Patel is done with her heat. Other heats are underway. Top 16 go through, Patel’s timing is well off the pace though. Only two swimmers have slower times.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-4 Australia, HALF TIME: They brought out the shock-and-awe strategy says, former India captain Viren Rasquinha in the Sony Sports Studio. The Aussies are taking the Indians out of their comfort zone by not letting India have the ball for any length period of time.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-4 Australia, HALF TIME: yes, only half time. That was some display by the Australians. Give us a moment.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-4 Australia in Q2: GOAL AUSTRALIA! OH DEARRRR. That’s deadly hockey by the Hockeyroos! Beltz with a belter.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-3 Australia in Q2: GOAL AUSTRALIA! OH DEAR. A flowing move from Australia and that’s field of high quality. Hockeyroos are cruising. Ogilvie, who had prevented India from making it 1-1, has now made it 3-1.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-2 Australia in Q2: GOAL AUSTRALIA: Oh dear. The pressure is starting to pay for Australia and that’s not a good sign for India. *Hayward’s drag flick is through the legs of Sreejesh, too much power in it. The Aussies are dominant.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-1 Australia, Q2: Australia have had 56% of the possession so far and they look more in control. A PC for Australia is blocked well but India have to defend another.

Boxing, men’s lightweight: IND’s Manish Kaushik vs GBR’s McCormack

ROUND 3: It’s a defeat for India. Manish Kaushik’s goes down by a split 1-4 decision. McCormack got the judges’ nods across the board in the third round after two close first rounds. India’s boxing count down to seven from nine now.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-1 Australia, Q2: Here we go, second quarter begins.

Boxing, men’s lightweight: IND’s Manish Kaushik vs GBR’s McCormack

Round 2: SO CLOSE THIS! Manish gets the nod from three judges for round 2 and brings the bout back on level terms. Nothing to separate the two ahead of the final round.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-1 Australia, end of Q1: WHAT A BLOCK! Oglivie with a sensational intervention at the line with a goal imminent from Rupinder’s flick. Looked a certain goal. Australia hang on to their lead. SO CLOSE!

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-1 Australia in Q1: A PC for India. Came from a superb driving run by Lalit. Had no support but drove at the defence and waited for help to arrive before India force the PC with 50 seconds left.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-1 Australia in Q1: India had the chance to immediately strike back but a promising move fizzles out. Australia come again and once more India’s defence stretched.

Boxing, men’s lightweight: IND’s Manish Kaushik vs GBR’s McCormack

First round given to the GBR boxer, but only just. 3-2 to Blue.

Boxing, men’s lightweight: Manish Kaushik vs GBR round 1 is underway.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-1 Australia in Q1: GOAL AUSTRALIA! The play is kept alive from the PC block and the ball is sent in across from the right side. Beale with a poacher’s finish past Sreejesh! Bit of a soft goal to concede after a good early block.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-0 Australia in Q1: Now a PC for Australia down the other end. Open start to this match. India rush well to block.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-0 Australia in Q1: GOO... no. Not a goal. India mistrap the PC but Harmanpreet unleashes a lethal shot, deemed too high though.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-0 Australia in Q1: A pass into the box from India but no connect in the end from the Indian forward (couldn’t quite make out who that was). Tried the reverse but off target. Now a PC for India.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, India 0-0 Australia in Q1: Both teams had exhausting games yesterday, so this is going to be a physical test in the Tokyo evening heat.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, Australia vs India: PUSHBACK! Australia beat Japan in their first match in Pool A. It wasn’t the easiest of games but the Aussies eventually won 5-3. India beat New Zealand in their first match in Pool A. They went behind early but fought back to win 3-2.

Men’s hockey, Pool A, Australia vs India: TIME FOR THE BIG ONE! A cracking match potentially between two hockey powerhouses. India vs Australia is upon us. Time for the national anthem.

Sailing, Men’s One Person Dinghy - Laser RACE 01: Another impressive debut for an Indian sailor. Vishnu Saravanan improved his position steadily through his race, moving from 29 to finish 14th in race 01. Race 02 postponed.

Shooting, skeet men’s qualification: Day 1 is complete for all shooters. So here’s an update of where things are. Angad is 11th but just one point behind the top 6 (six qualify for final). Still in with a shot to enter final if he finishes strongly. Mairaj is on 71/75 and is 25th.

Boxing: Mary Kom vs Miguelina Hernandez Garcia
Round 3: Garcia came out all guns blazing and Kom, with all her veteran guile, simply picked her off. Got in some good, clean punches. Superb from the Indian. She just knew what she needs to do to win. Very, very smart boxing. Mary Kom is into the last 16!

Boxing: Mary Kom vs Miguelina Hernandez Garcia
Round 2: Another very close round. The third round becomes a winner takes all round. Kom is ahead but only just.

Boxing: Mary Kom vs Miguelina Hernandez Garcia
Round 1: Garcia is 15 years younger than Kom and she threw a lot of punches at the Indian legend. Tight round. Kom in red and Garcia in blue. Three judges gave it to Kom and two to Garcia.

Boxing: Mary Kom is in the ring.

Table tennis: Batra vs Pesotska

Batra got stronger as the match went on. She started dominating the longer rallies and played on Pesotska’s patience with some superb defence. A superb win. She is through to the third round after a 56-minute battle.

Table tennis: Batra vs Pesotska

Pesotska jumped to a 5-2 lead before Batra came back to make it 5-5. The Indian then ran away with it seemingly and took a 10-5 lead. Five game points. 11-5. We are into the decider. Batra’s backhand defence has been exceptional.

Table tennis: Batra vs Pesotska

Pesotska recovered her poise and seemed be doing well. But Batra clawed her way back into game to make it 7-8 before the Ukrainian called for a timeout. The world no 32 then got two game points and needed just one to take it 11-8. Pesotska leads the match 3-2.

Table tennis: Batra vs Pesotska

Batra going at Pesotska’s body a lot more and defending better too. But another tight battle. It was 7-7. Then, 8-8. Right down to the wire. 9-9. Nothing between the two. Then, the Indian won the rally of the game to get the game point (10-9) but she missed a forehand, sent it long. 10-10. What a game! Finally, Batra won 12-10. The match is tied at 2 games apiece.

Table tennis: Batra vs Pesotska

Batra roaring back to life after Pesotska had taken a 3-0 early lead. She made it 6-6 and then 10-6. Four game points and she clinched the game 11-7. Good, solid comeback. Batra needed this. Pesotska leads 2-1 in the match.

Table tennis: Batra vs Pesotska

Batra, the world no 62, looking off today. One wonders if that needless controversy about coaching yesterday might have disturbed her. Pesotska showing her experience as well. She takes the second game 11-4. Five minutes for the game.

Table tennis: Batra vs Pesotska

The world no 32 from Ukraine has seven game points four minutes into the contest. Batra saved one but lost the game 4-11.

Table tennis: India’s Manika Batra to take on Ukraine’s Margaryta Pesotska in round two of the women’s singles event. The players are warming up now.

Shooting, men’s skeet qualification (day 1): The first day of men’s skeet qualification has wrapped up for India men (some are still shooting, we will update placings in a while)

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa: 24 3rd series, 73/75 points

Mairaj Ahmad Khan: 22 3rd series, 71/75 points

Sailing, Women’s One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial - Race 02: A while back we missed this. Just seen that Nethra Kumanan was SIXTH at one point in the race 2 of her event! Finishes 16th overall after 33rd in race 1. She is the first Indian woman to qualify in sailing for Olympics. This is an event with multiple races over multiple days before the final race to decide medals.

Archery: The Korean women’s team are shooting right now if you want to watch some awesomeness on TV.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Stats from Sathiyan’s defeat on Olympic Games debut. It was a rollercoaster.

Shooting, men’s skeet qualification (day 1): Angad and Mairaj in their third series now.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7, Sathiyan 6-11 Lam: LAM SIU HANG WINS! A thriller and an upset win for Hong Kong. Sathiyan’s debut campaign is over after just one match. He looked in control when leading 3-1 but let the advantage slip. He’ll be disappointed with this.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7, Sathiyan 6-10 Lam: 4 match points LAM!

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7, Sathiyan 6-9 Lam: LAM 2 points away!

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7, Sathiyan 6-7 Lam: Fist pump LAM! “Chole” is the TT version of vamos we are told and Lam lets one out. And now it is Sathiyan to win a point on the defensive.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7, Sathiyan 5-6 Lam: Two points for Sathiyan after ends change but a quick net chord helps Lam go up 6-4. He then sends a forehand long.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7, Sathiyan 2-5 Lam: A change of ends after a big point from Lam! Brilliant forehand. Can Sathiyan turn it around from the far end?

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7, Sathiyan 2-4 Lam: A point that leaves Sathiyan shrugging and the coach calls for a timeout! The Indian needs it. This seems to be just slipping away so he needs a breather to reset.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2, GAME 7 2-2: Both paddlers want to take the early advantage. Both of them pumping themselves up. Sathiyan takes the first point, Lam take the next 2, Sathiyan has the next. HOW ARE YOUR NERVES!

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: TWO GAME POINTS SAVED! From 3-8 down, from 8-10 down, the Indian has made it 10-10. A brilliant rally goes Lam’s way for another game point. And Sathiyan sends the backhand long. DECIDER COMING UP!

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: With a little bit of help from the net, Sathiyan makes it 6-8 in game 6. A big come on from him to make it 8-9 with a forehand winner!

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Sathiyan down 3-8. He’s gone a bit quiet as well and that is a mini win for Lam. Loves to dictate tempo, the Indian. Can he force his way back?

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Now Lam roars! Big points from him. He leads 6-3 and is producing great moments. Close to forcing a decider.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Good start. Big roar from Sathiyan because he knows how important it is to get this under control early in game 6. A wonderful point from both players goes Sathiyan’s way. Lam makes it 3-3. NERVY!

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Game on again! Lam takes everything that Sathiyan can throw at him. He wins his second game of the match 11-9. Sathiyan did well to push till the end and he still leads 3-2 in the match. But this could get tricky if he doesn’t start game 6 well.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Sathiyan has saved a couple of game points, but still 10-9 to Lam.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Bit of a battle this fourth game, Lam has a 9-5 lead.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Sathiyan again wraps it easily after a super start. He was 6-0, had a 9-point lead and closes it out 11-5. (I know it is the Olympics, I know it is supposed to be tough but I really really really wish Sathiyan and Sharath got better draws)

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: A ridiculously high quality top 8

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Sathiyan takes his second game in a row. He now leads 2-1 in the match. Looked in charge and comfortable. Tactics were spot-on too, says Ashish Magotra.

Table tennis, Men’s singles round 2: A pumped up Sathiyan takes the second game 11-7 and levels the match up. Made a strong start and held firm. 1-1 in this best of seven match.

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: Update, the top 4 have broken the OR mark! High quality shooting. Indians shooters finish 26 (Deepak) and 32 (Divyansh).

Table Tennis, Men’s singles round 2: Sathiyan has 2-0 H2H (4-1 and 4-0 in the previous meetings) against Lam Siu Hang. But he has dropped the first game 11-7. Strong start to the 2nd game from the Indian. He is pumping himself up.

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: The top 3 have broken the qual. OR. And the Indians are out of the final, officially.

Table tennis, men’s singles, round 2: After a first round bye, G Sathiyan begins his singles campaign today. He is up against world No 95 Siu Hang Lam. The Indian NO 2 will start. Best of 7 games. Sathiyan has 2-0 H2H (4-1 and 4-0 in the previous meetings)

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: Current Qualification Olympic Record in this is event is 630.2 pts held by Abhinav Bindra’s good friend Niccolo Campriani (Rio 2016). It is getting broken for sure.

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: Good fourth series for both the Indian shooters but still way off the pace set by the frontrunners. Just inside top 30.

Divyansh Singh Panwar, series scores: 102.7 103.7 103.6 104.6

Deepak Kumar, series scores: 102.9 103.8 103.7 105.2

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: The Indians have finished their third series.

Divyansh Singh Panwar, series scores: 102.7 103.7 103.6

Deepak Kumar, series scores: 102.9 103.8 103.7

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: The Indian shooters had reportedly taken a break earlier, they are still in their 3rd series. Meanwhile, CHN Haoran Yan and HUN Istvan Peni are on track to better the Olympic record.

Zenia D’Cunha: A very high-scoring men’s 10m air rifle qualification on, with even an average of lower 10.4 not enough for final close to the midway mark. Tough for the two Indians, Divyansh & Deepak, to catch up after 102, 103s to begin.

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: This is high quality shooting. the top shooter right now is at 10.556 average which is taking him to a WR for qualification. The third-placed shooter is on track to better the Olympic record. The Indians are way off that pace at the top, both are still outside the top 30.

Divyansh Singh Panwar, series scores: 102.7 103.7

Deepak Kumar, series scores: 102.9 103.8

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: Low 10s mostly from both Indian shooters to start and the average at the top is quite high in these early stages. The top 5 are shooting at 10.500+ !

Divyansh Singh Panwar, series scores: 102.9

Deepak Kumar, series scores: 102.7

Shooting, 10m men’s air rifle, qualification: Divyansh starts with 102.7 in the first series. Deepak still shooting. Not an ideal start for either.

Sailing, Women’s One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial - Race 01: Nethra Kumanan, the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Games, finishes the first race 33rd place out of 44. The event happens over multiple races on multiple days. There is Race 02 today to come.

Shooting, men’s skeet qualification (day 1): Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan have swapped scores from their first round. 24/25 and 24/25 so far.

Time for the men’s 10m air rifle qualification. India is represented by Divyansh Singh Panwar and Deepak Kumar

10m air pistol, women’s qualification: A note from Zenia D’Cunha

Not to be for Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Manu Bhaker in women’s 10m air pistol on their Olympics debut. They are the world No 1 and 2 in the event but this is also a very loaded field, with only Chinese and European shooters going through to the final. In the end, it was a close call, a matter of one good series, 2-3 points as the seventh and eighth place qualifiers had 577 points while Bhaker had 575 and Deswal 574. But in this sport, one poor series makes all the difference and the Indians had a couple of them. Some issues reported in Bhaker’s equipment which could also have been the issue. Meanwhile, China’s Ranxin Jiang broke the Olympic record with a total of 587 and stalwarts Anna Korakaki and Vitalina Batsarashkina scored 580+ too. (She won gold)

On the bright side, both Indian youngsters have more chances at Tokyo. Bhaker has 2 more events and Deswal has a mixed team. This first experience could help settle whatever initial nerves/issues there were and prepare them for the next events. 

Tennis, women’s doubles: No idea how it happened because no telecast/streaming but Sania Mirza/Ankita Raina have lost in the opening round after taking the first 6-0. Had a break in the 2nd set too.

Zenia D’Cunha: A first-round exit for Sania Mirza & Ankita Raina in women’s doubles The Indian pair won the first set & were serving for the second, but lose against Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok & Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-0 6-7(0) 8-10.

Tennis, women’s singles: Ash Barty has been knocked out in the first round!

Tennis, women’s singles: WOW, World No 1 Ash Barty in big trouble! She has just saved two match points to hang in down a break in the 2nd set against Sorribes Tormo of Spain

Women’s doubles, first round: Sania/Ankita are in a tiebreak for the 2nd set and it goes the Ukraine sisters’ way. After a 58-minute set, they have to play a decider now! CAn’t be easy on Sania.

Tennis: In some non-India update, the dream of a hat-trick (improbable as it was) is over for Sir Andy.

Sailing, Women’s One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial - Race 01: The opening series is underway in sailing, Nethra Kumanan in action.

Women’s gymnastics, qualification: Unfortunately, it looks like Pranati Nayak did not attempt her second vault, so she is not in the classification list of the apparatus standings. We are not sure yet why this was the case, but this was her hope of reaching the final.

Women’s gymnastics, qualification: Pranati Nayak’s routines are done in the women’s qualification event. Here’s a look at her scores.

Badminton, women’s singles group stage, Sindhu 21-7, 21-10 Polikarpova: Here’s a look at the statistics from the Sindhu match. Looked rusty for just some stages in the match but that is to be expected, there was no reason to over exert here. Game management.

Women’s doubles, tennis: women’s doubles campaign gets under way, with Sania Mirza & Ankita taking on Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok & Lyudmyla Kichenok. Incidentally, Nadiia was Sania’s partner when the Indian star won a title in Hobart on her comeback from maternity break.

Badminton, women’s singles group stage, Sindhu 21-7, 21-10 Polikarpova: PV Sindhu does it with ease. Cruises to victory. Nice way to warm-up for the tougher challenges ahead. 21-7, 21-10 in only 28 mins.

Badminton, women’s singles group stage, Sindhu 21-7, 20-10 Polikarpova: She hasn’t played all too badly, the Israeli. Some good rallies. Saves three match points to reach double figures in the second game.

Badminton, women’s singles group stage, Sindhu 21-7, 11-4 Polikarpova: Sindhu goes into the mid-game break in the second game leading 11-4. Same as the opening game. No drama.

Rowing, Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls: For those asking, the repechage was a second chance for rowers to progress to Semifinal A/B 1 & 2. Indians are in SF A/B 2 now. From those two semifinals, the top three progress to the Final A, rest to Final B. Final A will decide medals, Final B is for classification.

Badminton, women’s singles group stage, Sindhu 21-7 Polikarpova: 13 consecutive points for Sindhu! The Israeli breaks that run finally. But 13 game points for the Indian and she needs just 1. A good rally to end that game but as solid as it gets for the Indian star.

Badminton, women’s singles, Sindhu 15-5 Polikarpova: Bit of slow start but that’s alright. Sindhu, the sixth seed, in complete control now and one reflex crosscourt smash stood out, terrific shot. She goes into the mid-game break leading 11-5. Easy does it as she is on a roll at the moment.

Shooting, men’s skeet (day 1 qualification): After the first round in men’s skeet, India’s Mairaj Ahmad Khan has a perfect 25 while Angad Vir Singh Bajwa has 24 points.

Badminton, from our preview: Seeded sixth and placed in the bottom half, Sindhu will face Hong Kong’s world number 34 Cheung Ngan Yi and Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova, ranked 58th (ongoing). Sindhu has a 5-0 head to head against Cheung and the two haven’t met since 2017 on the tour. Against Polikarpova, Sindhu has a 2-0 record and they last met in 2015. In terms of recent results, there is not much to go by but the Indian should get through the group.

A quick skeet update: (first day of qualification)

A feature on PV Sindhu by senior badminton journalist Abhijeet Kulkarni

Badminton, women’s singles group stage: Moving on, PV Sindhu is on the court in the women’s singles event for Group game. She will be taking on Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova in the opener.

Rowing, Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls: A little while earlier Indian rowers finished 3rd in their repechage race and make that second chance count to reach the semi-finals! Top three progress from here and they got in ahead of UZB at 4th, moving ahead after the 1000m mark.

OFFICIAL: Yashaswini Singh Deswal & Manu Bhaker don’t make the cut for the final. Cut-off at 577.

Bhaker - 12 (575 -14x)

Deswal - 13 (574 -11x)

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: OH MANU BHAKER! She needed a X with her final shot to have a chance of sneaking into the final. It’s a 8. Argh! No finalist for India.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: The shooters at 7th & 8th have 577 -15x. Manu on 557 -13x with 2 shots left!!!!! 10 with her penultimate. WOW.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: THIS IS SO NERVY FOR US! Gah. Manu Bhaker on the cusp of top 8 but it is still so close. YSD set to finish outside the top 8.

Manu Bhaker, series scores: 98 95 94 95 98

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, series scores: 94 98 94 97 96

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: Both are outside the top 8 still and there is a potential scenario unfolding of them finishing just outside the bracket. Which is infinitely more heartbreaking than finishing far behind, if you ask me.

Manu Bhaker, series scores: 98 95 94 95

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, series scores: 94 98 94 97 96

Women’s gymnastics, qualification: Time for action in the women’s gymnastics event as the qualification event starts. represented by Pranati Nayak, the second Indian woman to qualify for the Olympic Games after Dipa Karmakar in 2016.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: The top 8 average has not really gotten out of hand for both Manu and Yashaswini here, still very much in the mix. Manu, especially. They both need a good set of 97-98s. YSD has a 97 in her fourth series, as we speak.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: Oh dear. A 94 for Bhaker too in the 3rd series. One 8 and four 9s. There are not too far away from the cut-off average but that is a damaging return.

Manu Bhaker, series scores: 98, 95, 94

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, series scores: 94, 98, 94

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: Deswal was making a solid comeback after the first round but TWO 8s in her third series! That’s going to hurt. It’s a 94 for her.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: she gets going with 10-10-9-10, so hopefully just a minor blip for Bhaker.

Manu Bhaker, series scores: 98, 95

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, series scores: 94, 98

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: The time is a problem to keep an eye on for Bhaker here. Reminder, she has to shoot 60 times in 75 minutes. Has lost a good chunk here apart from whatever else is the issue with equipment. Still on 56 in the 2nd series, yet to get moving. YSD is in her third series after a superb 98 in the second set.

A not-so-good update from a reporter in Tokyo.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: Still early days but both Indian shooters are outside the top 10 in the middle of their second series. Bhaker’s 4 9s in six shots of round 2 have just pegged her back a little.

Clarification for those joining us on the blog, there is no broadcast of the shooting qualification rounds at the Games.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: Good start from Manu, YSD finishes with a 94, hurt by a 8 in the first 10.

Manu Bhaker, series scores: 98

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, series scores: 94

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: Shooters will all be going at different speeds so the placings will be dynamic. The average score is a good indicator. Manu is in the among frontrunners as things stand with 9.8 or so. YSD a bit behind at 9.33, playing catch-up.

Manu Bhaker, series scores: 98

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, series scores: ongoing

Zenia D’Cunha: Day 1 was not the best for Indian shooting. Day 2 starts with women’s 10m air pistol, where youngsters Yashaswini Singh Deswal & Manu Bhaker will be in action - world No 1 & 2 in the event. 60 shots, 75 minutes & top 8 into the final. Let’s go!

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: Bhaker starts with three 10s, Deswal goes 9-9. Reminder that this is a round of six series with 10 shots each to determine top 8 shooters in the end.

Women’s 10m air pistol, qualification: The shooters have begun making their marks in the qualification round!

Tokyo 2020, day 1 as it happened: Mirabai Chanu provides the silver opening for India

05.25: For the record, Team USA has gone day one without a medal for the first time since 1972 at the Summer Games! More here.

05.20 am: Hello all and welcome to the start of the second official day of action at the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020.

Let the records show that at the start of day 2 of the Summer Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 in 2021, India was on the medal tally but not USA. Wink, wink.

It was a day to remember for Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal and the second Indian woman to an Olympic Games silver.

On Sunday, there are two medal events on paper.

The Indian Shooting team will take four more shots at opening their medal count in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Shooting competition. Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal line-up in the Women’s 10M Air Pistol qualifiers in the morning session, while in the afternoon, Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar will compete in the Men’s 10M Air Rifle event. The qualification round for Women’s Pistol begins at 5.30 am IST while the finals are scheduled for 7.45 am IST. The Men’s Rifle qualifiers start at 9.30 am IST with the finals being scheduled for 12 noon IST.

PV Sindhu, Mary Kom, Sania Mirza begin their campaigns too. Stay tuned.

(Screenshots are typically from the Tokyo 2020 official website)