Day 4 was a satisfying day for the Indian Olympians and the
supporters. There were wins and few defeats also. But overall the day was full
of satisfying results which makes one happy. What makes the day satisfying is
that, in the events like Rowing where Indian was able to Finish fourth and
qualify for the Semi finals (Although he is out of medal hopes). But one of the
Medal Hopeful Heena sidhu did bow out of the qualification which makes the day
sour but we do have enough wins to celebrate the day. Let us go through how the
day happened to be for the Indian contingent.
Archery: We are Still There
Atanu Das: Men’s Individual event: two rounds and victory all
around.
Atanu First met Jitbahadur Muktan of Nepal in round of 64 and
won 6-0 (29-26; 29-24; 30-26). Atanu was bound to win the contest and as
expected he won it. In the Round of 32 Atanu met Adrian Puentas of Cuba and won 6-4 ( 28-25; 29-26;
26-27; 27-28; 29-28). In the round of 32 Atanu won first two sets but the Cuban
came back impressive and won the next two thereby contest going into the final
fifth set where Atanu rallied to win the round and move into round of 16 or
pre-quarters where he will meet South Korean archer Lee Seung-Yun who was part
of the Korean team which won the Gold medal in the team event in this edition
of Olympics. Round of 16 will be held tomorrow.
Hockey: I am Back
Indian Men's Hockey Team came back strong after the loss to
Germany to win the match against Argentina 2-1. Goals from the Manipur duo set
the victory for the Indian Team. Chinglensana Singh scored from the penalty
corner with an impressive shot (though he usually doesn’t take corner or he is
a Drag Flicker) at 8th Minute of the game setting the tempo for the
team. Right from the start until middle of second quarter India was quite
aggressive in the approach and India went into break leading 1-0 which was a
morale booster. Back into second half Kothajit Singh scored an impressive field
goal (India’s first field goal in this Olympics) making 2-0 at 35th
Minute. If we have to recap about Kothajit he was the Lone scorer in the regular
time, which ended 1-1 against Pakistan and the same match India won 4-2 in a
penalty shootout and bagged the Gold medal in the Asian Games2014. But
Argentina still pressed hard and they were able to pull back one at 49th
minute by pelliet and from there Indian Players were playing more defensive.
Kudos to sreejesh who was fantastic as an custodian to ensure the victory
yesterday. With that victory we are close to qualify for the quarter final
which has not happened post 1980 Olympics.
Rowing: We are Proud of you!
Medal doesn’t matter, Go far as you can
Dattu Baban Bhokanal was in quarter finals in the Rowing event
for the Men’s Single Sculls yesterday. He was to participate in the Heats 4. As
the event started Dattu did well and maintained 3rd position till
200m but as in progressed he got pushed to 4th position and
eventually finishing in the 4th position meaning he will not be in
the Medal contention. Dattu finished the race with impressive time of 6:59.89
and he will be participating in the Semi Finals C/D event. Nevertheless we are
proud about our lad and hope he goes till Finals of C/D event. Just for the
sake of readers Dattu started to practice rowing only after 2012 Olympics, the
only rower from India for Rio Olympics and Ninth Rower from India in the
Olympics.
Shooting: Disappointment
Heena
Sidhu was the only Lady Shooter left in the shooting competition from India and
she was in fray for the 25m Pistol Event. Unfortunately she scored 576 points
and ranked 20 meaning she was not able to qualify for the Finals.
Boxing: Indian Bout Starts
Vikas
Krishnan started off with a flyer winning over his American Opponent Charles
Conwell 3-0 in the middleweight category thereby qualifying for the round of
16. In the Round of 16 Vikas will meet Önder Şipal of Turkey which will be held
on 12th August. Vikas is one of the bright prospects for the Medal
finish.
Schedule for Today:
Shooting:
Men’s 50m Pistol: Jitu Rai
and Prakash Nanjappa
5:30 PM IST qualification and finals
at 8:30 PM IST.
Field
Hockey Women’s: India vs Australia
7:30
PM IST
Boxing:
Men’s
Light Welterweight (64Kg): Manoj
Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas (Lithuania)
3:00
AM IST (11th August)
Weightlifting:
Men’s
77Kg: Sathish Sivalingam
Group
stages at 6:30 PM IST and Finals at 3:30 AM IST (11th August).
Judo:
Men’s
Individual: Avatar Singh vs Pople Misenga
(Refugee)
Round
of 32 at 7:15 PM IST.
Archery:
Women’s
Individual: Round of 64
Bombayla Devi vs Laurence Baldauff
(Austria) at 6:09 PM IST
Deepika
Kumari vs Kristine Esebua (Gerogia) at 1:24 AM IST (11th August).
All the Best India
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Venkat
Twitter: @vnktabi
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