Rio Olympics: India to vie for medals in Shooting, Archery, Judo, Hockey and Boxing
RIO: India will be out again in the Rio Olympics on day five, looking for a medal. Today India appears in Shooting, Archery, Judo, Hockey and Boxing.
From shooting arena, Jitu Rai and Parakash Nanjappa will be featuring in the qualification round of 50 meters Pistol event. Medal hopes will be pinned on Jitu Rai today, as this is his main event and he is the reigning Asian and Commonwealth Games Champion. Jitu Rai had earlier finished 8th in the 10 meters Air Pistol event on Saturday night.
In Archery, Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi will be figuring in their round of 64 matches today. Deepika will be up against Kristine Esebua of Georgia while Bombayla will be facing Laurence Baldauff from Austria.Judoka Avtar Singh will make his Olympic debut today in the 90 kg weight class. The South Asian Games Champion, Avtar is the first Indian Judoka after 2004 to qualify for the Olympics. His first bout will be against Popole Misenga, an athlete competing under Refugee Olympic Flag.
In Hockey, Indian eves will today play against Australia in their third outing. So far, Indian eves have drawn, 2-2, with Japan and lost, Nil-3, to Great Britain.In Boxing, Manoj Kumar will begin his campaign today in the 64 kg weight class. Manoj in round of 32 will meet Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania. Last night, in round of 32, Vikas Krishan beat American Charles Conwell in 75 Kg weight class to advance ahead. Indian pugilist defeated his opponent by a unanimous decision, with judges giving him all the three rounds.
In Rowing, Dattu Bhokanal is out of medal contention in the men’s single sculls event after finishing 4th in his quarter finals yesterday, He however, will row in the semifinal C/D today, to compete for the rankings but won’t be moving to semifinal A/B where he would have a chance to win a medal.
Michael Phelps took his legacy to another level in the Olympics. He bagged 2 more gold medals on the fourth day to take his overall gold medal tally to 21, highest ever by an individual. In tennis, after the early exit of world number one Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams also crashed out to a lower rank opponent.
After the end of day four, the medals tally is led by the US with Nine gold, eight silver and nine bronze, followed by China with eight gold, three silver and six bronze and Hungary on third position.
