Women’s archery team crashes out
Even as the 18-year-old Bhajan Kaur shot an exceptional 56 out of 60 points, the two seasoned campaigners, Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat, proved to be the weak links as the Indian women’s archery team lost 51-52, 49-54, 48-53 to Netherlands in the quarterfinals.
Rower Balraj reaches quarterfinals
India’s Balraj Panwar progressed to the quarterfinals of the men’s single sculls rowing competition after finishing second in Repechage 2. Panwar clocked 7 minutes 12.41 seconds.
Tennis: Nagal makes early exit
Sumit Nagal stuck to his strong baseline game but that didn’t seem to be enough against Frenchman Corentin Moutet, who knocked out the Indian with a stylish three-set win. In his second appearance at the Olympic Games, Nagal bounced back after losing the first set but fell 2-6 6-4 5-7.
