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Priyanka Gandhi hails wrestler Dahiya for reaching Olympics final

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday expressed her best wishes to grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya as he stormed into the finals of the men's freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics.In a tweet, she said the wrestler had made the country proud."All the best Ravi Kumar Dahiya! India is cheering for you. You have made us all very proud," she said.Dahiya stormed into the finals of the men's freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-finals.Dahiya will now contest the finals on Thursday. He is the first Indian wrestler to enter the final since Sushil Kumar in 2012.

Ravi Dahiya: The quiet storm of Indian wrestling

On Wednesday, he became Indian wrestling''s new poster boy by reaching the Olympic final and his first reaction was, "Haan, theek hi hai bhaisahab"

Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Medal for Lovlina, Ravi; heartbreak in hockey

Neeraj Chopra's first throw was 86.65m, well beyond the qualification mark of 83.50m. Lovlina Borgohain signed off with a bronze, India women's hockey team lost to Argentina in semi-final

Olympics: India women lose to Argentina in hockey semis, to play for bronze

Indian women's hockey team put up a gritty performance but it was not enough to secure maiden Olympic final berth as it lost 1-2 to world no.2 Argentina in a hard-fought semifinal of ongoing Games.

Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia loses semifinal, to fight for bronze now

Indian wrestler Deepak Punia will fight for bronze medal after he was outclassed by formidable American David Morris Taylor in the 86kg semifinals of the Olympic Games here on Wednesday. It was always going to be a herculean task for Deepak to trouble the American, the 2018 world champion and the reigning Pan-American champion. It was hardly a contest as Taylor effected one move after another to win by technical superiority in the first period itself. Deepak could make only one move on counter attack but the American did not give the Indian any chance to convert that into points. The 22-year-old Deepak had earlier made the most of an easy draw by getting past Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor, the African championship bronze medallist by technical superiority and then prevailed 6-3 over China's Zushen Lin in the quarterfinal.

Tokyo Olympics: Medal assured as wrestler Ravi Dahiya storms into finals

Dahiya will now contest the finals on Thursday and he is the first to enter the final since Sushil in 2012.

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia storm into semis

Indian wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia stormed into the semi-finals of the men's freestyle 57kg and 86kg category respectively at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.Fourth-seeded Ravi defeated Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov by pure brute strength and agility at Mat A by 14-4. Meanwhile fighting on Mat C Deepak Punia edged China's Zushen Lin by 6-3 in a very closely contested match here at the Makuhari Messe Hall A on Wednesday.Second-seeded Deepak as expected got into a very cagey start against the Chinese wrestler in the 86kg section. The first half saw a minimum of action as the Indian took the lead by 1-0. Coming into the second half, Punia put his foot on the accelerator as he brilliantly managed to squeeze five points in comparison to three of Zushen.In the 56kg category quarter-final clash, Ravi comfortably overcame the challenge of Georgi Valentinov. The 23-year-old Indian drew the first blood by snatching six points that remained unanswered from the ...

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Greek swimmers ruled out after Covid-19 cases

An outbreak of COVID-19 cases among the Greek Olympic team's artistic swimmers has ruled them out of competing at the Tokyo Games, officials said Wednesday. "Five of the twelve Greek artistic swimmers and the team officials who were staying at the Olympic Village had tested positive for COVID-19," Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee spokesperson Masa Takaya said at a briefing. The Greek team said they are all staying at a quarantine hotel. Greece was due to compete in the duet and team events. IOC spokesperson Mark Adams reiterated Wednesday that the International Olympic Committee is in contact with the Chinese Olympic Committee after the image of Communist China's founding leader, Mao Zedong, made an unscheduled appearance at the Tokyo Olympics. The gesture Mao pin badges worn by two Chinese gold medalists at their medal ceremony risks being judged a breach of Olympic Charter Rule 50, which prohibits political statements on the podium at the Tokyo Games and at the upcoming 2022 ..

Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Dahiya secures quarterfinal spot in 57kg category

Ravi Kumar Dahiya won his opening-round bout by technical superiority against Colombia's Oscar Tigreros to secure a quarterfinal spot in the 57kg quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday

Neeraj qualifies for javelin throw final with superb 1st throw, Shivpal out

Shivpal Singh finished 27th after registering 76.40m in his first attempt

Olympics: Deepak Punia cruises into quarters in Freestyle 86kg category

Indian grappler Deepak Punia progressed into the quarter-finals of Men's Freestyle 86kg at the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor

Covid-19: Tokyo reports over 3,700 cases amid Olympic Games 2020

Tokyo on Tuesday reported 3,709 new cases of coronavirus amid Olympic 2020 in the city while eighteen more people associated with the Tokyo Olympics have been tested positive.New cases had topped 3,000 for five consecutive days in Tokyo and doctors have also criticised the government's response to the increasing cases, Kyodo News reported.Overall 12,017 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the country which is the second-highest single-day record.A day earlier, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga decided that only patients with severe cases of COVID-19 can be admitted to hospitals, making a policy U-turn.Meanwhile, Japan on July 31 declared a state of emergency to Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Okinawa Prefectures and applied priority measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Fukuoka Prefectures till August 31."We ask people to refrain from going out or travelling for non-essential, non-urgent reasons, and to be as careful and ...

Olympics: We're not just entertainment, we're humans, says Simone Biles

The American gymnast Simone Biles competed for the first time since the team event final in artistic gymnastics at Tokyo 2020, capturing a bronze medal in the balance beam

Tokyo 2020: Brazil's Cunha wins women's Olympic marathon swimming

Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil won the women's 10-kilometer Olympic marathon swimming event in Tokyo on Wednesday. Cunha touched first in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 30.8 seconds, finishing nine-tenths of a second ahead of defending champion Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands. Van Rouwendaal took silver in 1:59.31.7. Kareena Lee of Australia earned bronze in 1:59.32.5. Cunha won her first medal in her third Olympics. She was 10th five years ago in Rio de Janeiro and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Games. "We arrived here wanting, as much as you can, this medal," Cunha said. "I said to my coach to win this race will be very difficult for my opponents because I want it so hard, so much, and I'm really well prepared." American Haley Anderson finished sixth and her teammate, Ashley Twichell, was seventh. Cunha and Twichell traded the lead through the first five laps before the American dropped to fourth. Leonie Beck of Germany moved into first ahead of Cunha on Lap 6, when the top eight swimme

Neeraj Chopra qualifies for javelin throw final with 1st attempt of 85.65m

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra kept India's hopes of an elusive Olympic medal from track and field events alive by earning a direct qualification into the finals with a stunning throw of 86.65m

Olympics 2021: India men's and women's Hockey full schedule, squad, timings

In the men's hockey, India will play Bronze medal match vs Germany at 7 am IST on August 5 while the Gold medal match will be played between Australia and Belgium at 3:30 pm IST on August 5

First throw perfect but will need to improve in finals: Neeraj Chopra

Into the finals with a "perfect throw", trailblazing javelin thrower Chopra said he will need the same performance with a higher score to be in contention for India's maiden track-and-field medal

US gymnast Simone Biles wins bronze in beam final on Olympic return

Simone Biles has won a bronze medal in balance beam, her first of the Tokyo Olympics. The American gymnastics star finished behind gold medalist Guan Chenchen and silver medalist Tang Xijing both of China. A week after taking herself out of several competitions to focus on her mental health, Biles drilled a slightly altered routine on Tuesday. Biles, using a routine that ended with a double-pike dismount no twisting required posted a score of 14.000. That was good enough for second after four competitors during the eight-woman final.

India at Olympics: Heartbreak in semis but hockey medal dream still alive

It was a reality check of sorts but the dream is not over yet, not in hockey at least. That quite summed up India's day 11 at the Olympic Games where there were disappointing results all across, the biggest one being the men's hockey team's 2-5 loss to world champion Belgium in the semifinals. That defeat ruled out what would have been an emotional return to the finals for the eight-time gold-medallist after over four decades but what it could not end, was the dream of a medal. Manpreet Singh's men will get a second and last shot at finishing on the podium on Thursday when they take on Germany, the other losing semifinalist, in the bronze play-off. "Now we need to focus on our next bronze-medal match and we need to work and we need to get the medal," Manpreet said after the loss, well aware how damaging it could be to be bogged down by this setback as they continue to chase history. "Disappointed, but you don't have time to worry about that. Now we still have a chance to win a med

Sindhu a sporting icon and one of India's greatest Olympians: Anurag Thakur

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday hailed P V Sindhu as a sporting icon and one of the "greatest Olympians" the country has ever produced after she returned to the country