India women go down fighting despite determined performance in hockey semis; Ravi Dahiya enters men’s 57kg final

[caption id=“attachment_9864411” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] On day 12 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, the India women’s hockey team went down fighting to Argentina 1-2 in the semi-finals, to end their hopes for a gold. The Indians will now play Great Britain in the bronze medal match. AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9864431” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya assured India of another medal after reaching the final of the men’s freestyle 57 kg category. He beat Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan in the semi-final. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9864421” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Neeraj Chopra topped the qualification round in Group A as he qualified for the javelin throw final. Neeraj’s first throw of 86.65 was sufficient, with his throw going past the qualification criteria of 83.50. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9863401” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Lovlina Borrgohain clinched bronze in women’s boxing after losing to Turkey’s Busenaz Sürmeneli 0-5 in the semi-final. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9864391” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Canada’s Andre de Grasse set a national record of 19.62 seconds as he clinched the men’s 200m gold medal. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9864401” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] The duo of Matthew Welcher and Will Ryan clinched gold for Australia in the men’s 470 sailing, finishing ahead of Sweden and Spain. AFP[/caption]