Tokyo Olympics 2020 Games Day 12 Live Updates: Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) confirms at least a silver medal for India with a semi-final win over Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan. Deepak Punia was dominated by David Morris Taylor of USA in the Men’s 86kg freestyle semi-final and lost 10-0 on technical inferiority. Anshu Malik is through to the repechage round after Iryna Kurachkina of Bulgaria, who she lost to in the first round, reached the final. Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the finals of the men’s javelin throw. Lovlina Boroghain bagged bronze as the Indian women’s hockey team will be in action soon.
2020 Games Day 12 Live Updates: Ravi Kumar Dahiya confirms another medal for India as he moves to the gold medal match in the Men’s 57kg freestyle category with a win by fall against Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan. Deepak Punia was dominated by David Morris Taylor of USA in the Men’s 86kg freestyle semi-final and lost 10-0 on technical superiority. He will have another bout for the bronze medal. Wrestler Anshu Malik is through to the repechage round after Iryna Kurachkina of Bulgaria, who she lost to in the first round, reached the final. Anshu is now two wins away from the bronze medal.
Lovlina Borgohain settled for a bronze medal as she lost to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in the women’s welterweight semi-final. Neeraj Chopra handed India a good start to Day 12 of the Tokyo Olympics as he booked his spot in the men’s javelin throw final without any fuss, his first attempt throw of 86.65m was enough for him to qualify. Top 12 athletes or whoever breaches the 83.50m mark qualify for the final. Meanwhile, Shivpal Singh, India’s second javelin thrower failed to qualify for the finals. 74.81m was his best attempt. Golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar have also started their Tokyo Olympics journey. India’s day 12 comes to an end with the blockbuster clash between the women’s hockey team and Argentina in the semifinals.