Tokyo Olympics: Day 6 LIVE, July 29 — PV Sindhu progresses to quarters —Updates, results, blog, scores
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PV Sindhu (Source: BWF)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE updates from Day 6 of the Tokyo Olympics.
On Day 6 of our Tokyo Olympics campaign, we will see some exciting events and players competing in different events including Hockey, Shooting and Boxing.
Eyes will be on Rahi Sarnobat, Manu Bhaker, as they will compete in the Women's 25m Air Pistol event.
Stay tuned with us as we bring you all the results and updates from the matches of Day 6:
That's all we had from day 6 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a good day for India where we saw some good performances from the Indian athletes.
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Sajan Prakash finished second in heat 2 with 53.45 timing but despite his excellent performance, he was not able to qualify for Semifinals.
India's Sajan Prakash finished second in Heat 2 with a time of 53.45 seconds! Prakash was fourth after the first 100m but put on his after-burners for the second split and finished second behind Ghana's Abeiku Jackson who had a time of 53.39! Let's see what his final overall position is once the event is concluded!
Unfortunate for India
It was very very tight, and the scores suggest the exact same thing.
It is 3-2 in favour of Ingrit Valencia Victoria.
Round 2 goes to Mary Kom!
Mary Kom takes the second round, with three judges drawing it in her favour!
End of round one
First round is drawn in favour of Valenica Wow!
All the judges except for one have drawn the first round against Mary Kom.
Mary Kom in the blue corner
Mary Kom will be seen competing in the blue corner for this bout. Valencia Victoria will take the red side.
India's Nethra Kumanan finishes 20th in Race 08
Archery: Atanu Das wins against South Korean Oh Jinhyek in a 6-5 thriller qualified for 1/8 Elimination.
Hockey: Team India won against Argentina 3-1
Boxing: Satish Kumar beats Jamaica's R. Brown in Round of 16 and enters Quarterfinals.
Badminton: PV Sindhu only one match far to enter semis medal round.
Rowing: Arvind Singh and Arjun Jat Lal finish 11th in Lightweight Double Sculls.
Shooting: Manu Baker got qualified for the final rounds but Rahi Sarnobat was not able to qualify in the Women's 25m Pistol event.