Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Tokyo Paralympics - Day 3, August 27 - Bhavina storms into semis, Tek Chand in action - LIVE updates, Scores, Results, Blog, Medal
Action-packed day ahead for India as Bhavina Patel, Jaideep Deswal, Sakina Khatun get ready to clinch glory in Tokyo.
Bhavina Patel, Tek Chand will headline action on Day 3 of Tokyo Paralympics
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge on Day 3 of the Tokyo Paralympics!
The third day of the Tokyo Paralympics promises to be action-packed as India has a busy day ahead and a chance to open their medal book tally at the quadrennial event.
The star table tennis player, Bhavina Patel, has advanced to the quarterfinal with a 3-0 win over Brazil's Joyce de Oliveira, while compound archer Jyoti Baliyan finished 15th in the women's individual ranking round with a final score of 671.
On the other hand, Powerlifter Sakina Khatun finished fifth in Women's -50kg Powerlifting with a best of 93kg.
Archer Rakesh Kumar finished third in the Men's Compound Individual Ranking Round, while Shyam Sundar Swami finished 21st. Likewise, Harvinder Singh finished 21st in Men's Recurve Individual Ranking Round, while Vivek Chikara finished a commendable 10th.
Bhavina Patel creates history as she bypassed the reigning Paralympic champion, Peric Borislava, the World No. 2 from Serbia as she defeats her most comprehensively in straight games, 3-0, needing just 18 minutes to book herself a semi-final ticket!
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- 27 Aug 2021 2:28 AM GMT
Good fight from Bhavina!
Not so easy, though! Bhavina comes up quickly again to level up at 9 ALL.
- 27 Aug 2021 2:27 AM GMT
Close fight in the opening game already!
Both Bhavina and Joyce are in no mood to squander away points as they keep a close tab on each other!
However, Joyce still has a 2-point lead at 7-9. - 27 Aug 2021 2:24 AM GMT
Short, quick rallies taking place
Joyce gives competition early-on as well and edges past slightly to take a lead at 3-4.
- 27 Aug 2021 2:23 AM GMT
And we begin Bhavina's match now!
Good start to the match by Bhavina as she pockets the first point of Game 1. Let's chase some history, shall we, Bhavina?
- 27 Aug 2021 2:15 AM GMT
Know Bhavinaben's opponent - Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil.
Brazil's Joyce de Oliveira has not won anything major in her career perhaps but she possesses truckloads of experience having finished fifth in the 2014 World Championships and 2012 London Paralympics. Bhavina will need to be careful against her if she intends to sail forward into the quarter-finals!
- 27 Aug 2021 2:01 AM GMT
All eyes on Table 6 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium now!
The wait is up! Bhavina Patel will be here now to give it her all in the Round of 16 clash against her Brazilian opponent, Joyce de Oliveira!
- 27 Aug 2021 1:48 AM GMT
We have table tennis action coming up in a few minutes!
Bhavina Patel stunned a lot of people by winning her final Group stage match at the Tokyo Paralympics against Britain's Megan Shackleton. The paddler from Gujarat clearly looked hungry for more as she sailed into the knockout stages of the Women's Singles Wheelchair Class 4 event.
- 27 Aug 2021 1:44 AM GMT
A lot of sporting action to unfurl today!
A very good morning and welcome to our live blog on Day 3 of the Tokyo Paralympics! It's going to be an exciting day ahead with plenty of Indians in action.
