In Tokyo Olympics,Indian shuttler P V Sindhu entered the semifinals of the women's singles event after beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in straight games. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain assured a medal for India, defeating Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen to reach women's welterweight semifinals. Deepika Kumari was knocked out after losing to Korea's An San in the quarterfinals of the women's individual archery. Sindhu will next face the winner of the other quarterfinal between Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon and Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying.
India women's hockey team beat Ireland 1-0 in pool A match. Boxer Simranjit Kaur failed to reach the quarterfinal after losing her round of 16 match. Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat failed to reach the Women's 25m Pistol final. India 3000m steeplechase athlete Avinash Sable set a new National Record but was unable to qualify to the next round. India's sailor Vishnu Saravanan, finished 15th in the Men's One Person Dinghy Laser Race 10 and 27th in the overall standings.
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