Tokyo Olympics:Mary Kom knocked out

Indian Boxer Mary Kom's bid to win a second Olympic medal ended in the pre-quarters of Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. The London Olympics bronze medalist lost to 3rd seed Ingrit Valencia of Colombia via split decision in a closely-contest Round of 16 match in the Women's Flyweight category. Mary lost the Round of 16 bout by the barest of margins as it was a 3-2 decision in favour of Colombia's Ingrit. In fact, it was Ingrit's first win in 3 attempts against the Indian boxer.However, in the third round of what was a high-quality boxing bout, Mary looked visibly tired. She went for the kill but it was not enough for the legendary Indian. Mary, a 6-time world champion, has won everything that is there to be won, but only the Olympic gold medal was missing from her decorated trophy cabinet.

Indian boxer Satish Kumar moved into the quarterfinals of the men's +91 kg super heavyweight category by beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown. Archer Atanu Das advanced after beating former Olympic & World Champion Oh Jinhyek of South Korea.