India boxer Lovlina Borgohain defeated Nadine Apetz of Germany 3-2 by a split decision in the Round of 16 of women’s welterweight (69 kg) clash on Tuesday.
Indian shooters misfired once again after Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary and Yashaswini Deswal-Abhishek Verma 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event, Elavenil Valarivan-Divyansh Panwar and Deepak Kumar-Anjum Moudgil fail to qualify for the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Event medal rounds.
Indian men’s doubles badminton pair of Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty failed to qualify for the quarterfinals despite winning their last Group A match against Ben Lane and Sean Vendy owing to poor game difference.
Veteran paddler – Achanta Sharath Kamal put up a brave fight against the defending champion MA Long before losing the Round 3 match
Star US Gymnast Simone Biles pulls out of women’s team all-around final
Official statement: “Simone Biles has withdrawn from the team final competition due to a medical issue. She will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions.”
Germany’s Women’s Gymnastics Team Wore Statement-Making Unitards at the Olympics
Germany’s female artistic gymnastics team took a stand against the sexualization of women in their sport by wearing unitards (long-legged and long-sleeved uniforms) instead of the common bikini-cut leotards at Tokyo2020
India’s Hockey Team journey so far at Tokyo Olympics
5-1 
India
2-0 
2-3 
7-1 
0-3 
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Medals Table
Host country Japan continue to lead the table on Day 4 with total 18 medals - 10 
US, 
China and 
ROC continue to contest for the top spot.
70 Medals were handed out today. A total of 232 medals have been awarded to 56 countries by Day 4.
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PENNY OLEKSIAK
