Tokyo Olympics 2021 Live updates: India pins hopes of a maiden athletics medal on Kamalpreet Kaur – The Economic Times

Big day

2 medals for India so far: Victories of PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu

Sindhu defeated China’s He Bing Jiao in the bronze medal match at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 1 on Sunday. The 26-year-old is now just the second Indian athlete to win two individual Olympic medals. Wrestler Sushil Kumar also has two medals as he returned with a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics 2008 and a silver at the London Olympics 2012.Chanu had opened India’s medals tally on Saturday as she bagged a silver in the Women’s 49kg category at Tokyo International Forum.

The way India is playing, they will finish at podium, says hockey legend Ashok Kumar

Former Indian hockey player Ashok Kumar wants the Men In Blue to bring the gold medal back to the country in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The Asian side has not claimed a medal in the Summer Olympics since 1980 and the Manpreet Singh-led squad is looking to end the 41-year-old medal drought. Carrying the hopes of an entire nation, the Indian men’s hockey team lived up to the billing with a scintillating 3-1 win against Great Britain in the quarter-finals on Sunday.

India’s schedule on Monday

Medal hopes for India

India’s hopes of a maiden athletics medal at the Olympics on Kamalpreet Kaur who will be in action in the women’s discus throw final on Monday. Indian women’s hockey team will be up against Australia in the quarterfinal