Indian hockey team defeated Germany Tokyo Olympics 2020 India Live Updates: Many medals are at stake for the Indian contingent in the Tokyo Olympics today. A medal in wrestling is certain. At the same time, the Indian men’s hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 to win the bronze medal. This is India’s fourth medal in the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo. India has been successful in winning a medal in the Olympics in the game of hockey since 1980.
big change in wrestling
There has been a big change in wrestling. World number 1 Vinesh Phogat (53kg) has lost the quarterfinal match. She was defeated 3-9 by Vanessa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus.
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India won bronze medal
The Indian men’s hockey team fought for the bronze medal against a legendary team like Germany. Both the teams were defeated in the semi-finals and thus India and Germany had a chance to win the bronze medal, as both the teams were out of the race for the gold and silver medals. The Indian team capitalized on this opportunity and defeated Germany 5-4 in a thrilling match to win the bronze medal.
In this match, Oruz Timur scored for Germany in the first quarter and took a 1-0 lead against India, but in the second quarter, India equalized. Simranjit Singh scored for India in the second quarter. After India, Germany also scored two goals one after the other in the second quarter and the team went ahead 3-1. However, after India’s Hardik Singh, Harmanpreet Singh scored two goals from a penalty corner and thus India equalized Germany at half-time.
The match was tied 3-3 after the second quarter. However, India got off to a strong start in the third quarter. At the beginning of the third quarter of the match, India scored two goals one after the other. Simranjit Singh was followed by Rupinder Pal Singh for India in this quarter to convert the lead to 5-3. India were leading 5-3 after the third quarter.
In the last 15 minutes of the game, ie in the fourth quarter, a goal was scored for Germany. Windfeder scored for the German team and narrowed the lead a bit. Even in the last minute, Germany got a chance to score through a penalty corner, but India defended it well and created history in a 5-4 win over Germany.
Anshu Malik out of Tokyo Olympics
Indian female wrestler Anshu Malik had a chance to win a medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Even though she could not reach the semi-finals, she had to go ahead and claim the bronze medal in the repechage round of the WFS (57kg) round but the current Olympic silver medalist Valeria Koblova of ROC. They lost 1-5. With this, his visit to Tokyo 2020 has officially come to an end.
Vinesh reaches quarter-finals
Vinesh Phogat has won her first match in the WFS 53kg category against Sweepstakes’s Sofia Matson and with that she has reached the quarterfinals. Vinesh defeated Sofia 7-1 in an almost one-sided encounter. She will now face Belarus’s Vanessa Kaladzinskaya in the quarterfinals.
against medals
Wrestling :
Ravi Kumar (gold medal match), after 4:00 pm
Deepak Poonia (Bronze medal match), after 4:00 PM
Anshu Malik (Repchase round), 7:30 am onwards
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Hockey (Men): Bronze medal match, 7:00 am vs. Germany
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Athletics:
20km Walk (Men’s): Final, 1:00 PM
Players: KT Irfan, Rahul Rohilla, Sandeep Kumar
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other matches
Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat, Last-16, 8:00 AM
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Golf: Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 2, 4:00 AM
Players: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar
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