Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: India’s results on August 6
The Indian women’s national hockey team lost its match for the bronze medal to Great Britain with a score of 3-4 and finished fourth in the standings, which is equal to the feat of the 1980 team.
Following is the complete schedule of Indian action on Friday:
ATHLETICS
2:00 AM: Men’s 50km Race Walk Final (Gurpreet Singh) – Did not finish
GOLF
5:29 AM: Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 (Diksha Dagar) – Tied-51st after third round with 7-over 220
5:48 AM: Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 (Aditi Ashok) – Tied-2nd after third round with 12-under 201
HOCKEY
7:00 AM: Women’s Bronze Medal Match (India vs Great Britain) – India lost 3-4 to finish fourth to match 1980 standing
WRESTLING
8:07 AM: Women’s Freestyle 50kg 1/8 Final (Seema Bisla vs Sarra Hamdi of Tunisia) – Seema lost 1-3
8:49 AM: Men’s Freestyle 65kg 1/8 Final (Bajrang Punia vs Ernazar Akmataliev of Kyrgyzstan) – Bajrang won by way of highest-scoring move after the match ended at 3-3. He then went on to win by fall against Morteza Ghiasi of Iran in the quarterfinal to make it to the semis.
ATHLETICS
1:00 PM: Women’s 20km Race Walk Final (Priyanka Goswami finishes 17th & Bhawna Jat 32nd)WRESTLING2:55 PM: Men’s Freestyle 65kg Semifinal (Bajrang Punia loses 5-12 to Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan, to fight for bronze now)
ATHLETICS
5:07 PM: Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 2 (Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Nirmal Tom Noah, Muhammed Anas Yahiya) – India create new Asian Record clocking 3:00.25. The Indian quartet finishes 4th in Heat 2 but fails to qualify for the final.
