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Tokyo Olympics 2020 Highlilghts | July 29: Mary Kom loses in Round of 16; Satish Kumar, Atanu Das and Sindhu all reach quarter-finals

Barring Mary Kom's exit, it was a fine day for India at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

July 29, 2021 / 18:02 IST

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29: India's boxing sensation Mary Kom is out of the Tokyo Olympics. Mary lost in a tight fight against Ingrit  Valencia of Colombia in the Round of 16. Sindhu is through to the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

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  • India's Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte, right, exchanges punches with Miguelina Hernandez Garcia, of the Dominican Republic, during their women's flyweight 51-kg boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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  • July 29, 2021 / 16:33 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :WolfAaron has won the eighth judo gold medal by a Japanese athlete at Tokyo 2020 with a Golden Score Ippon victory over Republic of Korea's CHO Guham. The 25-year-old put in a dominant performance to win the Olympic title in a highly competitive -100kg category.Portugal's Fonseca bounced back from a dislocated thumb in his semifinal with Cho to win a hard-earned bronze medal bout against Shady Elnahas of Canada. The second -100kg bronze was won by ROC's Niliaz Iliasov who beat Varlam Liparteliani of Georgia.

  • July 29, 2021 / 15:56 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    : India's boxing sensation Mary Kom has bowed out of what would most likely be, her last Olympics. She was beaten in the Round of 16 by Colombia's Ingrit Valencia 3-2. Valencia is a bronze medalist from the 2016 Rio Olympics. It was a tight contest with both boxers matching each other punch-for-punch. Towards the end, Mary looked to be tiring. In the end, the split-decision went 3-2 in favour of Ingrit.

  • July 29, 2021 / 15:02 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :Czech Republic’s Jiri Liptak gave Tokyo 2020 his best shot and walked away with a gold medal after a thrilling final of the men’s shooting trap.The 39-year-old held his nerve to beat off a challenge from his teammate David Kostelecky, 46, who was making his sixth Olympic appearance. Mathew Coward-Holley of Great Britain won bronze.

  • July 29, 2021 / 15:00 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :Australia's canoeing legend Jessica Fox slapped in the water in delight after a masterclass in canoe slalom, the first time the event has been a discipline for women at an Olympic Games. The four-time world champion in this event (C1), who was disappointed to win bronze in the kayak slalom two days ago, was delighted with her clean run in a time of 105.04, which was 3.64 seconds ahead of second-placed Brit, Mallory Franklin (108.68).Franklin, who still would not have won gold even without her two-second penalty such is the talent of the Australian, was herself 2.45 seconds ahead of bronze medallist Germany's Andrea Herzog (111.13).

  • July 29, 2021 / 10:57 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :People's Republic of China displayed their dominance and won their first Olympic gold in the women's 4x200m freestyle at Tokyo Aquatics Centre.The quartet of YANG Junxuan, TANG Muhan, ZHANG Yufei and LI Bingjie beat Team USA led by heavyweight Olympic champion Katie Ledecky and Australia won bronze with the likes of swimming powerhouses Ariarne Titmus and Emma Mckeon who recently medalled at Tokyo 2020.

  • July 29, 2021 / 09:01 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :India's Satish Kumar is through to the quarter-finals in the men's super heavyweight category. Satish beat Ricardo Brown of Jamaica 4-1 to reach the quarter-finals.

  • July 29, 2021 / 08:34 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :Caeleb Dressel of USA breaks men's 100m freestyle Olympic record for second gold of Tokyo Olympic Games.Dressel finished in 47.02, 0.06 seconds ahead of the silver medallist, Kyle Chalmers of Australia.Kliment Kolesnikov of ROC took the bronze in 47.44.

  • July 29, 2021 / 08:30 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :Atanu Das is in to the quarter-finals in Men's archery. He beat gold medalist Oh Jin-Hyek of South Korea in a shoot-off to reach the last eight. Oh Jin was in the lead for much of the match, but a slight dip in the fourth set saw Atanu take advantage and pull ahead. The final score stood at 25-26, 27-27, 27-27, 27-22, 28-28. It was the tightest of matches with each archer matching the other.

  • July 29, 2021 / 08:07 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :China's Y.F. Zhang has won gold in the women's 200m Butterfly. She was the gold medallist in the 100m butterfly category too. She finished first with a time of 2:03:86 to set a new Olympic record. USA's R. Smith came second at 2:05:30 followed by H. Flickingercame third at 2:05:65.

  • July 29, 2021 / 07:47 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :India's Atanu Das kept his winning momentum as he beat Deng Yu-Cheng of Chinese Taipei in a closely contested match 27-26, 27-28, 28-26, 27-28, 28-26. In a tight fifth match Atanu and Cheng matched each other shot-for-shot. In the final arrow, Cheng hit a seven with Atanu hitting a nine to take the match. He will now face oh Jin-Hyek of South Korea in the last 16.

  • July 29, 2021 / 07:37 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :The first-ever men's Olympic 800m freestyle champion has been crowned.Robert Finke of the USA won a thrilling final in a time of 7:41.87, beating Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri- the 1500 metre freestyle champion at Rio 2016 - to the line, after the Italian had gone out fast to lead much of the race by a body length.However, Finke, who also won the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, blazed back to secure a historic gold medal, with Gregorio Paltrinieri taking home silver and Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine winning bronze.

  • July 29, 2021 / 07:36 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    : Australia's Izaac Stubblety-Cook has won gold in the Men's 200m Breaststroke setting a new olympics record of 2:06:38. NetherlandsArno Kamminga came second at 2:01:01 and Matti Mattaaon of Finland took bronze at 2:07:13.

  • July 29, 2021 / 07:22 IST

    Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates | July 29

    :After racing 2,000m, Italy win the women's lightweight double sculls title.Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini claimed gold in 6:47.54. France was 0.14 seconds behind, claiming the silver in 6:47.68.There was a photo finish for the bronze between the Netherlands and Great Britain. Netherlands were given the decision – and the bronze – by 0.01 seconds over the British pair.

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