Indian players have performed brilliantly in the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Badminton star PV Sindhu has reached the quarterfinals of women's singles. On the other hand, the hockey team defeated Argentina 3-1. In archery, Atanu Das has reached the pre-quarterfinals of men's singles by defeating two-time Olympic gold medalist.
In Boxing events, Satish Kumar has reached the quarterfinals in the men's 91+ kg weight category. He defeated Ricardo Brown of Jamaica 4-1 in the pre-quarterfinal match. He is now one win away from securing a medal. Sindhu defeated world No. 12 Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 21-15, 21-13 in 41 minutes in the pre-quarterfinals.
At the same time, in men's hockey, the Indian team defeated Argentina 3-1 in the Pool A match to secure a place in the last-8. After defeating Rio Olympics gold medalist team Argentina in hockey, India have 9 points in Pool A and are in second place. India's last pool match will take place on Friday against Japan. The Indian team has been decided to be in the top-4 in their pool. For India, Varun Kumar in the third quarter and Vivek Sagar Prasad and Harmanpreet Singh scored in the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, the first qualifying round (precision round) of 25m air pistol in women's shooting took place on Thursday. Indian shooter Manu Bhaker has performed well in this and secured the fifth position. Manu scored 292 marks out of 300. The second qualifying round (rapid round) will be held on Friday. Top-8 shooters will get a place in the final by combining both the qualifying rounds. Another Indian shooter Rahi Sarnobat finished 25th with 287 points in the precision round.
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