Did you hear our women ROAR?





Sport is all about the heart!


1. Badminton:

PV Sindhu : Stormed to the Semis!

Sindhu beat the 4th seed and how! She won the 1st set comfortably & had a 6 point lead in the 2nd. It was incredible to watch Yamaguchi take Sindhu's smashes literally lying on the floor & coming up like a spring, ready for the next one! She fought brilliantly & came back to take a lead in the 2nd set. They played a 54-shot rally which Yamaguchi won to level the set at 15-15. It was exhausting to watch, imagine playing!

At one point, the 2nd set scoreboard read 20-18 - 2 set points for the Japanese. Our champion fought & beat her 22-20!

I love Sindhu's aggression, attitude & passion.

She will play World no.1 tomorrow in the semis!

Come on Sindhu, no pressure but we want GOLD!


2. Boxing:

Lovlina: Charged into the Semis!

Another fierce competitor who fought fearlessly to win against World no.2 ! She is the 1st woman from Assam to win a medal. The spirit & guts she has showed in her 1st Olympics & that too in a quarter final, is so inspiring!

Muhammad Ali's & Mary Kom inspire her!

Feels so nice to write that we are assured of a medal! The question is, which one?!

Simranjit : Eliminated


3. Archery

Deepika Kumari : Deepika was the World no. 1 but lost to a world class Korean An San who already has 2 GOLD in Tokyo Olympics. She is World no.1 but wonder what happens on the Olympic stage.


4. Athletics

Avinash: Eliminated

He finished 7th but bettered his national record. Brilliant achievement!

Dutee : Eliminated in 100 M, next 200 M

Jabir : Eliminated

Mixed relay :Eliminated.


5. Men's hockey : India v Japan

We won 5-3 v Japan & are at no. 2 in the group table, which is the best in Olympics for us in the league stage. We are raring to go in the Quarters!


6. Women's hockey : India v Ireland

Our women won a match after 41 years! Unbelievable. It was  an intense match. Perfect for the purists. Not many goals scored but both teams fought it out. With just over 3 minutes to go, the score was 0-0 & Rani/Navneet scored a brilliant goal to give us a win.

We still have a chance to qualify for the quarters provided we win against South Africa next & other matches go our way!


7. Equestrian : Eventing - It involves three phases: Dressage, Cross-Country, and Jumping

Fouaad Mirza :

Brilliant debut & he finished 7th on Day 1 in the dressage session.


8. Golf

Anirban : 2nd round interrupted due to bad weather, to play on 31st July. Currently at rank T20.

Udayan : Finished round 2 at Rank t57.


9. Sailing : they have done exceedingly well in a sport that India generally never speaks about!

Ganapathy & Varun : 3 more races to go , currently on 17th!

Nethra : Eliminated

Finished at no. 35.

Vishnu : Eliminated

Finished at 20th .


10. Shooting - Very disappointing.

Manu - Eliminated

Rahi - Eliminated


We could have another assured medal tomorrow! Exciting times ahead !

Come on India

Jai hind🇮🇳

#tokyoolympics2020 #tokyo2020

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