Seesaw emotions on a Sunday



The morning started with bad news & got worse as we lost matches that we should have won. Then, we had a magnificent fightback & a champion win. The day end was disappointing with a loss & some eliminations.

However,our athletes gave it their all & let us hope for a better day tomorrow!


1. Shooting: Very disappointing

Manu Bhaker:Eliminated

Another talented youngster who I was looking forward to.She unfortunately had issues with her pistol, came back & fought well but it wasn't enough.

Yashaswini Deswal: Eliminated

Mairaj Khan & Angad Singh:Placed on 25th & 11th out of 30 & will shoot on Monday for a place in the final. Realistically Angad has a chance to qualify.

Deepak Kumar:Eliminated

Divyansh:Eliminated


2. Gymnastics

Pranati Nayak:Our lone gymnast did not qualify for finals


3. Rowing

Arjun Lal & Arvind Singh-Qualified for semis

Sons of farmers who did not know about rowing before they joined the army, became the first Indians to qualify for lightweight double sculls semis at Olympics! Everybody told them they should aim to be between 10th & 14th and they ended up 3rd! What a story!


4.  Badminton

Sindhu- Next round!

Our 1st woman silver medalist crushed her opponent with some amazing cross court smashes! I am hoping for GOLD here!


5.  Tennis

Sania Mirza & Ankita Raina:Eliminated

What hurt was that we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. After winning the 1st set 6-0 ,leading the second 4-2 & being 1 game away from winning the match, we threw it away. This should have been a win. HURTS.


6. Sailing - On-going

Nethra:currently placed 27th, next races on Monday.

Vishnu:Currently placed 14th, next races on Monday


7. Table Tennis

Sathiyan - Eliminated

Another one that hurt.He was leading the match 3-1 and ended up losing 4-3! Cannot digest!

Manika - Next round (1st Indian paddler to reach 3rd round)

This woman is so inspiring! After being 0-2 down,she won the match 4-3!! Again, a break at the right time did the trick & she fought back brilliantly! We needed this win after all the terrible news in the 1st half of the day!

I am sticking my neck out to say "watch out for a medal in women's TT"!


8. Boxing

Mary Kom : Next round

Magnificent Mary:My god, at this age, she has incredible speed & agility. Her punches were super strong. She will meet world no 3 in the next round. Hopefully, we will see something special from this superwoman in her last Olympics.

Manish - Eliminated after fighting well on his debut.


9. Hockey-men's IND v AUS: Ind lost to Aus 1-7

We were hammered by World no.1 & hopefully will come back stronger. We play Spain on Tuesday.


10. Swimming- 1st time 3 swimmers qualified, disappointed to see 2 eliminated.

Maana: Eliminated

Srihari : Eliminated


Some 1st timers were great & others were heartbroken.Sport is about keeping your nerve, giving it your best & hoping it is your day.If not,move on,focus & prepare for the next milestone.But,it is tough.So,let us get behind them tomorrow!

Jai hind 🇮🇳

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