Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Bronze medallist Sindhu arrives to a rousing welcome in Hyderabad

India's quest for hockey gold ends with 1-2 loss to Argentina in women's semi-final. Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) beats Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev to enter the Olympics final, assured of at least silver medal. Meanwhile, after two foul throws and a highest throw of 19.99m, Tajinderpal Toor Singh failed to advance to the men's shot put finals.

Tokyo Olympics | Day 12 Updates

Talakhadze breaks weightlifting records, Syria wins medal

Lasha Talakhadze pumped everyone up with three world records on the final day of Olympic competition in weightlifting.

The defending champion from Georgia lifted 223 kilograms in the snatch and 265kg in the clean and jerk for a total 488kg on Wednesday. All three figures broke his own world records in the over-109kg men’s superheavyweight category.

Ali Davoudi of Iran was left in second place by the vast margin of 47kg.

Even Talakhadze's starting lifts were more than anyone else attempted, which meant he had to lift three times back-to-back in each half of the competition.

India has learnt to bounce back from losses, focus shifts to bronze medal tie against Britain: Marijne

The Indian women's hockey team has learnt to bounce back from losses, said chief coach Sjoerd Marijne, adding that the defeat to Argentina in the Olympic semifinal is history as the side focusses on claiming a historic bronze.

A brave Indian women's hockey team put up a gritty performance but it was not enough to secure a maiden Olympic final berth as it lost 1-2 to world no.2 Argentina in a hard-fought semifinal on Wednesday.

India still have a chance to win the bronze medal as they will take on Great Britain in the third-fourth place play-off match on Friday.

"We came here to win a medal and still there's one (available). It's now about recovery, about the mindset. The good thing is, it's not always good that we lost a lot in the past but we also have learned to deal with the losses," Marijne said after the match.

India's schedule for tomorrow at Tokyo Olympics

Ravi Dahiya: The quiet storm of Indian wrestling

The quiet storm. The sobriquet would fit the bill to a tee if one is told to describe Ravi Dahiya in one or two words.

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India need to plug holes in defence against Germany to secure first Olympic hockey medal in 41 years

A demoralising semifinal defeat behind it, the Indian men's hockey team would need an error-free performance from its defence to secure an Olympic medal after 41 years when it takes on Rio Games bronze-winner Germany in the third-fourth place play-off match here on Thursday.

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Wrestler Ravi Dahiya's village erupts in joy as he storms into Olympic final

Celebration broke out in wrestler Ravi Dahiya's native village on Wednesday after he stormed into the finals of the Tokyo Games to assure India of a fourth Olympic medal.

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Tokyo bronze medallist Sindhu arrives to a rousing welcome in Hyderabad

The only Indian woman to win two Olympic medals, P V Sindhu was accorded a warm welcome after she landed in her home town on Wednesday following her bronze-medal winning feat in Tokyo Games.

Reigning world champion Sindhu, who had won a silver at the Rio Games five years ago, was received by Telangana Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud and other officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here.

Goud felicitated Sindhu, her parents and others and wished that she should win gold medal in the next Olympics.

"Sindhu has made the country and the Telugu-speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh proud with her achievements," he said.

The 26-year-old thanked the minister and said the state government has supported her a lot.

India's quest for hockey gold ends with 1-2 loss to Argentina in women's semi-final. The side will play Great Britain for bronze medal.

India trail behind 1-2 against Argentina in women's hockey semi-final.

Gurjit Kaur of India celebrates with teammates after scoring against Argentina in women's hockey semi-final of Tokyo Olympics.

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India 1-1 against Argentina at half-time in women's hockey semi-final

Wrestler Deepak Punia loses to David Taylor of the USA in men's freestyle 86kg semi-final, to faceROC's Naifanov for bronze medal.

Winner of India vs Argentina to face Netherlands in Women's hockey final at Tokyo Olympics

Wrestler Ravi Kumar to face ROC's Uguev in finals.

Ravi Kumar reaches men's final 57 kg, beating N Sanayev

Deepak Punia is set to play the semifinal match against USA Morris David Taylor III soon.

Cuba's Arlen Lopez won his second Olympic gold medal on Wednesday as he taught Ben Whittaker a boxing lesson in Tokyo -- the disconsolate Briton refusing to wear his silver medal and putting it instead in his pocket.

The 28-year-old Lopez was the aggressor throughout but he was surprisingly only a split-points winner in the final of the men's light-heavyweight.

Lopez, who won middleweight gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, fell to his knees and banged on the floor when he was named the victor, while Whittaker quickly left the ring with his hands over his face.

Russian Chernysheva out of Games after positive Covid-19 test

Russian karate athlete Anna Chernysheva has tested positive for Covid-19 and is out of the Tokyo Olympics, Russia's Karate Federation said.

"Very sad news from Japan - our karate athlete Anna Chernysheva will not be able to compete at the Olympics," the federation said in a Facebook post late on Tuesday.

"Her Covid-19 test, compulsory for all participants at the Games, was positive."

Arlen Lopez of Cuba beat Britain's Ben Whittaker to win the Olympic gold medal in the men's light-heavyweight boxing in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Whittaker won the silver while Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez of Azerbaijan and Russian Imam Khataev both won bronze medals as losing semi-finalists. (Reuters)

USA crush Australia to make Olympic women's basketball semis

Breanna Stewart scored 23 points as the United States crushed Australia on Wednesday to set up an Olympic women's basketball semi-final against Serbia as they close in on a seventh consecutive title.

Brittney Griner added another 15 points and A'ja Wilson 10 in the 79-55 rout against the world's number two team. (AFP)

India’s Lovlina Borgohai goes down to Turkey’s Surmeneli Busenaz in the semifinal of the 69 kg weight category 0-5 to win a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020

Neeraj Choprahas becomethe first ever Indian to qualify for the final of Javelin throw event at the Olympics

Japan's Sakura Yosozumi wins women's park skateboarding Olympic gold

McLaughlin storms to Olympic hurdles gold and world record

Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to claim a thrilling last-gasp victory over rival Dalilah Muhammad in the Olympic women's 400m hurdles final on Wednesday.

In another classic duel between the two dominant American hurdlers, McLaughlin surged past Muhammad just metres from the line to win in 51.46sec, slicing a whopping 0.44sec off her previous mark of 51.90sec set at the US trials in June.

Muhammad, the 2016 Olympic and world champion, took silver with a time of 51.58sec, well inside the old world record, with Femke Bol of the Netherlands earning bronze in 52.03sec. (AFP)

World champion Grant Holloway blazed to the quickest time in the 110 metres hurdles semi-finals on Wednesday, the American bursting out of the blocks and looking smooth to come home in 13.13 seconds.

Compatriot Devon Allen posted the day's second-fastest time of 13.18, while the Jamaican duo of Hansle Parchment and Ronald Levy also qualified for the final and will look to challenge for the podium.

2012 Olympic bronze medallist Parchment finished second behind Holloway while Levy won his race, both athletes posting 13.23 to advance.

Wrestler Anshu Malik loses to Iryna Kurachkin 8-2 in a hard-fought match.

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya has beaten Columbian Urbano 13-2 to progress to men's freestyle 57 kg quarter-finals

Debutant Shivpal Singh failedto make the cut for the men's javelin throw final after his best finish landedat a distance of 76.40m.

India's wrestler Ravi Dahiya will compete in Men's freestyle 57kg 1/8 final today.

India'sstar athlete Neeraj Chopra qualifies for the Final of the Men's Javelin throw event with his first attempt of 86.65 m

India's Shivpal Singhstartedhis Tokyo 2020 journey with an attempt of 76.40m in his first javelin throw.

Following is India's schedule on the 12th day of the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.

Golf:

*Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar in women's individual stroke play round 1:04 am IST.

Athletics:

*Neeraj Chopra in men's javelin throw Qualification Group A: 5:35 am IST.

*Shivpal Singh in men's javelin throw Qualification Group B: 7:05 am IST.

Wrestling:

*Ravi Kumar vs Oscar Eduardo Tigreros (Colombia) in men's freestyle 57kg; fourth bout after 8:00 am IST start.

*Anshu Malik vs Iryna Kurachkina (Belarus) in women's freestyle 57kg; fifth bout after 8:00 am IST start.

*Deepak Punia vs Ekerekeme Agiomor (Nigeria) in men's freestyle 86kg; eighth bout after 8:00 am IST start.

Boxing:

*Lovlina Borgohain vs Busenaz Surmeneli (Turkey) in women's 69kg semifinal: 11 am IST.

Hockey:

*India vs Argentina in women's semifinal: 3:30 pm

(PTI)

Uzbekistan's Djuraev wins weightlifting gold in men's 109kg event

Uzbekistan's Akbar Djuraev defeated Armenia's world record holder Simon Martirosyan to win gold in the men's weightlifting 109kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

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PM Modi to invite Olympic contingent to Red Fort on August 15, to interact with them at his residence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will invite India’s Tokyo Olympics contingent as special guests for the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort as a gesture to acknowledge their performance at the top sporting event.

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Sports Minister felicitates Olympic bronze medallist PV Sindhu

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on August 3 felicitated Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist PV Sindhu in Delhi. He also felicitated Sindhu’s coach Park Tae-Sang.

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