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Sania-Bopanna, Vikas Krishnan move to next level

Indian vs Canada ends in fierce draw; Gutta, Ponnappa crash out with second loss, archery campaign ends with Das, as does Narang's and Gowda's.

August 12, 2016 04:01 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 02:32 am IST

Welcome to the live updates of Day 7 of the Rio Olympics 2016. The day features medal action in swimming, track and field, track cycling, fencing, judo and more. Athletes are vying for 25 gold medals in 13 different sports.

Having been defeated in the first round of the women's doubles badminton match, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will begin the proceedings for India. Archer Atanu Das will aim to put a creditable show and enter the semifinals after the dismal performance of the women archers on Thursday.

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Live updates (all times IST)

0404 hrs: Boxer Vikas Krishan beats Turkey's Onder Sipal to enter men's middleweight (75kg) quarter finals

0345 hrs: Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna beat Andy Murray-Heather Watson 6-4, 6-4 to enter mixed doubles semi finals.

2229 hrs: David Carter saves a crucial last-minute bid from India. And it's the end of the road for Canada as the game ends in a draw 2-2. Good thing India had already sealed its Quarterfinal spot. Now, depending on the Ireland vs. Argentina clash, it might finish the Prelims on 3rd or 4th spot.

2225 hrs: Sreejesh is taken out now, and V Raghunath is Kicking Back. What is Coach Oltmans up to now?

2221 hrs: A Canadian strike from Sukhith Panesar goes inches wide off the goalpost with less than six minutes on the clock.

2220 hrs: And immediately, Canada score off the penalty corner. It's 2-2 with 9 minutes to go.

2219 hrs: Nikkin can do wrong, it seems. He is yellow-carded as he rams into the legs of a forward. And has to go off.

2217 hrs: Canada wins a referall and a penalty corner. Can't score as Sreejesh blocks it and a defenders passes it away.

2202 hrs: India make it 2-1 with an insane field goal. Raghunath Vokkaliga shoots a torpedo from behind the D that cuts through the defence and past the goalie in a straight diagonal that never deviated like a heatseeker, until Ramandeep Singh deflected it in.

2157 hrs: Canada wants a referall as a goal comes off the forward's foot, but referee rules no goal for obstruction. No goal, it is.

2154 hrs: And now Canada strikes back too, courtesy captain Scott Tupper with a penalty strike that trickles into the goal below P. Sreejesh.

2152 hrs: And Akashdeep Singh opens India's account with a field goal in the 34th minute. India leads 1-0 .

2138 hrs: And the first half comes to a close with the scoreline at 0-0.

2135 hrs: And Canada could have got the zaniest of field goals there, as a player in white slid across the D to deflect a cross-pass goalwards, but it goes wide.

2129 hrs: Nikkin Thimmaiah misses a straightforward field goal strike. A while later, Rupinder Singh deflects a Canadian field goal attempt away as it goes away from goalie Sreejesh.

2128 hrs: S.V. Sunil is injured, goes off the field on a stretcher.

2115 hrs: India can't believe they left the entire D open, but Canada missed the chance.

2113 hrs: And India gets its first penalty corner, and Canada is down to 10 players with a green card. And it goes a-begging.

India has found a way to...

... really blend into its environment with this outfit.

2053 hrs:India and Canada set to clash in the group B Men's Hockey event now. India is already in the Quarterfinals, though, after Argentina lost to Germany yesterday.

2030 hrs:Vikas Gowda fails to qualify through from the Discus Prelims, throwing a 58.7.

2013 hrs: It's a Gold for Ethiopia as Almaz Ayana is the new world-record holder with 29:17:45 in the Women's 10k marathon. This is her first Olympics appearance. And the third straight Gold for Ethiopia in the Olympics 10k marathon. Bronze went to another Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba . >Read more

2000 hrs:Manpreet Kaurfailed to qualify for the next round, finishing with a throw of 17.06 ranked 13th in the women's Shot-put qualification round .

1950 hrs: The Sumeeth Reddy–Manu Athri Badminton men's singles Group D encounter with China's B Chai–W Hong has been delayed.

1928 hrs: India loses a couple of points to lack of patience. Three matchpoints to the Dutch, and they take it (21-16 | 16-21 | 21-17) . And it's all over for Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa. Olympics is a tough stage that tolerates nothing but the best; silly mistakes will be punished brutally, as the Indian women found out just now and Atanu Das discovered a earlier today.

1923 hrs: Gutta is delivering some powerful outside-in smashes, as India is clawing their way back into the match, trailing 15-16 now.

1918 hrs: Gutta and Ponnappa are mildly losing composure here, unable to receive the Dutch smashes with as much conviction as before. Trailing 8-11 at the timeout here.

1915 hrs: The Indian women are moving really well here. Ponnappa hopping and weaving with nimble feet and smashing with even nimbler shoulder-rotations. Scores are neck-and-neck in this deciding game, 8-8.

1906 hrs: Four game-points for India. And they take the second game 21-16 , with a low smash courtesy Ponnappa.

1904 hrs: Indians staying on top of the rallies, Ponnappa moving dynamically at the back-court, smashing with conviction as Gutta flicks and dabs into empty spaces, forcing errors. India leads second game 19-16 .

1857 hrs: Indian women playing strategically here. Serving to the back corner to push the Dutch back, then smashing low and down the middle. At the timeout, Gutta-Ponnappa lead 11-8 .

1851 hrs: Dutch women mixing it up here, dropping the shuttlecock with delicate dabs, lead 5-4 in the second game.

1846 hrs: Siek-Muskens have taken the opening game 21-16 . The Indian women seemed to be exerting themselves too much with too little effectiveness past the halfway mark in that game.

1840 hrs: The Dutch women are extending their lead here, 16-11.

1836 hrs: The women are playing long tough rallies here. Netherlands has taken the lead 12-8 at the Timeout.

1829 hrs: In case you're wondering, the Badminton group A women's singles was delayed. But it has begun now. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa are leading 7-4 against the Dutch pair Selena Piek and Eefje Muskens.

1823 hrs: Gagan Narang seems to be effectively going out too with a score of 623.1. Chain Singh did even worse with 619.6 points. That's that in shooting too for India.

Putting India's archery campaign in perspective...

1759 hrs: And the S.Korean Lee Seung-yun takes Set 5 (28-28) and takes the match 6-4. And Das out. The one Indian hope that was consistent consistently. Till the final Set. He will really rue the final shot of Set 3, which really cost him against the world-class South Koean archer.

1757 hrs: And Das is down 3-5 as he loses Set 4 (28-27).

1755 hrs: Atanu Das will be livid he shot an 8 to finish when a 9 would have given him the 3rd Set, which is tied 27-27. Archers tied at 3 points each.

1752 hrs: Atanu Das gets three 10s. This time, the South Korean goes wide with his third and the West Bengal archer equalises with the 2nd Set (30-28).

1751 hrs:Seung-yun has blazed the 1st Set 30-28 .

1748 hrs: And now, some more Archery action for Indians, as Atanu Das takes on South Korean Lee Seung-Yun in the Men's Round of 16 .

1744 hrs: And Soto is down and out with his 11.65 cm shot outstripped by Van Den Berg's 10.35 cm. What a tight finish as the two archers split arrows... erm, straws till the very end.

1742 hrs: And it's a second shootoff as the two men shoot an 8.33~8.38 cm tie. Rain droplets coming down now.

1739 hrs: As Soto takes the 5th Set with a 10 to finish, the contest goes into a Shootoff.

1736: Chilean archer Ricardo Soto had a dream final string of arrows, firing three 10s in the 4th Set, against Dutch archer Suef Van den Berg. The Dutch still leads 5-3. The shootout is going into the decider here.

1734 hrs: Gagan Narang and Chain Singh are progressing slowly in the Men's 50-metre Rifle prone qualification event. Narang is currently placed 15th with a score of 41.6 and Chain is 33rd at 41 points.

1714 hrs:Tommy Sugiarto has defeated Howard Shu 21-14, 21-10 in the group J Men's badminton singles clash.

1658 hours:Michael Phelps has said he has become more outspoken at the Rio Olympics as he embraces his role as a mentor to younger team-mates. The 31-year-old is competing at his fifth Games and has already extended his record as the most successful Olympian, with his 22nd Olympics gold on Thursday, winning the men’s 200m individual medley event, reports Xinhua . He became the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Olympics with the win, clocking in at 1 minute 54.66 seconds for 200m individual medley on Thursday, almost two seconds ahead of Japan’s Kosuke Hagino.

Fiji has its first-ever Olympic medal and it’s gold to boot. Now that’s a reason to party. The Pacific Island nation erupted with joy Friday after its rugby sevens team crushed Britain 43-7 in final in Rio de Janeiro. In the capital of Suva, fans packed the 15,000-seat National Stadium to watch the Olympic final on a big screen held Thursday night in Rio but at 10 a.m. Friday back home. Tense at first as they saw their nation on the brink of an historic achievement, fans relaxed and then rejoiced as Fiji ran away with the victory. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, in Rio for the games, told reporters “rugby has always lifted the spirit and always brought us together. Right now, whatever political party, there’s no difference. Everyone is coming together to celebrate.”

Gold medallists Fiji celebrate after their victory in men’s rugby sevens medal ceremony during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: AFP

1627 hours: A play-by-play announcer for Canada’s CBC is apologising for mixing up swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, announcing Lochte as the winner of the 200-meter individual medley final even though Phelps blew away his American teammate and the rest of the competition. Elliotte Friedman quickly realised his mistake on the air when an on-screen graphic appeared showing Phelps had won. His tone immediately changed from excited to gutted and he corrected himself, saying: “I apologise, I got my lanes mixed up.” Friedman apologised further on Twitter, saying: “I’m sorry everyone. I blew it. No excuses.” Phelps’ win was his fourth gold in Rio and his 22nd overall in the Olympics. Lochte finished fifth, nearly 3 seconds behind Phelps.

1600 hours: Gymnast Yuri van Gelder has taken his battle for reinstatement to the Netherlands’ Olympic team to a Dutch courtroom, demanding a business class ticket back to Rio just days after he was sent home for a “grave breach” of team rules. The 2005 world champion on the rings was thrown off the team this week after a late—night trip to Rio during which, according to the country’s gymnastics association, he drank alcohol before arriving back in the athletes’ village early Sunday morning. Friday’s high—stakes court appearance was the latest twist in 33—year—old Van Gelder’s turbulent sports career which, alongside his world title, has also featured a ban for cocaine use. In court documents, Van Gelder says he was denied legal advice or the possibility of appeal.

1447 hours: Bulgarian athlete Silvia Danekova confirmed Friday that she had failed a doping test at the Olympics in Rio, with Bulgarian television saying she tested positive for blood booster EPO. "I am not guilty, I have done nothing wrong. Four tests were done, three of them were negative. We found out that my fourth test was positive," said the 33-year-old, who has been provisionally suspended.

1446 hours: Despite a continuing nuclear standoff and virtually no interactions between each other politically, some North and South Koreans are making an exception among their athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The countries’ interactions in Rio began when South Korea’s 17—year—old gymnast Lee Eun—ju took a selfie with North Korea’s Hong Un Jong earlier this month on the sidelines of their competition and training. It is Lee’s first Olympics, while Hong was the first North Korean female gymnast to win a gold at the 2008 Beijing Games. The picture quickly became one of the iconic Olympics photos, with IOC President Thomas Bach describing it as a “great gesture.”

1430 hours: The dominating U.S. basketball teams will be back on the court at the Rio Olympics, with the men hoping to make sure their last contest a scrambling win against Australia was just a wobble. The U.S. men, who play Serbia on Friday, are still the team to beat. In other action, China’s men face Australia. The U.S. women, meanwhile, take on Canada. The three Olympic rookies on the American team have had an impressive start- Elena Delle Donne, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner have all taken over parts of games as the U.S. women won their first two Olympic contests in dominating fashion.

Let us have a look at India’s schedule at the Rio Olympics on Friday.

(All times IST)

ARCHERY:

# 5:43pm: Men’s Individual 1/8 — Atanu Das vs S Lee (Korea).

ATHLETICS:

# 7:25pm: Men’s Discus Throw Qualification Round — Group B (Vikas Gowda)

# 6:35pm: Women’s Shot Put Qualification Round — Group B (Manpreet Kaur)

# 6:58pm: Men’s 800m Round 1 — Heat 3 (Jinson Johnson)

# 11:00pm: Men’s 20km race walk (Gurmeet Singh, Manish Singh Rawat, Ganapathi Krishnan)

# 5:43am: Men’s 400m Round 1 — Heat 2 (Mohammad Anas)

BADMINTON:

# 5:30pm: Women’s Doubles Group A — Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponappa vs E Muskens/S Piek (Netherlands).

# 7:50pm: Men’s Doubles group D — Manu Attri/B Sumeeth Reddy v W Hong/B Chai.

BOXING:

# 3:30am: Vikas Krishan vs O Sipal (Turkey)

GOLF:

# 4:00pm onwards: Men’s Round two (Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia)

HOCKEY:

# 9:00pm: Men’s Pool B (India v Canada)

ROWING:

# 5:20pm: Men’s Single Sculls Finals

SHOOTING:

#5:30pm: 50m Rifle Prone Qualification (Gagan Narang and Chain Singh)

#6:00pm: Skeet (Mairaj Ahmed Khan)

#8:45pm: 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification.

Here are some things to watch (all times local)

SWIMMING

Will Michael Phelps add even more gold to his Olympic career? We’ll see when the men’s 100 meter butterfly finals are held Friday at 10-12 p.m. Phelps has the world and Olympic (Beijing) records in the event and qualified in the semifinals Thursday night after winning the 200 individual medley final for a fourth consecutive Olympics and his fourth gold of 2016.

Speaking of golds, fellow American Katie Ledecky will be back in the pool this time at 11-20 p.m. for the 800 freestyle, which she set a new Olympic record for on Thursday. She swam the 16—lap event in 8 minutes, 12.86 seconds Thursday, bettering the old mark of 8-14.10 set by Rebecca Adlington of Britain in 2008. Ledecky’s time was nearly seven seconds faster than anyone else. She’s seeking to complete a sweep of the 200, 400 and 800 freestyles for the first time since the 1968 Mexico City Games.

The superstar lineup Friday includes Katinka Hosszu of Hungary going in the 200 backstroke at 10-03 p.m. She qualified fastest Thursday and has already has won the 100 backstroke, along with the 200 and 400 individual medleys. Hilary Caldwell of Canada had the second quickest time of 2-07.40. Maya DiRado of the United States, who has won gold, silver and bronze at her first Olympics, was third fastest in 2-08.60.

American Missy Franklin , who holds the world and Olympic records (London) advanced to the semifinals with the 11th—fastest time of 2-09.36. She earned a gold medal as part of the 4x200 freestyle relay after swimming in the preliminaries but the games have been disappointing for her.

Men will swim for the gold in the 50 free at 10-44 p.m.

TRACK AND FIELD

Track and field starts Friday and includes preliminaries for the women in the 100 meter.

There are five sprinters to watch- Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast, Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Americans English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie. Shelly—Ann Fraser—Pryce, the two—time defending Olympic champion, is also in the field.

On the men’s side, preliminaries start in the 800 meter and 400 meter. In the longer of the two, the man to beat is David Rudisha, though he did struggle in the Kenyan trials. He holds the world and Olympic records, both set at the London Games. He was the first athlete to run the event in under 1 minutes 41 seconds. His first heat is at 10-26 a.m.

In the 400, we’ll get a first look at favorites American LaShawn Merritt, South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk and Grenada’s Kirani James. Heats start at 9-05 p.m.

Meanwhile, two women will each be seeking a third consecutive gold .

At 11-10 a.m., Tirunesh Dibaba seeks another medal in the 10,000. She is already considered the greatest female distance runner in history with her five Olympic medals (three gold) and five world championship golds. The 31—year—old has fought back from major injuries several times in her career and just finished a yearlong break after the birth of her son.

At 10 p.m., New Zealand’s shot putter Valerie Adams seeks a comeback from elbow and shoulder surgery. She was basically untouchable at major championships from 2007 to 2014, with four world and two Olympic gold medals to show for it. Adams is the second—best performer of the season, behind China’s Gong Lijiao. Christina Schwanitz of Germany, who took over Adams’ world title last year, could well be her toughest opponent on Friday

Also, medals will be given after the men’s 20km race walk, which is at 2-30 p.m.

BASKETBALL

The dominating US teams are back on the court.

The men play Serbia at 7 p.m. While the U.S. is still the team to beat, they were tested in their last contest against Australia. Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points on the night he became the U.S. men’s Olympic career scoring leader.

The women take on Canada at 3-30 p.m. The three Olympic rookies on the American team have had an impressive start- Elena Delle Donne, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner have all had stretches when they have taken over games as the U.S. has won its first two contests in dominating fashion.

Canada clinched its second straight berth in the women’s basketball quarterfinals Wednesday, beating Senegal 68—58 on Wednesday

In other action, China’s men face Austalia at 2-15 p.m.

SOCCER

The U.S. women, coming off a rare draw against Colombia, continue into the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. against Sweden. The match reunites the United States with former coach Pia Sundhage, who led the Americans to gold at both the Beijing and London Olympics. Sweden, ranked sixth, struggled in the group stage with a 5—1 loss to host Brazil and finished 1—1—1.

And Brazil, featuring standout Marta , faces Australia at 11 p.m. The Aussies and Brazilians met at the Women’s World Cup last year, and it was Australia that advanced by beating Marta and Co. 1—0 in the round of 16.

The other games will see China take on Germany at 4 p.m. and Canada against France at 7 p.m.

GOLF

The men head into the second round with Australia’s Marcus Fraser atop the leaderboard with an 8—under 63 at Olympic Golf Course , where wildlife has been abundant. Fraser has a three—shot lead over British Open champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden and Graham DeLaet of Canada. It’s the first time golf has been in the Olympics since 1904.

TENNIS

The tournament continues, including Rafael Nadal of Spain against hometown favorite Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil at 1 p.m. Britain’s Andy Murray plays American Steve Johnson at 12 p.m.

Soon after, Nadal is back on the court to team with Marc Lopez in a gold medal doubles match against Romania’s Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau.

The bronze match is between the U.S. team of Johnson and Jack Sock and Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil.

In mixed doubles, Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram of the U.S. face Italy’s Roberta Vinci and Fabio Fognini. After being knocked out in singles and doubles, this is Williams’ remaining event and one she entered because of the other eliminations.

BOXING

At 12-15 p.m. American Nico Hernandez fights for gold against Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov in a light flyweight semifinal. Hernandez pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Olympics’ first three days on Monday night with a unanimous decision over Russia’s Vasilii Egorov, the European champion and runner—up at last year’s world championships.

Earlier, at 12 p.m., Cuba’s Joahnys Argilagos fights Colombia’s Yurberjen Herney Maetinez in a light flyweight semifinal

TRACK CYCLING

The men’s team pursuit finals will be held at 6-42 p.m., a day after the British continued their domination in the team sprints, winning a third consecutive gold. The women compete at 6-04 p.m.

FENCING

The men’s team foil gold medal match starts at 6-30 p.m. after a day of competition. Italy, Brazil, China, France, Russia, Britain, Egypt and the US have made the team quarterfinals.

Italian Daniele Garozzo stunned top—ranked American Alexander Massialas to win the individual gold Sunday.

JUDO

The men and women’s heavyweights go for the gold a day after American Kayla Harrison earned her second straight gold medal in judo, winning the 78—kilogram division. In the men’s 100—kilogram division, Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic won the country’s first judo gold after defeating Elmar Gasimov of Azerbaijan.

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