Lakshya Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, will face Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. India hockey team has shifted gears at the right time. A robust challenge to defending champion Belgium and a historic win over Olympic silver medallist Australia in its last two pool matches have set up the Craig Fulton-coached side nicely to take on another tough rival, Great Britain, in the quarterfinals of the hockey competition on August 4.
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One of the most hotly anticipated events of the Olympic athletics gets underway with 2021 gold medallist and world record-holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opening the defence of her 400m hurdles crown. All eyes are on Jamaica’s reigning world champion, Shericka Jackson, as she chases her first individual Olympic gold medal. American Grant Holloway begins his quest for the medal lacking from his extensive collection: Olympic gold.
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