Olympics: Indians excel in badminton, boxing, hockey, archery |
Reigning badminton world champion PV Sindhu sailed into the women`s singles quarter-finals with a straight-game triumph over Denmark`s Mia Blichfeldt.
The 26-year-old Indian had won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Also, the Indian men`s hockey team stormed into the Olympic Games quarterfinal with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over defending champions Argentina in its penultimate pool match.
Indian boxer Satish Kumar is in the quarterfinals of the 91+ kg category in his debut Olympics.
Boxer Pooja Rani also showed the power of her punch and entered the quarterfinal round in the 75 kg category in her maiden Olympic Games.
Archer Deepika Kumari defeated USA`s Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez to book her place in the pre-quarters.
Indian archer Atanu Das progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the men`s individual archery.
Das showed amazing resilience and bounced back from being 2-4 to edge out his Korean rival by shooting a perfect 10 in the one-arrow shoot-off.
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