Tokyo Olympics 2021 India, Day 12 Live.
Tokyo Olympics 2021 India, Day 12: After a disappointing 11th day, Wednesday is a big day as India’s Lovlina Borgohain, already a medal-confident, will take on defending world champion Busenaj Surmenelli in the semi-finals (69kg) for a place in the final. This is the first time that an athlete from Assam is all set to win a medal in the Olympics. The boxer, who hails from Bormukhia village in Assam’s Golaghat district, defeated Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the women’s welterweight semi-finals. If she wins, Lovlina will face world number one Busenaz Surmenelli of Turkey in the final.
The Indian women’s team will take on Argentina in the semi-finals of women’s hockey.
Meanwhile, the preliminary list for the men’s javelin throw qualification to be held on Wednesday has been released. Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh launched the javelin throw campaign on Wednesday. Chopra is in Group A while his compatriot Singh is in Group B.
Here is India’s schedule on the 12th day of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
Athletics: *Neeraj Chopra Qualification Group A in Men’s Javelin Throw: 5:35 AM IST. *Shivpal Singh Qualification Group B in Men’s Javelin Throw: 7:05 AM IST.
Boxing: *Lovelina Borgohain vs Busenaj Surmenelli (Turkey) in Women’s 69kg semifinal, 11am IST.
Golf: *Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar in Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 1, 4 AM IST.
Hockey: *India vs Argentina in Women’s semi-final: 3:30 PM IST.
Wrestling: *Ravi Kumar vs Oscar Eduardo Tigreros (Colombia) in men’s freestyle 57kg; Fourth bout starts after 8:00 AM IST.
*Anshu Malik vs. Irina Kurachkina (Belarus) in women’s freestyle 57kg; Fifth bout starts after 8:00 AM IST.
*Deepak Punia vs. Ekrekeme Agiomore (Nigeria) in Men’s Freestyle 86kg; Eighth bout starts after 8:00 AM IST.
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Tokyo Olympics 2021 India, Day 12 Live Updates: Lovlina Borgohain will take on world champion Busenaj Surmenelli in the semi-finals. The Indian women’s team will take on Argentina in the semi-finals of women’s hockey.
When she exits the tunnel at the Kokugikan Arena on Wednesday, Lovlina Borgohain will try to go where no other Indian boxer has been before.
Street-smart and courageous, Lovlina is assured of a bronze medal in welterweight by making it to the semi-finals. But the 23-year-old has set his eyes on gold. And she knows that against Turkey’s Busenaz Suramenelli, her aggressive world champion rival, she will need sumo-sized performances—in an area that is home to Japanese sumo wrestling.
Through downtown Tokyo, through the Bay Area, passing some stadiums that resemble sci-fi movie sets, you reach Ryogoku, a sumo-obsessed neighborhood in the old city. (Reading)
India’s Lovlina Borgohain will face defending world champion Busenaj Surmenelli in the semi-finals. (PTI photo)
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