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How Indian athletes fared on Day 1 in Rio

August 07, 2016

Check out how the Indian athletes fared on Day 1 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro:

HOCKEY

Men:

India 3 (Rupinderpal 27, 49, VR Raghunath 15th min) beat Ireland 2 (John Jermyn 45th, Connor Harte 56th)

ROWING

Men's Single Sculls Heats:

Dattu Baban Bhokanal in quarter-final: (3rd in Heats; 7:21.67s)

SHOOTING

Men's 10m Air Pistol final:

Jitu Rai 8th

Women's 10m Air Rifle (Qualifying Rounds):

Apurvi Chandela 34th (411.6) (Failed to qualify)

Ayonika Paul 47th (403) (Failed to qualify)

TENNIS

Men's Doubles (1st Round):

Leander Paes/Rohan Bopanna lost to Marcin Makowski/Lukasz Kubot (Poland) 4-6, 6-7 (6-8).

Women's Doubles (1st round):

Sania Mirza/Prarthana Thombare lost to Shuai Zhang/Shuai Peng (China) 7-6(8-6), 5-7, 7-5


TABLE TENNIS
     
Women's Singles (1st Round):

Mouma Das lost to Daniela Dodean Monteiro (Romania) 2-11, 7-11, 7-11, 3-11.

Manika Batra lost to Katarzyna Franc-Grzybowska (Poland) 12-10, 6-11, 12-14, 11-8, 4-11, 12-14.

India’s national champion Sharath Kamal lost his 1st round match 8-11, 12-14, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11 to Romania’s Adrian Crisan as India's campaign ended in the first round. 

WEIGHT LIFTING

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom finishes 11th in the women's 48-kg event. She failed to lift in all three attempts of cleean and jerk. 

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