Beijing Olympics 2008
Day 5 (12th August 2008)

Shooting -
Men's Double Trap Qualification

15 Rajyavardhan Singh RATHORE (IND) 131 pts

Disappointing finish on 15th place in 19 shooters field.

Men's 50m Pistol Qualification

42 Samresh JUNG (IND) 540 pts

Another poor performance by Samresh, he finished 42nd in 45 shooters field.
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Archery -
Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

Laishram Bombayla DEVI (IND) l Iwona MARCINKIEWICZ (POL) 101-103
Dola BANERJEE (IND) l Marie-Pier BEAUDET (CAN) 109-109 (8-10)
Pranitha VARDHINENI (IND) bt Jane WALLER (AUS) 106-100

Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

Pranitha VARDHINENI (IND) l Un Sil KWON (DPR) 99-106

Lot more expectations were from Dola.
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Boxing -
Men's Fly (51kg) Round of 32

Jitender KUMAR (IND) bt Furkan Ulas MEMIS (TUR) RET Round 3 1:21
[R16] Jitender KUMAR (IND) vs Tulashboy DONIYOROV (UZB)

Men's Bantam (54kg) Round of 32

Akhil KUMAR (IND) bt Ali HALLAB (FRA) 12-5
[R16] Akhil KUMAR (IND) vs Sergey VODOPYANOV (RUS)

As expected good start for these boxers ... These 2 with Vijender r our next medal contenders.
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Rowing -
LWT Men's Double Sculls Repechage 2

5 Devender Kumar KHANDWAL (IND)/ Manjeet SINGH (IND) 7:02.06 mins

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Swimming -
Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 3

1 Virdhawal KHADE (IND) 50.07sec NR

Finished top in his heat, but 42nd in 65 swimmers ... But Veer broke his own national record of 50.49sec, which he created at 2nd FINA World Youth Swimming Championships in July 2008.

Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heat 1

2 Sandeep SEJWAL (IND) 2min 15.24sec NR

Sandeep finished 2nd in his heat and 36th in 53 swimmers ... But Sandeep also broke his own national record of 2min 18.23sec by 3 seconds, which he created in 51st MILO/PRAM Malaysia Invitation Open, Kuala Lumpur in May 2008.

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Tennis -
Women's Doubles First Round

Sania Mirza (IND)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) bt Tatiana Golovin (FRA)/ Pauline Parmentier (FRA) W/O
[R16] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) vs (1) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)/ Dinara Safina (RUS)

But our pair next round participation will be depend upon seriousness of Sania's wrist injury.

Men's Doubles First Round

(7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Gilles Simon (FRA)/ Gael Monfils (FRA) 63 63
[R16] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA)

Easy outing for Indian Express ... They mostly played as a warm up match before next challenge.