Thursday, August 09, 2012

Olympics News
At London Olympics 2012, England

Boxing
Women's Flyweight (51kg) - Final standing
Gold - Nicola Adams (GBR)
Silver - Cancan Ren (CHN)
Bronze - Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte (IND) and Marlen Esparza (USA)

Athletics
Women's High Jump - Qualification
29 Sahana Kumari (IND) 1.80 mtrs

Women's 800m - Semi Final (Heat 2)
5 Tintu Luka (IND) 1:59.69 mins SB (her timing was 11th best from 24 runners)

Wrestling
Women's 55kg Freestyle
[R2] Geeta Phogat (IND) l Tonya Lynn Verbeek (CAN) 1-3 (2-4 points)

Repechage Round
Geeta Phogat (IND) l Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) 0-2 (0-9 points)

Geeta produced really fighting performance against experienced and two time olympic medalist Canadian wrestler Tonya ... After losing the first round 1-0 Geeta fought back to win the second 0-1 ... In the third round Geeta made a tactical mistake in the last round and Tonya take advantage to win this match in her favor ... Tonya entered into the final so Geeta got opportunity of playing in Repechage round.

But Ukrainian Tetyana Lazareva proved too strong for Geeta ... Tetyana dominated the first round to win it 8-0 and won the second round earning solitary point late in the round.

Sahana Kumari failed to clear 1.85 meters and ended on disappointing T29 positions in 35 players.

Tintu was in group with highly talented runners and she gave her best ... It was creditable run from Tintu, who gave her season best timing to finished inside 2 minutes.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...