Bhopal, Sunday, August 8, 2021 TOKYO OLYMPICS Sports 7 MUSTREAD Bajrang Punia wins Neeraj Chopra wins Javelin Gold bronze, takes India’s medal tally to six Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win Tokyo: Indian wrestler an Olympic gold in athletics with a stunning Bajrang Punia clinched performance in the javelin throw final. the bronze medal after defeating Daulet Tokyo (UNI) Niyazbekov of Kaza- American Korda wins Neeraj Chopra became khstan in the men’s women’s golf gold at the first Indian to win an freestyle 65kg category Olympic gold in athletics play-off match, here on Tokyo Olympics with a stunning performance Saturday. Tokyo: World No. 1 American in the javelin throw final. Punia, who suffered a Nelly Korda won women’s golf Neeraj took the gold with a crushing 5-12 defeat to gold at the Tokyo Olympics best attempt of 87.58m to de- Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev with 17-under-par 267 at Ka- molish the rest of the field in the semifinals, re- sumigaseki Country Club on and become India’s second deemed his campaign Saturday. Japan’s Mone Inami individual gold medallist. and secured a com- clinched the silver after a hole- With a gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze manding 8-0 vic- by-hole play-off against New at the Tokyo Games, India tory in the Zealand’s Lydia Ko, who saw its largest Olympic bronze medal grabbed the bronze. China’s Rio medal haul ever, bettering bout over 2016 bronze medalist Feng the tally of 6 from London Niyazbekov. Shanshan finished 11-under- 2012. His win par 273, ranking eighth, and her The 23-year-old Chopra, took India’s compatriot Lin Xiyu came joint who hails from Khandra vil- Unprecedented History has been India shines medal tally ninth with 10-under-par 274. lage near Panipat in Haryana win by Neeraj scripted at Tokyo! brighter today to six at the threw a best of attempt of Chopra!Your What @Neeraj_ because of you, ongoing 87.58m in the finals to end javelin gold breaks chopra has achieved Neeraj. Your Tokyo India's 100-year wait for a barriers and cre- today will be re- javelin carried Olympics. With track and field medal in the ates history. You membered forever. the tricolour this, India also Olympics. bring home first ever track and The young Neeraj has done excep- all the way and made it equaled their best Olympic medal haul of six achieved Neeraj's gold, a historic field medal to India in your tionally well. He played with re- flutter with the pride of in the 2012 London Games. first for the country in track first Olympics. Your feat will markable passion and showed every Indian. What a Mirabai Chanu’s silver in weightlifting, Lovlina Bor- and field, the second for an inspire our youth. India is elat- unparalleled grit. Congratula- moment for Indian gohain’s bronze in boxing, PV Sindhu’s bronze in bad- individual ever and the first ed! Heartiest congratulations! tions to him for winning the Gold. sport! minton, Indian men’s hockey team’s bronze, and Ravi since Abhinav Bindra’s in Ram Nath Kovind Narendra Modi Sachin Tendulkar Kumar Dahiya’s silver in wrestling are the other five medals for India at Tokyo 2020. Brazilian boxer Sousa 2008, took India’s medal count at Tokyo 2020 to seven er then improved to 87.58m and 1984 editions. Up against Niyazbekov, Bajrang Punia took a mea- Indian Army in 2016 and is sured approach and scored the first point through a wins men’s middle gold - making it their best-ever with his second throw to Notably, No Indian has currently serving as Junior haul at a single Olympics. maintain his place at the top won a medal in athletics passivity penalty on the Kazakh wrestler. at Tokyo Olympics Commissioned Officer with Niyazbekov tried hard to erase the deficit quickly Czech Republic’s Jakub and went only 76.79m in his since the country started the rank of Naib Subedar. Tokyo: Hebert Sousa of Brazil Vadlejch won silver and fel- but the Indian defended well to avert the danger. enjoyed a knockout victory third attempt. taking part in the Games in He won the gold medal at low Czech Vitezslav Vesely However, Chopra’s fourth 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. Towards the end of the first period, Punia even over top seed Oleksandr the 2018 Asian Games in doubled his lead after pushing his opponent out of bagged the bronze medal. and fifth attempts were foul Neeraj's great show en- Jakarta, where he set a then Khyzhniak of Ukraine to win Neeraj Chopra - who had bounds. the Olympic gold in the men’s throws but he finished sured that India ended the new Indian national record also finished top of qualify- strong with 84.24m. Tokyo Olympics on a high - Bajrang looked the more dominant wrestler of the middle division here on Satur- of 88.06m, and was flag bear- two in the second period and halfway through, scored ing - began with a 87.03m With his historic achieve- with the men’s javelin throw er at the opening ceremony. day. The 23-year-old let out throw at the Olympic Stadi- a two-point takedown to make the score 4-0. There- roars after the KO, repeatedly ment, Chopra has done being the last event that In- Neeraj Chopra has since bro- um in Tokyo, the best of any- something which the likes of dian athletes take part in at after, he didn’t stop and cruised to an 8-0 win with shooting “Brazil” in front of the ken his own record, throwing some fine aggressive wrestling. one after their first attempts. late Milkha Singh and P T the Summer Games. 88.07m at the Indian Grand camera. This is the first boxing The Indian javelin throw- gold for the South American Usha could not do in 1960 Chopra, who joined the Prix in 2021. country at Tokyo 2020, follow- ing Abner Teixeira’s bronze in men’s heavy. An aggreseive Khyzhniak earned 10-9 favor- able scores from all five judges President, PM laud golfer Aditi’s feat at Tokyo 2020 in the first two rounds but Sousa unleased a heavy punch for your future endeavours.” ka from Azerbaijan 2-0 in the final. Tokyo: The United States edged off 102.700 points. that knocked Khyzhniak on “I think it’s good, just even top 5 Gong Li from China and Sofya France 87-82 on Saturday to suc- the ground one minute and 29 or top 10 at an Olympics is really Berultseva of Kazakhstan shared cessfully defend the Olympic gold British boxer Yafai wins seconds from time. Russian good. Because you know that sport the bronze medals. medal of the men’s basketball tour- men’s fly gold at Tokyo Gleb Bakshi, the reigning or that person has a medal chance. nament. Thanks to Kevin Durant’s Olympics world champion, and world So just having more top finishes, Russian Athlete 29 points, the U.S. put back waves silver medalist Eumir Marcial even if it’s not exactly a podium Abdulrashid Sadulaev of comebacks of France when they of the Philippines shared the finish, will maybe bring eyes to the wins men’s 97kg led as many as 14 points, but let bronze. sport and more support, more kids France close to three points a cou- pick up more, whatever, that helps freestyle gold ple of times. Russian synchronized grow the game,” Aditi said. Moscow: Russian freestyle wrestler The U.S. trailed 12-6 at the be- swimmers win gold in Abdulrashid Sadulaev won the ginning after missing the first eight Tokyo: India’s Aditi Ashok agonis- Bulgarian boxer Krasteva gold medal in the men’s final bout 3-pointers, and Durant’s first 3- women’s team free ingly missed an historic medal in wins women’s fly gold at at the Tokyo Games on Saturday, pointer tied it by 15-15. women’s golf at the Olympic routine at Olympics Tokyo Olympics becoming twice the Olympic Leading by 22-18 in the first Games Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, as champion. Sadulaev defeated the quarter, the U.S. cruised to 39-26 Tokyo: Russia’s synchronized she was celebrated at home with swimmers won in the Olympic 2016 Olympic Games champion, and kept the advantage to a 44-39 congratulatory messages posted by Kyle Snyder from the United States, first half. women’s team free routine and President Ram Nath Kovind and brought the Russian Olympic 6:3 in the men’s 97 kg (214 pounds) Durant, who scored 21 points in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. final. The athlete brought Russia the first half, put the U.S. ahead by Tokyo: Galal Yafai of Britain beat Committee the 18th gold The 23-year-old Aditi fought Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in medal. Russian swimmers Alla the 19th gold medal. 56-45 with a 3-pointer midway into bravely throughout the final round the third quarter, and he waved the men’s fly division final to win Shishkina, Svetlana at Kasumigaseki Country Club, the first boxing gold for his country Kolesnichenko, Svetlana Ro- Sweden bags equestrian and yelled after that shot. shooting a closing 3-under 68 to France, which beat the U.S. 83- at the Tokyo Olympic Games here mashina, Aleksandra Patske- finish one shot shy of a podium jumping team gold at on Saturday. The 2018 Common- vich, Maria Shurochkina, Vla- 76 in the opener of the preliminary finish with her 15-under 269 aggre- Tokyo 2020 round, trailed by 14 points, but two wealth Games gold medalist won da Chigireva, Marina Goliadki- gate.