Indians on Tuesday

8226; Putting aside their loss to Olympic champions Holland a couple of days back, the Indian men8217;s hockey team scored a 4-2 win over ...

8226; Putting aside their loss to Olympic champions Holland a couple of days back, the Indian men8217;s hockey team scored a 4-2 win over South Africa, despite being down 1-2 at half-time

8226; Shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore became the first Indian to win an individual silver medal at the Olympics, when he came second in the double trap event. He made a huge step up from the qualifiers, where he finished fifth. He hit a total of 179, ten short of eventual winner Ahmed al-Maktoum of UAE

8226; In badminton Nikhil Kanetkar lost his second round match 10-15, 6-15 to former world number one Peter Gade of Denmark

8226; Archer Satyadev Prasad the pre-quarter-finals of the men8217;s individual event with a 158-155 win over Ron van der Hoff of Holland. In the women8217;s event, Reena Kumari beat Bhutan8217;s Tshering Chhoden via a 7-4 tie-breaker verdict after ending at 134-134 to make the round of 16. Sumangala Sharma, however, lost to Jean Kirstin Lewis of South Africa 153-157

8226; Sailors Malav Shroff and Sumeet Patel finished last in the opening race of the 49er class

8226; 54kg boxer Diwakar Prasad outslugged Morocco8217;s Hamid Ait Bighrade 25-17, while Akhil Kumar lost to Jerome Thomas of France 16-37 in the 51kg event

8226; Weightlifter Kunjarani Devi, who finished fifth in the 48kg category on Saturday, moved up to fourth after Aye Khine Nan of Myanmar tested positive for a banned substance

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8226; Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their men8217;s doubles second round match against the Swiss pair of Roger Federer and Yves Allegro 6-2, 7-6 to move into the quarter-finals

INDIAN IN ACTION TODAY

BAHADUR SINGH
Athletics Shot put Group A: Qualifs 038; final
Time: 12.00 a.m.

SHIKHA TANDON
Swimming 100m freestyle Second heat
Time: 12.30 p.m.

WOMEN8217;S WEIGHTFLIFTING 63kg
Pratima Kumari/Karnam Malleswari Preliminaries and final
Time: 7 p.m.

REENA KUMARI
Archery Women8217;s individual quarter-finals Vs Shu Chi Yuan Chinese Taipei
Time: 12.30 p.m approx

LEANDER PAES/MAHESH BHUPATHI
Lawn Tennis Men8217;s doubles; vs Wayne Black-Kevin Ulyett Zim
Time: 7.30 p.m.
All times are subject to change

THE MAIN EVENT
August 18, Wednesday
MEN8217;S ALL-ROUND GYMNASTICS
The USA8217;s successful foray in men8217;s gymnastics will be deemed complete if Paul Hamm becomes the first American man to win the Olympic gymnastics all-round title.
Hamm 21, who helped the US win their first men8217;s team medal, a silver, for 20 years on Monday, will be challenged by Yang Wei of China, European all-round champion Marian Dragulescu and Japan8217;s Hiroyuki Tomita. But Hamm has the edge over them as he beat all three at last year8217;s world championships to claim gold. And he also topped the field in Athens during qualifying on Sunday.
Time: 11 p.m.-1-30 a.m.