Indians on Wednesday

• The fourth-seeded pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi streamrolled Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe 6-4, 6-4 to enter t...

• The fourth-seeded pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi streamrolled Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe 6-4, 6-4 to enter the semifinals.

• India’s athletic campaign began on a dismal note with Bahadur Singh fouling all his attempts to end up without logging a distance to his name in shot put qualifiers.

• Shikha Tandon found herself out of depth and bowed out in Heat 2 of the 100m freestyle event. She finished seventh clocking 59.70s.

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• Archer Reena Kumari’s campaign came to an end in the quarter-finals of the 72-arrow, six-series individual event. The 20-year-old went down 148-166 to Chi Shu Yuan (Chinese Taipei).

• Sydney Games bronze medallist Karnam Malleswari did not complete a single lift in the snatch section of the 63kg women’s weightlifting event, while compatriot Pratima Kumari did not figure in the starting list

• Sailors Malav Shroff and Sumeet Patel fared better than their Day 1 performance in the 49er class. In Race 3 they finished 18th and in Race 4 they managed a 15th place. Overall they are placed 15th, after four teams called it a day.

Indians in action today

Hockey Gr-A: India v Australia
Time: 11.00 p.m. (approx)

Leander Paes/ Mahesh Bhupathi (Tennis)Men’s Doubles, Semifinals
Time: 8.30 p.m. (approx)

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Satyadev Prasad (Archery) Men’s Indl. Elimination, QF: v IM Dong Hyun (Korea)
Time: 2.00 p.m (approx)

Malav Shroff/Sumeet Patel (Sailing) 49er Class, Race 5 and 6
Time: Noon onwards

THE MAIN EVENT
August 19, Thursday

Women’s individual final
If things fall in place, we might have a super show on our hands when the women’s individual all-round finals take place in the Olympic Indoor Gymnastics Hall today. Svetlana Khorkina participates only in the vault final with the Romanian and Chinese challenges big against her, but there’s major competition on in the asymetric bars, floor and beam events. The best six in the world in each of these categories will be present, leaping, vaulting, swinging, somersaulting…

TIME: 1.30pm (approximately)

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