Journalism of Courage
Women’s hockey enters QFs for 1st time in 41 years; losses for Panghal, Sindhu
The women's hockey team's perseverance was rewarded with a first Olympic quarterfinal berth in over four decades, while discus thrower Kamalpreet Singh rose from relative obscurity to be in contention for a medal but it was a bad day in office for the stars of Indian contingent here on Saturday.
July 31, 2021 21:05 IST
1 / 12Anjum Moudgil of India in action (Reuters)
2 / 12India's Ganapathy Kelapanda and Varun Thakkar compete during the 49er men race at the Enoshima harbour during the 2020 Summer Olympics (PTI Photo)
3 / 12India's Vandana Katariya celebrates after scoring a goal against South Africa during a women's field hockey match at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
4 / 12Anirban Lahiri of India in action. (Reuters)
5 / 12Sreeshankar, of India, competes in the qualification rounds of the men's long jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics (AP/PTI Photo)
6 / 12Kamalpreet Kaur, of India, reacts after her thrown during the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
7 / 12Seema Punia, of India, competes in the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (AP/PTI Photo)
8 / 12India's Atanu Das shoots an arrow during the men's individual eliminations at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (AP/PTI Photo)
9 / 12P.V. Sindhu of India in action during the match against Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan. (Reuters)
10 / 12Taiwan's Tai Tzu-Ying celebrates after winning against India's Pusarla V. Sindhu during their women's singles badminton semifinal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics (AP/PTI Photo)
11 / 12Amit panghel in action (FILE)
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