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Rio Olympics Day Six

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 11, 2016, 20:20:29 IST

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Rio Olympics Day Six

Golfers, hockey players and Saina Nehwal-led shuttlers will be in action today after five days of fruitless labour by Indian athletes in Rio.

18:48 (IST) Aug 11

Badminton: PV Sindhu's singles preliminaries match against Laura Sarosi has been delayed

18:48 (IST) Aug 11

And the second quarter starts

18:45 (IST) Aug 11

And that's the end of the first quarter. India 0-0 Netherlands

18:42 (IST) Aug 11

Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri lose first game 18-21 against Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan

18:41 (IST) Aug 11

India vs Netherlands: 5 minutes left in the first quarter and still no goals so far

18:25 (IST) Aug 11

Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri take on Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia

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18:13 (IST) Aug 11

Delayed....

Hold onto your seats!@AtriManu & Sumeeth Reddy's match has been delayed. The action will begin shortly. #SmashKartaJa
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 11, 2016

18:05 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (women's individual): Bombayla Devi loses 2-6 (26-28, 26-23, 27-28, 23-25) against Alejandra Valencia to crash out in quarters

18:04 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (women's individual) Round of 16: Bombayla Devi loses fourth set 23-25 against Alejandra Valencia

18:02 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (women's individual) Round of 16: Bombayla Devi loses third set 27-28 against Alejandra Valencia

17:59 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (women's individual) Round of 16: Bombayla Devi wins second set 26-23 against Alejandra Valencia

17:58 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (women's individual) Round of 16: Bombayla Devi loses first set 26-28 against Alejandra Valencia

17:39 (IST) Aug 11

Deepika's campaign ends

Tan Ya-Ting ON FIRE this morning. #Perfect30 to see off Deepika Kumari in the third round in straight sets. That was a quick start. #archery
— World Archery (@worldarchery) August 11, 2016

17:38 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (individual): Deepika Kumari loses 6-0 (27-28, 26-29 and 27-30) against Tan Ya-Ting to crash out in pre-quarters

17:36 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (individual) Round of 16: Deepika Kumari loses third set 27-30 against Tan Ya-Ting

17:33 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (individual) Round of 16: Deepika Kumari loses second set 26-29 against Tan Ya-Ting

17:32 (IST) Aug 11

Archery (individual) Round of 16: Deepika Kumari loses first set 27-28 against Tan Ya-Ting

17:23 (IST) Aug 11

Don't lose heart yet

.@Guttajwala/@P9Ashwini lose against the 1st seed pair but there are still 2 more matches to go! #SmashKartaJa pic.twitter.com/gZuggLS7ZR
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 11, 2016

17:11 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 18-10 in the second game

17:07 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 15-7 in the second game

17:04 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 12-6 in the second game

17:01 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 9-5 in the second game

17:00 (IST) Aug 11

The Canadian connection

112 years after Canadian George Lyon won the Olympic #gold medal, Canada's @GrahamDeLaet tees off at the #Olympics. pic.twitter.com/1Ofh7crKev
— Olympic Golf (@OlympicGolf) August 11, 2016

16:59 (IST) Aug 11

The Indians need all the backing

Second set starts! Let's back @Guttajwala and @P9Ashwini. #Rio2016 #badminton #SmashKartaJa
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 11, 2016

16:58 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 4-1 in the second game

16:56 (IST) Aug 11

Japanese serve as the second game starts

16:52 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 19-15 in the first game

16:52 (IST) Aug 11

Athletics start tomorrow

1 day till #athletics #Rio2016

With 3 Olympic titles #GBR is the most successful nation in the W's combined events pic.twitter.com/EnbGcrVhip
— IAAF (@iaaforg) August 11, 2016

16:50 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 17-14 in the first game

16:49 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 16-12 in the first game

16:46 (IST) Aug 11

Rowing

We start off with semifinals, followed by the first medals of #rowing ... there will be six golds on the line today #rio2016 @Rio2016_en
— World Rowing (@WorldRowing) August 11, 2016

16:45 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 12-9 in the first game

16:42 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 10-8 in the first game

16:40 (IST) Aug 11

Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lead Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa 7-6 in the first game

16:36 (IST) Aug 11

Back after 112 years

Game on.
After 112 years, #golf is back in the #Olympics.
Brazil's Adilson da Silva hits the first tee shot. pic.twitter.com/ivDAVwlZUc
— Olympic Golf (@OlympicGolf) August 11, 2016

16:35 (IST) Aug 11

And Jwala Gutta serves as the match gets underway

16:31 (IST) Aug 11

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have won the toss and decided to serve against Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi

16:29 (IST) Aug 11

India's Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will face Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan in women's doubles shortly

16:14 (IST) Aug 11

Men's hockey standings

Here are the Pool Standings for the Men’s #Hockey event at #Rio2016 after the conclusion of games played on 10 Aug! pic.twitter.com/2AK6Ey9syz
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 11, 2016

16:13 (IST) Aug 11

Women's hockey standings

After all the intense battles on 10 Aug, here’s how the #Hockey Pool Standings (Women) look like at #Rio2016! pic.twitter.com/5NyQAmGf44
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 11, 2016

16:10 (IST) Aug 11

All the best

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> My best wishes to Indian <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Badminton?src=hash">#Badminton</a> players –Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa, Women’s doubles <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JeetoRio?src=hash">#JeetoRio</a> <a href="https://t.co/K2xAsSDxzq">pic.twitter.com/K2xAsSDxzq</a></p> &mdash; Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VijayGoelBJP/status/763684155762671616">August 11, 2016</a></blockquote>

15:49 (IST) Aug 11

Shuttlers' smashes

WATCH: @NSaina and @Pvsindhu1 practice together before their campaign begins at #Rio2016! ??#SmashKartaJa! pic.twitter.com/RlavUyjSqM
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 11, 2016

15:33 (IST) Aug 11

Deepika kept Indian hopes alive

Deepika Kumari into the THIRD ROUND! 6-2 win over Guendalina Sartori. Finished with a pair of 10s, on the X! #archery
— World Archery (@worldarchery) August 10, 2016

15:31 (IST) Aug 11

Manoj punched his way to victory

#Rio2016 #OlympicGames
Men's 64kg - Manoj KUMAR #IND WP 2:1 vs Evaldas PETRAUSKAS #LTU #Boxing #AIBA pic.twitter.com/FauWbZ5bce
— AIBA (@AIBA_Boxing) August 10, 2016

15:29 (IST) Aug 11

India's schedule today

#RIOwithTOI Busy day ahead for India at the Olympics. Here's the India schedule on Day 6. pic.twitter.com/6E3fz5Z2xo
— TOI Sports News (@TOISportsNews) August 11, 2016

15:04 (IST) Aug 11

At 19:50 IST, Saina Nehwal will face Lohaynny Vicente in badminton women's singles preliminaries

15:01 (IST) Aug 11

Welcome to our live coverage of the sixth day action at Rio Olympics that offers up 19 gold medals in including the men's rugby sevens and the women's gymnastics, track cycling title, women's archery, canoeing, fencing and judo

07:45 (IST) Aug 11

Mireia Belmonte of Spain wins women's 200m butterfly gold

Mireia Belmonte of Spain wins women's 200m butterfly clocking 2:04.85. Australia’s Madeline Groves (2:04.88) bags silver and Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi (2:05.20) gets bronze.

Mireia Belmonte wins the first #Rio2016 #Gold for #ESP in the Women's 200m Butterfly! #Swimming pic.twitter.com/LeV9GFA9wR
— Rio 2016 (@Rio2016_en) August 11, 2016

06:59 (IST) Aug 11

Swimming: Manuel, Campbell win women's 100m semi finals

The United States' Simone Manuel and Australia's Cate Campbell have won their semi finals in the women's 100-metre event, with the latter chalking up an Olympic Record time of 52.71.

05:56 (IST) Aug 11

Fencing: Hungary's Szilagyi retains Olympic title

Hungary's Aron Szilagyi thrashes US's Daryl Homer 15-8. The 26-year-old sabre fencer retains his London Olympic title after winning the men's sabre individual bout.

With his 2nd olympic champion title Aron Szilagyi breaks a 68-year-old curse that the athlete carrying the flag can't win a ?? #HUNbelievable
— Tamara Bayer (@tamara_bayer) August 11, 2016

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