Manoj Kumar
Boxer Manoj Kumar recorded an upset win over London Olympic bronze-medalist Evaldas Petrauskas in a closely fought bout to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the light welterweight (64kg) category
Deepika Kumari
Deepika took big strides in putting behind the failure of India's women's archery team by progressing into the pre-quarters of the individual event. She beat Georgia's Kristine Esebua 6-4 in her match to enter the Round of 32 and then defeated Italian Guendalina Sartori
Bombayla Devi
Bombayla (ranked 69th) beat Austrian archer Laurence Baldauff 6-2 in round of 32 and then Taipei's Lin Shin-Chia by the same margin to progress to Thursday's Round of 16 match which will start at 17:56 IST
India vs Australia
The women's hockey team, following a 0-3 loss to Great Britain, was thrashed by world No 3 Australia 6-1 at the Olympic Hockey Centre
Sathish Sivalingam
Weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam finished fourth in his group in the final of the men's 77kg category and then slipped to 11th in overall standings
Jitu Rai
India's shooting contingent continued their disappointing show, with Jitu Rai and Prakash Nanjappa failing to qualify for the final of the men's 50m pistol event at the Olympic Shooting Centre. Jitu, ranked second in the world in the 50m heading into the Summer Games, reached the high of fourth place in the final series of his event but them slumped to 12th with an overall score of 89
Prakash Nanjappa
His compatriot Nanjappa ended at 25th
Avtar Singh
Judoka Avtar Singh lost to the Olympic Refugee Team's Popole Misenga in round one of the men's 90kg Round of 32.
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