Dipa Karmakar
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar finished fourth in the vault final with a score of 15.006 - well past her previous best - and missed a bronze medal by 0.150 points.
PV Sindhu
PV Sindhu overcame Michelle Li of Canada 19-21, 21-15, 21-17 in a grueling 72-minute to enter pre-quarters
Kidambi Srikanth
Kidambi Srikanth beat Sweden's Henri Hurskainen 21-6, 21-18 in 34 minutes to enter the pre-quarters of the badminton men's singles event
Hockey
The hockey team had done well to reach the country's first Olympic knockout match in 36 years, but lost to Belgium 1-3 in the quarters
Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna were outclassed by the Czech Republic's Lucia Hradecka and Radek Stepanek 6-1 7-5 on Court 1 of the Olympic Tennis Centre in the bronze medal play-off
Saina Nehwal
The big upset of the day was world No 5 Saina losing to the 61st ranked Maria Ulitina of Ukraine 21-18, 21-19 at the Riocentro. Fifty-six places separated Saina and Ulitina, and this was a result that few could have seen coming, despite the fitness concerns over India's 2012 London Games bronze medalist
Manoj Kumar
In the boxing ring, Manoj Kumar exited with a 0-3 loss to Uzkebistan's Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the pre-quarters of the men's light welter 64 kg event
Gagan Narang
In the last of the shooting events of the Games, Gagan Narang finished 38th in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions qualification
Chain Singh
Chain Singh finished 24th in the same event
Anirban Lahiri
On the golf range, India's hopes of a medal receded quickly as the third round began. India's Shiv Chawrasia finished with a score of 5 over par 289 and Anirban Lahiri 10 over par 294
Marathon
On the athletic track, OP Jaisha and Kavita Raut ended at 89th and 120th in the women's marathon final
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