2012 London Olympics Day 5: Saina and Parupalli moves into quarter-final.
London: Badminton: Saina Nehwal entered into quarter-finals of women’s singles event in Badminton after defeating Jie Yao of Netherlands 21-14, 21-16.
On the other hand, Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian male to reach the quarter-finals at the Olympics after securing a hard fought 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka’s Niluka Karunaratne in the men’s singles event at the Wembley Arena.
After match fixing allegations, Gutta-Ponnappa is not to replace one of the disqualified teams.
Tennis: India’s Paes-Vardhan fails to reach into the quarter-finals after defeating by Tsonga-Llodra 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.
Hockey: New Zealand beat India 3-1 after granting an early lead in an Olympic hockey match at the London Olympics 2012 on Wednesday.
Shooting: Rahi Sarnobat finished at 19th whereas Annu Raj Singh at 30th in the women’s 25m pistol rapid fire event.
Archery: India’s Deepika Kumari bowed out of individual event in the first round after losing to Britain`s Amy Oliver 2-6 at the London Olympics 2012.
Rank | Countries | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1 | China | 17 |
9 |
4 |
30 |
2 | USA | 12 |
8 |
9 |
29 |
3 | Korea | 6 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
4 | France | 5 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
5 | PRK | 4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
39 | India | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |