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Chinese Lyu becomes oldest weightlifter at 37 to win Olympic gold
Lyu, who turned 37 on Tuesday, broke the record of Rudolf Plukfelder of the Soviet Union, who was 36 years old when he won gold in 1964 in Tokyo, reports Xinhua. Zacarias Bonnat Michel of the Dominican Republic bagged a silver with 367kg. Italian Antonino Pizzolato nabbed a bronze with 365kg. Having taken up weightlifting in 1998, Lyu said the past two decades were all about his love for the sport.
Stokes's exit may hurt but England have multiple all-rounder options
However, the home side still has more options than India in that department. Even as India's pace bowling all-rounder option in Hardik Pandya remains unfit to perform Test duties and has been playing only limited overs cricket, England have Sam Curran, who turned out to be the difference in the last series against India at home.
Tokyo Olympics hockey: India women's team makes maiden entry into quarterfinals
India had defeated South Africa 4-3 in their last league match early in the day but their passage to the knockout stage depended on the result of the match between defending champions Great Britain and Ireland as the latter was placed fifth in the group and could finish fourth ahead of India. For India to qualify, Great Britain had to beat Ireland and that's what happened in a well-fought match on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympics: Elina Svitolina clinches women's singles tennis bronze
Playing in her second Olympics, Elina's determination was the story of her bronze-medal run. Four of her six matches were won in a deciding set. Elina defeated Germany's Laura Siegemund, Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic, Greece's Maria Sakkari, and Italy's Camila Giorgi, before losing in the semifinals to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic.
Confident of getting the better of Great Britain: India hockey coach Reid
India chief coach Graham Reid expressed confidence in his team's ability to get the better of their opponents on Sunday, saying, "To be honest, facing any of the four European teams who have come directly from the Euro Championships was always going to be a difficult quarterfinal game, but I think it really matters on which one you get. But probably Great Britain are the ones we are comfortable with and very confident with."
Olympics: Tai Tzu beats Sindhu in straight games in semifinals
Sindhu had drawn early advantage with her aggressive display in the first game, opening up a 6-3 lead. However, Tai Tzu fought back before Sindhu again opened up a three-point lead at 11-8. However, Tai Tzu then won three quick points to draw level and from there, the two went neck and neck before the Taiwanese player closed the first game in her favour 21-18.
Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Pooja Rani loses quarterfinal bout
Throughout the bout, Li never gave up the upper hand and ended up winning 5-0 to go through to the semifinals at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena. The Chinese was undoubtedly the superior boxer on show. Pooja, ranked eighth in the world, had earlier lost to Li in the semifinals of the 2014 Asian Games and 2020 Asia Oceania Olympic qualifiers.
Tokyo Olympics: Novak Djokovic loses singles bronze-medal match
Djokovic had arrived in Tokyo trying to become the first man to have a Golden Slam. He had already won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2021 and was trying to complete the rare phenomena with a gold medal at the Olympics followed by the US Open title, which starts at the end of August.
Tokyo Olympics: India women beat South Africa, keep QF hopes alive
India will now hope that Ireland, also on three points from four matches, lose against the defending champions Great Britain in the last league match of the Pool. If Ireland lose or draw, India go through to the quarterfinals with six points. If the Irish win, they finish fourth and go through as they have a better goal difference.
Tokyo Olympics: Anjum and Tejaswini fail to reach 50m rifle 3 positions final
Anjum, silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finished 15th with a score of 1167 and 54 Xs while Tejaswini was placed 33rd with a score of 1154 and 50 Xs, with the top-eight qualifying for the final. Yulia Zykova of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) topped the qualification with an Olympic record of 1182 with 78 Xs, inclusive of a hat-trick of perfect 100s in prone position.
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