Tokyo Olympics 2021

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.

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.

Twisties are defined as a sudden inability to feel comfortable while twisting in mid-air. The announcement was made by USA Gymnastics through their Twitter handle on Saturday. Simone has qualified for the floor exercise final on Monday followed by the balance beam final on Tuesday. A decision on her availability for the two events is yet to be decided.

The AIU collected the sample from her during an out-of-competition test on July 19 and was notified of the positive result by the WADA-accredited laboratory that analyzed the sample at mid-day on Friday, said the independent body created by the World Athletics that manages all integrity issues, including doping for athletics.

Coming from behind to clock 3:37.58 for the top prize, British swimmers Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin joined efforts to slice 0.43 seconds off the previous world record held by China. Team China, comprised of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan, finished in 3:38.86 for the silver, edging world champion Australia by 0.09 seconds, reports Xinhua.

The first Indian woman to have cross the 65m mark and against whose name the national record stands at 65.06 -- at the Federation Cup in March this year -- breached the direct qualification mark of 64m on Saturday in her third attempt to make it to the medal round. The Indian, who had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics on the basis of her 65.06m in March, was among the only two throwers who breached the 64m mark.

After losing the first set 25-27, Das came back strongly to tie the scores in the second with a superb 10 on the first arrow, putting pressure on the Japanese as he had to score a 10 on the final arrow to tie scores 28-28. Das struck two 10s off the first two arrows of the third set and a nine off the last arrow. In response, Furukawa shot 8, 10, and 9 as he lost the set 27-28, with the set scores tied 3-3.

Touching home in 49.45 seconds, the two-time world champion in the event cut 0.05 seconds off his previous 49.50 mark to claim his third gold in Tokyo Reigning European champion Kristof Milak of Hungary finished 0.23 seconds behind at 49.68 seconds, which is also a new European record. The bronze went to Noe Ponti of Switzerland as the 20-year-old Youth Olympian clocked 50.74 in his Olympic debut.

Panghal, India's biggest hope in this section, lost 5-0 on points, starting the day on a disappointing note for boxing after the high of Lovlina Borgohain reaching the semifinals and assuring a medal for the country. Panghal, the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist, had drawn a tough opponent in Martinez Rivas, the silver medallist at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Archery: 7:18 a.m. Men's Individual 1/8 Eliminations - Atanu Das v. Takaharu Furukawa (Japan); 12:00 noon Men's Individual Quarterfinals (if Atanu qualifies); 1:00 p.m. Men's Individual Bronze & Gold Medal Match (if Atanu qualifies). Badminton: 2:30 p.m. Women's Singles Semi-Final - P.V. Sindhu v. Tai Tzu-Ying (Chinese Taipei).