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The winning moments (AFP Photo)
Athletics: Usain 'Bolted' yet again and defends his Olympic title in the men's 100m. He clocked 9.63s for a new Olympic record. Yohan Blake followed with 9.75s and American Justin Gatlin came in bronze medal position with 9.79s. The top seven all finished with times inside 10 seconds. Only Asafa Powell finished outside the 10s barrier with 11.99 seconds. What a victory!
Athletics: It is almost time now and the men's 100m final is just around the corner. Who will win can be anybody's guess. Usain Bolt is the definite favourite.
Athletics: Men's 100m- American Justin Gatlin qualified with the fastest time of 9.82s, Jamaican Yohan Blake with 9.85s, then Jamaica's Usain Bolt at 9.87s, followed by another American Tyson Gay at 9.90s, then Churandy Martina of the Netherlands at 9.91s, US' Ryan Bailey clocked 9.96.
The two 'lucky losers' to qualify for the final were Jamaican speed gun Asafa Powell at 9.94 s and Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson with 10.02s.
What a final line-up. Will be an exciting one at 2:20 IST!
The two 'lucky losers' to qualify for the final were Jamaican speed gun Asafa Powell at 9.94 s and Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson with 10.02s.
What a final line-up. Will be an exciting one at 2:20 IST!
Athletics: The heat 3 has been won by Jamaican Yohan Blake at 9.85 s. Tyson Gay, as expected, came in second at 9.90 s to book the qualification for the final. What a final on hands now! Stay tuned, it is coming up at 2:20 IST.
Athletics: The heat 2 in the men's 100m semi-final went to Usain Bolt, quite obviously timing 9.87 s and he was literally cruising there not running. Ryan Bailey of the US qualified for the final in second spot with 9.96 s. Bolt saving crucial energy for the finals it seems.
Churandy set new national record by the way in the heat 1.
Athletics: The heat 1 in the men's 100m semi-final went to Justin Gatlin of the US with 9.82 seconds, Churandy Martina of Netherlands finished second with 9.91 pipping Jamaican Asafa Powell who clocked 9.94. The top two qualify automatically.
Athletics: The first heat in the men's 100m is about to begin and will end almost as soon :D. Watch out for Asafa Powell.
Athletics: The 100m will be a quick in and out affair. Do stay tuned for updates.
Athletics: The semi-final Heat 3 features US favourite Tyson Gay, Bolt's country-mate and friend Yohan Blake, Bahamas' strong runner Derrick Atkins. Yohan Blake for you.
Athletics: The Heat 2 has the cynosure of all eyes Usain Bolt, local favourite Dwain Chambers and American Ryan Bailey is the fray. Here is Usain Bolt
Athletics: The men's 100m semi-finals are scheduled to begin at 12:15 IST. Heat 1 has the likes of Jamaican Asafa Powell, American Justin Gatlin and Trinidad and Tobago's Keston Bledman. Below is an image of Asafa Powell.
Tennis: Azarenka/Mirnyi beat Murray/Robson in the mixed doubles final to take Gold at the Olympics. They won 2-6, 6-3, (10-8).
Tennis: Azarenka/Mirnyi take the second set 6-3 vs Murray/Robson.
Tennis: Azarenka/Mirnyi lead 5-3 in the second set vs Murray/Robson.
Tennis: Andy Murray/Laura Robson have taken the first set 6-2 against Azarenka/Mirnyi.
Tennis: Meanwhile, Andy Murray on the charge yet again, this time with his mixed doubles partner Laura Robson. They are leading 5-1 in the first set against top seeds Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi in the Gold medal match. What all confidence can do, Amazing!
It is Usain Bolt who is up next at around 12:15 India time in the men's 100m semi-final. The final is around 02:20 India time. Stay tuned for that. Till then have a look at the latest Google Doodle.
Tennis: Andy Murray beats Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the men's singles tennis event at the Olympics 2012 to grab the Gold medal.
Tennis: Roger Federer just about hangs on. Holds his serve to nil and trails 4-5. Andy Murray will now serve for the match and the Olympic Gold.
Tennis: Andy Murray now is just a game away from the Olympic title. Leads Roger Federer 5-3 in the third and what could be the final set.
Tennis: Andy Murray leads 4-3 in the third set and has a break in hand over Roger Federer. Murray had earlier won both the opening sets.
Tennis: Andy Murray takes the second set 6-1 against Roger Federer. Leads 2 sets to nil now. The final is a best of five as against all other matches which are best of three.
Tennis: Roger Federer finally takes a game in the second set. Trails 1-5 against local favourite Andy Murray. The Brit also took the first set 6-2.
Tennis: Del Potro beats Novak Djokovic, who won the bronze at the Beijing Olympics, 7-5, 6-4 to win the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics.
Tennis: Murray now leads 5-0 vs Federer. Revenge time.
Hockey: India go down 1-4 to Korea in their fourth group match and despite a decent beginning against the Netherlands in their opening campaign, India have nothing to show really from the Olympics. They still have one group match against Belgium and then the classification rounds.
Hockey: India now trailing 1-3 vs Korea. Ridiculous defending after poor finishing. It is a sorry state that the Indian hockey is in. Where will they find the belief to go past that mental barrier is a big question.
Tennis: And more surprises! Del Potro too leads Novak Djokovic 7-5, 3-1 in the bronze medal match.
Tennis: Surprise, surprise! Andy Murray in the ascendancy in the second set too against Roger Federer. Leads the Wimbledon champion 6-2, 2-0.
Hockey: Korea score another goal to lead 2-1 against India. 10 minutes to go.
Tennis: Federer loses first set to Murray 2-6.
Tennis: Federer meanwhile trails 2-5 in the first set vs Murray.
Shooting: Manavjit Singh Sandhu gets a 22/25 in the third round to get a total score of 70/75 in the first three rounds on qualification day 1. Average score is 0.933.
Tennis: Roger Federer trails Andy Murray 2-4 in the first set.
Tennis: Del Potro takes the first set 7-5 vs Djokovic in the bronze medal match. The Serb has lost his touch it seems as far as big tournaments are concerned. May be too early to say but just an observation.
Shooting: Does not look too good for Manavjit in the men's trap. Has an average score of 0.939.
Shooting: Michael Diamond of Australia is the only one till now at the London Olympics 2012 to have perfect scores after 3 rounds.
Shooting: Meanwhile Manavjit Singh Sandhu's third round of shooting in the men's trap event has begun and this will be his final round for the day. The qualification stage two starts tomorrow.
Tennis: Novak Djokovic-Juan Martin del Potro locked at 5-5 in the bronze medal match after a brief delay.
Women's boxing: Mary Kom beat her opponent by 19-14 overall. She won the second and third rounds 5-4 and 7-3 respectively while the first and fourth were tied at 3-3 and 4-4.
Women's boxing: Mary Kom beats Karolina Michalczuk to enter the quarter-final in the 51kg women's event.
Women's boxing: Mary Kom leads 15-10 against Karolina Michalczuk after the third round.
Women's boxing: Mark Kom leads 8-7 against Karolina Michalczuk after the second round.
Women's boxing: Mary Kom and Karolina Michalczuk tied at 3-3 after the first round.
Women's boxing: Mary Kom's 51 kg bout has started. Not only glory for women but also for India as the five time world champion takes on Karolina Michalczuk of Poland.
Tennis: Here is the Williams sisters' glory story.
Hockey: India counter-attacks and almost scores another one through a Tushar Khandker's field effort. Still 1-1 though.
Hockey: Gurwinder Singh Chandi meanwhile levels the scores at 1-1 against Korea.
Hockey: India meanwhile continue their poor run. Korea lead 1-0. A goal from the penalty corner by Hyun Jong Jang.
Williams sisters beat Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
Tennis: Serena and Venus Williams win women's doubles Gold. They win second consecutive gold at the Olympics. Serena's second at the London Olympics 2012:
Correction: Not Mary Kom but India's hockey match against Korea should begin in about 10 minutes. Mary Kom in 25 minutes or so.
Boxing: The women's boxing makes it Olympic debut today and India's Mary Kom will be in action just about 25 minutes from now.
Tennis: Meanwhile, Djokovic-Del Potro match has been delayed, probably due to rain at 2-3 in the Serbian's favour.
And did you see this? Look at this 13-year old Olympian keeping things simple.
Over to Tennis
Novak Djokovic's match for the bronze medal against Juan del Potro has begun. Djokovic leads 3-2 in the opening set.
Final result after two rounds in Men's trap qualification:
Two shooters take 50/50
Eight take 49/50
Six, including Sandhu take 48/50 after two.
The Indian is 14th on the table!
Sandhu has 48/50 after two rounds, with an average of 0.96. Is not looking too simple for him.
Round 2 is over
Sandhu shoots another 24/25. Waiting for confirmation of rank as others in the squad wrap up.
And it's a miss. 20/21. Consensus here is we may be jinxing it...please wait for the updates now!
19/19. Hoping for a 25/25. Possible with his form in the second round.
Shaping up well. Now 10/10 in round two for the Indian.
Make that another perfect shot. Now 7/7. A 25/25 perfect round should see him in top-10.
Men's Trap Event, Rd 2 starts
Sandhu shoots 6/6. Good start!
Action from Tennis:
Williams sisters have begun their doubles campaign for the Gold against Czech opponents.
Men's Trap:
This is an event spread over two days. Sandhu still to come out for his second round. Reason?
There are six squads in the event. Each squad has five shooters who take aim at 25 targets per round. Round 1 is over and Sandhu shot 24/25. Since the Indian, however, is in the sixth (final) squad, his next turn will have to wait till the squads 1-5 take their respective shots. Thats 25 shooters.
FOOTBALL UPDATE:
Brazil survive a scare against Honduras to win quarterfinal clash 3-2.
Hosts Britain, making a comeback to Olympics after 58 years, were knocked out by South Korea yesterday. South Korea will now play Brazil while Japan play Mexico in the other semi.
Hockey in Riverbank Arena:
Pakistan up 5-4 against South Africa. (Final update: Pakistan win 5-4)
Men's Trap Event: Sandhu to come out and take aim any moment now.
Coming in, some shocking news:
China's head-coach Li Yongbo has reportedly said that the referee was the one to blame for Xin Wang's injury that gave Saina Nehwal the bronze medal yesterday. Has apparently said that Xin asked for the court to be wiped but was refused. Xin eventually slipped and injured herself, he concluded.
Awaiting confirmation on the report...
So what is Men's Trap event all about?
Five rounds of 25 targets each. Top 6 advance to the final where they shoot another 25 targets. Top scorer wins.
But what counts at the end of the day is the medals tally...
USA lead with 26 golds, 13 silvers and 15 bronze medals.
China follow with 25 golds, 16 silvers and 13 bronze.
India ranked 39th with 2 bronze and a silver.
Another Did you know as the wait for Sandhu continues...
London is partying at night. The entire city is lit up by dusk and the London Eye is a sight to behold.
In a new initiative at the start of the Olympics, it was announced that the London Eye would be lit on the basis of popular feeling on Twitter about the Games.
So, for example, if 60% tweets on the Olympics were positive, the same percentage of the London Eye would be lit up...talk about going social!
While we wait for Sandhu's turn, an update from the Riverbank Hockey Arena:
Pakistan have come back from behind twice and are 2-2 against Spain. India on the other hand, have lost three games and are virtually out of medal contention. ( Correction: Pakistan are playing South Africa and not Spain. Are 3-2 up)
Back to Men's Trap Event: Anton Glasnovic of Croatia currently has the lead. He shot 25 in the opening series, in good time, and is not on 11/11.
Sandhu coming up in just a bit...
Sandhu coming up in just a bit...
The second series will begin shortly but Sandhu is lower down in the field which means he will come out in about 15-20 minutes from now. Do stay on for more and other updates.
Before the second series begins, here is a quick look at Google's new Doodle
Just a note on how close the level of competition is: 13 others have also shot 24/25 along with Sandhu!
Is 14th as of now but rankings will change as others finish the round.
That is it in the opening round of Men's Trap. Sandhu has a very decent 24/25.
20/21 for the Indian. Decent going and can be a decent round unless he misses another.
17/18 for Sandhu. The maximum possible here is 24 for the Indian marksman. Five shooters already have shot a perfect 25. Very little, if any at all, room for error.
Holding on. He may have missed one but is 15/16.
A MISS. Sandhu now has 12/13 in the opening round.
It is 10/10 for Sandhu but five other shooters have already shot 25/25.
This is the first round of 25 shots. There will be three rounds. Sandhu now 8/8.
It's 5/5 for Sandhu...more to come
Men's Trap: And Manvjit Singh Sandhu is out to shoot in the qualification round...
WEATHER UPDATE:
London is a very pleasant 19C at the moment. It is also fairly sunny here but...
...storm predicted towards early evening!
London is a very pleasant 19C at the moment. It is also fairly sunny here but...
...storm predicted towards early evening!
Badminton: China likely to sweep the sport Golds and Silvers.
Having won the women's Singles, women's Doubles and mixed Double's, Chinese players will today, play in the gold medal men's Singles match followed by men's Doubles, later in the day.
Having won the women's Singles, women's Doubles and mixed Double's, Chinese players will today, play in the gold medal men's Singles match followed by men's Doubles, later in the day.
Men's Trap: The event has begun, Manavjit Singh will come out shortly to take aim.
Quick recap of Saturday for Indians:
Saina Nehwal got Bronze (Read) Does not celebrate (Read)
Manoj Kumar knocked out (Read) Says there was cheating against him. (Read)
No trouble for Devendro (Read)
Krishna Poonia finishes seventh (Read)
Walker Irfan Thodi finishes impressive tenth (Read)
Paes-Sania ousted (Read)
Saina Nehwal got Bronze (Read) Does not celebrate (Read)
Manoj Kumar knocked out (Read) Says there was cheating against him. (Read)
No trouble for Devendro (Read)
Krishna Poonia finishes seventh (Read)
Walker Irfan Thodi finishes impressive tenth (Read)
Paes-Sania ousted (Read)
Coming back home,
India's archery coaches have said they can give no excuse for the performance of the Indians in the Olympics. Well, at least there was no blame game here. (Read report here)
India's archery coaches have said they can give no excuse for the performance of the Indians in the Olympics. Well, at least there was no blame game here. (Read report here)
And in other feature news:
Obama praises US athletes but says he is jealous Michelle got to go the London. (Read here)
Obama praises US athletes but says he is jealous Michelle got to go the London. (Read here)
For those inclined towards both sports and Bollywood, there is news.
Abhishek Bachchan will attend the London Olympics
Abhishek Bachchan will attend the London Olympics
The men's trap event has begun. India's Manavjit Singh though will get a turn at around 1500hrs (IST). Will keep updates coming in...
The match to watch out for today is Mary Kom's 51kg bout against Karolina Michalczuk (Poland).
It is scheduled to begin at 1830hrs IST.
It is scheduled to begin at 1830hrs IST.
Click here for the schedule of Indian players today.
After bagging three medals from the London Olympics so far, India wake up to a new day which continues to have some athletes in the fight for more.
Welcome to Sunday, the 10th day of Olympics 2012. Get the latest updates on all the sports action here...
Welcome to Sunday, the 10th day of Olympics 2012. Get the latest updates on all the sports action here...
