Olympics(Today Morning): The downfall in Shooting

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) advanced to the quarterfinals in her debut Olympic appearance, defeating German veteran Nadine Apetz in a closely-fought last-16 stage bout. She will next face Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen, who is seeded fourth and a former world champion, on July 30. A win in that bout would assure Borgohain of at least a bronze medal at the mega-event. Pair of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker failed to enter the finals of the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the Asaka Shooting - 10m Range. Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma had bowed out after finishing at the 17th spot in Stage 1. Indian men's hockey team defeated Spain 3-0 in their Pool match. India men have climbed up to No. 2 in Pool A with six points from three matches (2 wins, 1 defeat) and a goal difference of -2. Top four go through to the quarters. The two Indian pairs participating in the 10m air rifle mixed team event crashed out in the first qualifications stage, missing out on yet another final after an outing that left a lot to be desired. The duo of Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar finished 12th with a total of 626.5 across three series each, while Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar ended 18th out of 29 pairs with an aggregate score of 623.8 at the Asaka Range.