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Rio Olympics: Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal out of medal contention
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janerio, Aug 9 (ANI): Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal, who was among the few bright spots on the opening day of the competition, on Tuesday crashed out of the medal event after finishing fourth in his men's single sculls quarterfinals here at the Rio Olympics.
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Rio Olympics: Last-minute heartbreak for India as Germany seal 2-1 victory
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.8 (ANI): The Indian men's hockey team failed to maintain their winning momentum as they suffered a heart-breaking 1-2 defeat against defending gold-medallist Germany on Monday, courtesy a late deflected goal from Christopher Ruhr.
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Couple of wayward shots costs Bindra Olympic medal, insists uncle
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Zirakpur (Punjab), Aug.9 (ANI): The uncle of Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday insisted that the Indian ace shooter had put his best foot forward to clinch a medal for the country in the ongoing Rio Olympics, but added that it was just a couple of wayward shots that cost him.
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Rio Olympics: Bindra misses out on 10M Air Rifle medal, finishes fourth
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
By Vivek Prabhakar Singh
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Rio: Heartbreak for India as Bindra misses medal by whisker in Men's
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.8 (ANI): 2008 Beijing Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra, who was expected to provide a much-needed turnaround for the Indian shooting contingent, failed to clinch a medal in the finals of the Men's 10m Air Rifle event on Day three of the 2016 Rio Olympics here a
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Rio Olympics: Bindra in 10m Air Rifle finals, Narang crashes out
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janerio, Aug 8 (ANI): 2008 Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra on Monday raised India's hope of bagging its first medal of Rio Olympics2016 after he qualified for the finals of the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event on Day Three here at the Olympic Shooting Centre.
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Olympic medal will be the best birthday gift for Dipa, says father
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala, Aug. 8 (ANI): Parents of Dipa Karmakar are very happy as this morning at around 6.30 they came to know that their daughter, only a day before her 23rd birthday, has created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to enter the final of the Olympics.
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Rio Olympics: Swim legend Michael Phelps clinches 19th Olympic gold medal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug 8 (ANI): American swimmer Michael Phelps continues to cement his legacy as he clinched his 19th Olympic gold medal after leading his country to a thrilling 4x100m freestyle relay win at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Rio Olympics:Indian women's recurve team knock out in quarters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug.8 (ANI):India's hopes of clinching their first Rio Olympics medal in archery were shattered after the women's recurve team crashed out of the tournament with a 4-5 defeat against Russia in their nail-biting quarter-final clash here on Sunday.
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Rio Olympics: India women's archery team to take on Russia in quarter
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug.7 (ANI): The Indian women's archery team, who are one of the country's biggest medal hopes at Rio Olympics, will aim to book their place in the semi-finals of the team recurve event when they take on Russia in their last eight clash later today.
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Pistol shooter Jitu Rai's meltdown a huge blow to India's hopes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.7 (ANI): World number three ranked air pistol shooter Jitu Rai's meltdown in the finals of the 10-metre event on Saturday was a huge blow to India's hopes of launching the 31st Olympic Games with a medal on the opening day, where the redeeming feature w
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Rio Olympics: Jitu Rai making it to finals an honour for nation, says Rand
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 7 (ANI): Former Olympic-level trap and skeet shooter Raja Randhir Singh, who is now an Indian Olympic Association (IOA) member expressed his happiness at the qualification of Jitu Rai, who kept India's medal hopes on the opening day of the Rio Olympics alive by quali
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