Day 1 Highlights:
6.45 IST: India's miserable day finally comes to an end!Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare crash out of women's doubles tennis after suffering a 6-7, 7-5, 5-7 loss against China's Shuai Peng and Shaui Zhang in the first round.
5.51 IST: Weightlifting: Sopita Tanasan bags the gold medal for Thailand in the women's 48kg weightlifting event. Wahyuni Agustiani from Indonesia settles for silver while Hiromi Miyake off Japan gets the bronze medal.
5.40 IST; Meanwhile, Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare have bounced back to win the second set 7-5 against China's Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang in the women's doubles tennis first round.
5.35 IST: India's day going from bad to worse! Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu crashes out after failing to lift in clean and jerk in all three attempts in the women's 48kg event.
5.27 IST: Women's 48kg Weightlifting: India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu fails to lift 106kg in clean and jerk. PB lift coming up in her final attempt.
4.53 IST: Tennis, Women's Doubles Round 1: India's Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare lose the first set 6-7 (6) against the Chinese duo of Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang.
4.16 IST: Table Tennis: The disappointment continues for India as Achanta Sharath Kamal gets knocked out of Rio 2016 after suffering a 8-11, 12-14, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11 loss in the men's singles first round against Romania's Adrian Crisan. With that India's challenge in the TT event comes to an end in both the men's and women's categories.
4.09 IST: Women's weightlifting 48kg: India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu successfully lifts 82kg on her second attempt
4.03 IST: Men's Table Tennis: Achantha Sharath Kamal is also in action in his first round match against Adrian Crisan of Romania. Sharath Kamal is trailing 1-2.
4.00 IST: Tennis: Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare's women's doubles match against China has finally begun.
1.20 IST: Another Indian crashes out. Soumyajit Ghosh knocked out of Rio Olympics after losing to Thailand's Padasak Tanviriya Vechakul 8-11, 6-11, 14-12, 6-11, 11-13 in the first round of men's table tennis.
12.45 IST: Men's Table Tennis, Round 1: Disappointing start for India's Soumyajit Ghosh. He trails Thailand's Padasak Tanviriya Vechakul 8-11, 6-11 at the end of the first two games. Five more to follow.
12.25 IST: It's a stiff fight between Vietnam's Hoang Vinh andBrazil's Almeida Felipe. Vinh wins it with the last shot. GOLD FOR VIETNAM.
12:10 ISTJitu Rai eliminated, finishing eighth with score of 78.7. Another disappointing finish from an Indian shooter. In the build-up to the Rio Games, Jitu was a real medal hopeful for India. But again shooting can be a cruel sport. Jitu Rai will return for the 50m event.
12:08 IST Brazil's Felipe Almeida leading the pack, Jitu at 8th with 68.6. The Indian shooter needs to do some good shooting to avoid elimination
12:05 IST Bad start from Jitu Rai, 28.9 after three shots.
23:57 IST Jitu Rai will be in action shortly at the men's 10m Air Pistol finals. Guys, stay tuned...
India on Day 1 at Rio so far...
22:52 IST: So, finally some good news for Indian shooting. Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul, the female 10m air rifle shooters disappointed after failing to qualify for the medal round while table tennis hopes Manika Batra and Mouma Das also crashed out after the first round. Meanwhile, Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna crashed out after losing their first round match to Polish pair of Kubot and Matkowski.
Indian hockey brought some smiles as Rupinder Singh's brace helped the team seal their first Olympic victory in 12 years.
22:46 IST Jitu Rai qualifies for the finals of 10m Air Pistol event, Gurpreet Singh crashes out placed 20th. Jitu finished 6th with 580 points while Gurpreet was placed 20th with 576 points.
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