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8226; Satyadev Prasad fought his heart out before bowing out of the men’s individual archery event losing 165-167 to top seed I m Dong Hyun South Korea. The quarter-final was decided on the last arrow in a dramatic dual
8226; Sailors Malav Shroff and Sumeet Patel failed to make any impact in the 49er Class as they finished last 15th in Race 5 and then continued to languish in the same position in Race 6
8226; The rowing pool saw yet another poor performance from PT Paulose who finished 27th out of 29 competitors in the men’s single sculls event
8226; The men’s hockey teamcame back from a 1-3 deficit to tie at 3-3, before conceding a last minute goal to go down 3-4 against Australia
8226; In the men’s doubles tennis event, Indian medal hopefuls Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi went down tamely to German pair Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuettler 2-6, 3-6. They will play the bronze medal playoff
SOMA BISWAS 038; J J SHOBHA
SEEMA ANTIL, NEELAM JASWANT SINGH 038; HARWANT KAUR
BINU MATHEW
ANJALI BHAGWAT 038; DEEPALI DESHPANDE
SHIKHA TANDON
LEANDER PAES 038; MAHESH BHUPATHI
August 20, Friday
10,000m Final: HAILE GEBRSELASSIE v KENNEISA BEKELE
It’s the perfect start to the track events at Athens. The 10,000m final will see the king of long-distance running taking on his heir apparent. Defending champ Gebrselassie, running the last 10,000m race of his career, faces fellow-Ethiopian and world record holder Bekele. Strategy, stamina and those typically graceful African strides … can’t miss the showdown.