![]() 6 and local favourite Sewon Okazawa 5-0 in the opening round. ![]() The experienced pugilist lost to world No. Vikas Krishan, a three-time Olympian, fought with an injured shoulder at Tokyo. Vikas Krishan – Round of 32, men’s welterweight (69kg) Vinesh earlier got the better of Rio 2016 bronze medalist, Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in the first round but couldn’t win her quarter-final bout. Unbeaten in 2021, the Indian lost 3-9, a defeat by fall. The top seed in her weight class, Vinesh Phogat’s Tokyo campaign was halted by Belarus' Vanesa Kaladzinskaya. Vinesh Phogat – Quarter-finals, women’s 53kg wrestling Deepika also paired with Pravin Jadhav in the mixed team event but couldn’t manage to go beyond the quarter-finals. 1 Deepika was knocked out by top seed An San in the quarter-final of the women’s individual recurve after the Korean secured a 6-0 win. Mary Kom, competing in her last Olympics, lost the match despite winning two of the three rounds.ĭeepika Kumari – Quarter-finals, women’s individual recurve ![]() Six-time world champion and London 2012 bronze medallist MC Mary Kom lost to Rio 2016 bronze-medallist Ingrit Valencia by a 3-2 split decision. Mary Kom – Round of 16, women’s 51kg fly weight Here’s a list of Indian athletes who failed to live up to the expectations at the Tokyo Games. Although they featured some big names like six-time world champion Mary Kom, tennis ace Sania Mirza, boxing world No.1 Amit Panghal, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and archer Deepika Kumari, none of them managed to secure a podium finish for India at Tokyo 2020. That said, India could have won even more medals had some of the country’s top medal hopes lived up to their billing. The Indian contingent finished 48th in the overall medals tally and returned with more medals than ever before. A rich haul of seven medals - a gold, two silvers and four bronze medals - meant that Tokyo 2020 will go down as India’s best performance at the Olympics so far.
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