Previously plagued by concerns over the pandemic and a list of scandals, positive remarks about the Olympics have risen significantly in Japan since the opening ceremony.
Borgohain prevailed 4-1 and upstaged Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to make the last four where she will square off against reigning world champion, Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli.
Kumari delivered a perfect 10, hitting the bull's eye, to topple Russia's Ksenia Perova in a thrilling one-arrow shoot-off to advance to women's individual quarterfinals.
Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar stood at 12th position while Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar ended 18th out of 29 pairs. The mixed events are making their Olympic debut.
The Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka posted screenshots of Reuters reports on Chinese athletes who won gold at Tokyo Olympics, accusing it of bias and deliberately using 'ugly' images.
Earlier the organisers in their daily Covid update announced three athletes, four contractors, eight Games-concerned personnel and one Games employee have been found positive.
Chanu ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics with her victory in the 49kg category and opened the country's account in the games on Saturday.
Olympic organisers in their daily Covid update announced that 3 athletes,10 Games-concerned personnel, 3 mediapersons and contractors associated with the event have been found positive.
Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra said that flag bearers-Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh will be among the 30 athletes participating in the opening ceremony.
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