On Tuesday London Olympics 2012 unleashed history and the US swimmer claimed the honours. It was a mixed bag for India as usual. London Olympics today especially was shadowed by the India Sri Lanka ODI series in Colombo. However Indians did fare well in the Olympics with China leading the medals tally with 23 medals of which 13 are gold. US follows with 22 of which 8 are gold and the third being France with 11 and four gold. Anyways, let's take a quick look at the prospects on Tuesday.
China: The organizer of the previous Olympics maintained its supremacy in the medals haul. China won the gold in the gymnastics team final at the North Greenwich Arena followed by Japan and Great Britain. In the diving section, Yuan Cao and Yanquan Zhang won gold in the synchronised 10m platform dive event.
Great Britain: Kath Grainger was delighted after breaking the Olympic record with Anna Watkins in the women's double sculls to win the first heat and go straight through to Friday's final. Zoe Smith broke the British clean and jerk record in the women's 58kg event, lifting 121kg.
US: Matt Grevers won in the men's 100m backstroke final, in a record Olympic time. Swimmer Michael Phelps won Gold in a team event 800 meter free relay and silver in 200 meter butterfly.
World Record: Michael Phelps became the most decorated medalist in the history of the Games. Currently he has a haul of 15 gold, two bronze and two silver medals.
India: Controversial tennis pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were ousted by France pair Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquetwith a 6-3, 6-4 win at Men's doubles event in Wimbledon. Another pair Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan were to play France pair Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but their match was postponed. Badminton players Jwala Gutta and Aswin Poppanna enter the per-quarter final. They beat their Singapore pair Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao in the women doubles event, 21-16, 21-15. However in the mixed doubles group Jwala Gutta and V. Diju lost against South korean Pair Jung Eun Ha and Yong Dae Lee.
Events for Wednesday: Important events that the Indians would like to keep track for the day are listed below:
1. Archery: Women's individual elimination: Dipika Kumari take on Britain's Amy Oliver.
2. Badminton: Parupalli Kashyap (men) and Saina Nehwal (women) in pre-quarterfinal matches.
3. Tennis: Men's doubles: Leander Paes-Vishnu Vardhan take on French pair Michael Llodra and Jo Wilfried Tsonga (France) and most speculated mixed doubles: Paes-Sania Mirza take on Serbian pair Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic.
(With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)
