The women’s hockey team’s perseverance was rewarded with a first Olympic quarterfinal berth in over four decades, while discus thrower Kamalpreet Singh rose from relative obscurity to be in contention for a medal but it was a bad day in office for the stars of Indian contingent on Saturday.
World number one flyweight boxer Amit Panghal and star shutter P V Sindhu were the big names to experience defeats even though the latter is still in the hunt for a medal when she competes in the bronze playoff on Sunday.
Success stories of the day was undoubtedly the women’s hockey team and Kamalpreet.

India’s Pooja Rani exchanges punches with China’s Li Qian during their women’s middleweight 75-kg boxing match. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Pooja Rani and China’s Li Qian react after their women’s middleweight 75-kg boxing match. (Photo credit: PTI)
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts after being defeated by Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, in the bronze medal match. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Sreeshankar competes in the qualification rounds of the men’s long jump. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Ganapathy Kelapanda and Varun Thakkar compete during the 49er men race at the Enoshima harbour. (Photo credit: PTI)
Athing Mu, of United States, wins a semifinal in the women’s 800-meter run. (Photo credit: PTI)
Mariia Poliakova of Russian Olympic Committee competes in women’s diving 3m springboard semifinal. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Neha Goyal celebrates after scoring a goal against South Africa. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s Vandana Katariya (L) reacts at the end of the women’s field hockey match against South Africa. (Photo credit: PTI)
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns a shot to Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain. (Photo credit: PTI)
Rossella Gregorio of Italy celebrates defeating Sun Yiwen of China and in the women’s Sabre team quarterfinal competition. (Photo credit: PTI)
India’s PV Sindhu plays a shot during her women’s singles badminton semifinal match. (Photo credit: PTI)