India's sixth medal of the 2012 Olympics

London: The 29-year-old, Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Sunday created history by becoming the first Indian to win back-to-back Olympic medals when he assured himself a silver by  storming into the final of the men`s freestyle 66 category in a dramatic fashion at the Excel arena.

He ended India’s campaign at the London Olympic Games on a bright note by securing a sixth medal on the final day.

With the addition of Sushil's silver medal, India completed their engagements in the 30th edition of the Olympics with a record haul of six medals -- two silver and four bronze -- but the gold medal could not be won by any one.

"It was bronze in Beijing, and now it's a silver. So we are gradually going up and may be in the next Olympics, I will be able to win the gold medal," Sushil said.

"I had a stomach problem just after the semi-final, because of the dehydration. I lost weight and was feeling a little weak. But we have got a silver medal and we will try for gold medal in the next Olympics," Sushil said after the medal ceremony.

"I had said about 15 days ago that we will do well. It was a question of what will be the colour of medals. I am happy that Yogeshwar won a bronze and our performance will keep improving," he said.

India's fifth medal of the 2012 Olympics

London Olympics 2012 Wrestling

Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze medal in Men's 60kg freestyle category wrestling.

Yogeshwar Dutt won India's fifth medal and fourth bronze at London Olympics.

Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze medal in the men’s 60 kg freestyle category in his third Olympic  appearance at London.

In London, Dutt defeated Jong Myong Ri of DPR Korea for the bronze medal after he had won two repechage rounds. After losing his second round match to Besik Kudukhov of Russia Dutt won two repechage rounds and then the bronze medal match. 

Yogeshwar Dutt defeated Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran 3-1 in the second repechage round to book a place in the bronze medal bout. 

Yogeshwar Dutt won his first repechage round against Franklin Gomez Matos of Puerto Rico 3-0.

Tintu Luka disappointed our hopes

800m semifinal

By her standards, Luka ran well. She clocked her season best time of 1 minute, 59.69 seconds but it wasn’t enough to take her through to the final. The last of the eight qualifiers had a timing of 1:59.45. Luka was good, but others were better.

PT Usha also pointed out lack of high-level competition as a reason for Luka not doing so well at top meets against the best athletes. “There is very little competition in India to keep Tintu occupied. We have to travel a lot to take part in big tournaments and sometimes, it becomes difficult to do that logistically. That is hurting her a lot,” Usha said.

women's 800 metres semifinals at the Olympic Games

Today Event: Women's 800m - Semifinals.

Tintu Luka has qualified for the 800m semifinals at the London Olympics 2012.

Semifinals

Heat 1
Lane               Athlete   

2   Colombia GARCIA Rosibel

3   Great Britain SHARP Lynsey
4   Ukraine LUPU Nataliia

5   Kenya JELIMO Pamela
6   United States of America SCHMIDT Alice
7   Russian Federation POISTOGOVA Ekaterina
8   Cuba ALMANZA Rose Mary
9   Greece FILANDRA Eleni

Heat 2 

Lane              Athlete
2   Grenada BERNARD-THOMAS Neisha
3   India LUKA Tintu
4   Russian Federation ARZHAKOVA Elena
5   United States of America JOHNSON MONTANO Alysia
6   South Africa SEMENYA Caster
7   Kenya BUSIENEI Janeth Jepkosgei
8   Romania LAVRIC Elena Mirela
9   Morocco HACHLAF Halima
Heat 3
Lane             Athlete
2   Kenya KOECH Cherono
3   Bahrain SHUMI Genzeb
4   Morocco AKKAOUI Malika
5   Burundi NIYONSABA Francine

6   United States of America GALL Geena
7   Russian Federation SAVINOVA Mariya
8   Kazakhstan MATSKO MUKASHEVA Margarita
9   Canada SMITH Jessica

London Olympics 2012-Tintu Luka entered into semifinal

August 8, 2012

Women's 800 m Round 1

Tintu Luka has qualified for the 800m semifinals at the London Olympics 2012 with a timing of 2:01.75s. She finished third behind first placed Maria Savinova(2:01.56) of Russia and Alice Schmidt of USA(2:01.65).







 

India's fourth medal of the 2012 Olympics

August 8, 2012

Mary Kom became the first Indian women boxer to claim an Olympic medal.

Flyweight (51 kg) category semifinal

Mary Kom vs Nicola Adams

MC Mary Kom lost 6-11 to Nicola Adams of Great Britain in the flyweight (51 kg) category semifinal bout and added a bronze medal for India at London Olympics.

Medal count

Event           G     S    B            Total

Shooting        0     1     1              2

Badminton     0     0     1              1

Boxing           0     0     1              1

Total              0     1     3              4

India's third medal of the 2012 Olympics

August 4, 2012

Saina Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic Games bronze medal in badminton. The 22-year-old Saina Nehwal was trailing 18-21, 0-1 in the bronze medal play-off match when her second seeded opponent Xin Wang retired hurt, giving India an unexpected medal. Saina also became the second Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, after Karanam Malleswari's weightlifting bronze in 2000 Sydney Olympics.

India's second medal of the 2012 Olympics

August 3, 2012

Army sharp shooter Vijay Kumar has won India's second medal of the 2012 Olympics. He won a silver medal in the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. The 26-year-old army subedar from Himachal Pradesh found the target 30 times of 40 attempts in the series comprising eight rounds of five shots each.

India's first medal of the 2012 Olympics

July 30, 2012

 Gagan Narang has won India's first medal of the 2012 Olympics, a bronze in the 10-meter air rifle event. This was also the country's third medal in shooting Olympic history. The other medal winners are Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (silver in 2004 Athens) and Abhinav Bindra (gold in 2008 Beijing).

India at London Olympics 2012-medals

 India at London Olympics 2012-medals

1. Gagan Narang - Bronze in 10-meter Air rifle event.

2. Vijay Kumar - Silver in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event.

3. Saina Nehwal - Bronze in Badminton.

4. MC Mary Kom - Bronze in Women's Fly (51kg)

5. Yogeswar Dutt - Bronze in Wrestling ( Men's freestle 60kg category ).

6. Sushil Kumar - Silver in Wrestling ( Men's freestle 66kg category ).

INDIA - Medal count reached to four in London Olympics 2012

MC Mary Kom

Mary Kom created history by assuring fourth Olympic medal for India on Monday after winning her quarterfinal boxing bout in 51 Kgs category.