The highlight of Day 9 as far as the Indian contingent is concerned is the men’s hockey team putting up a defensive masterclass to defeat Great Britain and advance to the semi-finals
Lakshya Sen, however, lost to Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen, the first defeat of his maiden Olympic campaign, and will now fight for bronze against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia
Lovlina Borgohain missed out on back-to-back Olympic boxing medals with a defeat against China’s Li Qian via split verdict
Beyond India, the highlight of the day was Noah Lyles winning the men’s 100m gold, beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second in one of the closest races in modern history
Novak Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz to add an Olympic gold medal to his 24 Grand Slams and complete the ‘Golden Slam’
Additionally, the Refugee Olympic Team that made its debut in Rio 2016 was guaranteed its first ever medal after Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba won her bout in the women’s 75kg quarter-finals
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