India at Olympics, Day 11 Live: Men’s table tennis team in action vs China; javelin event begins

Table tennis, men's team event, India 0-2 China: Achanta Sharath Kamal took the first game, but Fan Zhendong came back strong to clinch the match 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5. China is now just a win away from moving into the quarter-final.

Javelin throw, men’s qualification: Looks incredibly difficult for Jena to qualify for the final now as Finland’s Toni Keranen also goes past the qualification mark. He is currently ninth overall and fifth among throwers who have not made the cut. Expect at least six throwers to throw better than Jena in group B. That will put him outside the top 12 who will make it to the final. A not so good debut from Jena.

Javelin throw, men’s qualification: This is not the Kishore Kumar Jena from the Asian Games last year. He cannot better his mark of 80.73m with his final throw. That puts him in eighth as things stand. A nervy wait for him now as he will only know if he makes it to the final as one of the 12 best throwers after group B is done. A look at group B and you get the feeling that he might just miss the cut.

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