Rio 2016 | PV Sindhu provides silver lining; Aditi Ashok struggles on day 14

Badminton

PV Sindhu lost a thrilling encounter 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 against World No.1 Carolina Marin to win the silver medal in the women's singles final. After trailing for most of the first set, Sindhu won the set 21-19 with a fantastic comeback. Marin came back strong, though, and she won the second set comfortably 21-12 to take the match to a decider. Sindhu tried her best in the third set, but she could not keep up with the aggression and quality of Marin. The Spaniard went on to win the gold, while Sindhu became the first Indian women to win a silver medal in the Olympics.

Athletics

The Indian women's team finished 7th in Heat 2 of the Women's 4x400m Relay race, and failed to qualify for the final. Nirmala Sheoran, who started the race for India, clocked a timing of 53.26. Tintu Lukka took over from her and finished her 400m in 52.25, while MR Poovamma clocked a timing of 52.14. Anilda Thomas finished the last 400m of the race in 51.78, taking India over Cuba in the process. However, the combined timing of 3:29.53 was not good enough for India to qualify for the final.

Meanwhile, the Indian men's team, which consisted of Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakkal, Muhammad Anas, Ayyasamy Dharun, and Arokia Rajiv, were disqualified in the Heat 2 of the Men's 4x400m relay race.

23-year-old Khushbir Kaur finished 54th in the Women's 20 km Race Walk event. She managed a timing of 1:40:33 - 11 minutes behind the gold medal winner Hong Liu of China, who is also the current world record holder. Meanwhile, Sapna Punia failed to complete the race after being disqualified at the 10 km mark for 'loss of contact'.

India's Sandeep Kumar finished 35th in the Men's 50km walk race with a timing of 4:07:55 – 26 minutes behind the gold medal winner Matej Toth of Slovakia.

Golf

After a fantastic start, Aditi Ashok slipped down the standings to joint 31st position in the leader board at the end of third round. The 18-year-old hit 5 bogeys and 2 double bogeys today to finish with a score of 8-over par. This took her overall score to 2-over par (She was joint third yesterday with a score of 6-under par).

The last round will be played tomorrow.

Wrestling

Sandeep Tomar lost his bout 3-7 to Russian Viktor Lebedev in the Men's Freestyle 57 Kg event. His opponent also failed to make it to the final, which also ended his chances of competing for the bronze medal through repechage.