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London Olympics: How Indians fared on Day 5

Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap defeated Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen with ease in straight games in the men's singles to move into the pre-quarterfinals at the London Olympics.

  • India's Kashyap Parupalli plays against Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh, unseen, at a men's singles badminton match of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
  • India's Rahul Banerjee shoots during the elimination stage at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He secured a rare win for India in the Olympic archery individual event only to crash out in the next round. His teammates Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro were already eliminated from the competition.
  • India's Jayanta Talukdar shoots during an elimination round of the individual archery competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He crashed out of the game.

    Later, even Tarundeep Rai was sent packing by his South Korean opponent.
  • Devendro Singh Laishram, left, fights Honduras' Bayron Molina Figueroa during a light flyweight 49-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.He has advance to the pre-quarter finals.
  • India's Ravi Kumar Katulu competes during the men's 69-kg, group B, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
  • Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap defeated Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen with ease in straight games in the men's singles to move into the pre-quarterfinals at the London Olympics.
  • It was not all good news from Wembley. Jwala and Ashwini showed excellent form to beat their opponents from Singapore in straight sets. They however failed to meet the required margin and the win proved not enough to take them to the next round.

    The sad news spilled over to the tennis court where Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out as well.
  • Yoshie Ueno of Japan flips Garima Chaudhary of India during the women's 63-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Tuesday.
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