London Olympics 2012, Day 7: All the updates

With that we wrap up the day's coverage. It was a mixed bag for India on Day 7. Saina, Vijender, Sania-Paes gave the Indians something to cheer about while Ronjan Sodhi, P Kashyap, Jai Bhagwan were the major disappointments. More is lined up for later today. Do join NDTV for all the latest updates and in-depth coverage. Till then ciao with Vijender's winning image.

Vijender Singh qualifies for the quarter-final in the men's 75-kg middleweight category. Vijender Singh beat Terrell Gausha of the USA 16-15 in the pre quarter to advance.

India's Vijender Singh still leads Terrell Gausha by a point after round 2, score 9-8.

Vijender Singh leads 4-3 after the first round against Gausha.

Boxing: Vijender Singh's bout is on now.

Vijender's bout will be the next as per schedule. Hope and pray for the best.

Boxing: In less than an hour's time, India's Vijender Singh will take on Terrell Gausha of the United States in his men's middleweight 75-kg round of 16 match. Stay tuned for that.

The Netherlands' Ranomi Kromowidjojo wins the 100m freestyle in the women's category. Belarussian Aliaksandra Herasimenia was second and Yi Tang of China finished in the last medal place.

Swimming: Women's 100m freestyle final is about to begin.

And not to forget Ryan Lochte, who himself has 11 Olympic medals, five of them coming in 2012. Five of his Olympic medals are Golds, three Silver and three bronze.

Phelps has also won the Gold in the men's 200m individual medley for the third straight time. Amazing.

Swimming: Michael Phelps takes another Gold beating Ryan Lochte. This is Michael Phelps 20th Olympic medal and 16th Gold overall.

Swimming: At Half way point Michael Phelps leads Ryan Lochte. Lochte is infact third.

Swimming: Men's 200m individual medley is about to begin and Phelps is vying for another medal here. So is Ryan Lochte.

Swimming: Ryan Lochte of the United States finishes third in the men's 200m backstroke. He was pipped by country-mate Tyler Clary who got the Gold. Japanese Ryosuke Irie bags the silver.

Swimming: Rebecca Soni of the United States, with a timing of 2:19.59, breaks the world record and wins the women's 200m breaststroke. Satomi Suzuki of Japan and Juliia Efimova came in second and third respectively.

Clijsters has been knocked out by Sharapova in straight sets 2-6, 5-7. Sharapova will play country-mate Maria Kirilenko in the semi-finals who got the better of Petra Kvitova in her quarter-final.

Tennis: Meanwhile, Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova are playing in the last of the women's singles quarter-finals. Sharapova won the opening set 6-2. The score in the second set is 4-3 in Clijsters' favour but on serve.

Leander Paes/Sania Mirza reach the quarter-final of the mixed doubles tennis event at the Olympics. Paes/Sania beat Ivanovic/Zimonjic 6-2, 6-4 in the first round. They now face top seeds Azarenka/Mirnyi in the quarters.

Leander Paes serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set.

Sania/Paes leading 5-3 in the second set and look good to qualify for the quarter-finals.

The Indian pair of Sania/Paes is still a break ahead in the second set. Lead 4-3. Sania Mirza serving now.

Paes/Sania leading 4-2 in the second set.

A word in for Parupalli Kashyap as he has exceeded all expectations and created history of some sorts at least. Many of the heralded prospects in the Indian Olympic contingent did not rise up to the expectations but Kashyap showed that he was all geared up for the Games. Losing out after putting up an impressive fight against the world number 2, will definitely bode well for the Indian.

Sania/Paes are still leading in the second set too 2-1.

P Kashyap loses out 19-21, 11-21 to Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia and is out of the Olympics men's singles badminton event.

Chong Wei Lee playing some amazing badminton here against Kashyap. Leads the Indian 18-8.

Kashyap trailing by 14-8 in the second game. Looks a lost cause now.

Kashyap meanwhile starting to show signs of desperation as well as fatigue. Trails 10-6 in the second game. Chong Wei Lee is proving to be a tough one for the Indian.

Paes/Sania take the first set 6-2 against Ivanovic/Zimonjic. Going great guns.

Paes-Sania playing amazing tennis though and lead 5-2 in the first set.

Kashyap is hanging on against the number 1 seed but Lee way too strong it seems. The Malaysian leads 7-4 in the second game.

P Kashyap and Lee tied at 1-1 in the second game.

Sania/Paes leading 3-2 in the first set meanwhile and have a break in hand.

Kashyap played well in the first game but the world number 2 showed why he is considered as one of the best. The latter part of the first game was extremely tight and Chong Wei Lee proved his worth, just about hanging on against the Indian.

P Kashyap loses the first game 19-21 to Chong Wei Lee in the quarter-final of the men's badminton at the Olympics 2012.

P Kashyap tied at 19-19 in the first game against the world number 2, Lee.

Paes/Sania lead 2-1 in the first set against Ivanovic/Zimonjic.

P Kashyap is still with his nose just ahead, leads Lee 16-15 in the first game.

P Kashyap managing to hold on to a slender lead against the number 1 seed. Leads 15-14.

Meanwhile, Sania-Paes match against Ivanovic/Zimonjic has begun and is locked at 1-1 in the first set.

Chong Wei Lee coming into his own. Kashyap, though, managing to show why he cannot be underestimated. The Indian leads 13-11.

The World number 2 and seed 1, Lee, is showing his class now. Match still in favour of the Indian at 11-8.

Parupalli Kashyap is playing an amazing game as of now and leading the Malaysian 8-4.

P Kashyap leads 5-3 against Lee.

Badminton: P Kashyap is taking on Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia and is leading 3-1 in the first game.

Tennis: Leander Paes/Sania Mirza match against Ana Ivanovic/Nenad Zimonjic may start any time now. Stay tuned for updates.

In their last five encounters, Saina Nehwal has never managed to beat China's Yihan Wang, who is also World No. 1. 

Saina Nehwal takes the match 21-15, 22-20. She is through to the semi-final beating Tine Baun.

Saina Nehwal levels the second game owing to a few errors from Tine Baun. 20-20 now.

Tine Baun of Denmark displays great show but Saina is equally strong here. 20-19 in favour of the Danish.

Tine Baun within reach of the second game now. Leads Saina 19-17.

Saina Nehwal, though, in no mood to give it away easily. Fights back and it is 17-18 now.

Saina Nehwal trails 16-18 in the second game. Baun fighting back and hard.

Saina Nehwal's last two opponents - Jie Yao and Tine Baun both are in their 30's. Tan is 35 and Baun, 33.

Badminton: Saina Nehwal now leads in the second game after trailing quite a bit. The score in 11-10 in the Indian's favour now.

Tine Baun has brought her A-game out in the second game. Leads the Indian shuttler 10-9. Saina looks pumped up.

Saina Nehwal not willing to let go easily in the second game. Still trails by a couple of points at 7-9.

Tine Baun has picked up her game and leads 7-4 against Saina in the second game.

A questionable call from the line judges gave Tine Baun the point. Saina looked bemused. Score, though, tied at 4-4.

The second game has begun and Saina Nehwal trails 2-3 vs Tine Baun.

Badminton: Saina Nehwal takes the first game 21-15 against Denmark's Tine Baun. One step towards the semi-final.

Saina has made a few unforced errors in an otherwise impressive performance till now. Leads Tine Baun 19-11.

Saina close to taking the first game against Baun. Leads 17-9. Some judgement errors from the Indian.

Badminton: Saina Nehwal looking the better player but can't rule out the experience of Tine Baun. Score 13-8 in Sain's favour.

Badminton: Tine Baun meanwhile fighting hard now and has found her touch it seems. Score, though, 11-7 in favour of Saina Nehwal after the first time-out.

Saina errs thrice to give Tine Baun some easy points in the quarter-final. Score 10-6 now.

Saina Nehwal looks in fine form and is displaying great judgement too as of now. Leads Tine Baun 9-3.

Badminton: Saina Nehwal leads 6-2 in the first game over Tine Baun of Denmark.

Badminton: Saina Nehwal's match to begin any moment now. China's Xin Wang has won her match over Intanon 17-21, 21-18 and 21-14.

Badminton: Saina Nehwal will be playing her Olympics quarter-final match against Tine Baun of Denmark in a short while from now on court 2 at the Wembley Arena. Currently the women's singles quarter-final between Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand and Xin Wang of China is going on at the same court. The Chinese is leading as of now in the third and final game 10-6. The first game went to the Thai player 21-17 and the Chinese won 21-18 in the second game.

Saina Nehwal's quarter-final match against Denmark's Tine Baun has been delayed. We will keep you guys updated!

Boxing: Jai Bhagwan won the first round 3-2 but went on to lose both the following rounds. Gani Zhailauov of Kazakhstan took the second round 10-3 and the third round 4-2 to win the bout 16-8. Vijender Singh plays his round of 16 bout later in the day in the men's 75-kg category.

Boxing: India's Jai Bhagwan loses out to Gani Zhailauov of Kazakhstan 8-16 and bows out of the Olympics 2012 in the round of 16.

Boxing: Jai Bhagwan trails 12-6 against Gani Zhailauov after the second round in the men's 60-kg category.

Boxing: Jai Bhagwan leads 3-2 after the first round against Kazakhstan's Gani Zhailauov in the men's 60kg category.

A couple of matches are just about to begin - Saina Nehwal's quarter-final in women's singles badminton against Tine Baun and Jai Bhagwan's round of 16 against Gani Zhailauov in the boxing lightweight 60-kg category.

For those trying desperately to emerge from the Ronjan Sodhi shocker, here is an interesting piece of news...

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Saina will play in the qurterfinal round.

So, who is up for Saina Nehwal match. One hour to go...

AND AN EXIT!

This is really sad for India and Ronjan. Final score of 42/50 not good enough to take him to the final!

Does not look bright for Ronjan at all. He began well, he did. But lost his way!

Windy conditions. Ronjan hits 42/50. That is the final round score. Waiting for final confirmation.

A couple of misses from Ronjan Sodhi. Will cost him. Will surely cost him. Will be glad to be proven incorrect at the end.

What is happening here??

What is happening??

Sodhi 41, crashing out all of a sudden.

It is 38/42. We are at the absolute end of this amazing qualification round!

He cannot lose it from here. Or can he? He has missed one though!

It is...

29/32 for Sodhi. Calm nerves, focused eyes, hands firm!

26/28. On course. He is on course! A better score will help him in the final round. Qualification scores are added to the final round scores.

20/22. Heading for a 48? Looks good. Fingers crossed!

13/14. Is looking good for Ronjan though eye has to be kept out on a fightback if any, below him!

9/10 now. Focus! Screams of Ronjan..Ronjan here resemble a football battle-cry!

Misses one! 7/8

Starts with 2/2. Good one! And now 4 for him...Good, clean, fast shooting.

Can he, will he not?

All the best in any case Ronjan!

AND BACK TO DOUBLE TRAP.

Shooters have begun taking aim...Sodhi to take aim...

AND DEVIATING JUST FOR A BIT:

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DO NOTE: The final round of Double Trap begins at 5pm (IST) (for Sodhi's group)

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