Hima Das wins 200m gold

New Delhi

Hima Das clocked 23.65 seconds to win the women’s 200m gold, while national record holder Tejinder Pal Singh Toor bagged the shot put bronze with a best effort of 19.62 metres in the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland. Muhammed Anas, the 400m national record holder, was third in the men’s 200m race with a timing of 20.75s.

Calgary (Canada)

Kashyap, Verma enter last-16 

Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the  Canada Open. Kashyap, seeded sixth, defeated France’s Lucas Corvee 21-12 21-17, while Verma thrashed Canada’s BR Sankeerth 21-14 21-11. Ajay Jayaram, HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen all bowed out.

Zagreb

Anand draws with Ding Liren

India’s Viswanathan Anand drew his sixth straight game in the Grand Chess tour while Magnus Carlsen of Norway shot to sole lead after the end of the seventh round of the first Classical tournament here today.

London

Wrestlers grab six medals 

Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers today won three silver and three bronze medals in the 2019 Cadet Asian Championship at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan. Arshad (51kg), Nitesh (92kg) and Sonu (110kg) won a silver each while Harsh (45kg), Pravin (55kg) and Ravi (60kg) bagged a bronze each.

Berlin

Indian archers falter   

Indians put up a disappointing show in the Archery World Cup Stage IV here today, crashing out in all the team and individual events of the recurve and compound sections. Deepika Kumari and Abhishek Verma were the only Indian archers to have made the last-16 rounds of recurve and compound sections but only to go down to their respective opponents. — Agencies