Lalita Babar reached 3000m Steeplechase final. File Pic[/caption]Internet Desk: Lalita Babar gave Indians the delight of witnessing an Indian running on the track and field final of the Olympics. After P T Usha its another Indian woman who glorified the country in the biggest show on earth.
Before starting for the Rio nobody kept any hope on the Indian woman steeplechase 3000m event. Thus reaching the final of the event Lalita earned love of the country unexpectedly.
It was P T Usha who reached the final of 400m hurdles in 1984 Moscow Olympic. In the final also she made a good show to finish at the forth position. In fact she lost the Bronze Medal by a whisker.
Lalita however, in the heat came forth. Her timing was 9:19.76s, one minute more than the third place holder.
Interestingly the 27years old athlete made her best performance in Rio. Previously she won the Gold Medal in 2015 Asian Championship where she made her third best performance. Lalita improved her performance as she grew experience to reach the Olympic final. Now every one would look at her on Indian Independence day when she will compete for the Medal.
On the day success of an Indian some other women could not make India happy. In the 400m track and field event Nirmala Sheoran could not advance after heat. She finished at the sixth place with a timing of 53.03s.
Also there is a bad news from women’s hockey team. They ended their Rio campaign with another big defeat. They conceded five goals from Argentina today. The Indian eves ended being the last of the group with only one point earned in the first match.
The Women's doubles pair of badminton of Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta had already failed to qualify for the next round. Today they lost their last match against Thai pairs by 2-0
In another event Indian Mairaj Ahmad Khan also failed to qualify for the next round. Today he had his second qualification match. He finished at the ninth spot.
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