With the first good news of the day for the Indian Team at the Olympics , Badminton Player P Kashyap under the supervision of mentor Gopichand , has advanced from the group stages of the Men's Singles Badminton event after defeating Belgium's Yuhan Tan by sets of 21-14 and 21-12 , whereas in another Badminton event earlier in the day featuring Mixed Doubles of Jwala Gutta, Valiyaveetil Diju were overpowered by their Indonesian counterpart including Ahmed & Liliana Nasir .
Indian Men's Team Archers also failed to capitalize their task at hand after being eliminated by the Japanese in the Elimination Round , though the Indian trio put up a very contested game drawing 214 points each but eventually lost in the tir breakers .
Indian Boxing star Vijender Singh whose Beijing Olympic triumph earned him and his nation a mark in the Boxing sphere , will also tread punches today in the 75kg Category in the Boxing Event today , Shiv Thapa another Indian boxing prodigy will also make his debut in the 56kg category .
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