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Manu Bhaker Receives Grand Reception As She Returns Home From Olympics

Star pistol shooter Manu Bhaker arrived home on Wednesday after her historic feat at the ongoing Paris Games where she became the first Indian in post Independence era to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics. The Air India direct flight (AI 142) which brought Bhaker from Paris to Delhi landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 9:20am, delayed by one hour from the earlier scheduled time.

Arjun Erigaisi Beats Magnus Carlsen As Team MGD1 Clinch In World Blitz Chess

The GM Arjun Erigaisi-led Team MGD1 banked on their all-Indian star cast to clinch the silver medal in the inaugural World Blitz Team Championships, a club-based event conceptualized by world chess governing body FIDE and held in Astana, Kazakhstan. In the final against Team WR Chess, Erigaisi, the highest-rated Indian in Classic Ranking, upset former World Champion and World No.1 Magnus Carlsen on the top board in Round 1. But the Norwegian's teammates won on the other boards to give the team a comfortable lead. Team MGD1 put up a strong fight in the second round to hold the eventual champions 3:3 but that was not enough to take the match into play-off.

Star Grappler Vinesh Phogat Enters Maiden Olympic Semi-Final

Seasoned Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat entered her maiden Olympic semifinals in the 50kg category after notching up stunning victories over defending champion Yui Susaki of Japan and higher-ranked Ukrainian Oksana Livach along the way on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Vinesh defeated Livach, a former European champion and 2018 world championship bronze-medallist, 7-5 in a hard-fought quarterfinal bout to get closer to an elusive Olympic medal in her third attempt.