2016 Olympics: India at Rio, Day 2

Returning to the Olympics after a hiatus of 36 years, Indian women's hockey team showed tremendous fighting spirit and came from two goals down to eke out a 2-2 draw against higher-ranked Japan

The Indians, ranked 13th in the world, were trailing by two goals at half time but made a valiant fightback with Rani Rampal (31st) scoring the first goal for India

India utilised the second of two more penalty corners they earned in the third quarter when Lilima Minz scored from a rebound to level the scores

India's women's archery team, comprising of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Bombayla Devi, the Indian trio held their nerve to beat Colombia 5-3 in the pre-quarter-finals at the Sambodrome, but the pressure told in the quarters

The trio came within two points of making the semi-finals of the team event of the 2016 Rio Olympics but ended up losing 23-25 in the shootout against Russia

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar made a good start at her debut Olympics managed to perform her much-appreciated 'Produnova' vault cleanly to secure 14.850 points after two attempts

The floor exercise fetched Dipa a score of 12.033, which also included a 0.300 penalty

In the other routines, Dipa secured 11.666 for her effort on the uneven bars, scoring low on difficulty but decent on execution. Later, Dipa scored 12.866 for her performance on the balance beam

In Men's Trap qualification Day 1, Manavjit Singh Sandhu (17th) and Kynan Chenai (19th) were precariously placed heading into the second round

Heena Sidhu failed to qualify for the 10m women's air pistol event