(This article is authored by Alar, a freelance content writer)

The current edition of the Olympics, hosted by Tokyo, is on its third day on Monday and India has sent one of the largest contingents to the Japanese capital with significant participation of women. The Indian contingent has 127 athletes from champions, experienced players, and young talents. In what has become a promising precedent, India has a mix of 56 women and 71 men representing the country. 

Amid carving milestones and bracing up setbacks, India is battling for medals and for a major breakthrough. The Olympics medal tally carries 36 countries and in the list of 36 countries, India stands in 25th place with one Silver medal. 26-year-old Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has opened the country's medal account after winning the Silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting competition on Saturday. Let's take a look at where India stands on day 3 - July 26 of the Tokyo Olympics.

Today's Matches of India : 

1.Women's Sabre Individual Table  
2.Archery men's team quarterfinals 
3.Men's Singles Double Tennis 
4.Men's Shooting Skeet Qualification 
5.Women's Singles Table Tennis  
6.Boxing Men's Middle (69-75kg) Category 
7. Men's 200m Butterfly- Heat 2 
8. Women Hockey (India vs Germany)

List of Indian Athletes Played Today: 
 
Sajan Prakash -200m fly 
Bhavani Devi- Women's Sabre  
Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, and Tarundeep Rai - Archery 
Angad and Mairaj -Skeet Men's Qualification 
Sharath Kamal Achanta-Men's Singles Round 2 Table Tennis 
Sutirtha Mukherjee- Women's Singles Round 2 Table Tennis 
Manika Batra- Women's Singles Round 3 Table Tennis 
Sumit Nagal- Men's Singles Round 2 Tennis 
Satwik and Chirag- Men's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group A Badminton 
Ashish Kumar- Men's middle (69-75kg) Round of 32 Boxing 
Sajan Prakash- Men's 20m Butterfly- Heat 2 Swimming 
Indian Women Hockey team which took on Germany

India's state on the third day of the Tokyo Olympics 2021: 
 
With a lot of faith, India had in their athletes, The starting of Day 3 was fresh and glorious. However, much-expected Bhavani Devi had disappointed by losing her Round of 32 Match and getting knocked out, unfortunately, even she win on debut. Another blow to India's chase for medals, Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, and Tarundeep Rai had lost to Korea in Archery Quarterfinals, piling up the setback. 
 
Sharath Kamal gave hope by winning the Second Round match against Portugal in Men's Singles Table Tennis but it was the end for Sutirtha Mukerjee, the fellow paddler of Women's Singles Round 2. Men’s Doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also flagged a straight-game loss to Marcus Gideon Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in their second Group A match of Badminton.  
 
Adding to this, Sumit Nagal lost Round 2 in Men's Singles Round 2 Tennis. Angad and Mairaj bow out in the qualification round, as Angad Vir Singh Bajwa finished 18th and Mairaj Ahmad Khan ended 25th in the men’s skeet event. Manika Batra had missed the chance of winning in the third round of Women's Singles Round 3 Table Tennis. 

Meanwhile, in Boxing, Ashish Kumar became the 3rd Indian male boxer to lose in the 1st Round at Tokyo Olympics. Sajan Prakash finished the fourth of Men's 20m Butterfly Heat 2, failed to qualify for the semifinals, who clocked a personal best of 1:56:38 in Italy last month. One key victory for India on Monday is Sharath Kumar Achanta's triumph over Portugal's Apolonia in Men's Singles Round 2 of Table Tennis. In another setback, the Indian Women Hockey Team was defeated by Germany in 0-2. 
 
What's in the store for India on Day 4 - Tuesday of the Olympics: 
 
Rankireddy Satwiksairaj and Shetty Chirag are in line to battle against Lane Ben and Vendy Sean from the United Kingdom in Badminton. Indian Hockey Team comprised of Dilpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Kumar Surender, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh are going to play against Spain at 10.00 am 
 
Borgohan Lovlina, India's boxing warrior, is going to fight against Germany. Next, we have Sharath Kumar Achanta, who won the Round 2 of Table Tennis on Monday, for Round 3 of Men's Singles Table Tennis against MA Long of China. As Hockey is the National Game of India, there are millions of fans out there with faith in their eyes. Will India beat around the bush tomorrow?