August 7, 2021. It's 5am in India and there's already a buzz among sports fans. Aditi Ashok, ranked 200 in the world, started the fourth and final day of the Tokyo Olympic golf competition in second place. She's tied with LPGA star Lydia Ko and home favourite Mone Inami, just two shots shy of world no. 1 Nelly Korda. All she has to do, for a historic medal, is continue what she did those first three days.
Aditi starts well, with birdies on the 5th, 6th and 8th holes, but then her driving, weakened by a bout of Covid, falters, and she bogeys on the 9th and 11th holes.