Paris Olympics 2024, Day 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Paris Olympics: Avinash Sable Secures Final Berth; Injury Heartbreak For Wrestler Nisha; Lakshya, Anant-Maheshwari Lose Bronze
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 10 HIGHLIGHTS: It was another medalless day for the Indian contingent at the French capital who had two sure shot medal opportunities but lost both in a matter of minutes.
That's it for today in our attempt to cover India at Paris Olympics 2024. Another medalless day for the Indian contingent in the French capital. Lakshya Sen had taken the lead in the bronze medal match but missed out and so did Anant-Maheshwari in the mixed skeet shooting event. Wresrtler Nisha was leading the quarterfinal before injury lost her the match. Story of what could have been really this Paris Olympics after those three shooting medals but an exciting India vs Germany semifinal awaits and a few other medal possibilities alive too. We hope you will be here with us to catch up on all of that and much more here at ABP Live. Thank you so much. Good night.
Sable became the First-Ever Indian to reach the final at this event.
Avinash Sable qualified for the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase final. He finished fifth in his heat with a timing of 8:15.43 and confirmed a historic place in the finale.
Nisha Dahiya Loses 10-8. Her injury has cost her the game with 33 seconds to go. She tried but it was not to be.
Nisha Dahiya Leads 8-1 with a minute to go on the clock.
Nisha Dahiya Concedes A Point But takes two back. Score now 6-1 in favour of the Indian. Beautiful from Dahiya.
3 Minutes To Go. India leading by 4-0. Good start by the Indian. Can she managed to advance to the semis?
Nisha Leads 4-0 at the moment. Less than 5 minutes on the clock.
Nisha Dahiya's Match Underway. India leading at the moment.
Nisha Dahiya would be facing Pak Sol Gum in the quarterfinal with a place in the semis at stake.
Nisha Dahiya Would Be Eyeing Place In Semis now.
Nisha Dahiya is through to wrestling quarters.
Nisha Dahiya through to quarterfinals in wrestling.
Sen Loses In Three Games after taking a lead. He had won the first game 21-13 but lost the next two 16-21, 11-21 to lose the match.
Lakshya Sen Loses the bronze medal match.
Few Points To India now. 10-16 now but Lee adds to the points.
Can Sen pull A Rabbit Out Of His Hand from here? He is losing this game 8-16 at the moment.
7-Point Lead To Malaysia.
A Point Each to Malaysia and India. Sen now behind by 7-12 in the decider.
Mid-Game Interval Of Deciding Game. Lee Zii Jia leading 11-6. He has a 5-point advantage.
Lakshya Sen is receiving some treatment. He is good to go.
Seems like there is something wrong on the court. The deciding game has come to a bit of a halt for reasons not clearly known.
5-Point Gap to cover for Lakshya Sen now. India trailing the deciding game 5-10 in this bronze medal match.
It's now 5-9 with Malaysia in the lead.
Lakshya Sen reduces the defecit but still a long way to go. Malaysia still leading 9-4.
3-9 Lakshya Sen Trailing Behind in the deciding game. Is that another medal slipping away from India?
Lakshya Sen Trailing Behind in the third game. What on Earth is happening to the Indian contingent? Not a fourth place finish again!
Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka of India lose the bronze medal match by a whiskper. China get the better of India 44-43.
Sen loses the second game 16-20. We are heading to a decider.
Game slipping Away from Lakshya Sen? It seems like so with the Malaysian opponent at 19-16.
2-Point Defecit For Lakshya Sen. 18-16.
15-17 Now Still Sen Trailing. But he is looking pumped up and ready to go for the kill.
20-20 Tie in the India vs China Skeet Shooting Mixed Team Final.
13-14 Sen Wants To Finish This In Second Game. He is trailing by a point at this stage with the first kit already in his kitty.
India vs China 13-13 in The Skeet Shooting Mixed Team Final. India suddenly can win two bronze medals.
Malaysia Leading In Second Game at the moment. Lakshya Sen not out of it yet.
Advantage to Malaysia as we enter the mid-game interval game 2. Malaysian shuttler leading 11-8.
Equaliser From The Malaysian then. It's 8-8 in the second game then. Not over yet.
Lakshya Sen Closing In On Bronze Medal.
4-2 In Favour Of India now in this second game for Lakshya Sen. He has the first game in the kitty remember.
Lakshya Sen Leading In Second Game too. Can he repeat his win over Lee Zii Jia of the All England Open Badminton Championships and get to that bronze medal?
Sen Takes The First Game 21-13. He has learnt his lesson. He takes the first game opportunity and made it count. Halfway through to the bronze medal then.
Lakshya Sen Now Touching Distance Away From Taking The Opening Game. He leads 19-12.
17-12 In Favour Of Lashya Sen in this opening game.
Can Sen Close Out On The Opening Game here? He was in a similar position in the semifinal and had three game points but let that game slip away. He would have learnt his lesson.
Another Point To India. Incredible consistency from Sen. He is not letting his guard down. He is currently leading 13-7 in this opening game.
12-6 In Favour Of Lakshya Sen at the moment in this opening game.
Big lead for Lakshya Sen in the mid-game interval. He is leading 11-5 in the opening game.
Lakshya Sen Vs Lee Zii Jia and Sen leading 10-4 in the opening game.
Early lead for India in the opening game in this semifinal. He is leading 7-3 against the Malaysian.
Time For Lakshya Sen's Bronze Medal Match. Big medal opportunity for India as the 22-year-old star has traditionally had the upper hand over his Malaysian opponent but records don't matter much when the players are inside the court.
Story for India in Paris Olympics 2024 has been a story of fourth place finishes and what could have been.
Less Than 30 Minutes To Go For Sen Match. Can India finally add to their medals tally today? It's stuck at 3 bronze medals at the moment, with all their medals coming in shooting. Chance suddenly of adding two more medals to that tally.
It will be India vs China in shooting and India vs Malaysia in badminton.
BIG NEWS: India's Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka have qualified for the mixed skeet team bronze medal match at the Paris 2024 Olympics. They finished fourth in the qualification. They will face China in the bronze match at 06:30 pm (IST).
India has made history in the women's table tennis team event at the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinals for the first time ever. Manika Batra secured India's spot by winning the decisive match.
Manika Batra has won the second game by 11-9 against Romania's paddler.
Manika Batra won the first game 11-5 against Adita Diaconu.
Manika Batra is currently facing Adina Diaconu in the deciding match between India and Romania. The Indian player has taken a 7-2 lead in the first game.
Archana Girish Kamath loses 9-11 to Bernadette Szocs in the game 4 and the match goes into the fifth and deciding match.
Archana Girish Kamath loses 9-11 to Bernadette Szocs in the game 4 and the match goes into the fifth and deciding match.
Archana Kamath has lost the third game 7-11 to Bernadette Szocs. She now trails 1-2 in the match.
Archana Girish Kamath wins second game 11-8 against Bernadette Szocs.
Archana Girish Kamath lost the first game 5-11 to Romania's Bernadette Szocs. Are India losing their grip over the contest here?
Archana Girish Kamath faces Romania's Bernadette Szocs in Match 4.
Sreeja Akula lost the deciding game 8-11 to Elizabeta Samara. India are still one win away from securing a quarterfinal spot, while Romania trails 1-2 in the Round of 16 match of the women's table tennis team event.
Sreeja Akula loses the fourth game 6-11 to Elizabeta Samara, making it 2-2 in the third match of the contest. The final and deciding game will be underway soon.
Akula wins the third game 11-7 to take a 2-1 lead against Romania's Elizabeta Samara.
Elizabeth Samara wins Romania's first game today as she prevails over Srija Akula 11-4 in the second game.
Sreeja Akula wins the first game of the third match. Second game underway!
Sreeja Akula leads Romania's Elizabeta Samara by 8-6 in the third match.
Third match of the Women's Team Round of 16 is underway.
Manika Batra has won her third consecutive game, defeating Bernadette Szocs of Romania in the singles match with scores of 11-5, 11-7, and 11-7.
India have scored 49 in the first round.
Manika Batra has also won the second game, putting her just one game away from victory. Manika won with a score of 11-7 to secure the win.
Manika Batra won the first game of the singles match against Romania's Bernadette Szocs with a 11-5 margin.
Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath defeated Romania's Elizabeta Samara and Adina Diaconu with scores of 11-9, 12-10, and 11-7 in Match 1.
Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath take the second game 12-10 against Romania's Elizabeta Samara and Adina Diaconu.
Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath secured a 11-9 victory in the first game against Romania's Elizabeta Samara and Adina Diaconu.
Match 1 will feature Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath against Romania's Elizabeta Samara and Adina Diaconu.
India's Manika Batra, Sreej Akula and Archana Kamath face Romania in the Women's Team Round of 16.
The top two teams will advance to the gold medal match, while the teams that finish in third place will compete for the bronze medal.
India's Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka are competing in the Skeet Mixed Team Qualification.
Manu Bhaker, who made history with two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, will be India's flag bearer at the closing ceremony on August 11.
Indian Events & Athletes In Action Today
- Table Tennis (Women's Doubles; Round of 16): India vs Romania at 13:30 IST
- Athletics (Women's 400m; Round 1): Pahal Kiran at 15:25 IST
- Sailing (Women's Dinghy): Nethra Kumanan at 15:45 IST
- Badminton (Men's Singles: Bronze Medal Match): Lakshya Sen at 18:00 IST
- Sailing (Men's Dinghy): Vishnu Saravanan at 18:10 IST
- Athletics (Men's 3000m Steeplechase; Round 1): Avinash Mukund Sable at 22:34 IST
- Wrestling (Women's 68kg Freestyle Pre-Quarterfinals): Nisha Dahiya at 18:30 IST
India's day 9 at the Paris Olympics 2024 was highlighted by Indian Hockey Team's incredible win over Great Britain in the quarterfinals.
Golf
Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 4 - Shubhankar Sharma - T40; Gaganjeet Bhullar - T45
Shooting
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification - Anish Bhanwala (13th), Vijayveer Sidhu (9th) (both eliminated)
Skeet Women’s Qualification - Raiza Dhillon (23rd), Maheshwari Chauhan (14th) (both eliminated)
Sailing
Women’s Dinghy - Race 7 - Nethra Kumanan - 21
Women’s Dinghy - Race 8 - Nethra Kumanan - 31
Overall standings (Women’s Dinghy) - Nethra Kumanan - 25
Men’s Dinghy - Race 7 - Vishnu Saravanan - 7
Men’s Dinghy - Race 8 - Vishnu Saravanan - 24
Overall standings (Men’s Dinghy) - Vishnu Saravanan - 18
Badminton
Men’s Semifinal - Lakshya Sen lost to Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) (22-20, 21-14)
Hockey
Men’s Quarterfinals - India beat Great Britain (in tiebreaker)
Athletics
Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 - Parul Chaudhary (8th) - Eliminated
Men’s Long Jump Qualification - Jeswin Aldrin (26th) - Eliminated
Boxing
Women’s 75kg Quarterfinals - Lovlina Borgohain lost to Li Qian (China) (1-4)
India's star badminton player Lakshya Sen will vie for the bronze medal against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia today in the evening. A win would make him the first Indian man to secure a badminton medal at the Olympics, joining the likes of Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu as Indian athletes who have won a medal in the Olympics.
Welcome to ABP Live's live coverage of India at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Day 10!
Background
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 10 LIVE Updates: Welcome to ABP Live's live coverage of India's action at the Paris Olympics 2024 on day 10. India's day 10 action at the Olympics will see the Indian star shutler Lakshya Sen competing for the bronze medal against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia. A win would make him the first Indian man to secure a badminton medal at the Olympics, joining Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu as Indian athletes who have finished on the podium at the quadrennial event. Notably, Lakshya was defeated by Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in straight games in the semifinal match.
Nisha Dahiya will compete in the Round of 16 in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling event. In shooting, Anant Jeet Singh and Maheshwari Chauhan will participate in the skeet mixed team event. Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra and Archana Kamath will continue their campaign in the team event in table tennis.
Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Saravanan will continue competing in the men’s and women’s dinghy events in sailing. Avinash Sable will take part in the men’s 3000m steeplechase and Kiran Pahal will compete in the Round 1 of the Women’s 400m.
Here is India's schedule for Day 10 at the Paris Olympics on August 5 (Monday):
Shooting
- 12:30 PM: Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in Skeet Mixed Team (Qualification)
- 6:30 PM: Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in Skeet Mixed Team - Bronze/Gold Medal Match (If qualified)
Table Tennis
- 1:30 PM: Manika Batra/Sreej Akula/Archana Kamath vs Romania in Women's Team Round of 16
Athletics
- 3:25 PM: Kiran Pahal in Women's 400m Round 1
- 10:34 PM: Avinash Sable in Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Round 1
Sailing
- 3:45 PM: Nethra Kumanan in Women's Dinghy Race 9 & 10
- 6:10 PM: Vishnu Saravanan in Men's Dinghy Race 9 & 10
Badminton
- 6:00 PM: Lakshya Sen vs Zii Jia Lee (Malaysia) in Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match
Wrestling
- 6:30 PM: Nisha Dahiya vs Sova Rizhko Tetiana (Ukraine) in Women's Freestyle 68kg 1/8 Final
- 7:50 PM: Nisha Dahiya in Women's Freestyle 68kg Quarterfinals (If qualified)
- 1:10 AM Onwards: Nisha Dahiya in Women's Freestyle 68kg Semifinals (If qualified)
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