Paris Olympics 2024, Day 6 Highlights: Swapnil Kusale Clinched Third Medal For India; But Heartbreak For Satwik-Chirag, PV Sindhu
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 6 LIVE Updates: India's day 6 saw shooter Swapnil Kusale clinching third Bronze medal for country at the Games but heartbreaks ensued for Satwik-Chirag pair and PV Sindhu!
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Paris Olympics 2024, Day 6 LIVE Updates: Welcome to ABP Live's live coverage of Day 6 of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. India had a mixed Day 5 at Paris Olympics 2024, as the nation started off with impressive wins, but as the day was reaching its conclusion, a couple of heartbreaking losses in Women's Table Tennis eliminated India's chances of winning a medal in the individual category of the sport at this year's Games!
The Day 6 of Paris Olympics 2024 promises to see a potential addition to India's medal tally, as Swapnil Kusale will be participating in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Final. There is an 'All-Indian Match-Up' in Men's Badminton today, as Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will face each other in the Round of 16 of the Individual event.
It's a star-studded Day 6 for India, as the majority of the stars will be seen in action. Badminton will see all the major Indian medal contenders compete tonight, and the Indian faithful are hoping the big names come up triumphant, as the nation holds high hopes from them.
Let's have a look at India's Day 6 complete schedule at Paris Olympics 2024 (timings in IST):
Archery
Men’s Individual (1/32 Eliminations): Pravin Jadhav vs Kao Wenchao (China) — 2:31 pm IST
Men’s Individual (1/16 Eliminations): From 3:10 pm IST onwards
Boxing
Women’s Flyweight (Pre-quarterfinal): Nikhat Zareen vs Yu Wu (China) — 2:30 pm IST
Golf
Men’s Individual Finals: Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma — 12:30 pm IST
Hockey
India vs Belgium (Group Stage): 1:30 pm IST
Shooting
Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions (Medal Round): Swapnil Kusale — 1:00 pm IST
Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions (Qualification): Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil — 3:30 pm IST
Table Tennis
Women’s Singles (Quarterfinals): From 1:30 pm IST (Indian Time) onwards
Sailing
Men’s Dinghy Race 1: Vishnu Saravanan — 3:45 pm IST
Men’s Dinghy Race 2: Vishnu Saravanan — After Race 1
Women’s Dinghy Race 1: Nethra Kumanan — 7:05 pm IST
Women’s Dinghy Race 2: Nethra Kumanan — After Race 1
Paris Olympics 2024, Day Live Updates: RECAP!
On Day 6 of the Olympics 2024, shooter Swapnil Kusale won bronze in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions competition, earning India its third medal of the competition. In badminton, India's top duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Lakshya Sen defeated HS Prannoy in an all-Indian match in the men's singles to go to the quarterfinals. The Indian men's hockey team lost their group-stage match, falling to the reigning champions, Belgium. Finally, PV Sindhu's heartbreaking 0-2 loss versus China's He Bing Jiao ended her Paris 2024 quest.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day Live Updates: That's All From India's Athletes Today!
That will be all from our side as the PV Sindhu match was the last encounter that featured and Indian athlete for the day. Join us tomorrow as we bring more action for you from the French capital on Day 7.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day Live Updates: Badminton; PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jiao
That's a heartbreak for India! It's game over for two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, who falls to China's He Bing Jiao 0-2 (19-21, 14-21) in the women's singles Round of 16.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day Live Updates: Badminton; PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jiao
He Bing Jiaop advances to the quarterfinals as PV Sindhu's campaign gets over here!
Paris Olympics 2024, Day Live Updates: Badminton; PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jiao
HE BING JIAO WINS!