Paris Olympics 2024, Day 7 Highlights: Manu Bhaker's Final-Sealing Performance, Lakshya Sen's History-Making Win Headlines Day; Archers Miss Out On Medal
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 7 HIGHLIGHTS: India failed to a medal to their tally on August 2.
That's it then from Day 7 of trying to cover India updates at Paris Olympics 2024. Here is a list of complete India results. Some crucial matches lined up tomorrow or should we say today (August 3). Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you are enjoying our Paris Olympics 2024 coverage. On behalf of all of us at ABP Live, Good night and take care!
Last Attempt Was Also A Foul FROM Tajinderpal Singh Toor. Not a good end to India's day.
Tajinderpal Singh Gets Eliminated to end India's day at the Summer Games.
Tajinderpal started with a 18.05m throw in his first attempt. His second attempt was worse so he decided to step over the foul line. Benchmark now adjusted to 20.78 m. Final attempt remaining.
Qualification Standard is 21.35 which means that all athletes meeting the Qualification Standard or at least 12 best performers will reach the final.
Tejinder Singh Toor Qualification Round in Shot put.
Phew! India's Medal Hopes From Badminton Are Alive. PV Sindhu was the frontrunner. India was expecting one from Satwik-Chirag too but it's Sen who is rising to the occasion. So far at least. One more win will guarantee him a medal.
Lakshya Sen comes down from behind to reach the semifinals. He lost the opening game 19-21 but won the second game 21-15 and the decider 21-12 to reach the final four. He is the first Indian male shuttler to reach the semis.
3 Points Needed For Sen to create history. Make that 2 as he now leads 19-12.
16-11 Now In Favour Of The Indian. 5 points away from glory is Sen unless we see a dramatic comeback from Chou.
Sen Leading 15-11 at the moment. Can he secure a place in the final four in a huge boost to India's medal hopes?
Sen leading 12-8 in the decisive game. He extends his lead to 13-8.
Mid-Game Interval of the deciding game and it's a four-point lead to India and Lakshya Sen at 11-7.
Semifinal beckons for one of these two. Sen racing towards it at the moment with a lead of 9-4 in the third game.
Lakshya Sen In The Lead in the deciding game at 7-4.
Not A Suprise really this game has come to the decider. L Sen vs TC Chou. 3-3 in the deciding game to begin with. Two world class players on display.
Deciding Game Underway
Sen Takes The Second Game 21-15. Match heads to a decider.
6 Game Points To India. Surely this should go to the decider from here.
18-13 In Favour Of Sen. But Chou pulls one back to make it 18-14.
Four-Point Lead Now for India. 17-13 in favour of the Indian.
Two-Point Cushion To The Indian at this stage with 15-13.
Scores Levelled In Second Game 13-13 now.
Out of nowhere Sen has managed to win that rally. He deserves that point which takes him to lead in the second game. 12-11.
Advantage India In Mid-Game Interval in the second game. 11-10 in favour of Sen who has found a way to keep his nose ahead. But massive massive moment in this match coming up.
It's 10-10 In The Second Game. Sen's alive!
10-9 Still Chou In The Lead though.
But It's Chou Who Wins The Next 2 Points to lead 9-7 in the second game.
Sen Fighting Hard. 6-6 in the second game.
Chinese Taipei in the lead. 5-4 in the second game.
4-4 Now. Must-Win Game for India this to stay alive in the race of an Olympic medal.
Second Game Underway. Early lead for India. 3-1 in favour of Sen who must win this to take this match to a decider.
Sen Loses The First Game 19-21.
First Game Point Waste. Still advantage to Chou.
Game Point For Chou at 20-18.
Chou In The Lead now. 19-18. Opening game far from over.
TC Chou Gets Back On Level Terms. It's 18-18 in the opening game.
India Still In The Lead. 18-16 now in favour of the Indian. 9 of last 11 points to Sen.
17-15 In Favour Of The Indian Now.
5 Straight Points To Go In The Lead for Lakshya Sen. 16-15 in favour of the Indian.
Sen Equalises. Wow ! What a game already 15-15 now. Sen with continous points to reach here.
Down To 1-Point Gap. 14-15. Sen trailing.
Two Point Defecit Now. 13-15. Chinese Taipei still on top.
Sen Fights Back to make it 11-14.
Chou has been dominating the post interval play. 14-9 in favour of him in the opening game.
Mid-Game Interval. TC Chou leading 11-9 as there is a mid-game interval in game 1. Sen not out of it yet.
Top-Class Stuff From Both The Players. This is badminton of the highest class. Superb rally. Players on all corners, literally. Swift movement. In the end the point to the Chinese Taipei player.
Four Straight Points To Go Into Lead for the India. 6-5 in favour of the Indian now.
Sen Has Levelled The Scoreline. 5-5 now in the opening set.
Early Signs Of A Marathon Match this. Chou is known for long rallies and that is exactlt what has been on display so far. The Chinese player leading the opening game 5-3 at the moment.
The Quarterfinal Gets Underway. L Sen vs TC Chou.
All Straight-Games Win For Sen so far. He has not really been stretched so far.
Won't be an easy match for Lakshya Sen against the Chinese Taipei badminton player.
Lakshya Sen vs TC Chou Men's Singles Badminton Quarterfinal coming up next. Scheduled at 9 pm.
India Lose Out On A Medal. First archery medal in Olympics for India still some distance away but Dhiraj Bommadevara take a bow.
India Lose Bronze Medal. USA win the medal.
India Win This Set. It's 4-2 now. India still trailing.
7 From USA Helps. India looks like can bag this set for India.
And A 9 to follow.
India Start With 10 in must win set.
Must-Win Sets For India Now. Can they produce their best now?
USA Take 4-0 Lead. India on verge of losing a medal match.
Ankita Starts With A 7 in the second set. Dhiraj Bommadevara's 10 helps. USA, 10, 8.
USA Take Early Lead. 2-0. USA lead against India in this bronze medal match.
A win would ensure India's first archery medal in the Olympics.
India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara of India against USA's Bradey Ellison and Casey Kaufhold in the bronze medal match.
India To Play USA In Bronze Medal Match. Germany will meet South Korea in the men's archery mixed team bronze medal match.
India To Play Bronze Medal Match. They will play the team that loses the other semifinal happening between USA and Germany.
South Korea Beat India 6-2. They were one set down but came back from behind to win three sets on the trot.
Must Win Set For India now.
Two set points on the trot for South Korea now.
India 2- 2 South Korea. Beautifully poised this semifinal.
Second Set To Korea. They take it 38-35. Good start did the trick for them on that occasion. India left themselves too much to do.
38 points to India compared to Korea's 36 in set 1. India 2, South Korea 0.. Bommadevara with 2 perfect 10s.
Korea End with 8, 9, 10, 9 In Set 1
First To 5 Set Points Will Win and proceed to the gold medal match.
South Korea's Lim Si-hyeon and Kim Woo-jin of Korea against India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara of India.
The South Korean Team That India Will Face in the mixed team semis in archery comprises of: Lim Si-hyeon and Kim Woo-jin.
India vs South Korea In Archery Semifinal. That in less than half an hour from now.
What A Performance this by India. Harmanpreet Singh with the brace again. Abhishek with the other goal in the match. First time since 1972 that India have beaten the Aussies in the Olympics.
India Beat Australia 3-2 in men's hockey clash.
India Assured Of Medal Match in Archery. They will either play the gold medal match which will mean a medal guranteed to a bronze medal match depending on whether or not they win the semis.
Australia Score Through A Penalty Stroke. It's Australia 2, India- 3 with 5 minutes to go in the match.
India are through to Semis in the mixed team's archery event. The Indian team comprising of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara beating the Spanish team 5-3.
India Lead Again In Archery. The Mixed archery team are now 5-3 up in the quarterfinals.
Final Quarter Underway in the IND Vs AUS Men's Hockey Clash.
Spain Pull One Set Back in the mixed team archery quarterfinals. The scoreline now stands levelled at 3-3.
India Leading 3 Set Points To 1 In Archery too in the mixed team quarter-final.
Quarter three done. India leading 3-1.
Harmanpreet Singh doesn't miss many. He converts the stroke with ease. India lead 3-1. The second in the match and the sixth in the tournament for the Indian captain.
Penalty Stroke To India. Harmanpreet Singh steps up.
Second half is underway, everyone! What a contest this has been and some fiery action remaining in this IND vs AUS Pool B match.
Balraj Panwar Finishes 23rd. That's the end of India's rowing campaign in Paris Olympics 2024.
IND 2- 1 AUS and it's half-time. Game on! We are in for an incredible second half.
GOALLLLLLLLLLL! Australia have pulled one back before half-time. Thomas Craig scores from a deflected Penalty Corner for the Aussies.
Manu Bhaker Has Made Her Third Final At The French Capital. She will be competing in the women's 25m pistol final at 1pm (Indian Standard Time). She has two medals to her name already in this edition of the Olympics. What a performance this is for the 22-year-old. Can she create a hat-trick of medals in a single edition tomorrow?
Australia have been rattled, as India score their second goal via captain Harmanpreet Singh.
Brilliant goal from Abhishek, and India take the lead. Australia have been stunned.
India Vs Australia commences, as both sides are playing their last group game before their quarter-final clash against their respective opponents, which their position in the group will deem.
India defeated Indonesia 5-1, and with Spain's victory in their Round of 16, the quarter-final clash is set. The pre-scheduled time for the event is 05:45 PM.
The Women's 25m Pistol Qualification - Precision stage has concluded.
Manu Bhaker finished 3rd with 294 points, while Esha Singh secured 10th place with 291 points.
Manu Bhaker scored 99 in Series 3 of the Precision stage, with nine 10s and one 9. It was an excellent performance, putting her in 3rd place.
Manu Bhaker scored 98 in the second series of the Precision stage, hitting eight 10s and two 9s. It was an impressive performance, placing her in 7th position at the moment.
Sensational numbers are being put on by the Indian shooters in the Women's 25m Pistol Qualification, as they are well in contention of qualifying for the next round.
Esha Singh is in contention to qualify for next round, as the Top 8 in Round 1 will qualify ahead.
PV Sindhu is the first Indian woman to bag two individual Olympic medals at different Olympics, and had the chance of completing a hat-trick this year, but suffered a heart-breaking loss in the Round of 16 on Thursday,
Now that the heavy-favourite medal contender is out, all eyes will be on Lakshya Sen to continue the streak of medals in Badminton for India, as the sport has produced three medals in past 3 Olympic Games for the nation.
Golf proved to be a promising sport for India in Tokyo Olympics 2020, with valiant efforts from the athletes, especially Aditi Ashok, who finished 4th in ther event. This time around, Men's Individual Stroke Play will feature the likes of Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar, as the Indian duo aims to put Indian golf on the map of the world.
The Round 2 starts at 12:30 PM and if any changes take place, we will keep you updated with the latest re-scheduled events.
Rowing has always eluded India off a medal at the Olympics, but Balraj Panwar stands a chance of rewriting the history books tonight. He contests in the Men's Single Sculls Final on Day 7 of Paris Olympics 2024.
Background
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 7 LIVE Updates: Welcome to ABP Live's live coverage of Day 7 of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. India added to its tally of medals at this year's Games on Day 6, with Swapnil Kusale grabbing a historic bronze medal in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, but the nation ended the day on a low, as PV Sindhu's journey ended with a shicking defeat.
India will be hoping that their major contenders do not crash out early in their events, as the nation seeks to cross the double-digit mark for number of medals at a single edition of Olympics.
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India's Results On Day 6 Of Olympics 2024
Athletics
Vikash Singh finished 30th and Paramjeet Singh Bisht 37th in the Men's 20km Race Walk. Akshdeep Singh did not finish the race (rescheduled to 11:30 AM due to bad weather).
Priyanka Goswami finished 41st in the Women's 20km Race Walk.
Golf
Shubhankar Sharma tied for 29th and Gaganjeet Bhullar tied for 56th in Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 1.
Shooting
Swapnil Kusale won bronze in Men's 50m Rifle Three Positions.
Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra failed to qualify for the final, finishing 18th and 31st respectively in Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions Qualification.
Hockey
India lost 1-2 against Belgium in Men's Pool B.
Boxing
Nikhat Zareen lost to Yu Wu (China) in the Women's 50kg Round of 16.
Archery
Pravin Jadhav lost 0-6 to Kao Wenchao (China) in the Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round.
Sailing
Vishnu Saravanan is currently placed 25th in the Men's Dinghy event after Race 2, with 8 more races to go. The top 10 will qualify for the Medal race.
Nethra Kumanan is placed sixth in Women's Dinghy after Race 1. Race 2 was postponed due to a lack of wind at Marseille Marina.
Badminton
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 to Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh (Malaysia) in the Men's Doubles Quarterfinals.
Lakshya Sen beat compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6 in the Men's Singles Round of 16.
PV Sindhu lost 19-21, 14-21 to He Bing Jiao (China) in the Women's Singles Round of 16.
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