Paris Olympics 2024 Day 6 Highlights: Swapnil hands India its 3rd medal, Satwik-Chirag and PV Sindhu go down, Lakshya advances
PV Sindhu lost to China's Jiao (19-21, 14-21)
CHENNAI: Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024 and it was once again the Indian shooters who shine with Swapnil Kusale winning bronze in the men’s 50m rifle 3 position. He handed India its third overall medal and its first medal in Rifle 3P events
Indian archer Pravin Jadhav lost in three sets against China's Wenchao Kao (0 - 6)
The athletics event began today, but none of the Indian players managed to sneak into top 20 in both men and women’s 20km race walk.
Things went from bad to worse for India as the Indian Hockey team suffered its first loss of the ongoing Olympics at the hands of defending champion Belgium. India will be in action once again on Friday in its last group stage Pool B match.
Nikhat Zareen put up a fight but wasn't good enough to get past Chinese world number Wu Yu in the round of 16 women's flyweight bout.
As the evening went by, Indian fans were in for a shocker with top-ranked duo of Satwik Sairajreddy and Chirag Shetty went down in the quarter-final against Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.
India closed its day with the golden girl of Indian badminton PV Sindhu getting schooled by China's Jiao in straight sets (19-21, 14-21).
The only thing that Indian fans can look forward to in terms of Badminton would be Lakshya Sen in action against Chinese Taipei's Tien Chou on Friday.
Sailors Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan had their dinghy events postponed due to weather playing spoilsport.
Vishnu finished day one after race two which sees him placed at the bottom at 34th position, Nethra had a good start and is currently placed at 6th spot after race one.
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- 1 Aug 2024 4:00 PM IST
Exceptional performance by Swapnil Kusale! Congrats to him for winning the Bronze medal in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the #ParisOlympics2024.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 1, 2024
His performance is special because he’s shown great resilience and skills. He is also the first Indian athlete to win a medal in… pic.twitter.com/9zvCQBr29y - 1 Aug 2024 3:57 PM IST
Vishnu Saravanan in a conversation with DT Next at Asian games 2023
“At the end of the day, you don't take anything back. All that you leave behind is your legacy, much like Kobe Bryant's. Even though he is no longer here, his Mamba Mentality lives eternally. You need to persist in working hard and remain dedicated to your goals," Vishnu emphasized.
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- 1 Aug 2024 3:04 PM IST
20km Women's Race Walk
Indian athlete Priyanka Goswami finishes at 41th place (1:39:55).
- 1 Aug 2024 3:03 PM IST
HOCKEY: Belgium 2-1 India
After getting a penalty corner in the last 2 minutes but missed out which gave the table toppers Belgium a resounding win against India