Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Highlights: Manu qualifies to finals of 25m pistol; India wins 3-2 against Australia in hockey; Lakshya Sen into Semifinals
Indian Rower Balraj Panwar finished fifth in the Final D group of men’s single sculls finals.
Paris Olympics 2024
CHENNAI: 22-year-old Manu Bhaker has a chance to script history and become a three time medallist in a single edition of the Olympics when she contests in the women's 25m pistol event final. She scored a perfect 100 in Rapid pistol series one and was consistent throughout the accuracy and rapid rounds.
Meanwhile, India's Tulika Maan lost to Idalys Ortiz of Cuba 10-0 in the women's +75 kg round of 32 match.
Rower Balraj Panwar finished fifth in the Final D group of men’s single sculls finals.
Indian archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara who showed great promise in noon by qualifying to the semi-final lost to United States in bronze medal match putting an end to their campaign.
Indian hockey team dominated Australia in their final Pool B Match. Skipper Harmanpreet's brace made sure India secured a top-two finish in the table. Final score was India 3 - 2 Australia. The win marked India's first victory over Australia after 52 years.
22-year old Lakshya Sen finds himself a spot in semi-final after winning the match against Taipei Chen Chou in Quarter-final (19-21, 21-15, 21-12).
Indian athletes had a disappointing day in the track as Ankita finished at 20th place in Women's 5000m Heat 1 and Parul Chaudhary registers her season best timing of 15:10:68 finishing in the 14th spot.
Indian athlete Tajinderpal Singh ended up his Olympic campaign. Started with 18.05 in first throw and ended up with two foul throws in second and third attempts.
Live Updates
- 2 Aug 2024 1:00 PM IST
SHOOTING: Esha placed at 14th spot after series 2
After the end of series two in Precision stage, Esha Singh has scored 96 points
- 2 Aug 2024 12:36 PM IST
25m air pistol precision round begins
Esha has scored 47 in her first 5 shots of series one
- 2 Aug 2024 12:27 PM IST
First up: Manu is back in action
Women's 25m Pistol
1st round: Precision stage
Shooters fire a total of 30 shots across 3 series and they will be awarded points based on how close they shoot to the (X) - this will determine the accuracy of the shooter
Second stage: Rapid fire stage
This stage works the same 30 shots over 3 series but multiple shots will be shot one after other in span of seconds
The results of these two stages will determine the rankings - the top 8 will progress to the medal round.
- 2 Aug 2024 12:26 PM IST
Here's what we have in store for today
12.00 noon - Golf - men's individual stroke play round 2
12.30 - Shooting - 25m Pistol qualifications (Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh)
1.00 - Shooting - skeet men's qualification
1.00 - Mixed Archery - team India
1.30 - Judo - Tulika Maan (women's 78kg elimination round of 32)
3.45 - Women's dinghy day 2
4.45 - Hockey India vs Australia (last group stage game)
6.30 - Badminton - Lakshya Sen vs Chou Chen (quarter-final)
7.05 - Men's dinghy sailing
9.40 - Athletics - Ankita and Parul C in women's 5000m round 1
11.40 - Athletics - Tajinder Singh in men's shot put qualification
- 2 Aug 2024 12:26 PM IST
Hello and welcome to Day 7 of Paris Olympics!!
Manu Bhaker, who has made headlines throughout this Olympics edition, will feature in the 25m pistol qualification along with Esha Singh event at noon.
Meanwhile, Tulika Maan will compete in judo women's 78kg elimination round of 32.
In the group event, the Indian hockey team will play their last group match against Australia. They lost against Belgium on Thursday for the first time in the Paris Games.
Coming to badminton, Lakshya Sen will play Chou Chen in the quarterfinals of the men’s badminton singles.
