Paris Olympics 2024 Day 9 Highlights: India advances to hockey semi-finals defeating Great Britain; Lakshya Sen loses to Axelsen in badminton
Lakshya will now play for the bronze medal against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia on Monday.
Paris Olympics 2024
CHENNAI: India beat Great Britain 4-2 in penalty shoot-out to enter the semifinals of the men's hockey at the Paris Olympics, having played with only 10 players for more than 40 minutes on Sunday.
Lakshya Sen lost to the Danish player Victor Axlesen in two straight sets in the badminton singles semi-finals. At one point it looked like Lakshya would equalise by winning the second set after leading 7-0. But the defending champ was unstoppable and qualified for the final.
Lakshya will now play for the bronze medal against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia on Monday.
Another upset for India in boxing as Lovlina Borgohain lost in the quarter-final to top seed Li Qian of China 1:4.
India’s Jeswin Aldrin failed to qualify to the Men’s long jump finals after only registering one successful jump of 7.61m which was not enough to make the cut. He ended up in 13th place.
Live Updates
- 4 Aug 2024 4:10 PM IST
BADMINTON: LAKSHYA 8 - 7 SEN
Danish player not allowing Sen to lead that easy and giving a strong comeback in the game
- 4 Aug 2024 3:59 PM IST
BADMINTON: AXELSEN WINS SET 1
After a long rally, Denmark's Axelsen takes the game in his way against Lakshya. In the midway of the match, Lakshya was clearly taking a lead and was dominating in his game. But, Denmark player gave a tough fight and won the set 1 game.
But the game is not over yet, SEN might power up in set 2.
LAKSHYA 20 - 22 ALEXSEN
- 4 Aug 2024 3:49 PM IST
BADMINTON: LAKSHYA 14 - 9 AXELSEN
After midway through SET 1, Lakshya clearly has a edge over Axelsen. He leads 5 points ahead of him.
- 4 Aug 2024 3:42 PM IST
BADMINTON: LAKSHYA 8 - 8 AXELSEN
Sen is hitting hard smashes which Axelsen couldn't tackle
