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 3:03 PM IST
HOCKEY: We are heading for a shoot-out!
After full time, India holds world number 2 Great Britain to a 1-1 draw.
- 4 Aug 2024 2:55 PM IST
SHOOTING
Maheshwari Chauhan stays in 6th place after all the shooters completed their fourth series of shots. Raiza Dhillon stays in 26th place.
- 4 Aug 2024 2:47 PM IST
HOCKET: THIRD QUARTER ENDS- IND 1 - 1 GBR
It was a quite third quarter after an aggressive second quarter. Both teams had equal possession of the ball and a couple of penalty corners which both of them failed to score. Just when 30 seconds left before the quarter ends Amit got a green card.
- 4 Aug 2024 2:42 PM IST
ELSEWHERE.... MEN'S LONG JUMP
Tamil Nadu's Jeswin Aldrin set to be in action soon
Athletes who jump the qualification standard of 8.15m will secure automatic qualification to final. If not, the best performing top 12 will make it to final.
