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 2:30 PM IST
PC for GBR
Great Britain had a couple of chances to score but Sreejesh looks magnificent in the defence
- 4 Aug 2024 2:17 PM IST
HALF TIME: IND 1 - 1 GBR
It's 1-1 in the half time and what a second quarter we had. A red card for Amit Rohidas for intentionally hurting a player. That stirred a fire among the Indian players and within five minutes they managed to score a goal. It was once again the skipper Harmanpreet Singh who did it for India and was looking pumped. But just 5 minutes before the half-time saw Great Britain's Lee Morton take a swing which then deflects off an Indian defender and went into the net. The scores are 1-1 at the end of half-time.
- 4 Aug 2024 2:01 PM IST
PC for Great Britain
After a big blow for India with defender Amit getting a red card GB got a chance to pounce with a PC. But Sreejesh once again saved. Forward Abhishek sprinted the other way and had the opportunity to score but the ball hit the post and both teams stand 0-0 with 10 minutes to go before the second quarter ends.
