Paris Olympics 2024 highlights Day 5: Prannoy sets up Lakshya Sen clash; Nishant Dev into quarters; Lovlina moves to QF

The Indian goes down fighting in the Round of 16 to the Chinese no. 1 10-12, 10-12, 8-11, 3-11. One wonders how it could have panned out if she could have converted those game points in the opening two games. 

Indian boxer Nishant Dev beats Jose Rodriguez by split decision verdict to move into the men’s 71kg quarterfinals.

Oh dear. The Indian raced to a 5-game point lead but the Chinese once again saved them before winning the second game with seven straight points! 

Nishant Dev is leading after the op

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Sreeja Akula squanders four game points! World No. 1 Yingsha Sun comes roaring back to win six straight points to take the opening game.

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Is that the last of Rafael Nadal at the Philippe Chatrier court? Nadal and Alcaraz go down 2-6, 4-6 in the third round to USA’s Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek. 

Prannoy beats Vietnam’s Lê Đức Phát in his final group game and qualifies to the round of 16! Prannoy wins 16-21, 21-11, 21-12. He will now face his compatreiot Lakshya Sen in the next round! 

Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz have lost the opening set 2-6 to USA’s Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek. The second set currently reads 3-3.

Prannoy comes roaring back in the second game to take it 21-11. Excellent defensive and attacking from the Indian. We now move on to the decider. 

HS Prannoy loses the opening game 16-21. Not the best of starts for Prannoy with plenty of unforced errors. He is not moving at his best either. 

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HS Prannoy is playing his final group game against Vietnam’s Lê Đức Phát. Follow live action here. ​

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Brazil captain Antonia, who has a leg injury, played on in the last 10 minutes of added time to help her teammates out until she couldn’t continue. Brazil had made all substitutions and were down to 10 players after Marta’s red card. Antonia ran around on one leg for 10 minutes before she fell to the ground and broke down in tears. She had to be carried off the field and a minute later, Spain doubled the lead.

CANOE SLALOM: Women’s Canoe Single: 1. Jessica Fox (Aus) 101.06, 2. Elena Lilik (Ger) 103.54, 3. Evy Leibfarth (USA) 109.95. 

CYCLING: BMX Freestyle: Women’s Park: 1. Yawen Deng (Chn) 92.60, 2. Perris Benegas (USA) 90.70, 3. Natalya Diehm (Aus) 88.80. 

DIVING: Women’s synchronised 10m platform: 1. China (Yuxi Chen & Hongchan Quan) 359.10 pts, 2. DPR Korea (Jin Mi Jo & Mi Rae Kim) 315.90, 3. Great Britain (Andrea Siriex Spendolini & Lois Toulson) 304.38.

JUDO: Men’s 90kg: final: Lasha Bekauri (Geo) bt Sanshiro Murao (Jpn) 10-1; Women’s 70kg: Barabara Matic (Cro) bt Miriam Butkereit (Ger) 1-0.

ROWING: Men’s Quadruple Sculls A: 1. Netherlands (Lennart van Lierop, Finn Florijn, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers) 5:42.00, 2. Italy (Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Andrea Panizza, Giacomo Gentili) 5:44.40, 3. Poland (Dominik Czaja Mateusz, Miroslaw Zietarski, Fabian Baranski) 5:44.59; Women’s Quadruple Sculls A: 1. Great Britain (Lauren Henry Hannah Scott, Lola Andreson, Georgina Brayshaw) 6:16.31, 2. Netherlands (Laila Youssifou, Bente Paulis, Roos de Jong, Tessa Dullemans) 6:16.46, 3. Germany (Maren Voelz, Tabea Schendekehl, Leonie Menzel, Pia Greiten) 6:19.70. 

SHOOTING: Trap women’s final: 1. Adriana Ruano Oliva (Gua) 45 (OR), 2. Silvana Maria Stanco (Ita) 40, 3. Penny Smith (Aus) 32. 

SWIMMING: Men’s 800 freestyle: 1. Daniel Wiffen (Irl) 7:38.19 (OR), 2. Bobby Finke (USA) 7:38.75, 3. Gregorio Paltrinieri (Ita) 7:39.38.; 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Great Britain (James Guy, Jack McMillan, Kieran Bird, Tom Dean, Richards Matthew, Duncan Scott) 6:59.43, 2. USA (Drew Kibler Brooks Curry, Blake Pieroni, Chris Guiliano, Carson Foster, Luke Hobson, Kieran Smith) 7:00.98, 3. Australia (Kai Taylor, Zac Incerti, Flynn Southam, Thomas Neill, Maximillian Giuliani, Elijah Winnington) 7:01.98; Women’s 100m backstroke: 1. Kaylee Mckeowin (Aus) 57.33 (OR), 2. Regan Smith (USA) 57.66, 3. Katherine Berkoff (USA) 57.98.

TRIATHLON: Men’s individual: 1. Alex Yee (GBr) 1:43:33, 2. Hayden Wilde (Nzl) 1:43:39, 3. Leo Bergere (Fra) 1:43.43; Women’s individual: 1. Cassandre Beaugrand (Fra) 1:54.55, 2. Julie Derron (Sui) 1:55.01, 3. Beth Potten (GBr) 1:55.10.

Next Indian in action will be HS Prannoy in the men’s singles at 11 pm against Vietnam’s Lê Đức Phát. A win for Pranoy will mean he will face Lakshya Sen in the Round of 16. 

Brazilian legend Marta leaves the field in tears after receiving a straight red card in the stoppage time of the first half in the Group C match against Spain. The 38-year-old, who is set to retire after the Olympics, might not be able to add to her 201 caps and 119 goals. Brazil is currently third in thee group.

Another exit in men’s individual archery. Tarundeep Rai came close in the fourth set but couldn’t make it a perfect score of 3 10s, which allowed Hall to hit 2 10s in the end and level the set scores at 29-29. Hall wins 6-4.

Tarundeep gets 28 with (9, 10, 9) but Hall responds with a (9, 10, 10) to take the fourth set. 

Rai with a 9, 10, 9 took him to 28, but the Brit could only manage 25 (8, 9. 8). The match is level at 3-3.

Tarundeep hits three 9s to finish on 27. Hall hit 2 successive 9s before hitting a near-perfect 10 to take the second set!

India’s Tarundeep Rai is taking on Great Britain’s Tom Hall. The first set finished level with both scoring 27 with 8, 10, 9, respectively.

Fourth seed Daniil Medvedev crashes out in the third round to Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 3-6, 6-7 (5-7).

That’s that! Miu is too quick and too powerful for the Indian. Manika held on with some good defensive game, but it isn’t enough. Miu wins 11-6 and 4-1. Manika’s singles campaign comes to an end in the round of 16.

Manika loses the third game. Not the strongest of starts from Manika in the fourth game but she recovered from 2-6 to level things at 6-6. But the Japanese pulled away towards the end to take it 11-8. Miu now leads 3-1.

Phew.. Manika clinches a thrilling third game! Manika started the game strong and raced to a 7-2 lead before some unforce errors allowed the Japanese to claw back to 9-9, leaving Manika crushed. But Manika recovered from three game points, before winning the game 14-12.

Miu’s attacking play proves too strong once again for Manika. Manika ran her close with her defensive game, inviting unforced errors from the Japanese to take the scores level at 9-9 at one point but it wasn’t enough. Miu takes second game 11-9.

Not the best start for Manika in the round of 16 clash. The Japanese eighth seed races to a 11-6 opening game win. Manika was 5-6 at one point before Miu powered through. Manika will have to cut down on the unforced errors as the second game gets underway.

Manika Batra makes her way to the court. They are done with the toss. The players are warming up before the match gets underway.

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World No. 1 singles player Wang Chuqin of China suffered a shock defeat in the men’s Olympic singles after having his bat broken the previous day. An unfortunate turn of events led to this outcome but Chuqin maintained that the defeat wasn’t because he didn’t have his paddle.

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Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz beats Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-2 to make the mens’s singles quarterfinals. He will take on USA’s Tommy Paul.

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1. Jose Torres Gil (ARG)

2. Kieran Reilly (GB)

3. Anthony Jeanjean (FRA)

Jeanjean, who finished seventh in the final in Tokyo, wins a bronze in his home Olympics.

India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, ranked world no. 4, in the quarterfinals. The Malaysians have a 8-3 superior record over the Indians, but the last three meetings have been won by the latters.

India’s Anush Agarwalla on Sir Caramello Old finishes 9th in group E with a score of 68.444. He doesn’t qualify to the individual final.

Hot favourite Carlos Alcaraz of Spain is taking on Roman Safiullin of the individual neutral athelets delegation (AIN) in the third round. A win will take either of them into the quarterfinals where USA’s Tommy Paul awaits. 

Men’s Individual 1/32 Elimination Round

Hugo Franco, Cuba, def. Bruno Martinez Wing, Mexico, 7-3.

Wang Yan, China, def. Oscar Ticas, El Salvador, 6-0.

Amirkhon Sadikov, Uzbekistan, def. Mario Damian Jajarabilla, Argentina, 6-2.

1/16 Elimination Round

Wang Yan, China, def. Hugo Franco, Cuba, 6-2.

Women’s Individual 1/32 Elimination Round

Deepika Kumari, India, def. Reena Parnat, Estonia, 6-5.

Quinty Roeffen, Netherlands, def. Elisabeth Straka, Austria, 6-4.

1/16 Elimination Round

Deepika Kumari, India, def. Quinty Roeffen, Netherlands, 6-2.

Gold - China

Silver - DPR Korea

Bronze - Great Britain

Gold - Alex Yee (GBR)

Silver - Hayden Wilde (NZL)

Bronze - Leo Bergere (FRA)

Gold - Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA)

Silver - Julie Derron (SUI)

Bronze - Beth Potter (GBR)

Deepika Kumari with a much more comfortable result in the round of 32 as compared to her opening round. She will now be in action on August 3.

Deepika: 10, 9, 9 = 28

Quinty: 7, 6, 10 = 23

Deepika wins the fourth set and seals the contest 6-2!

Deepika: 9, 9, 7 = 25

Quinty: 0, 8, 9 = 17

Deepika wins the third set and leads 4-2.

Deepika: 9, 9, 9 = 27

Quinty: 10, 10, 9* = 29

Quinty wins the second set to tie the match 2-2.

Deepika: 10, 10, 9 = 29

Quinty: 9, 9, 10 = 28

Deepika wins the opening set to lead 2-0.

Deepika can be the second Indian in the Round of 16 if she wins this contest, joining Bhajan Kaur.

She relied on a shoot-off in the previous round but would need a much better showing to make it past the Dutch opponent now.

Britain’s Alex Yee won the men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

New Zealander Hayden Wilde finished second and France’s Leo Bergere ended third.

-AFP

She becomes the second Indian to get to the round of 32. Her second match is coming up in a few minutes.

The archers will get one more shot. The one who scores the higher wins.

Deepika: 8

Reena: 8

Both archers get the same score but Deepika is closer to the centre and hence takes the shoot off.

Deepika: 10, 10, 10 = 30

Reena: 10, 8, 9 = 27

Deepika wins the fifth set to tie the contest 5-5. We will have a shoot off.

Deepika: 8, 7, 9 = 24

Reena: 8, 10, 9 = 27

Reena wins the fourth set to take a 5-3 lead.

Deepika: 9, 8, 10 = 27

Reena: 10, 8, 9 = 27

The set ends in a tie. The game is tied 3-3.

Deepika: 8, 9, 9 = 26

Reena: 8, 10, 9 = 27

Reena wins the second set. The contest is level 2-2.

Deepika: 10, 10, 9 = 29

Reena: 9, 9, 10 = 28

Deepika wins first set to lead 2-0.

The Round of 64 match is now underway. 

Rules: Three arrows per set. The one who gets more points will take two points. The first to six points or more will win.

Men’s Singles Group P

Misha Zilberman, Israel, def. Prince Dahal, Nepal, 21-12, 21-10.

Viktor Axelsen, Denmark, def. Nhat Nguyen, Ireland, 21-13, 21-10.

Men’s Singles Group C

Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Thailand, def. Kalle Koljonen, Finland, 21-4, 8-0, retired.

Men’s Singles Group L

Lakshya Sen, India, def. Jonatan Christie, Indonesia, 21-18, 21-12.

Women’s Singles Group H

Kim Ga Eun, South Korea, def. Jin Wei Goh, Malaysia, 21-17, 20-22, 23-21.

Women’s Singles Group K

Beiwen Zhang, United States, def. Thuy Linh Nguyen, Vietnam, 22-20, 22-20.

Women’s Singles Group C

Akane Yamaguchi, Japan, def. Michelle Li, Canada, 22-24, 21-17, 21-12.

Women’s Singles Group M

V. Sindhu Pusarla, India, def. Kristin Kuuba, Estonia, 21-5, 21-10.

-AP

India’s Deepika Kumari will be taking the archery range in a few minutes for her Round of 64 match against Reena Parnat of Estonia.

The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will be in action in the round of 16 against Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad.

The Indian wins the virtual knockout match 21-18, 21-12. He moves to the round of 16 with this. Lakshya had beaten the Indonesia shuttler just once before today.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Lakshya Sen beats Indonesia’s Christie, advances to Round of 16

Paris 2024: The Indian can face his compatriot H.S. Prannoy in the knockout round provided the latter wins his final group stage match.

The Indian turns the first game around as he storms back from 0-4 to win 21-19. Laskhya one game away from advancing to the Round of 16.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Swapnil Kusale advances to Men’s Rifle 50m 3P final

Paris 2024: Kusale ended his tally of 60 shots with 590 points with 38 inner 10s which enough to get him a place inside the top eight shooters.

Kusale - 98, 97 = 195 (590-38x) [7th]

Tomar - 95, 98 = 193 (589-33x) [11th]

Swapnil Kusale qualifies for the final.

France’s Cassandre Beaugrand won the women’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics.

Beaugrand, 27, triumphed after a remarkable bunched finish, opening up a gap in the late stages of the run from Switzerland’s Julie Derron who won silver and Britain’s Beth Potter, who won bronze.

-AFP

A comfortable opening game for the Indian against Estonia’s Kristin Kuuba. She takes it 21-5 and moves closer to sealing the round of 16 spot.

Tomar - 100, 99 = 199 (396-25x) (6th)

Kusale - 98, 99 = 197 (395-28x) (10th)

A positive start for the two Indians. Kusale is in the qualification spots while Tomar sits just outside.

Kusale - 99, 99 = 198-14x (6th)

Tomar - 98, 99 = 197-13x (9th)

Lakshya Sen will be up against Jonatan Christie of Indonesia. Both have one win and the winner of this match will have advance to the round of 16.

India’s Swapnil Kusare and Aishwary Tomar will be in action in the first event of the day.

A total of 60 shots are fired in an allowed duration of an hour and 30 minutes. This means 20 shots for each position: Kneeling, Prone, Standing.