Paris 2024 Olympics highlights, Day 6: Swapnil Kusale wins bronze; Sindhu crashes out

Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus of team Australia won the women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay gold after breaking the Olympic record. USA secured silver while China claimed bronze.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic kept his aim of winning an Olympic medal alive after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 in the men’s singles quarterfinal.

He will face Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in the semifinal.

American Kate Douglass secured the gold medal in the women’s 200m breaststroke event. Tatjana Smith of South Africa took silver while Tes Schouten of the Netherlands took bronze.

Hubert Kos of Hungary won the gold medal in men’s 200m backstroke while Apostolos Christou of Greece and Roman Mityukov of Switzerland took silver and bronze respectively.

Canadian Summer McIntosh broke the Olympic record on her way to winning the gold medal in the women’s 200m butterfly event. Regan Smith of USA took silver while China’s Yufei Zhang took bronze. 

USA’s Simone Biles won the gold medal in the women’s all-around event after amassing a total score of 59.131. Her compatriot and Tokyo 2020 winner Sunisa Lee finished third (56.465) while Rebeca Andrade tool silver (57.932).

Indian golfers Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar are in T29 and T56 at the end of round one of the men’s individual stroke play event.

Serbian Novak Djokovic won the first set 6-3 against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in their men’s singles quarterfinal clash.

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassiame secured a semifinal spot after beating Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in the men’s singles quarterfinal.

Auger-Aliassime will face Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal.

India’s Nethra Kumanan will be in action in the women’s dinghy race 2, which has been postponed to August 2. After race 1, Kumanan is in the sixth place. 

USA’s Simone Biles is eyeing a gold medal as she leads the women’s all-around event with 44.065 points. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and Italy’s Alice D’amato are in second and third respectively. 

PV Sindhu is trailing 5-13 in the second game of the women’s singles round of 16 match against He Bing Jiao of China.

Norway’s Casper Ruud has taken the match into the third set after winning the second set 7-6 against Canada’s Auger Aliassime.

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil leads the standings in the women’s all-around event with 29.766 points, closely followed by Kaylia Nemour of Algeria with 29.566 and Simone Biles of USA with 29.566.

PV Sindhu has lost the first game 21-19 against world number six He Bing Jiao.

He Bing of China leads 11-8 against PV Sindhu in the first game of the women’s singles round of 16 clash.

Italian Giovanni de Gennaro won gold in the Men’s Kayak Single Final after completing the course in 88.22 seconds. France’s Titouan Castryck took silver while Spaniard Pau Echaniz won bronze.

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime wins the first set 6-4 against Norway’s Casper Ruud in the men’s singles quarterfinal.

Zelym Kotsoiev from Azerbaijan beat Georgia’s Ilia Sulamanidze 10-1 in the final of the judo men’s 100kg to secure the gold medal.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Full list of Indian results on August 1; Swapnil Kusale wins bronze in men’s 50m rifle three positions event

Paris 2024 Olympics: Here are all the scores and results of Indian athletes who were in action at the Summer Games on Thursday, August 1.

Play was suspended at the men’s Olympic golf tournament on Thursday shortly before 4:30 PM (8:00 PM IST) local time due to a storm in the local area.

India’s Shubhankar Sharma is in the T24 position while Gaganjeet Bhullar is T56.

Germany’s Alexander Zverev crashed out of the Paris 2024 Olympics men’s singles event after losing 7-5, 7-5 to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in the quarterfinal.

Musetti will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz came back from 5-2 down in the second set to beat American Tommy Paul 6-3, 7-6 in the quarterfinal of the men’s singles event.

World number three Felix LeBrun of France beat Yun-Ju Lin of Chinese Taipei 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8, 8-11 and 11-6 in the men’s singles quarterfinal match.

Americans Justin Best, Nick Mead, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan cruised through the 2000-metre course with barely a ripple in their wake to finish ahead of New Zealand and Britain.

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has won the first set 6-3 against USA’s Tommy Paul in the men’s; singles quarterfinal.

Lakshya Sen wins the badminton men’s singles round of 16 encounter against HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6. A comfortable win for Sen against his senior compatriot who seems to clearly below his best after his illness in the lead up to the games. 

Paris 2024 Olympics: Lakshya Sen beats compatriot H.S. Prannoy to reach quarterfinal

Lakshya Sen advanced to the quarterfinals of the Paris 2024 Olympics badminton men’s singles event after beating H.S. Prannoy 21-12, 21-6 in an all-Indian round of 16 tie at the La Chapelle Arena.

A comfortable 16-9 lead for Lakshya Sen in the first game of the badminton men’s singles round of 16 clash against HS Prannoy. 

A disappointing end to the men’s doubles competition for Satwik-Chirag as they succumb to a 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 loss against Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh of Malaysia. 

Satwik, Chirag lose in quarters of Men’s Doubles badminton at Paris Olympics

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost the quarterfinals of the Men’s doubles event in badminton, going down 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 against the current World No. 3 Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik at the Paris Olympics.

Iga Swiatek’s hunt for a gold medal is brought to an end by China’s Qinwen Zhang after a 2-6, 5-7 loss. Swiatek will now play the bronze medal match against the loser of the second semifinal between Donna Vekic and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. 

Vishnu Saravanan finishes 10th in Race 1 of the Men’s Dinghy, finishing 1:36 behind leader Duko Bos of the Netherlands. 

Shubhankar Sharma rises to T12 at 3 under par. Gaganjeet Bhullar falls to T55 at 2 over par. Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama leads at 8 under par. 

Chia/ Soh take the second set 21-14 to force a decider against Satwik/ Chirag in the badminton men’s doubles quarterfinal. 

Anjum Moudgill and Sift Kaur Samra fail to make it to the final of the Women’s rifle 50m 3 position event. 

Moudgill scored 584 with 26 inner tens to finish 18th while Sift finished with 575 points and 22 inner tens to finish 31st. 

Vishnu Saravanan currently stands 15th in the Sailing Men’s Dinghy Race 1, 0.36 behind the leader after the first mark. The top 10 finishers qualify for the medal race. 

A comfortable 21-13 win for Satwik/ Chirag over Chia/ Soh in the first game of the quarterfinal clash. 

Satwik/ Chirag extend the lead to six points in the first set. Quite a few unforced errors from the Malaysian pair. 

Satwik/ Chirag 17 - 11 Chia/ Soh 

Satwik/ Chirag currently holds a slender 5-4 lead over the Malaysian opponents in the first set. Chirag has been effective with his quick smashes down the middle. 

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty take on Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh of Malaysia in Court 1. Action to begin soon. 

India’s Shubankar Sharma is currently T31 while Gaganjeet Bhullar is T54 at three over par. 

At the end of two rounds of prone, Moudgill stands 23rd with 390 points and 19 inner tens while Sift is 26th with 388 points and 18 inner tens. 

Anjum has a fourth point gap to overcome to enter the qualification spots with the standing rounds left. 

Anjum scores a 97 in the first set of the prone series. Sift registers 99. Both the shooters are outside qualification places for now. 

At the end of the kneeling stage, Anjum Moudgill stands 9th with 196 points and 8 inner tens. Sift finishes 25th with 193 points and 8 inner tens. 

At the end of the first ten shots of the kneeling round, Anjum is 19th with 97 points and four inner tens while Sift stands 28th with 98 points and four inner tens. 

Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgill will be in action soon in the Women’s rifle 50m 3 position qualification round.

India suffered a close 1-2 defeat to Belgium in its penultimate group stage encounter to drop to second in the Pool B standings. India has already qualified for the quarterfinals.

IND 1 - 2 BEL (Abhishek 18’, Stockbroekx 33’, Dohmen 44’) 

Priyanka finished 41st in the women’s 20km race walk event with a time of 1:39.55. 

Jiayu Yang wins gold for China with a season-best time of 1:25.54, ahead of Spain’s Maria Perez who also registered a season best time of 1:26.19. Jemima Montag of Australia won bronze with an Area record timing of 1:26.25 .

Wu Yu beats Nikhat Zareen 5:0 on points in the Women’s 50kg round of 16.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Nikhat Zareen loses to Wu Yu in Boxing 50kg round of 16 bout

Asian Games bronze medallist Nikhat Zareen lost to the top seed Wu Yu of China 0:5 on points in the women’s 50kg boxing round of 16 of the Paris 2024 Olympics at North Paris Arena on Thursday.

Wu Yu win the second round against Nikhat with three judges handing her a score of ten. Three judges have both boxers tied at 19 points overall. Nikhat will need to score in this round to tilt the scales in her favour. 

Pravin Jadhav loses to China’s Wenchao Kao 0-6 in the archery men’s 1/32 elimination round. 

Set 1: Pravin - 28. Kao - 29

Set 2: Pravin - 29, Kao - 30

Set 3: Pravin - 27, Kao - 28

Wu Yu takes the first round against Nikhat Zareen. Four out of five judges hand the Chinese a perfect score of ten. 

An excellent save from Sreejesh following the penalty corner but John-John Dohmen manages to poke it into the back of the net through the defender’s legs.

IND 1 - 2 BEL

Nikhat Zareen in action now in the women’s 50kg boxing round of 16 against top seed Wu Yu of China.

Thibau Stockbroekx taps in the equaliser for Belgium after some excellent work on the left flank by Van Aubel who hit it across goal. 

IND 1 - 1 BEL

As the leaders reach the 13km mark, India’s Priyanka occupies the 43rd spot in the Women’s 20km race walk.

“It was tense but I am glad I could get a bronze for India. I just did what I have been doing all these years. I had some ‘keywords’ in my mind. Just focused on my breathing. I am excited. Maybe it is yet to sink in but remaining calm has been a way of life for some time now.”

GOAL!! A defensive mistake by Belgium allows Abhishek to pounce at the edge of the area and give India a 1-0 lead!

IND 1 - 0 BEL (Abhishek 18’)

Elimination Stage Shot 4: 

Kusale - 10.0. Total score - 451.4.

Swapnil Kusale eliminated at 3rd position, wins Bronze medal for India. 

Yukun Liu of China wins gold, Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine wins silver. 

Elimination stage shot 3:

Kusale - 9.9 - remains 3rd. 

Jiri Privratsky of Czechia eliminated at fourth. 

Elimination Stage shot 2: 

Kusale - 9.4 - 3rd place

Jon-Hermann Hegg eliminated at 5th. 

Elimination Stage Shot 1: (7th and 8th placed shooters have been eliminated)

Kusale - 10.5. Currently placed 3rd. 

Swapnil Standing Series 2: 10.6, 10.3, 9.1, 10.1, 10.3 - 50.4. Swapnil Kusale currently placed third with 411.6 despite a 9.1 shot in the series. 

Only two series in the standing position after which the elimination stages will begin. 

Swapnil Standing Series 1: 9.5, 10.7, 10.3, 10.6, 10.0 - 51.1. Currently 4th with 361.2. 

India: PR Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh (c), Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Sumit, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Abhishek, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh

Belgium: Vincent Vanasch, Arthur van Doren, Gothier Boccard, Alexander Hendrickx, Arthur de Sloover, Felix Denayer (c), Antoine Kina, Victor Wegnez, Florent van Aubel, Nicolas de Kerpel, Nelson Onana Alima

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Swapnil Prone Series 3 - 10.5, 10.4, 10.4, 10.2, 10.4 - 51.9. Currently fifth with 310.1 total. 

Jon Hermann Hegg leads with 312.1 followed by Yukun Liu with 311.5 and Serhiy Kulish with 311.1. 

Swapnil Prone Series 2 - 10.8, 10.2, 10.5, 10.4, 10.3 - 52.2. Remains 5th with 258.2 overall.

Now for the prone position. Swapnil starts with a 10.5.

Prone Series 1 - 10.5, 10.6, 10.5, 10.6, 10.5 - 52.7. Swapnil upto fifth with 206.0.

Swapnil starts series 3 strongly with 10.5. A 10.4 to follow in the second shot. 

Rounds his best series so far with a 10.3, 10.2 and 10.2 to tally 51.6. Remains in 6th with 153.3, 0.2 behind fifth place. 

Jon-Hermann Hegg (NOR) leads with 155.3 with Yukun Liu in second with 154. Serhiy Kulish (UKR) currently stands third with 153.9. 

10.1 to start the next set for Swapnil, follows it up with a 9.9. 

10.3, 10.5 and 10.1 in his next three takes him to 50.9 at the end of set 2. Remains 6th.

10.4, 10.3, 10.5 and 10.0 in his next four shots to total 50.8. Kusale currently placed joint-sixth. 

Swapnil Kusale in at firing point B for the final. The first stage will be kneeling. 

Kusale starts off with a 9.6 and is placed eighth. Long way to go. 

Indian athlete Vikash Singh finishes 30th in the men’s 20km race walk. Compatriot Paramjeet Singh Bisht finishes 37th. Akshdeep Singh did not finish.

GOLD - Brian Pintado (ECU)

SILVER - Caio Bonfim (BRA)

BRONZE - Alvaro Martin (ESP)

Akshdeep Singh has discontinued from the race midway. The leaders are currently at the 8km mark. Vikash is currently at the 30th spot while Paramjeet is 43rd. 

The first event of the day, the men’s 20km race walk is underway after a delay due to inclement weather. India’s Vikash Singh currently stands 23rd, while Paramjeet Singh Bisht and Akshdeep Singh are 46th and 49th respectively. 

Catch all the action from Day 6 of the Paris 2024 Olympics through the Jio Cinema app and website. Select events will also be telecast through the Sports18 network. 

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