Olympics 2024 Highlights | Lakshya Sen stages comeback win to reach badminton semis; Ankita-Dhiraj miss out on bronze medal in archery

RECAP | Here are all the important wins and losses from yesterday

Swapnil Kusale on Thursday won the bronze medal for India in the men's individual 50m rifle 3 positions event. However, the Indian men's hockey team lost to Belgium and boxer Nikhat Zareen crashed out in the round of 16 clash. India's hopes for a medal also took a major hit on Thursday, with shuttler duo Satwik-Chirag bowing out in the badminton quarterfinals. Lakshya Sen, meanwhile, defeated compatriot H S Prannoy to proceed to the men's singles quarters. Meanwhile, ace shuttler P V Sindhu got knocked out in the pre-quarterfinal against China's He Bing Jiao.

DAY 7: India schedule today

Following is India's schedule on Day 7 of competitions at the ongoing Paris Olympics here on Friday:

Golf

Men's Individual Finals (Round 2): Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar - 12:30 pm

Shooting

Women's 25m Pistol Qualification Precision: Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker - 12:30 pm

Men's Skeet Qualification Day 1: Anantjeet Singh Naruka - 1:00 pm

Archery

Mixed Team (1/8 Eliminations): India (Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat) vs Indonesia - 1:19 pm

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls Finals (Final D): Balraj Panwar - 1:48 pm

Judo

Women's +78kg (Elimination round of 32): Tulika Mann vs Idalys Ortiz (Cuba) - 2:12 pm

Sailing

Women's Dinghy (Race 3): Nethra Kumanan - 3:45 pm

Women's Dinghy (Race 4): Nethra Kumanan - 4:53 pm

Men's Dinghy (Race 3): Vishnu Saravanan - 7:05 pm

Men's Dinghy (Race 4): Vishnu Saravanan - 8:15 pm

Hockey

Men's Tournament (Group stage): India vs Australia - 4:45 pm

Badminton

Men's singles quarterfinals: Lakshya sen vs Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei)-- 6:30pm

Athletics

Women's 5,000m (Heat 1): Ankita Dhyani - 9:40 pm

Women's 5,000m (Heat 2): Parul Chaudhary - 10:06 pm

Men's Shot Put (Qualification): Tajinderpal Singh Toor - 11:40 pm

I should have controlled mistakes in defence: Sindhu

PV Sindhu has no regrets regarding her preparations for the Games as she did everything she could to be in the best shape but admitted defence let her down in the pre-quarterfinal against China's He Bing Jiao on Thursday.

Sindhu ran the Chinese world number 9 close in the first game but unending unforced errors meant that Bing Jao ran away with the match 21-19 21-14 in 56 minutes. Sindhu even dictated a few points but had no answer to Bing Jiao's superior attack.

RECAP | Double whammy: Medal favourite Satwik-Chirag pair buckle under pressure, Sindhu also ousted

India's badminton campaign crumbled at the Paris Olympics with medal contenders Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy wilting under pressure to make a shock quarterfinal exit and PV Sindhu falling to China's He Bin Jiao in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals, here Thursday.

Lakshya Sen was the lone Indian remaining in the medal hunt after emerging winner in an all-Indian contest against an indisposed HS Prannoy.

Swapnil's bronze in dream Olympic debut high point; Sindhu's exit causes heartbreak for India

 Little-known shooter Swapnil Kusale kept a firm grip on his nerves despite a growling tummy and a racing heart to secure India's first ever Olympic medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions event on a day when four strong podium contenders from the country, including the iconic P V Sindhu, were knocked out of the Games.

Kusale shot an aggregate of 451.4 in the eight-shooter final to finish third after being placed sixth at one stage.

Back at Olympics after 40 years, 60-year-old trap shooter Martinez vows to carry on till LA28

For 60-year-old Venezuelan trap shooter Leonel Martinez, age is just a number. He is back at the Olympics after 40 long years and is not ready to walk into the sunset just yet.

Martinez finished 28th in men's trap competition of the Paris Games, missing only nine of his 125 shots. It was his second Games appearance after the Los Angeles Olympics back in 1984.

SHOOTING | Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh to be in action any time now!

In this event, shooters will fire a total of 30 shots across 3 series in the precision stage and will be awarded points based on how close they shoot to the center of the target.

This will be followed by a rapid stage where the same number of 30 shots will fired over a total of 3 series but the shooters will have to fire a set of shots in the span of a few seconds. Here both speed and accuracy will be put to test.

The results of both the stages will decide the final standings. Only the top 8 athletes will qualify for the final.

Manu Bhaker looks to get into her third shooting final as qualification round gets under way

Esha Singh ranks 12 after finishing her shots in the first round. Manu Bhaker yet to begin

ARCHERY | India take the 1st set 37-36 to go 2-0 up

Ankita Bhakat & Dhiraj Bommadevara in action

SHOOTING | Esha Singh moves up to position 3. Manu Bhaker is yet to start.

ARCHERY | Ankita Bhakat & Dhiraj Bommadevara advance to archery event quarters after sealing win

JUDO | Tulika Maan loses to former Olympic & World Champion Idalys Ortiz of Cuba in the opening round

India's Tulika Maan.

Score: 10-0

ROWING | Balraj Panwar ends his Olympics campaign

Credit: PIBChandigarh

Balraj finished 5th in Final D with a timing of 07:02.37 to finish 23rd in the overall standings in the men's singles sculls event.

SHOOTING | Switzerland's Leone wins women's 50m rifle 3 positions gold

Switzerland's Chiara Leone won the gold in the women's 50-metre rifle three positions at the Paris Olympics on Friday.

Sagen Maddalena from the United States wins the silver while China's Zhang Qiongyue took the bronze.

Leone's total of 464.4 is an Olympic record as she followed in the footsteps of compatriot Nina Christen, who won the gold in Tokyo three years ago but failed to make the final in Paris.

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Imane Khelif of Algeria is seen after her fight against Angela Carini of Italy.

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Manu Bhaker currently at #07 after the second series.

Credit: olympics.com

After completion of precision stage, Manu ranks thirds and Esha positioned at ten

SHOOTING | All eyes on Manu Bhaker as she finishes third in Precision stage, onto rapid

At end of Precision round (Qualification) of 25m Pistol event: Manu 3rd with 294 points. Meanwhile, Esha is positioned 10th with 291 points. This will now be followed by a rapid round and only top 8 will qualify for the finals.

ROWING | Croatian men's pair wins gold

Croatia won gold in the men's pair at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday.

Britain came second to take the silver, with Switzerland picking up the bronze.

ROWING | Netherlands clinches gold in women's pair

Netherlands won gold in the women's pair at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday.

Romania came in second to take the silver medal, with Australia picking up the bronze.

Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka in medical care after collapsing after heats at Paris Olympics

Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka is under medical assessment after collapsing following her women's 200 metres individual medley heat at the Paris Olympics on Friday, a venue official said.

Medical staff rushed to assist Potocka and carried her away from the pool-side on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on her face after she finished seventh in the third heat of the event in the morning session at La Defense Arena.

SWIMMING | China's Wang Zongyuan and Long Daoyi win Gold in men's synchronised 3-metre springboard

Mexico's Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera took silver and Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher from Britain won the bronze medal.

SCULLS | Ireland win men's lightweight double sculls gold

Italy came in second to take the sliver, with Greece picking up the bronze.

GOLF | Shubhankar Sharma is currently 31st with a total of -2, Gaganjeet Bhullar is 58th with a +4 total

SCULLS | Britain win women's lightweight double sculls gold

Romania came in second to secure the silver, with Greece taking the bronze.

SKIFF | Netherlands duo Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz win gold in the women's skiff

Sweden claimed silver and France took bronze.

HOCKEY | India vs Australia underway

Having already qualified for the quarterfinals, the Indian hockey team faces the formidable Australian team

SHOOTING | Women's 25m Pistol Qualification rapid - Manu Bhaker in second at 590

HOCKEY | Abhishek scores in the 12th minute as India lead Australia 1-0

HOCKEY | Harmanpreet scores through a penalty corner in the 13th minute to extend India's leads to 2-0 against Australia

SHOOTING | Manu Bhaker enters women's 25m Pistol finals, Esha Singh out after finishing 18th

Manu Bhaker enters women's 25m Pistol finals after finishing second in qualification with a total score of 590-24x

HOCKEY | India lead 2-0 as second quarter against Australia begins

SKIFF | Spain sailed to a gold in men's skiff

Spain's Diego Botin and Florian Trittel won Olympic gold in the men's skiff. New Zealand's Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie claimed silver with a third-position in the medals race, while the United States grabbed bronze on overall points.

Australia score through a penalty corner, India still lead 2-1

HOCKEY | Halftime - India's 2 goal lead from the first quarter cut down in half by Australia in the second quarter, India 2-1 Australia

HOCKEY | Second half underway, India lead 2-1

HOCKEY | Harmanpreet scores through a penalty stroke, India lead 3-1

22nd goal for Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh in all competitions.

Slovakia's Potocka collapsed due to asthma following race, team says

Slovakia's Tamara Potocka collapsed after her women's 200 metres individual medley heat at the Paris Olympics on Friday because she has asthma and did not have her inhaler with her, a team official said after the swimmer received medical treatment.

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj through to the Semi-finals after winning 5-3 against Spain

Credit: Reuters Photo

HOCKEY | 4th Quarter underway, India lead 3-1

HOCKEY | India score but its ruled out due to a stick tackle foul

HOCKEY | Australia's Govers scores through a penalty stroke, India still lead 3-2

HOCKEY | India beat Australia for the first time since 1972, win 3-2

2 goals from skipper Harmanpreet Singh and 1 from Abhishek helps India beat the World No. 3 side by 3 goals to 2.

Credit: Reuters Photo

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen set to face Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan in quarter finals of badminton men's individuals

The match is set to start at 9:05 pm

TENNIS | Carlos Alcaraz through to men's individual finals

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj set to face Korea in Semi-finals of mixed-team archery

Victory against the Korean duo of Lim Sihyeon and Kim Woo-jin will assure the Indian duo of a Silver medal at least, and a shot at gold. Defeat will still give them a chance at bronze.

TRAMPOLINE | Britain's Bryony Page claimed gold in the women's trampoline

Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, a Belarusian competing as an individual neutral athlete, clinched silver, while Canada's Sophiane Methot took bronze.

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj begin their match against the Koreans

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj takes set 1, led 2-0

ARCHERY | Korea take the second set

ARCHERY | Korea take the third set, at match point

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj lose to Korea 2-6 in semifinals of mixed-archery, to play in bronze medal match post 7:55 pm

EQUESTRIAN | Britain win team jumping gold

USA took silver, France won bronze.

SAILING | Windsurfing medal-deciding races postponed to Saturday

SAILING | Vishnu Saravanan finished 23rd in race 3 and 22nd in race 4 of men's dinghy

ARCHERY | Anikta-Dhiraj will face USA in bronze medal match

Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara will face Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold of USA in the mixed team archery bronze medal match

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj's match against USA begins

ARCHERY | USA take set 1

ARCHERY | USA take set 2

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj win set 3

ARCHERY | Ankita-Dhiraj miss out on bronze, lose 2-6 to USA in medal match

ARCHERY | South Korea win gold in mixed team event

Germany took the silver and the United States claimed the bronze medal.

BADMINTON | Sen's match begins

JUDO | Brazilian Beatriz Souza won the gold medal in the women's over 78kg category

Raz Hershko of Israel took silver, while France's Romane Dicko and Kim Ha-yun of South Korea were awarded bronze.

Badminton | China's Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong won gold in mixed doubles

China's Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong defeated South Korea's Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun to claim gold in mixed doubles. Japan's Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe took the bronze.

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen trailing 11-9 to Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen

BADMINTON | Sen turns over the game, leads against Chou Tien-chen

BADMINTON | Sen trails again in game 1

BADMINTON | Sen loses game 1 against the Taiwanese

BADMINTON | Sen begins game 2 in lead

BADMINTON | Sen turns over lead to Chou Tien-chen

BADMINTON | Sen takes the lead in game 2

BADMINTON | Sen takes game 2 by 21-15, forces deciding game

BADMINTON | Sen trails as game 3 begins

BADMINTON | Sen takes the lead

BADMINTON | Sen leads 11-7 at the interval of game 3

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen beats Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen 2-1

Having gone down in game 1, Lakshya Sen held his nerve and came back to win an intense match against Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen.

Sen becomes the first ever Indian male to reach semi-finals of an Olympics badminton event.

ATHLETICS | Ankita Dhyani finished 20th in Heat 1 of women's 5000m, Parul Chaudhary finished 14th in Heat 2

ATHLETICS | Tajinderpal Singh Toor set to compete in men's shot put qualification later today

GOLF | Shubhankar Sharma finished 25th in round 2, Gaganjeet Bhullar finishes 52nd

ATHLETICS | United States set world record in 4X400 mixed relay heats

The United States broke their own world record in the 4x400 mixed relay in the opening heats at the Olympics on Friday, crossing the line in three minutes 7.41 seconds.

They set the previous mark of 3:08.80 at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.

Two-time Asian Games gold-medallist shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor could not qualify for the finals

Parul Chaudhary bowed out of Paris Olympics 2024 Women’s 5000m run