Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Prannoy advances to R16; Lovlina Borgohain wins in boxing; Deepika qualifies to1/8 elimination round in archery
At midnight, Nishant Dev will look to better India’s run in boxing when he is up against Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio in men's welterweight.
CHENNAI: The Day 5 of the Paris Olympics 2024 started off well for the Indian contingents with badminton star PV Sindhu breezing past Kristen Kuuba in her final group stage match on Wednesday. With this she advances to round of 16.
In men’s singles, Lakshya Sen defeated Jonatan Christie in two straight sets.
Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale competing in 50m rifle 3 positions men's qualification, advanced to the final.
Boxer Lovlina Borgohain from Assam is just one win away from a medal. She'll take on top seed Li Qian of China on Sunday.
Indian Table Tennis player Manika lost to Japan's Miu Hirano in women's 1/16 Elimination round. Indian has been eliminated from the singles competition.
In other event Indian Archer Tarundeep Rai was defeated by Great Britain's Tom Hall in Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination round.
Prannoy advances to Round of 16, to face off Lakshya Sen. Prannoy defeated Vietnam's Le Duc in 1/32 Elimination round ( 16-21,21-11,21-12 )
Also, Sreeja Akula will be in action once again tonight as she'd take on reigning World Champion Sun Yingsha in pre quarterfinals.
WELCOME TO LIVE UPDATES OF DAY 5!!!!
Indian shooters will kick-off the proceedings for the country on Day 5 of the Paris Olympics 2024 with Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale competing in 50m rifle 3 positions men's qualification followed by another bout by women's trap shooters Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari on Wednesday.
PV Sindhu will be up against Kristin Kuuba at 12:50 pm in women’s badminton singles. A win will take Sindhu to the knockouts stage. In the men’s singles, Lakshya Sen will take on Jonatan Christie and the winner will take the round of 16 spot.
Round 3 of women’s table tennis will take place at 2:30 pm with Sreeja Akula competing against Singaporian Zeng Jian.
Manika Batra will be in action today at 8:30 pm, and a win today will make her the first table tennis player to reach quarterfinals.
At midnight, Nishant Dev will look to better India’s run in boxing when he is up against Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio in men's welterweight.
This is what we have in store from the Indian contingents today
12.30 pm: Shooting - Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale (men's 50m rifle3 position qualifications)
12.30 pm: Shooting - Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari (women's trap shooting - day two)
12.50 pm - PV Sindhu vs Kristin Kuuba - A win will take Sindhu to knockouts
1.30 pm - Anush Agarwalla and Sir Caramello in action in day two
1.40 pm - Lakshya Sen v Jonatan Christie (singles group stage) it is match where winner takes the round-16 spot from the group.
2.30 pm - Sreeja Akula vs Zeng Jian in women's round-32 match
3.34 pm - Lovlina Borgohain vs Sunniva Hofstad - Round of 16 clash
3.56 pm: Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Reena Parnat
7 pm: Shooting - women's trap final
8.30 - Manika Batra (Round of 16 match) - if she wins she'd become India's first TT player to reach quarter-final
9:15 pm: Archery - Tarundeep Rai vs Tom Hall in the men's individual round of 64
11.00 pm - Badminton - HS Prannoy v Duc Le (group stage)
12.18 am - Boxing - Nishant Dev vs Jose Gabriel Rodriguez (Round of 16)
Ashwini Ponnanppa announces retirement
After losing in badminton yesterday, Ashwini Ponnappa calls time on her Olympics career.
"It takes a toll emotionally and mentally, I can't go through this again. It's not easy, you can take all these if you are a little younger. Having played for so long, I can't take it anymore," she said.
Indian contingents are in action across various sports. But no medal events scheduled for today so far, but important games which decides the athletes knockout stage qualification will take place.
Men's 50m rifle 3 position qualifications underway!!!!
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale in action
Aishwary was part of the Tokyo Olympics and will face tough competition this time around
Rules of 50m 3 Positions qualification round
Shooters will shoot 40 shots each.
Each position at a target 50 metres away.
Top 8 will qualify.
Elsewhere... It's Day 2 of Trap shooting women's qualification
Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari started their practice rounds. They will be hoping to have a good start with the remaining rounds left
Good start from Kusale and Aishwary in 50M RIFLE 3 qualification
Credits: Olympics.com
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification: Kneeling beings!!
APS Tomar | 8th | 46 shots left
Swapnil Kusale | 13th | 47 shots left
Why is it called Rifle 3 Position's ??
The shooters will fire equal number of shots fired from the Kneeling, Prone and Standing positions. In qualification, shooters have to take three series of shots all three positions. But the tough part is that the time between each position is fixed.
Kusale stays in top 8 after kneeling round Aishwary just oustide
Men's 50m 3 Positions Rifle qualification
Still plenty of time to catch up for the Indians
PV Sindhu will be in action in few minutes!!!!
PV Sindhu will be up against Kristin Kuuba in women’s badminton singles. A win will take Sindhu to the knockouts stage.
Prone round begins in men's 50m rifle 3 positions qualification
The allotted time for them is seven minutes
WOWZAA!!!!!
Aishwary got a perfect 100 on 100 in first prone series.
Badminton: PV Sindhu match begins!!!!!!!
Badminton: Strong start from Sindhu leads 5-0
Men's rifle 50m 3 position qualification
Tomar - 100, 99 = 199 (6th)
Kusale - 98, 99 = 197 (10th)
Badminton: Sindhu leads 11-2 against Kuuba in Set 1
Badminton: Sindhu wins Set 1
PV Sindhu leads 21-5 against Kuuba in the first set
Badminton: PV Sindhu continues to dominate
PV Sindhu leads 11-6 halfway into the second set.
BADMINTON: Sindhu Wins!!!!!!
PV Sindhu won two straight sets (21-5), (21-10) against Kristin Kuuba
Badminton Men's singles: Lakshya Sen now up against Jonatan Christie
Badminton: Lakshya Sen leads 11-10 in Set 1
After trailing in the opening stage, Lakshya Sen leads 11-10 against Jonatan Christie
Shooting: Swapnil Kusale advances to Men’s Rifle 50m 3P Final
Kusale's final scores are 590-38x
Unfortunately, Aishwary crashes out. Ended up 11th
TRAP SHOOTING: Not so great for the Indians
Rajeshwari and Shreyasi are ranked 24th (90) and 25th (90), respectively.
Badminton: Lakshya Sen wins Set 1
That is class from Sen. After trailing in the beginning he came back strongly to win the set 21-18
Badminton: Lakshya Sen advances to Round of 16
Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula match begins!!
Table Tennis Game 1: J Zeng takes 1-0 lead against Sreeja
Game scores
Sreeja- 9
Zeng- 11
Table Tennis Game 2: Sreeja fights back!!!! 1-1
Game scores
Sreeja: 12
Zeng- 10
Table Tennis Game 3: Sreeja continues her streak!! 2-1
Game scores
Sreeja- 11
Zeng- 4
Table Tennis Game 4: Sreeja on a roll!!!! 3-1
Game scores
Sreeja- 11
Zeng- 5
Table Tennis Game 5: Zeng wins!!
Game scores
Sreeja- 10
Zeng- 12
Table Tennis Game 6: Sreeja Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Game scores
Sreeja- 12
Zeng- 10
LETS GO TO THE RING NOW
Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain is competing against Sunniva Hofstad of Norway in Preliminaries - Round of 16
ARROWS ARE READY!!!!!!!
Indian archer Deepika Kumari is up against Estonia's Reena Parnat in women's Individual R32 Elimination round
After losing in the group event, Deepika is ready with her arrows
Boxing: Match begins
Lovlina and Hofstad starts in aggresive mode
ARCHERY: Deepika leads 2-0
Deepika wins Set 1 against Pranat
1 2 3 Total
IND * Deepika 10 10 9 29
EST * Reena 9 9 10 28
Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain starts good!!!!
Round 1
Lovlina Borgohain collects enough points to win the first round. A couple of jabs and hook from the Indian gives her a good start
Boxing Round 2 Begins!!!!!
Archery: Estonia's Parnat wins Set 2
Reena Parnat takes a lead in Set 2 (IND 2-2 EST)
1 2 3 Total
IND * Deepika 8 9 9 26
EST * Reena 8 10 9 27
Boxing: Lovlina wins Round 2!!!!
Archery: Estonia's Pranat Equals
Kumari equals with Parnat in SET 3 (IND 3-3 EST)
1 2 3 Total
IND * Deepika 9 8 10 27
EST * Reena 10 8 9 27
Boxing: Lovlina Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovlina Borgohain defeated Reena Parnat (5-0)
Archery: Parnat wins Set 4
Deepika loses SET 4 (IND 3-5 EST)
1 2 3 Total
IND * Deepika 8 7 9 24
EST * Reena 8 10 9 27
Archery : Kumari is back
Deepika equals against Parnat SET 5 (IND 5-5 EST)
1 2 3 Total
IND * Deepika 10 10 10 30
EST * Reena 10 8 9 27
Archery: SHOOT-OFF underway
Archery: Deepkia wins in Shoot - off (IND 6 - 5 EST)
After equalling in 5 sets, Indian archer Deepika Kumar prevailed against Estonia's Reena Pranat
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IND * Deepika 9
EST * Reen 8
Archery: Up Next
After defeating Estonia's Reena parnat in 1/64 elimination round, Deepika Kumari enters into1/32 elimniation round.
live at 4:30 pm
Boxing: Assam's Lovlina Borgohain is just one win away from a medal
She'll take on top seed Li Qian of China on Sunday
PS: Both of them are Olympic medallists and World Champions
Table Tennis
Also, Sreeja Akula will be in action once again tonight as she'd take on reigning World Champion Sun Yingsha in pre quarterfinals
Hold of a moment,still archery isn't over
Indian archer Deepika Kumari is up against Netherlands Quinty Roeffen in women's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round.
Archery: Deepika wins SET 1
Indian archer wins the first set (IND 2-0 NED)
1 2 3 Total
IND* Deepika Kumari 10 10 9 29
NED* Wunity Roeffen 9 9 10 28
Archery: Deepika Kumari slips in 2nd Set
Indian archer Deepika loses the second set against Netherlands Quinty (IND 2- 2 NED)
1 2 3 Total
IND* Deepika Kumari 9 9 9 27
NED* Wunity Roeffen 10 10 9 29
Archery: Deekipa WINS (IND 6 - 2 NED)
Deepika wins the game against Quinty of Netherlands
SET 3 1 2 3 Total
IND* Deepika Kumari 9 9 7 25
NED* Wunity Roeffen 0 8 9 17
SET 4
1 2 3 Total
IND* Deepika Kumari 10 9 9 28
NED* Wunity Roeffen 7 6 10 23
Archery: Deepika into next round
Indian archer Deepika Kumari into women Individual 1/8 Elimination round after defeating Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands in women's Individual 1/16 Elimination round.
Trap Shooting Women's
Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh finish 22nd and 23rd respectively and failed to advance to the final
EQUESTRIAN
Anush Agarwalla finishes 9th in his group and does not qualify for Dressage individual final in Equestrian
TABLE TENNIS: SREEJA NEXT MATCH
Sreeja Akula will play her next round of 16 match against China's World No 1 Yingsha Sun at 12:30 AM IST
Table Tennis: Will move to Table Tennis court for a while
India 's Manika Batra becomes the first Indian paddler to reach round of 16 in Olympics history..
Manika will face against Japan's Miu Hirano in Women's singles in round of 16.
live at 8:30 pm
Table Tennis: Match Begins
Indian Manika Batra is up against Japan's Miu Hirano in women's single round of 16.
Japan's Miu wins set 1
Match Game 1
Manika Batra 0 6
Miu Hirano 1 11
Table Tennis: Miu wins Game 2
After a close battle, Miu again takes lead in Game 2
Match Game 1 Game 2
Manika Batra 0 6 9
Miu Hirano 2 11 12
Manika bouncing back stronger
Table Tennis: HURRAY !!!!1 Manika wins in Game 3
Manika Batra is fighting hard and wins the Game 3 against Miu Hirano of Japan.
This match went until 3 Game points
Match Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Manika Batra 1 6 9 14
Miu Hirano 2 11 11 12
Table Tennis: Match between Manika and Miu not finishing soon !!!!
Table Tennis: Miu wins Game 4
Japan's Miu takes the game 4 in her way against Manika
Match Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4
Manika Batra 1 6 9 14 8
Miu Hirano 3 11 11 12 11
Manika in do-or-die situation
Table Tennis: Manika thrashed by Miu Hirano
Japan's Miu Hirano takes Manika for a ride and pushes her into defeat, the Indian has been eliminated from the singles competition.
Match Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Manika Batra 1 6 9 14 8 6
Miu Hirano 4 11 11 12 11 11
Archery: India's Tarundeep Rai in action
Archery live
Indian Tarundeep Rai equals against Great Britain's Tom Hall in Set 1 (IND 1 - 1 GBR)
| IND* Tarundeep | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| GBR* Tom | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
Archery: GBR wins Set 2
Tom Hall of GBR wins set 2 in Men's 1/32 Individual Round (IND 1 - 3 GBR)
| Arrow 1 | Arrow 2 | Arrow 3 | Total | |
| IND * Tarundeep | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| GBR * Tom | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
Archery: India's Tarundeep is back
Indian archer Tarundeep Rai takes set 3 in his way
| Arrow 1 | Arrow 2 | Arrow 3 | Total | Set Points | |
| IND * Tarundeep Rai | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 3 |
| GBR * Tom | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 3 |
Archery: Tom wins Set 4
Britain's Tom wins Set 4 against India's Tarundeep Rai (IND 3 - 5 GBR)
| Arrow 1 | Arrow 2 | Arrow 3 | Total | |
| IND * Tarundeep Rai | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| GBR * Tom Hall | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
Archery: India's Tarundeep loses to Tom of Britain
India's Tarundeep Rai defeated by Great Britain Tom's Hall in Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round (IND 4- 6 GBR)
| Arrow 1 | Arrow 2 | Arrow 3 | Total | |
| IND * Tarundeep | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| GBR * Tom | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
Badminton: Live in other 30 minutes
Indian Badminton player HS Prannoy is up against Vietnam's Phat Le Duc in Men's singles group stage
Prannoy in action
India's prannoy in action right now against Vietnam's Phat Duc Le
Badminton: Equally matched contest in store
Prannoy and Duc equally matched as game progresses
Prannoy 7 - 5 Duc
Le leads in Game 1
At 13th min in Game 1 Vietnam' Le giving a tough fight for Prannoy
Prannoy 10 - 13 Le
Badminton: Vietnam's Le wins Game 1
Prannoy suffers first-game loss, his self errors prove costly. Needs to step up in the second game before its too late
Prannoy 16 - 21 Le
Game 2 Begins
Badminton: Prannoy leads in Game 2
Prannoy leads in the early minutes of Game 2 against Vietnam's Le Duc
Prannoy 8 - 6 Le
Game 2: Prannoy looks promising
Badminton: Prannoy wins Game 2
Prannoy keeps up pace, stages strong comeback to win the second game. The next game will decide who tops this round and heads to the next one.
Prannoy 21 - 11 Le Duc
Please don't go away
Game 1 : Prannoy 16 - 21 Le Duc
Game 2: Prannoy 21 - 11 Le Duc
Game 3 Begins
Decider game os not letting you sleep that easy. WAKE UP !!!!
At 12 minute of Game 3, Prannoy equals against Le
Prannoy 8 - 8 Le
Badminton: Prannoy WINS !!!
HS Prannoy wins the game against Vietnam's Le Duc Phat
Game 1 : Prannoy 16 - 21 Le Duc
Game 2 : Prannoy 21 - 11 Le Duc
Game 3: Prannoy 21 - 12 Le Duc
Two Indians to face each other in R16
HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen to face each other in Round of 16