Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Highlights: Manu qualifies to finals of 25m pistol; India wins 3-2 against Australia in hockey; Lakshya Sen into Semifinals
Indian Rower Balraj Panwar finished fifth in the Final D group of men’s single sculls finals.
CHENNAI: 22-year-old Manu Bhaker has a chance to script history and become a three time medallist in a single edition of the Olympics when she contests in the women's 25m pistol event final. She scored a perfect 100 in Rapid pistol series one and was consistent throughout the accuracy and rapid rounds.
Meanwhile, India's Tulika Maan lost to Idalys Ortiz of Cuba 10-0 in the women's +75 kg round of 32 match.
Rower Balraj Panwar finished fifth in the Final D group of men’s single sculls finals.
Indian archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara who showed great promise in noon by qualifying to the semi-final lost to United States in bronze medal match putting an end to their campaign.
Indian hockey team dominated Australia in their final Pool B Match. Skipper Harmanpreet's brace made sure India secured a top-two finish in the table. Final score was India 3 - 2 Australia. The win marked India's first victory over Australia after 52 years.
22-year old Lakshya Sen finds himself a spot in semi-final after winning the match against Taipei Chen Chou in Quarter-final (19-21, 21-15, 21-12).
Indian athletes had a disappointing day in the track as Ankita finished at 20th place in Women's 5000m Heat 1 and Parul Chaudhary registers her season best timing of 15:10:68 finishing in the 14th spot.
Indian athlete Tajinderpal Singh ended up his Olympic campaign. Started with 18.05 in first throw and ended up with two foul throws in second and third attempts.
Women's 25m Pistol
1st round: Precision stage
Shooters fire a total of 30 shots across 3 series and they will be awarded points based on how close they shoot to the (X) - this will determine the accuracy of the shooter
Second stage: Rapid fire stage
This stage works the same 30 shots over 3 series but mutliple shots will be shot one after other in span of seconds
The results of these two stages will determine the rankings - the top 8 will progress to the medal round.
Hello and welcome to Day 7 of Paris Olympics!!
Manu Bhaker, who has made headlines throughout this Olympics edition, will feature in the 25m pistol qualification along with Esha Singh event at noon.
Meanwhile, Tulika Maan will compete in judo women's 78kg elimination round of 32.
In the group event, the Indian hockey team will play their last group match against Australia. They lost against Belgium on Thursday for the first time in the Paris Games.
Coming to badminton, Lakshya Sen will play Chou Chen in the quarterfinals of the men’s badminton singles.
Here's what we have in store for today
12.00 noon - Golf - men's individual stroke play round 2
12.30 - Shooting - 25m Pistol qualifications (Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh)
1.00 - Shooting - skeet men's qualification
1.00 - Mixed Archery - team India
1.30 - Judo - Tulika Maan (women's 78kg elimination round of 32)
3.45 - Women's dinghy day 2
4.45 - Hockey India vs Australia (last group stage game)
6.30 - Badminton - Lakshya Sen vs Chou Chen (quarter-final)
7.05 - Men's dinghy sailing
9.40 - Athletics - Ankita and Parul C in women's 5000m round 1
11.40 - Athletics - Tajinder Singh in men's shot put qualification
First up: Manu is back in action
Women's 25m Pistol
1st round: Precision stage
Shooters fire a total of 30 shots across 3 series and they will be awarded points based on how close they shoot to the (X) - this will determine the accuracy of the shooter
Second stage: Rapid fire stage
This stage works the same 30 shots over 3 series but multiple shots will be shot one after other in span of seconds
The results of these two stages will determine the rankings - the top 8 will progress to the medal round.
25m air pistol precision round begins
Esha has scored 47 in her first 5 shots of series one
SHOOTING
After the end of series 1 in Precision stage- Esha scored 95 points
SHOOTING: Esha currently stands at 12th spot
SHOOTING: Esha placed at 14th spot after series 2
After the end of series two in Precision stage, Esha Singh has scored 96 points
The skeep men's qualificaion has also begun
India's Anantjeet Singh Naruka in action
SHOOTING: Esha climbs to top 8
Esha has climbed to the top eight for the first time after hitting consecutive 10s in series 3.
Five more shots to go in accuracy, she's currently placed at sixth spot.
SHOOTING: Esha scores perfect 100 out of 100
Esha has scored a Perfect 100 out of 100 in the third and final series of accuracy rounds.
She's currently third at second spot.
Up Next!! Archery
ARCHERY
Ankita Bhakat, Dhiraj Bommadevara in action for India
ARCHERY SET 1: India leads 2-0 Indonesia
Scores Total
India- 9 10 9 9 37
Indonesia- 10 10 8 8 36
ARCHERY SET 2: India leads 3-1 Indonesia
Scores Total
India- 9 10 10 9 38
Indonesia- 10 9 9 10 38
ARCHERY SET 3: India leads 5-1 Indonesia
Scores Total
India- 10 9 10 9 38
Indonesia- 9 9 10 9 37
JUDO: Tulika Mann in action
Tulika Mann will be up against Idalys Ortiz Women's +78kg Elimination Round of 32
ARCHERY
India will be in action once again at 5:45 IST
They will take on Spain in the Mixed event quarterfinals
ROWING: Balaraj finishes fifth in finals
Rower Balraj Panwar finishes fifth in the Final D group of men’s single sculls finals.
The rower at one point was in third position after 1500m, but dropped to fifth in the final 500m.
SHOOTING
Two-time Paris Games medallist Manu Bhaker has scored 97 points from her first series.
She is currently placed fifth
JUDO
India's Tulika Maan loses to Idalys Ortiz of Cuba 10-0 in the women's +75 kg round of 32 match
SHOOTING
In series two - Manu Bhaker has scored a total score of 98 points. She is currently placed in 7th place
Another series to go before accuracy rounds wrap up.
SHOOTING
Shots 21 to 25
Consecutive 10s from Manu in series three
SHOOTING
At the end of series three - Manu Bhaker has scored a total of 294. She's currently placed third in the rankings.
In series three, she has shot 99 points out of 100
SHOOTING: Rapid fire stage next!!
SHOOTING: Esha Singh After 10 shots (Total 97)
Credits: Olympics.com
SHOOTING
Esha has scored 96 in series 2 and 97 in series 3
SHOOTING: Esha currently in 15th.... Unlikely to qualify
Hockey: Live at 4:45 pm
Indian hockey team previous encounters in Olympics 2024
Match 1 India 3 - 2 New Zealand
Match 2 India 1 - 1 Argentina
Match 3 India 2 - 0 Ireland
Match 4 India 1 - 2 Belgium
India currently stands at 3rd place in Pool B with 7 points.
Hockey: India vs Australia
Australian hockey team previous encounters in Olympics 2024
Match 1 Australia 1 - 2 Argentina
Match 2 Australia 2 - 1 Ireland
Match 3 Australia 2 - 6 Belgium
Match 4 Australia 5 - 0 New Zealand
Australia currently stands at 2nd place in Pool B with 9 points.
Hockey: Players at the gound
Players arrived at the ground for National Anthem
Hockey: India vs Australia
Match Begins
Archery: Live at 5:45 PM
Indian archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat are up against Spain's Elia canales and Pablo Acha Gonzalez in Recurve Mixed Team Quarterfinals.
Hockey: India Lineup
PR Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Shamsher Singh, Sumit, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Abhishek, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh.
SHOOTING: Manu on fire in Rapid
Manu after 10 shots in series one registers 100 stays climbs to 2nd place
SHOOTING
Manu scored 98 in series 2 of rapid round. Stays at 2nd
Hockey: GOALLLLLLL!!!!
Goal for India
Hockey: India vs Australia
Abhishek helped India to secure its first goal against Australia
India 1 - 0 Australia
2 minutes to end of the first Quarter
Hockey: Penalty Corner for India
Indian Skipper scores the second goal for India before Quarter 1 ends.
India 2 - 0 Australia
SHOOTING: Manu qualified to the finals!!!!!!!!!!!
Manu 98 in series 3 of Rapid (Total 296)
She finished in second place
Hockey: First Quarter ends
Abhisek and Harmanpreet secured two goals for India in first quarter.
India 2 - 0 Australia.
Hockey: 2nd Quarter Begins
SHOOTING
Manu Bhaker has a chance to script history and become a three time medallist in a single edition of the Olympics when she contests in the women's 25m pistol event final.
Hockey: PC for Australia
Australia failed to score its first goal against India
HOCKEY: GOAL!!! But this time for Australia
With just five minutes left in the second quarter Australia scored a goal (1-2)
PC for India
Ahhhhh missed it by a slender of a margin
2nd QUARTER ENDS (IND 2-1 AUS)
THIRD QUARTER UNDERWAY!!!
PC for India
GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
India leads 3-1
Harmanpreet Singh scores once again to give India a good advantage at start of the 3rd quarter
Archery: UP NEXT !!!!
Archery: Indian archers wins Set 1
Indian archer Dhiraj and Ankita wins the Set 1 against Spain's Elia and Gonzaleaz in Mixed Team Quarterfinals
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 9 10 9 10 38 2
ESP* Elia/Gonzaleaz 9 10 9 9 37 0
Archery: (IND 3 - 1 ESP)
Spain's Elia and Gonzaleaz shares equal scores in Set 3 against Dhiraj and Ankita
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 10 9 9 10 38 1
ESP* Elia/Gonzaleaz 9 10 10 9 38 0
Hockey: 3rd Quarter ends
After Harmanpreet's two goals, India lead 3 -0 against Australia in Pool B match.
Archery: (IND 3 -3 ESP)
Spain's Elia and Gonzaleaz takes the set in their way and equals against Indian archers Dhiraj and Ankita
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 9 9 8 10 36 0
ESP* Elia/Gonzaleaz 10 10 8 9 37 2
Hockey: 4th Quarter Begins !!!!
Archery: Indian archers Dhiraj and Ankita arrows through semifinals (IND 5 - 3 ESP)
Indian archers Dhiraj and Ankita wins in the final set agaisnt Spain's Elia and Gonzaleaz
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 9 10 8 10 37 2
ESP* Elia/Gonzaleaz 9 8 9 10 36 0
Hockey: Penalty for Australia
This time Australia didn't miss a chance, Blakes scores a goal for Australia
India 3 - 2 Australia
Hockey: India vs Australia
Four minutes left to end 4th Quarter
Hockey: INDIA WINS !!!!!!!
Hockey: India 3 - 2 Australia
India beat Australia 3-2 in Men's Hockey after 52 years.
Archery: 40 Minutes left
Indian archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara is up against Korea's Sihyeon Lim and Woojin Kim in mixed team semifinal match.
Archery: Arrows Ready !!!!!!
Archery: India leads 2 - 0 Korea
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 9 10 9 10 38 2
KOR* Woojin/Sihyeon 8 9 10 9 36 0
Archery: Korea 2 - 2 India
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 8 9 9 9 35 0
KOR* Woojin/Sihyeon 10 10 9 9 38 2
Archery: Korea leads 4 -2 India
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 9 9 10 8 0 36
KOR* Woojin/Sihyeon 9 10 9 10 2 38
Archery: Korea wins 6 - 2 India
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 9 9 10 10 0 38
KOR* Woojin/Sihyeon 10 10 9 10 2 39
Archery: Please stay Bronze Medal match loading .........
Men's Dinghy - Race 3 Results
Men's ILCA dinghy
Vishnu Saravanan finishes at 22nd position at the end of the fourth race.
Top 10 racers at the end of 10 races will qualify for medal contention round
Archery: BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Indian archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat is up against USA's Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison in mixed team bronze medal match.
Archery: USA Leads 2 -0 India
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 7 10 10 10 0 37
USA * Casey/Brady 10 9 9 10 2 38
Archery: USA leads 4 -0 India
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 7 10 10 9 0 35
USA * Casey/Brady 10 8 10 9 2 37
Archery: USA 4 - 2 India
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 10 9 9 10 2 38
USA * Casey/Brady 10 7 8 8 0 33
Archery: USA wins 6 - 2 India
Arrow 1 Arrow 2 Arrow 3 Arrow 4 Score Points
IND* Ankita/Dhiraj 8 9 8 10 0 35
USA * Casey/Brady 10 9 9 9 2 37
Another Bronze Medal Missed
Archery: Korea wins gold; Germany wins silver
Korea's Sihyeon Lim and Woojin Kim wins the final match against Germany's Michelle Kroppen and Florian Unruh.
Korea wins GOLD; Germany wins SILVER; USA wins BRONZE
Credits: Olympics.com
BADMINTON: UP NEXT
Indian Badminton player Lakshya Sen is up against Taipei's Tien Chen Chou in men's single quarterfinals.
Badminton: Previous encounters in Olympics 2024
In Men's single group stage, Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen beats Guatemala's Kevin Cordon (21- 8, 21- 20)
In Men's single group stage, Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen beats Belgium 's Julian Carraggi (21-19, 21-14)
In Men's single group stage, Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen beats Indonesia's Jonatan Christie (21-18, 21-12)
In Men's single round of 16, Indian Badminton player Lakshya Sen beats another Indian player Prannoy (21-12, 21-6)
Badminton: Match Begins
After a long rally, Lakshya equals with Taipei's chen 7 - 7 in Game 1.
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long rally continues, Chen leads 11 -10 against Lakshya
Chen leads by scoring in Narrow margins14 -10 against Lakshya
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Badminton: Chen wins Game 1
After a long rally game, Taipei's Chen wins the game 1 against Lakshya.
Match Game 1
Lakshya Sen 0 19
Chin Chou 1 21
Badminton: Game 2 Underway
Will walk through athletics for few minutes
Indian athletes Ankita and Parul Chaudhary are taking part in women's 5000M round 1
Back-to-Back points for Sen as he equals up against Taipei's Chon 7-7 in Game 2
Athletics: 5000m Round 1 Heat 1
After 1000m mark, Ankita is at the last spot (20) in the women's 5000m round 1.
Athletics: 5000m Round 1
Indian athlete Ankita finishes at 20th spot in women's 5000m.
Credits: Olympics.com
Badminton: Lashya wins Game 2
Lakshya Sen takes the Game 2 by giving a tough fight against Taipei's Chen Chou
Match Game 1 Game 2
Lakshya Sen 1 19 21
Tien Chen 1 21 15
Athletics : 5000m round 1 Heat 2 .
Another Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary in action .
Badminton: Game 3 Begins
Lakshya takes a four-point lead against Taipei's Chen in Game 3.
Lakshya 9 - 4 Chen
Athletics: After 2000m mark, Parul stays 15th spot in the women's 5000m Heat 2.
Athletics: After 2000m mark, Parul stays at 17th spot in the women's 5000m Heat 2.
Badminton: Lakshya Sen Leads
Lakshya Sen trying his best to finish the match soon.
Lakshya 14 - 10 Chen
Badminton: Two points away for Lakshya to reach Semifinals spot
Lakshya 19 - 12 Chen
Badminton: LAKSHYA ENTERS SEMIFINALS
Indian Badminton player Lakshya Sen two games away for a medal in Olympics 2024.
Match Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Lakshya Sen 2 19 21 21
Chen Chou 1 21 15 12
Athletics: 5000m Heat 2
Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary finishes at 14th spot in 5000m Heat 2.
She also registers her season best timing of 15:10:68.
Badminton: Lakshya Sen next match
Lakshya Sen will either play Singapore's Denmark's Loh Kean or Viktor Axelson in Semifinals on August 4,
If he goes down he'll play the bronze medal match next
Athletics: Men's shot put qualification
Indian athlete Tajinderpal Singh will be in action in another 30 minutes.
Athletics: Men's Shot put qualification round begins
Athletics: Men's Shot Put Qualification
Two-time Asian Games gold medallist Tajinderpal Singh Toor is set to be in action in the men's shot put qualification now
Athletics: Men's Shot Put Qualification
Tajinderpal Singh had a opening throw that he'd want to forget after registering the lowest 18.05 at the end of set one
Two more sets to go
Athletics: Men's Shot Put Qualification
Things went from bad to worse for Tajinderpal as he ended up with a foul throw in his second throw.
First Throw - 18.05
Second Throw - X
Athletics: Men's Shot Put Qualification
Things went from bad to worse for Tajinderpal as he ended up with a foul throw in his second throw.
First Throw - 18.05
Second Throw - X
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Athletics: Tajinderpal Olympics 2024 Campaign ends
Indian athlete Tajinderpal Singh again ended up with a foul throw in his final attempt.
First Throw: 18:05
Second Throw: X
Third Throw: X