Paris Olympics 2024 Day 10 Highlights: Nisha Dahiya loses in quarters in wrestling; Lakshya Sen misses bronze
Indian athlete Kiran Pahal came in seventh at the women’s 400m event. But she has another chance in the repechage round on Tuesday to qualify into the semi-finals.
CHENNAI: The Day 10 of the Paris Olympics didn’t go as some of the Indian contingents would’ve hoped as two bronze medals got away in badminton and mixed skeet shooting event.
In the women’s table tennis group event, India defeated Romania in the round of 16 match and qualified to the quarter-finals . India’s Archana and Sreeja defeated the Romanian pair of Diaconu and Samara in the first match (11-9, 12-10, 11-7). The match went down the wire and at the end the experienced Manika Batra won the must-win game 5.
Indian athlete Kiran Pahal came in seventh at the women’s 400m event. But she has another chance in the repechage round on Tuesday to qualify into the semi-finals.
Wrestler Nisha Dahiya won against Ukraine’s Tetiana Rizhko in the Women's Freestyle 68 kg category, but unfortunately she lost to Pak Sol Gum of North Korea in quarters.
Indian shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Naruka Singh narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, losing to China's Yiting Jiang and Jianlin Ku in the bronze medal match. The Indian duo had earlier finished fourth in the qualification round to secure their spot in the bronze medal match. Despite a strong effort, they ultimately fell short against their Chinese opponents.
But the biggest disappointment came in badminton for India today as Lakshya Sen, who was all set to make history by becoming the only male shuttler to win an Olympic medal went down against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia. He won the first set (21- 13) against the Malaysian, but couldn’t fight in the next two (16- 21, 11- 21).
Welcome to live Day 10 of Paris Olympics!!
Today is a pivotal day for Lakshya Sen as he aims to create history in the men’s singles badminton bronze medal match. If he wins, he will be the first male Indian shuttler to win a medal in the Olympic Games.
Coming to other events, Day 10 of the Paris Olympics will start off with the skeet mixed team qualification featuring Indian shooters Maheshwari and Anant.
Next, in table tennis, India's AG Kamath, Manika Batra, and Sreeja Akula will face Romania in the round of 16 of the team event.
In the men's dingy, India's Vishnu Saravanan will be in action for Race 9 of the sailing event. Saravanan, who was the first Indian sailor to qualify for the Paris Olympics was in 18th place after Race 8 on Sunday.
The Indian athletics contingents is yet to make a major mark in the Paris Olympics and Avinash Sable, who is competing in the men's 3000m steeplechase event will be raring to qualify to the finals after narrowly missing out in the Tokyo Games last time around.
Finally, Indian boxer Nisha Dahiya will go up against Ukraine’s Tetiana Rizhko in the Women's Freestyle 68 kg category.
SKEET MIXED TEAM QUALIFICATION
Indian shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Naruka Jeet Singh in action
SKEET MIXED TEAM QUALIFICATION
The top four teams at the end will qualify into medal matches.
Total of 15 teams, 3 rounds and top 2 from qualification will play for gold and 3 and 4 placed teams will play for bronze in final
TABLE TENNIS
AG Kamath, Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula will face Romania in the round of 16 of the team event.
TABLE TENNIS: Match 1
Sreeja Akula/Archana Girish Kamath vs Romania's Elizabeta Samara/Adina Diaconu
SKEET MIXED TEAM QUALIFICATION
Maheshwari and Naruka at Round 1
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TABLE TENNIS: Match Begins!!
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 5-2 ROU
TABLE TENNIS: IND wins Game One 11- 9 ROU
After leading for the majority of the game, Romania's Elizabeta Samara/Adina Diaconu played some good strokes and scored back-to-back points, but the Indian duo got ahead and won the first set
TABLE TENNIS: ROU leads 6-5 IND in Game 2
TABLE TENNIS: IND 12 - 10 ROU!!! IND Wins Game 2
Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath got two back-to-back games against Romania's Elizabeta Samara and Adina Diaconu
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 6 - 4 ROU
TABLE TENNIS: INDIA WINS MATCH 1 (IND 11 - 7 ROU)
The young Indian duo of Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath won in a dominant fashion by winning three straight sets against Romania's Elizabeta Samara and Adina Diaconu.
TABLE TENNIS: Manika in action
SKEET MIXED TEAM QUALIFICATION Round 2 Begins
Maheshwari and Naruka secures fourth spot in Skeet Shooting Round 1.
Round 2 Begins
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TABLE TENNIS: Match 2 Begins
Manika is up against Bernadette Szocs
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 7-5 ROU
After trailing 1-4 Manika gives a strong comeback to lead 7-5
TABLE TENNIS: IND Wins Set 1 (11 - 5 ROU)
At first, it was not looking good for the Indian as her opponent Bernadette Szocs was leading 4-1. But Manika staged a strong comeback and won the fist game
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 6 - 5 ROU
TABLE TENNIS: IND Wins Game 2 (11 - 7)
The 29-year-old Manika Batra got the better off her opponent Bernadette Szocs and won two straight games.
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 6 - 4 ROU
TABLE TENNIS: Sreeja Wins!!! IND 11 - 7 ROU
TABLE TENNIS: In another Match Sreeja in action
India's Sreeja Akula is up against Romania's Elizabeta Samara
TABLE TENNIS: Sreeja leads
The game is intensely contested, with neither Sreeja or Elizabeta able to gain a clear advantage.
Sreeja 8 - 7 Elizabeta
TABLE TENNIS : Sreeja WINS
With a final surge of determination, Sreeja claims the win, Capping off an electrifying contest against Romania's Elizabeta
Sreeja 11 - 8 Elizabeta
TABLE TENNIS: Elizabeta win Set 2
Elizabeta is putting up a formidable fight, refusing to hand Sreeja an easy win and pushing her to her limits !!
Sreeja 4 - 11 Elizabeta
TABLE TENNIS : SET 3 BEGINS
TABLE TENNIS: Sreeja equals
After a tough fight, Sreeja equals against Eliabeta at the centre
Sreeja 6 - 6 Elizabeta
Sreeja Akula recovers from a loss in Set 2 to win Set 3 and stay in contention against Elizabeta
Sreeja 11 - 7 Elizabeta
TABLE TENNIS: SET 4 BEGINS
TABLE TENNIS: Elizbeta wins SET 4
Elizabeta seizes control in Set 4, dominating the game and taking the set in convincing way against Sreeja
Sreeja 6 - 11 Elizabeta
TABLE TENNIS: DECIDING SET UNDERWAY!!!
TABLE TENNIS: Elizabeta WINS
After a long rally, Elizabeta takes the game in her way and not letting Indians to enter semi-final that easy.
After the win, Romania enters into the fourth match.
Sreeja 11 - 8 Elizabeta
TABLE TENNIS: Match 4
Archana Girish Kamath takes on Bernadette Szőcs
TABLE TENNIS: ROU leads 6 - 2 IND
TABLE TENNIS: ROU Wins Set 1 (11 - 5)
Bernadette Szőcs was quick and Archana didn't have any answers in the first set
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 6 - 4 ROU
Archana looking good at the moment.
TABLE TENNIS: IND 11 - 8 ROU!! Archana wins set 2
TABLE TENNIS: ROU leads 6 - 4 IND
TABLE TENNIS: ROU Wins Set 3 (11 - 7)
Bernadette Szőcs dominated the third set and won against Archana Girish Kamath
TABLE TENNIS: ROU Wins Match 4 (11 - 9)
Bernadette Szőcs won the fourth game against Archana Girish Kamath. This means India have lost two consecutive games after leading 2-0.
The round of 16 contest goes to fifth and final match. Winner takes all.
TABLE TENNIS: IND vs ROU Match 5
It's Manika Batra vs Adina Diaconu in the decider
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 6 - 1 ROU
TABLE TENNIS: IND Wins Game 1 (11 - 5)
Manika cruises past Adina in game 1
TABLE TENNIS: ROU leads 6 - 5 IND
ATHLETICS| Women's 400M Round 1 Heat 5: Indian athlete Kiran Pahal finishes at 7th place
She'll be in repechage rounds tomorrow and has another shot to qualify for semi-final
TABLE TENNIS: IND wins set 3 (11 - 9) against ROU
Manika Batra just 1 win away from helping India defeat Romania
TABLE TENNIS: IND leads 6 - 4 ROU
ATHLETICS:Indian athlete Kiran Pahal finishes at 7th in women's 400m round 1.
She'll be in repechage rounds tomorrow and has another shot to qualify for semi-final
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TABLE TENNIS: Manika did it!!!!!
India women's table tennis team qualified to the quarter-finals by defeating Romania (3 - 2)
SKEET MIXED TEAM QUALIFICATION
Indian shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Naruka Singh stands at 10th spot
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TABLE TENNIS: QUARTER-FINAL MATCH
After defeating Romania in round of 16, Indian Women's team will play against USA or Germany in the Quarter-final tomorrow.
SKEET MIXED TEAM QUALIFICATION: BRONZE MEDAL LOADING ?
Indian Shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Naruka Singh are into bronze medal match. These finishes at 4th place in skeet mixed team qualification .
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SKEET MIXED TEAM : BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Indian shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Naruka Singh is up against China's Yiting Jiang and Jianlin Lyu in the bronze medal match.
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BADMINTON: Bronze match underway!!!!
BADMINTON: Lakshya Sen leads 15 - 10 against Lee Zii Jia
BADMINTON: Lakshya Sen wins Set 1 (21- 13)
Lakshya Sen kept his calm and won the first set against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia. From the start Sen was under control.
BADMINTON: SET 2 UNDERWAY!!
SKEET MIXED BRONZE MEDAL MATCH BEGINS
BADMINTON: Zii leads 11- 8 Sen
SKEET MIXED TEAM BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
After a total of 8 shots, Jiang and Lyu from China have a edge over India's Ananth and Maheshwari
SKEET MIXED TEAM BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
After the end of second stage, India and China share equal points.
India 13
China 13
BADMINTON: Zii leads 15 -14
SKEET MIXED TEAM BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Maheshwari and Naruka are crawling close to the Chinese duo
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SKEET MIXED TEAM BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
China duo leads after the fourth stage against Indian shooters
India - 27
China - 28
BADMINTON: Zii Wins Set 2 (21 - 16)
Zii led for the majority of the set and despite Sen showing some promise in the middle stint, Zii took the set and it goes to a decider.
BADMINTON: SET 3 UNDERWAY
SKEET MIXED TEAM BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
After total of 40 shots, India is trailing China by one points
India - 37
China - 38
BADMINTON: Zii leads 11 - 6 against Sen
Lakshya Sen is struggling at the moment trailing by 5 points
SKEET MIXED TEAM BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Chinese shooters Yiting Jiang and Jianlin Lyu wins the bronze medal against the Indian Shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Naruka Singh
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BADMINTON: Lakshya looses bronze to Zii (21 - 11)
Malaysia's Zii won bronze medal by defeating India's Lakshya Sen in men's singles badminton
WRESTLING- WOMEN'S FREESTYLE 68KG 1/8 round
India's Nisha Dahiya outwrestles Tetiana Sova Rizhko of Ukraine to secure a quarterfinals berth in the women's freestyle 68kg 1/8 round.
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WRESTLING - WOMEN'S FREESTYLE 68KG
Indian wrestler Nisha Dahiya is up against Sol Gum Pak of Democratic People's Republic Of Korea
UP NEXT: Women's freestyle 68kg Quarter-final match
WRESTLING - WOMEN'S FREESTYLE 68KG
Indian Nisha Dhiya takes a early lead 6 -1 against Sol Gum of Democratic People's Republic Of Korea
WRESTLING|WOMEN'S FREESTYLE 68KG -Nisha loses
Despite initially taking the lead, wrestler Nisha was overpowered by the opponent's formidable strength, with a mid-match injury further complicating her chances