Paris Olympics 2024 Day 6 Highlights: Swapnil hands India its 3rd medal, Satwik-Chirag and PV Sindhu go down, Lakshya advances

CHENNAI: Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024 and it was once again the Indian shooters who shine with Swapnil Kusale winning bronze in the men’s 50m rifle 3 position. He handed India its third overall medal and its first medal in Rifle 3P events

Indian archer Pravin Jadhav lost in three sets against China's Wenchao Kao (0 - 6)

The athletics event began today, but none of the Indian players managed to sneak into top 20 in both men and women’s 20km race walk.

Things went from bad to worse for India as the Indian Hockey team suffered its first loss of the ongoing Olympics at the hands of defending champion Belgium. India will be in action once again on Friday in its last group stage Pool B match.

Nikhat Zareen put up a fight but wasn't good enough to get past Chinese world number Wu Yu in the round of 16 women's flyweight bout.

As the evening went by, Indian fans were in for a shocker with top-ranked duo of Satwik Sairajreddy and Chirag Shetty went down in the quarter-final against Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.

India closed its day with the golden girl of Indian badminton PV Sindhu getting schooled by China's Jiao in straight sets (19-21, 14-21).

The only thing that Indian fans can look forward to in terms of Badminton would be Lakshya Sen in action against Chinese Taipei's Tien Chou on Friday.

Sailors Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan had their dinghy events postponed due to weather playing spoilsport.

Vishnu finished day one after race two which sees him placed at the bottom at 34th position, Nethra had a good start and is currently placed at 6th spot after race one.

It’s Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024 and the athletics competition begins from today, starting with the men's 20km race walk (medal event) where India’s Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akashdeep Singh, and Vikash Singh will be in action.

It is followed by the women’s 20km race walk (medal event) where Priyanka Goswami will compete. She finished in the 17th position at the Tokyo Olympics.

The next big thing to look forward to is the finale of the men's 50m rifle-3 position event where Swapnil Kusale from Pune will strive to overcome past setbacks and win a medal for the country.

In hockey, the Indian men’s team will take on table topper’s Belgium in a Pool B match.

Coming to boxing, India's Nikhat Zareen will go up against Chinese 52-kg world champion Wu Yu in the round of 16 match in women's flyweight.

Because of thunderstorms the men's 20km race walk final which was scheduled to start at 11:00 am will be delayed by 30 minutes. The event will start at 11:30 am. India’s Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akashdeep Singh and Vikash Singh will be in action. Stay tuned!

11:30 am: Men's 20km race walk: Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akashdeep Singh and Vikash Singh (medal event)

12:50 pm: Women's 20 km race walk: Priyanka (medal event)

12:30 pm: Golf - Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma in men's individual round 1.

1 pm: Shooting - Swapnil Kusale - men's 50m rifle-3 position final (medal event)

1:30 pm: Hockey - India vs Belgium in men's pool match

1:10 pm: Men's singles round of 16 (India's lakshya might take on HS Prannoy)

2:30 pm: Nikhat Zareen vs Wu Yu (round of 16 match)

2:31 pm: Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs China's Kai Wenchao in men's round of 16 match

3:30 pm: Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil in women's 50m3 positions qualifications

3:45 pm: Tamil Nadu's Vishnu Saravanan in action - men's dinghy race 1 and 2

4:30 pm: Satwik and Chirag (Quarter-final) match

7:05 pm: Tamil Nadu's Nethra Kumanan in women's dinghy race 3 and 4

10:00 pm - PV Sindhu (round of 16 match)

Because of thunderstorms, the women's 20km race walk event which was scheduled to take place at 12:50 pm will now begin at 1:20 pm. 

Paramjeet Singh in 42nd place

Akshdeep Singh in 49th place

Paramjeet Singh goes down to 46th

Akshdeep Singh stays plumb last 49th 

After dropping to 25th position at the end of 3km mark, Vikash is slowly making progress and moves up to 20th position 

India's Akshdeep Singh after 6km failed to get going which ends his hopes of finishing the race

Vikash Singh making big progress in the middle stint of the race and moves upto 12th place 

Vikash Singh stays at 29th place 

Paramjeet Singh stays at 43rd place

Elsewhere, we have Gaganjeet and Subhankar from India in action at the men's individual stroke play round 1.

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.

Paramjeet Singh finishes in 37th place in 20km men's walk race.

The shooters take positions and do their routine practice shots 

Hockey to begin at 1:30 pm

Loud cheer for Swapnil Kusale when his name was announced 

Swapnil Kusale with 50.8 stays at 6th place 

After second kneeling series, Swapnil Kusale is at 6th place with a score of 101.7

Indian athlete Priyanka Goswami will be competing in  20 km race walk. She represented India at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, finished at 17th position.

Swapnil Kusale stays at 6th spot after kneeling round with a score of 153.3

India Lineup

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

Each shooter will shoot three series of five shots

India currently stands in 2nd position at Pool B with 7 points. They will be up agaisnt Table Toppers Belgium who leads with 9 points.

Swapnil shoots a 10.5, 10.6, 10.5, 10.6, 10.5

After 30 shots Swapnil stays in 5th spot with total score of 308.8

Priyanka Goswami is currently at 34th place after 1km mark

Swapnil stays in 5th place after the first standing series with a total score of 310.1 

Priyanka Goswami slips to 38th place after 5km mark. She finishes at 23:12 

India and Belgium are in equal position after Quarter 1.

Belgium had a clear chance in penalty at the first quarter, but India defended it.

First men shooter since Abhinav Bindra to have won a medal at the Olympics

Abhishek gives early break through for India by scoring in the 18th minute

Belgium again missed a chance to get a goal in the penalty corner

India missed a chance to score a goal in PC

Both India and Belgium had a chance to score a goal in penalty corner.

They failed to score a goal.

India leads in first two quarters (India 1 - 0 Belgium)

After 10km mark, Indian athlete Priyanka stays at 43rd place .

Still 10km to finish the race.

Stockbroekx helped Belgium to score a goal in 33rd minute 

India 1 -  1 Belgium

Nikhat Zareen takes on China's Wu Yu in round of 16 in Women's Flyweight

After three penalty corner, Belgium's takes upper hand in the third quarter and leads 2 - 1. 

India 1 - 2 Belgium

After 15km mark, Priyanka stays at 43rd place 

Nikhat Zareen loses in the second round to China's Wu Yu 

Indian archer Pravin Jadhav bows out to China's Wenchao Kao.

Indian archer exits from Men's Individual 1/32 elimination round.

India still have a chance to goal

Shooters Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil will be in action in women's 50m rifle-3 position qualifications

After getting a penalty corner in the last 2 minutes but missed out which gave the table toppers Belgium a resounding win against India  

Indian athlete Priyanka Goswami finishes at 41th place (1:39:55).

Sift- 28th 

Moudgil- 17th  

Moudgil goes into top 10 after second kneeling series 

Sift sits at 23rd position after kneeling series 

“At the end of the day, you don't take anything back. All that you leave behind is your legacy, much like Kobe Bryant's. Even though he is no longer here, his Mamba Mentality lives eternally. You need to persist in working hard and remain dedicated to your goals," Vishnu emphasized.

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Each sailor will be assigned an identical sailboat, with 10 races forming the first series

The top 10 sailors from these series will play the medal rounds

Each sailor will be assigned some points based on their finish in each race

Moudgil- 18th

Sift- 25th

Not looking good for Indians as Sift stays at 25th and Moudgil stays at 23rd

Satwik-Chirag leads 21-13 against Chia-Soh

The Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik leads 11-10 against Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. 

 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik wins set 2 (21-14) 

Indian Badminton players Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy are facing each others in Quarterfinals

Live at 5:30 PM

Lakhsya sen leads in the early minutes of Game 1 against Prannoy in Round of 16

Lakshya Sen wins the Game 1 against Prannoy in Round of 16

                                 Match    Game 1

Lakshya Sen               1            21

Prannoy                       0            13

Sen leads 14 - 3  against Prannoy in Game 2

Lakshya Sen wins the game against Prannoy in Round of 16.

It was a one-sided game.

                       Match    Game 1      Game 2

Lakshya            2             21                21

Prannoy            0             12                6

Indian Badminton player Lakshya Sen to face Taipei's Tien Chen Chou in Quarterfinals

Vishnu Saravanan finishes at tenth position at the end of the first race. Race two have started and in progress now.

Top 10 racers at the end of 10 races will qualify for medal contention round

Vishnu Saravanan dropped places and is currently at 34th spot in the ongoing men's dinghy sailing event.

Vishnu finished with 34 points at the end of race two, he'd need a top ten finish to get into medal rounds

Vishnu Saravanan dropped places and is currently at 34th spot in the ongoing men's dinghy sailing event.

Vishnu finished with 34 points at the end of race two, he'd need a top ten finish to get into medal rounds

Vishnu Saravanan currently stays at 25th spot in the men's dinghy sailing event.

Vishnu finished with 44 points after race 2, he'd need a top ten finish to get into medal rounds.

Race 1: 10

Race 2: 34

PV Sindhu is up against China's Bing Jiao He in women's single round of 16.

If Sindhu wins the match, she will enter into Quarterfinals.

India's Nethra Kumanan finishes 6th in Women's Dinghy Race 1

India's Nethra Kumanan finishes 6th in Women's Dinghy Race 1

Sindhu  vs Jiao 

China's Jiao takes a early lead in the first few minutes of the game 

Sindhu 5 - 9 Jiao

Sindhu stages a good come back against Jiao 

Sindhu 14 - 15 Jiao

PV making unforced errors, losing crucial points

Sindhu 16 - 18 Jiao

Not letting Jiao to win the game 1 that easy

China's Jiao wins game 1 against Sindhu  in women's 1/16 elimination round

After a long rally, Jiao takes the game 1 

                             Match        Game 1      

PV Sindhu               0                 19 

Bing Jiao                 1                 21

China's Bing Jiao building momentum pushes back Sindhu in Game 2

Sindhu 5 - 11 Jiao

China's Jiao wins the game against Sindhu in 1/16 elimination round

Game 2 was one-sided

                         Match      Game 1       Game 2

PV Sindhu           0              19                 14

Bing Jiao             2               21                21