Hello and Welcome to the live coverage of India’s campaign on Day 5 at the Paris Olympics 2024.
11:00 pm: He Bingjiao emerges triumphant 21-19 and 21-14 over PV Sindhu in Round of 16 match in Women’s Badminton singles match.
6:20 pm: Lakshya Sen beats fellow countryman H.S. Prannoy comprehensively 21-12 and 21-6 to advance to the Men’s Badminton singles quarter-finals.
5:37 pm: The Malayasian pair of Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh bounced back after losing the first game to beat Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty 13-21, 21-14, and 21-16 in the Badminton men’s doubles quarter-final.
5:14 pm: The Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh have bounced back to win the 2nd game against Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
5:02 pm: Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil eliminated from women’s 50m 3P qualification round.
4:51 pm: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won the first game of the Men’s doubles quarter-final.
3 PM: India go down fighting 1-2 against a strong Belgium team in their Pool B match in the men’s hockey event.
2:45 PM: It’s an early end of the campaign for Nikhat Zareen as she has been knocked out after losing to Yu Wu in Women’s 51kg pre-quarters.
2:21 PM: Belgium cancelled India lead as they scored an equalizer in the third half.
2:15 PM: At the end of second half, India men’s hockey leads 1-0 Belgium in the group stage
1:48 PM: Third medal for India! Swapnil Kusale wins bronze medal in 50m air rifle 3 positions
1:00 PM: Akashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, and Paramjeet Singh Bisht fail to win a medal in the men’s 20km racewalk. Vikash finished 30th, while Paramjeet finished 37th. Akashdeep Singh didn’t complete the race and hence he is out of contention.
Preview:
All eyes will be on shooter Swapnil Kusale as he will be action for men’s 50m air rifle 3 positions final. After Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh clinched bronze medals, Kusale will hope to increase India’s medal tally with her maiden Olympic medal.
India’s campaign in athletics will kick off with Akashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht to feature in the men’s 20km racewalk, while Priyanka Goswami to partake in the women’s 20km racewalk finals.
Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will take on each other in all-Indian badminton men’s singles pre-quarters clash. PV Sindhu will lock horns with China’s He Bingjiao in the round of 16 women’s singles, while the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty eye semifinal berth.