Olympic Games 2024 Day 6 Highlights- Kusale wins bronze; Lakshya advances. Sindhu, Nikhat, Prannoy, and Satwik-Chirag eliminated
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Swapnil Kushale in action during the Olympic Shooting Trials at the MP Shooting Academy, Bhopal. (FILE PHOTO: PritishRaj/TheBridge)
2024 Paris Olympics Day 6 LIVE: Swapnil Kusale of India has won the bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final. He becomes the first shooter from India to win a medal in this discipline.
Badminton players are up for big clashes, with PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy going to play their pre-quarterfinal matches. On the other hand, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face off against familiar foes Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the men's doubles quarterfinals.
In boxing, Nikhat Zareen will look to seal her place in the women's 50kg quarterfinals, as the Indian men's hockey team face Belgium in a Pool B game.
In archery, Pravin Jadhav will play in the Round of 64, while Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan will open the campaign in sailing.
Meanwhile, Indian athletes will begin their campaign today, with prominent racewalkers Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh competing in the women's and women's 20m race walk events.
As it happened:
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Cycling BMX Racing:
Last chance race (Men & Women)
3X3 basketball:
Serbia vs France
USA vs Latvia
Surfing (Rescheduled)
Tokyo gold medallist Tatjana Smith bags silver medal.
Reigning Champion Caleb Dressel in action - but this time in Lane 1
Hubert Kos of Hungary, with a brilliant comeback in the final 50m to clinch the Gold Medal
Summer McIntosh wins the gold medal and sets a new Olympic record!
Djokovic bagged the first set while Tsitsipas of Greece is aiming for a strong comeback breaking the second game
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