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Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 5 Highlights: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Lovlina Borgohain in action - Scores, Updates, Blog
Catch the live updates of Indian athletes' performances on July 31 at the Paris Olympics 2024.
PV Sindhu in action at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. (File Photo: Badminton Photo/BWF)
2024 Paris Olympics Day 5 LIVE: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will look to confirm her place in the badminton women's singles topping her group, as Lakshya Sen clashes with third seed Jonatan Christie in a do-or-die group stage encounter, with the winner advancing to pre-quarterfinals.
Another Indian shuttler who will be in action is HS Prannoy. He will face Le Duc Phat in his final group clash.
In shooting, Ashwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale will compete in the 50m rifle 3 positions men's qualification round.
In the women's trap qualification round, Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari will be in action around noon.
In boxing, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will look to seal her place in the last eight of the 75kg category with a win over Sunniva Hofstad.
Nishant Dev faces Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio in the men's 71kg round of 16 clash.
In archery, Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai will be looking to book their places in Round of 32 of women's and men's recurve archery events.
In table tennis, Sreeja Akula will attempt to follow Manika Batra by confirming her place in R16 with a win over Zeng Jian of Singapore.
Catch live updates:
Live Updates
- 31 July 2024 11:41 AM GMT
Stay Tuned!
More live events coming later tonight.
- Archery: Tarundeep Rai vs Tom Hall (R64) at 9:28 PM IST
- Badminton: H S Prannoy vs Duc Phat Le (Men's Singles Group Stage) at 11:00 PM IST
- Boxing: Nishant Dev vs Jose Gabriel (Men's 71kg R16) at 12:34 AM IST
- 31 July 2024 11:36 AM GMT
Archery: Deepika Hits the Mark Perfectly This Time!
India's Deepika Kumari has announced her arrival in the Round of 16 by defeating Dutch archer Quinty Roeffen 6-2.
Incidentally, Deepika Kumari and her teammates had previously lost to Quinty and the Dutch team in the women's team event during the quarterfinals.
Catch the events of her progression to the Round of 16 here
- 31 July 2024 11:14 AM GMT
Equestrian: Anush Agarwalla's campaign ends at Paris 2024!
India's Anush Agarwalla, riding Sir Caremello Old, scored 66.444 % after his routine at the Dressage Event at Paris today. He finishes 9th in the Group.
Only the top 2 athletes from each group and the 6 athletes with the next best scores (including ties) will qualify to the Individual Final (Grand Prix Freestyle).
- 31 July 2024 11:02 AM GMT
Archery: Deepika Prevails in Shoot-off!
Deepika Kumari has advanced to 1/16 elimination round which is due to begin shortly.
Catch the live updates of Deepika's event here
- 31 July 2024 10:48 AM GMT
Boxing: Lovlina Advances to Quarterfinals!
Lovlina will now face Li Qian of China in the quarterfinals on Sunday.
Lovlina last defeated Li Qian in the semifinals of the World Boxing Championships in Delhi last year but lost to her in the final of the Asian Games later that same year.
- 31 July 2024 10:42 AM GMT
LIVE: Lovlina Borgohain VS Sunniva Hofstad in Women's 75Kg!
Round 3 concludes and The Match
Lovlina Wins, Hofstad never had any answers to the reigning world champion as she wins the bout with an unanimous decision 5-0. - 31 July 2024 10:40 AM GMT
LIVE: Lovlina Borgohain VS Sunniva Hofstad in Women's 75Kg!
Round 3
Lovlina guards really well with some impressive footwork, Hoftad falls again! - 31 July 2024 10:39 AM GMT
LIVE: Lovlina Borgohain VS Sunniva Hofstad in Women's 75Kg!
Round 3
Lovlina now adjusts her strategy, with good head movement, but the Norwegian counters with a 1-2 punch. - 31 July 2024 10:38 AM GMT
LIVE: Lovlina Borgohain VS Sunniva Hofstad in Women's 75Kg!
Round 3 Begins!
Both the boxers fall down after imbalance
- 31 July 2024 10:37 AM GMT
LIVE: Lovlina Borgohain VS Sunniva Hofstad in Women's 75Kg!
Round 2 Concludes!
Lovlina with a upper hand at the end of round 2 as her hits visibly shakes Hofstad. Lovlina leads 2-0!
