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Olympic Games 2024 Day 6 Highlights- Kusale wins bronze; Lakshya advances. Sindhu, Nikhat, Prannoy, and Satwik-Chirag eliminated
Catch the live updates of Indian athletes' performances on August 1 at the Paris Olympics 2024.
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:
Live Updates
- 1 Aug 2024 9:07 AM GMT
Round 1 concludes!
Wu defends well against the uppercut of Nikhat. The former presses the advantage with a series of quick combinations. Wu in advantage at the end of round 1, 4-1 in favor of her.
- 1 Aug 2024 9:04 AM GMT
Round 1
Nikhat is not landing her punches properly, Wu Yu has good flurry of jabs on Nikhat. Nikhat is not in a good range against Wu.
- 1 Aug 2024 9:03 AM GMT
Round 1 begins!
The bell rings and the fighters are off, Wu has a good head movement against the searing jab of Nikhat.
- 1 Aug 2024 9:01 AM GMT
Coming UP LIVE: Nikhat Zareen in R16!
Nikhat Zareem takes on Wu Yu of China in Women's 50 kg R16.
- 1 Aug 2024 8:55 AM GMT
Men's Hockey: India in the Lead at Half-Time!
India's forward Abhishek scores a field goal to open the account for India against the defending champion.
Catch the 2nd half of the live hockey event here
- 1 Aug 2024 8:51 AM GMT
Swapnil Kusale wins Bronze for India in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions!
This also becomes India's first ever medal in the discipline.
- 1 Aug 2024 8:02 AM GMT
Shooting LIVE: Swapnil sits at 5th at the end of 2 positions!
Swapnil Kusale has one more position to shoot from in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions.
Catch his shooting updates here
- 1 Aug 2024 7:47 AM GMT
Coming Up LIVE: India takes on Belgium at 1:30 PM IST!
Harmanpreet Singh and his men take on the reigning Olympic Champion Belgium in Pool B encounter.
Catch the live updates here
- 1 Aug 2024 7:38 AM GMT
Coming Up LIVE: Priyanka Goswami in Women's 20km Racewalk Final!
Priyanka Goswami is poised to compete in the women's 20km race walk final shortly.
She previously clinched a silver medal in the 10,000 meters walk at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walking by clinching silver in the 10,000m event.
Stay tuned for live updates.
Start List:
- 1 Aug 2024 7:32 AM GMT
India's best ever result in the 20km Racewalk!
Irfan Kolothum Thodi of Kerala finished at the 10th place at the 2012 London Olympics.
