Paris Olympics Day 5 Highlights: Nishant Dev enters quarter-finals; Sreeja Akula knocked out

Athletics

11 AM IST - Men's Racewalking Final - Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akash Singh, Vikash Singh (Medal event)

12:50 PM IST - Women's Racewalking Final - Priyanka Goswami (Medal event)

Badminton 

1:10 PM IST - Lakshya Sen to take on HS Prannoy in Round of 16 match
4:30 PM IST onwards - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in men's doubles quarter-finals
10 PM onwards - PV Sindhu in women's singles round of 16 match

Golf

12:30 PM IST - Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma in men's individual round 1

Shooting 

1 PM IST - Swapnil Kusale in men's 50m rifle in 3 positions final (Medal event)
3:30 PM IST - Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil in women's 50m 3 positions qualifications

Hockey

1:30 PM IST - India vs Belgium in men's Pool B match

Boxing

2:30 PM IST - Nikhat Zareen vs China's Wu Yu in women's 50kg round of 16 match

Archery

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

Sailing

3:45 PM IST - Vishnu Saravanan in men's dinghy race 1 and 2
7:05 PM IST - Nethra Kumanan in women's dinghy race 3 and 4

Indian table tennis player Sreeja Akula suffers a big 4-0 loss to world no.1 Sun Yingsha of China in the women's singles round of 16 match. 

India's Day 5 campaign ends after mixed results. 

Nishant Dev beats Jose Gabriel Rodriguez 3-2 in the men's 71kg category round of 16 and reached the quarter-finals. The Indian boxer is now only one win away from an Olympic medal.

In table tennis, Sreeja Akula takes on the world no.1 Sun Yingsha of China in the women's singles round of 16 match. 

In boxing, Nishant Dev faces an easy bout against Jose Gabriel Rodriguez in the men's 75kg category round of 16. 

With gold medals in both singles and doubles, the legendary Rafael Nadal bids adieu to Olympics.

A shocking end for a dream Spanish pair.

Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz lose the second set 4-6 and the match to suffer an elimination in the men's doubles quarter-final round against the USA's Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram. 

India's HS Prannoy won the second set in his Group K Men's Singles match against Duc Phat Le 21-11 and would hope to seal the match in the third set.

It looks like the Indian shuttler has gained some rhythm in the second set and keeps maintaining the lead to avoid an upset. Its 13-9 in second set for HS Prannoy.

A disappointing start for the Spanish duo Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz as they lose the first set 2-6 to the USA's Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.

HS Prannoy is off to a stong start with better serves and takes a 5-2 lead.

Despite an impressive start, HS Prannoy fails to maintain a score and loses the first set 16-21 to Duc Le Phat.

Duc Le Phat is not making it easy for a superior-ranked Indian shuttler and makes a strong comeback to take a 12-10 lead. 

Phat takes an early 2-0 lead but Prannoy stages an immediate comeback to take a 4-3 lead. 

HS Prannoy is set to face Vietnam's Duc Phat Le in his last group stage match. Prannoy is ranked 13th in the world rankings and Duc Phat Le is unseeded. 

The game is on...

After losing the first two games, the Spanish pair breaks their opponent to take the third game. It's 2-1 for USA's Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the first set. 

The star Spanish duo of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcara takes on USA's Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the men's doubles quarter-final.

Ace badminton player HS Prannoy next takes on Vietnam's Duc Phat Le in the individual men's singles group stage match. Prannoy will face his compatriot Lakshya Sen in the quarter-finals if he wins the upcoming clash. 

The match will begin at 11:00 PM IST.

Tom Hall, ranked 51st, stuns Indian veteran Tarundeep Rai with an easy 6-4 win in the men's individual round of 64 event.

A shocking defeat for a three-time Indian Olympian. 

Tom Hall takes the fourth set  29-28 with two perfect 10s. 

It's 5-3 for Tom Hall ahead of fifth and decider set. 

Tarundeep Rai and Tom Hall record 27 points to share points in the first set but the latter shot a perfect 10 and takes the second set by 28-27.

It's 3-1 for Tom Hall after the second set. 

The veteran Tarundeep Rai is in action against Great Britain's Tom Hall in the men's individual round of 64 archery event. 

Miu Hirano takes the fifth and decider set 11-6 and the match by 4-1 to defeat Manika Batra. 

The Indian paddler was impressive but the former no.1 Hirano was always a favourite in the round of 16. 

A disappointing but memorable campaign comes to an end for Manika Batra. 

Miu Hirano is closing in on a win as Manika Batra trails the fifth and decider set 1-5.

After leveling 6-6 in the third set, Manika Batra fails to break Miu Hirano and loses the fourth set to 11-9.

It's 3-1 for Miu Hirano. 

Manika Batra stages a strong comeback after trailing 2-6 to make 6-6 in the fourth set. It looks like another thriller. 

A good start for Indian paddler in the fourth and crucial set as she takes an early 4-2 lead against Hirano. 

Manika Batra avoids a late drama to take a thrilling third set on 13-12. She was leading 8-3 at one moment but the Japanese opponent took the set to a tiebreaker. 

It's 1-2 for Manika Batra.

Miu Hirano takes the second set by 11-9 and extends her lead to 2-0 to Manika Batra.

Batra had a 5-1 lead but the Japanese paddler made a stunning comeback to take a second. 

Despite taking an early 1-3 lead, Manika Batra loses the first set to Hirano Miu 6-11. 

It's 1-0 for the Japanese star. 

Manika Batra vs Miu Hirano is coming up next

The Indian paddler faces a tough job to overcome her Japanese opponenet in the women's singles round of 16 match. Miu Hirano is former world champion and has beaten Batra in all of four past meetings.

Adriana Ruano Oliva claims a first-ever Olympic gold for Guatemala today. She clinches a medal in the women's shotting trap event to become her nation's first-ever woman to win an Olympic medal. 

India's ace paddle Manika Batra to face Miu Hirano of Japan in the women's round of 16 fixture at 8:30 pm IST next. Earlier today, she defeated France's Prithika Pavade 4-2 in the third round to become the first Indian table tennis player to reach the pre-quarters at Olympics.

India's ace pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty to face Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the quarter-final fixture and can potentially face the world no.1 pair Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the semi-final. 

Argentina's Jose Torres Gil claims a gold in the men's freestyle cycling event to open the nation's medal account at Paris's Olympics 2024 and a first-ever gold in the men's freestyle cycling event. 

8:30 PM: Table Tennis - Manika Batra vs Miu Hirano in individual women's round of 16

9:15 PM: Archery - Tarundeep Rai vs Tom Hall in the individual men's round of 64.

11 PM: Badminton - HS Prannoy vs Duc Phat Le in the individual men's singles group stage.

12:18 AM: Boxing - Nishant Dev vs Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio in the men's 71kg round of 16.

12:30 AM: Table Tennis - Sreeja Akula vs Sun Yingsha in individual women's round of 16

Men's football quarter-final fixtures at Paris Olympics 2024

1. Morocco vs United States of America
2. Japan vs Spain
3. Egypt vs Paraguay
4. Argentina vs France

Anush Agarwalla finishes 9th in Group E of the Dressage Grand Prix Team and Individual Qualifier with a 66.444 total score.

India's challenge in equestrian ends with Anush's elimination as he was the sole representative. 

In an epic showdown, the 2022 FIFA World Cup finalists France and Argentina will clash against each other in the men's football quarter-final clash on August 2. 

Great Britain claims their first-ever Gold in rowing with the team winning the women’s quadruple sculls event. 

There is a small break now for Indian fans as Manika Batra will next be in action in round of 16 in table tennis at 8:30 PM IST.

Deepika Kumari wins the fourth set too and she has made it to the round of 16. 

Deepika Kumari has won the third set easily and is now leading 4-2.

Deepika Kumari has gone down in the second set and it is 2-2 now after two sets.

Deepika Kumari has started off brilliantly winning the first set. Can she continue her good run?

India's Deepika Kumari will fight against Netherlands' Quinty Roeffen in the round of 32.

India's Bhajan Kaur is already in round of 16 and it will be huge if Deepika also makes it to pre-quarter-finals.

India's archery veteran Deepika Kumari will be in action again in round of 32 within next few minutes

Lovlina Borgohain will be next in action on August 4 from 3 PM. She will face LI Qian of China who won the silver medal at Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Meanwhile, in yet another good news, Deepika Kumari of India has advanced to round of 32 in Women's Archery individual event.

India's Lovlina Borgohain is into the quarterfinal of the Women's 75kg category in Boxing. She defeated Norway's Sunniva Hofstad.

Deepika Kumari is also in action in round of 64 in Women's Archery

Lovlina Boroghain is landing her punches well and looks set to make it to the quarterfinal.

Lovlina Borgohain is facing Norway's Sunniva Hostad in round of 16 clash

Lovlina Borgohain will be in action next for India in Boxing Women's 75kg category in the round of 16 from 3:50 PM IST

India's table tennis star Sreeja Akula has qualified for round of 16.

Sreeja Akula goes down in 5th set. But she still has the advantage having won three sets so far. She needs to win only one more set to advance to the round of 16.

After losing the first set, Sreeja Akula turned the tables on her Singapore opponent Jian Zing winning the next three sets.

A massive moment for Indian Badminton as Lakshya Sen has qualified for round of 16 from toughest route and now India's Table Tennis star Sreeja Akula is in action in round of 32

Lakshya Sen creates massive upset as he knocks out World number three Jonathan Christie

17-9 in the second set and Sen is on the cusp of knocking world number three out of the Paris Olympics

Can Sen down the world number three Jonathan Christie? He is currently leading 14-9 in the second set after winning the first one.

Lakshya Sen goes into the second mid-game interval with a five-point lead (11-6)

Lakshya Sen comes back from behind to stun Jonatan Christie in the first game

Lakshya Sen takes the first game 21-18

Neck-to-neck battle

Lakshya Sen 18-18 Jonatan Christie

Lakshya Sen goes into the mid-game interval with a one-point lead 11-10

Lakshya Sen claws his way back to make the scoreline 8-7

India's Swapnil Kusale has qualified for the final round of the event ending at 7th position in the qualification round with a total score of 590. His colleague Aishwary Tomar finished at 11th position and has been knocked out.

Lakshya Sen is trailing behind by 5-1

Lakshya Sen is in action against world No. 3 Jonatan Christie now

PV Sindhu has entered the round of 16

PV Sindhu beats Kristin Kuuba 21-5, 21-10

PV Sindhu goes into the second mid-game interval with a five-point lead (11-6)

PV Sindhu takes the first game 21-5

PV Sindhu goes into the first mid-game interval with a nine-point lead (11-2)

After the second position, Prone, India's Aishway Singh Tomar has jumped to 6th place with an average of 9.9.

Swapnil Kusale is dropped to 10th place with an average score of 9.875.

Third and final position - Standing - is left now and then the top 8 athletes will be decided who will compete in the final.

PV Sindhu set to be in action now!!!

India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will be in action within the next few minutes against Kuuba Kristin of Estonia. If she wins this game, then she will qualify for the round of 16.

India's Aishwary Singh Tomar is in 9th place after two series of kneeling position in this event. He has achieved a score of 197 with an average of 9.850.

Swapnil Kusale has performed even better and is in 6th place with a score of 198 and an average of 9.9.

Next up is the prone position and the performance has to be consistent for both of them.

India's Swapnil Kusale and Aishwary Singh Tomar are in action in 50m air rifle 3 positions event.

Kneel, Prone and Standing are three positions in this and in each position, a total of 20 shots are available. 

Top 8 athletes from this round will make it to the final round.

• Lovlina Borgohain vs Sunniva Hofstad of Norway in the women's 75kg round of 16
• Nishant Dev vs Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio in the men's 71kg round of 16

• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale to compete in the men's 50m rifle 3 position qualification round
• Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari: Day 2 of the women's trap qualification

• PV Sindhu vs Kristin Kuuba in women's singles group stage
• Lakshya Sen vs Jonatan Christie in the men's singles group stage
• HS Prannoy vs Le Duc Phat in the men's singles group stage

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