Paris Olympics Day 6 Highlights: Swapnil Kusale claims medal in shooting; top medal contenders eliminated

Paris Olympics 2024, India's Day 7 Schedule

12:30 PM: Golf - Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar in men's individual round 2.

12:30 PM: Shooting - Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh in women's 25m pistol precision qualification.

01:00 PM: Shooting - Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in men's skeet qualification day 1.

01:00 PM: Archery - India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara take on Indonesia's Diananda Choirunsima and Arif Pangestu in a mixed team round of 16 match. (Medal matches followed in the evening).

01:00 PM: Rowing - Balraj Panwar in men's singles sculls classification.

01:30 PM: Judo - Tulika Maan vs Idalys Ortiz in the women's +75 kg round of 32 match.

03:45 PM: Sailing - Nethra Kumaran in women's dinghy race 3 and 4.

04:45 PM: Hockey - India vs Australia men's hockey match (India's last pool match) 

6:30 PM: Badminton - Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

7:05 PM: Sailing - Vishnu Saravanan in men's dinghy race 3 and 4.

9:40 PM: Athletics - Ankita and Parul Chaudhary in women's 5000m round 1.

11:40 PM: Athletics - Tajinderpal Singh Toor in men's shot put qualification.

A disappointing day for Indian fans as four medal contenders suffered exits today.

Swapnil Kusale started a day with historic bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 position event.

Indian hockey team suffered their first loss at the Paris Olympics 2024 after losing 1-2 against Belgium. 

The star boxer Nikhat Zareen, ace badminton player HS Prannoy, shooter Sift Kaur Samra and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu suffered elimination on Day 6 at the Paris Olympics.

With three bronze medals, the Indian team finds itself at 43rd position in the medals tally. 

He Bign Jiao maintains her early lead throughout the second set and beats PV Sindhu by 21-14.

The final score is 21-19, 21-14 for the Chinese star.

PV Sindhu's campaign at the Paris Olympics ends.

Once again, PV Sindhu registers three successive points to try to make a comeback but He Bing Jiao comfortably leads the second set by 14-8. 

It's the first break in the second set and He Bing Jiao leads Indian star by 11-5.

PV Sindhu registers three back-to-back points and raises Indian fans' hopes for a comeback.

He Bing Jiao still leads 8-5. 

PV Sindhu misses an easy chance on a smash as she started struggling under the pressure of a score.

He Bing Jiao leads 8-2 in the second set. 

He Bing Jiao continues where she left off in the second set. She takes an early 4-2 lead with a couple of brilliant smashes. 

He Bing Jiao takes the first set by 21-19 after winning the game point over a long rally. A sensational thriller on court 3.

PV Sindhu levels score twice in the opening set but He Bing Jiao manages to regain the lead with superior smashes and some clever returns. It's 18-16 for the Chinese star. 

A sensational work with return serve by PV Sindhu to level the opening set to 12-12 .

It's the first break and He Bing Jiao narrowly leads PV Sindhu in the opening set by 11-8. 

PV Sindhu looks to fight back and tries to make a comeback with a better serve. 

Indian shuttler comes from behind but still trails 6-9 against Jiao.

He Bing Jiao displays aggressive play to take an early 8-3 lead in the opening set. Indian shuttler struggles for a rhythm with a couple of easy misses. 

Badminton rivals PV Sindhu and He Bingh Jiao begin a mouth-watering women's singles round of 16 clash. 

The world no.3 and second-seeded Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz defeats the USA's Tommy Paul 6-3, 7-6 in the men's singles quarter-finals. 

It's PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jiao next for India.

The Indian shuttler famously defeated the Chinese opponent in the bronze medal match at Tokyo Olympics 2020. 

However, He Bing Jiao leads the head-to-head record against Sindhu by 11-9 in the women's singles event.

Notably, PV Sindhu has never lost a match against a Chinese opponent in the Olympics and World Championships. 

Vishnu Saravanan, India's only male sailor at Paris Olympics 2024, finishes 25th on the opening day of the men's dingy event with a total score of 44.  A disappointing start for the Indian star. 

Ace shuttler PV Sindhu faces sixth-seeded He Bing Jiao of China in the women's singles round of 16 match.

The match will begin at 10:00 pm IST.

Lakshya Sen has made it to round of 8 in men's singles event in badminton. He defeated HS Prannoy in straight sets to equal Parupalli Kashyap's feat of London 2012 Olympics.

Iga Swiatek, the world no.1 and four-time grand slam winner at clay, suffers a shock 6-2, 7-5 loss against China's Qinwen Zheng in the women's singles semi-finals. A big upset in tennis. 

Lakshya Sen is also leading the second set by 7-2 and can target a dominant win over HS Prannoy. 

Lakshya Sen continues his aggression and keeps Prannoy on the backfoot with brilliant play and takes the opening set by 21-12. 

Lakshya Sen is the first to reach 10 points in the opening set as he takes an impressive 10-5 lead over HS Prannoy. 

It's a slow star for HS Prannoy as Lakshya Sen takes an early 5-1 lead in the opening set.

India's top badminton players HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen face each other in the men's singles round of 16 match.

The game is on...

India's superstar duo of Satwik and Chirag go down fighting in the quarterfinal losing to Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.

It's 16-16 now!!

A brilliant comeback from Satwik and Chirag as they lead 11-9 in the deciding set.

Malaysian duo is fighting hard and at times also dominating the Satwik-Chirag duo of India. It is getting intense out in the middle at the moment.

A comeback from the Malaysian duo as they win the second set 21-14. The decider coming up now.

At the halfway mark in the second set, the Indian duo of Satwik-Chirag is lagging 10-11

Satwik-Chirag duo has won the first set 21-13. Excellent from them and need one more set to win and seal a place in the semifinals.

India's badminton duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the quarterfinals.

Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil of India are in action in the Women's 50m air rifle 3 positions qualification round. Top 8 athletes from this round will qualify for final.

India's Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil will be in action in Women's 50m air rifle 3 positions event qualification round from 3:30 PM IST.

India's duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be next in action in Badminton men's doubles quarterfinals from 4:30 PM IST.

India lose 2-1 to Belgium in a Pool B clash

India only have 10 players on the field due to a yellow card

Priyanka misses out on medal in the 20 KM

India are trailing by 2-1 in the fourth quarter

Nikhat Zareen bows out after losing to Wu Yu

Wu takes the first round

Belgium takes the lead 2-1

Wu Yu is the top seed and therefore it will be a tough contest for Nikhat

Nikhat Zareen will shortly be in action against China's Wu Yu in the women's 50kg round of 16 match

Belgium score the equaliser and make it 1-1

India is leading Belgium 1-0 at the start of the third quarter.

Swapnil Kusale has confirmed a medal now and will be contesting for silver now in 50m Air Rifle 3 position finals event

He is in medal contention now and is still at third position.

Swapnil Kusale is third at the start of the elimination round

Vikash Singh finishes in the 30th spot while Paramjeet finishes in the 37th spot. The national record holder Akashdeep Singh had pulled out at the 6 KM mark.

After 30 shots, Swapnil Kusale is in the 5th place with a total of 310.1.

15 shots each in Kneeling and Prone positions are done. 

Now 10 shots are left in the standing position and then the elimination stage will start.

India will face world number one and Olympics defending champions Belgium in their fourth group stage clash at 1:30 PM IST.

After 15 shots of Kneeling position - Swapnil Kusale is in 6th place with a total of 153.3

3 Positions - Kneeling, Prone and Standing

A total of 15 shots each in kneeling and prone and 10 shots in standing.

After a total of 40 shots, elimination will start

Swapnil Kusale is chasing a medal in the Men's 50m air rifle 3 positions final event has started.

Swapnil Kusale has arrived on the range for the men's 50m rifle 3 position final

Vikash is 31st and Paramjeet is 37th with two kilometres left

Vikash has dropped to 29th and Paramjeet is 43rd.

Akashdeep Singh has been marked DNF

Standings at the 5km mark

Vikash Singh is at the 22nd spot whereas Paramjeet is 46th and Akashdeep is 49th. 

The men's 20 km race walk is underway

The men's 20 KM race walk has been delayed due to rain

 Akashdeep Singh is the best-ranked walker in the country - 25th in the world. Vikash Singh's world ranking is 71 whereas Paramjeet Singh Bisht's 80. 

Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma will be in action in the men's individual round 1

Swapnil Kusale in men's 50m rifle in 3 positions final (medal event)

1. Men's 20km race walk: Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akashdeep Singh and Vikash Singh (medal event)
2. Women's 20 km race walk: Priyanka (medal event)

1. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action in the men's doubles quarterfinal vs Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik
2. Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy in round of 16
3. PV Sindhu vs HE Bing Jiao in round of 16

India will be facing its toughest opponent today in the form of the defending champions Belgium. 

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