India’s Day 7 at Paris Olympics 2024: Lakshya Sen beats Tien Chou Chen to seal badminton semifinal spot

India’s Day 7 at Paris Olympics 2024: Today is the seventh day of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024, and all eyes were on ace Indian shooter Manu Bhaker and Balraj Panwar. Ace shooter Bhaker, who has scripted history to become the first Indian athlete in the post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games, was ranked third after the precision round of women's 25m Pistol, where she scored 294-7x. She had yet to set her Rapid series. Indian archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat lost to the US in the archery mixed team. Indian players in archery, boxing and Badminton will also compete in other sports events today.

Shooting

Women's 25m Pistol Qualification Precision:Esha Singh totalled 581-17x, with an average of 9.683, in the women’s 25m pistol qualification round at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Singh finds herself outside the top eight spots as shooters ranked first to eighth after the precision and rapid stage in the qualification event will advance to tomorrow’s (August 3) final.

Indian shooter Manu Bhaker, aiming for a hat-trick of medals in Paris, qualified for the 25m sports pistol final in second place with a score of 590 at the Olympic Games.

Men's Skeet Qualification Day 1: Anant Jeet Singh Naruka was placed 26th with a total of 68 after the first day of the men’s skeet qualification event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The Asian Games silver medallist shot 23 in the first and third rounds while marking 22 in the second. The fourth and fifth rounds are scheduled for tomorrow (August 3).

Archery

Mixed Team (1/8 Eliminations): India’s archery mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara lost 2-6 against Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison of the US in the mixed team bronze medal match at Paris 2024.

Kaufhold-Ellison outscored the Indian pair 38-37 and 37-35 in the first and second sets, respectively.

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls Finals (Final D): India's Balraj Panwar finished fifth in the final D of the men's singles sculls event at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Panwar clocked 7:02.37 in the final D round, ending India's rowing campaign at the Summer Games.

Judo

Women's 78kg (Elimination round of 32): India's Tulika Maan conceded defeat against Cuba's Idalys Ortiz in the judo women's 78kg round of 32 event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Friday.

Tulika Maan suffered a 10-0 defeat against Idalys Ortiz. The match ended in just 28 seconds.

Hockey

Men's Tournament (Group stage): India hockey team beat Australia 3-2 in a pool stage match

Badminton

Men's singles quarterfinals: Lakshya Sen entered men's singles semifinals of the Olympic Games badminton competition after beating Chinese Taipei's Tien Chen Chou.

In a thriller filled with high-octane rallies, Sen would ultimately triumph against Chou Tien Chen, taking it to three games of 19-21, 21-15, 21-12.

Golf

Men's Individual Finals (Round 2): Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar - 12.30 pm

Events to be played later in the day

Sailing

Women's Dinghy (Race 3): Nethra Kumanan - 3.45 pm

Women's Dinghy (Race 4):Nethra Kumanan - 4.53 pm

Men's Dinghy (Race 3): Vishnu Saravanan - 7.05 pm

Men's Dinghy (Race 4): Vishnu Saravanan - 8.15 pm

Athletics

Women's 5,000m (Heat 1):Ankita Dhyani - 9.40 pm

Women's 5,000m (Heat 2): Parul Chaudhary - 10.06 pm

Men's Shot Put (Qualification):Tajinderpal Singh Toor - 11.40 pm