Paris Olympics Day 6 Highlights: Swapnil Kusale Bags Bronze In Men's 50m Rifle 3P; PV Sindhu Crashes Out After Round Of 16 Defeat

The much awaited athletics events will begin today. For India, it is another big day with Swapnil Kusale in medal contention in the men's 50m 3P rifle final. In badminton, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will engage in a knockout battle in men's singles Round of 16. Later in the day, Satwik-Chirag and PV Sindhu will also be in action. Boxer Nikhat Zareen will resume her medal run with a tough Round of 16 battle. Last but not the least, the Indian men's hockey team faces its biggest challenge thus far in the tournament against Belgium.

Shooting: Swapnil Kusale advances into FINAL of 50m Rifle 3P event.

Badminton: Sindhu, Lakshya & Prannoy advance into Singles Pre-QFs.

Boxing: Both Lovlina Borgohain & Nishant Dev advance into QFs. They now remain just a win away from a medal.

Table tennis: Both Manika Batra & Sreeja Akula gave tough fight before losing in Singles Pre-QF.

The much awaited athletics events are set to begin in some time with the men's 20km race walk. Here are the athletics two events where medals will be on the line today.

Athletics (track and field)

Men's 20km race walk

Women's 20km race walk

A total of 18 medal events took place on Wednesday, July 31 at the Paris Olympics across various disciplines.

Check out all the medal winners from yesterday HERE

The start of the Men’s 20km Race Walk event has been delayed due to poor weather conditions. As per the latest update, the event will begin at 11:30 AM IST.

All Medal Events today in IST

11:00 am - Athletics - Men’s 20km Race Walk (Delayed)

12:50 am - Athletics - Women’s 20km Race Walk (Delayed)

1:00 pm - Shooting - Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final

2:00 pm - Rowing - Women’s Double Sculls Finals

2:12 pm- Rowing - Men’s Double Sculls Finals

2:24 pm - Rowing - Women’s Four Finals

2:36 pm - Rowing - Men’s Four Finals

6:13 pm - Sailing - Men’s Skiff Medal Race

7:13 pm- Sailing - Women’s Skiff Medal Race

7:30 pm - Judo - Men’s -100kg Medal Rounds

7:30 pm - Judo - Women’s -78kg Medal Round

9:00 pm- Canoe Slalom - Men’s Kayak Single Final

9:45 pm- Artistic Gymnastics - Women’s All-Around Final

22:40 - Fencing - Women’s Foil Team Finals

12:00 am - Swimming - Women’s 200m Butterfly Final

12:08 am - Swimming - Men’s 200m Backstroke Final

12:41 am - Swimming - Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final

01:33 am - Swimming - Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final

Men's 20km race walk - 11:30 AM IST

Women's 20km race walk - 1:20 PM IST

The races could not begin on the original start times due to thunderstorms.

Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Vikash Singh and Akshdeep Singh of India are in action in the Men's 20km racealk marathon at the Paris Olympics.

Know how to watch the actions live here.

The Men's 20km racewalk event is now underway at Trocadero. 

After 2km, no athlete has pulled away, but Gabriel Bordier of France, who finished 24th in this event at Tokyo 2020, maintains a narrow one-second lead.

Th Indians Akashdeep Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht and Vikash Singh are wearing bib numbers 50, 48 and 51 respectively.

Starting slow, only Vikash Singh has made a sprint and jumped from 20th to 12th positions.

After 7km, the 2023 silver medallist has moved into the lead, however, there's a group of 15 athletes who are within one second of him.

13km more walking ahead!

AKASHDEEP'S DNF!!!

Akashdeep Singh is out of the race. Vikash Singh currently walking at 29th, and Paramajeet at the 38th spot.

Jose Luis Doctor of Mexico disqualified.

5km more walking ahead!

Indians OUT of contention!

There was no luck for Indian racewalkers today! Akashdeep did not finish the race, Vikash and Paramjeet finished on 29th and 36th positions.

Brian Daniel of Ecuador claimed the gold medal, Caio Bonfin of Brazil took silver, and Spain's Alvaro Martin secured the bronze.

India Men's Hockey team is up against Belgium in the Paris Olympics 2024 pool B match. Check the live score and updates here.

India's Swpnil Kusale is in action in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position final round at the Paris Olympics.

Check the live score and updates here.

India claimed their third medal on Day 6 of the Paris Olympics, and it comes from yet another shooter, Swapnil Kusale. He clinches bronze in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position final match with 451.4 points.

One of the images of shooter Yusuf Dikec at the Paris Games went viral when a fan shared it on X, saying, "Turkey sent a 51-year-old dude with no specialized lenses, eye cover, or ear protection, and secured the silver medal." The photo shows Dikec unusually relaxed, with one hand in his pocket and no ear protection or specialized glasses—items that all other shooters typically use to block vision in one eye and reduce glare.

Who is Yusuf Dekic? Read here

The Indian woman boxer Nikhat Zareen faced a tough draw in the round of 16 at the Paris Olympics. Up against the top seed Wu Yu in the second round the Indian lost the match and ended her dream run. She was in full attacking mode but her opponent proved just to be too good.

Yang Jiayun from China who holds the current world record, won the gold medal at Paris Olympics in the women's 20km race walk event. She faced tough challenge from Maria Perez, but then responded with the season-best time of 1:25:54, 25 seconds to win gold.

Perez settled with silver and the bronze went to Jemima Montag of Australia, who finished second at the world championships last year.

Podium:

1st - Yang Jiayun (CHN): 1:25:54 SB
2nd - Maria Perez (ESP): 1:26:19 SB
3rd - Jemima Montag(AUS): 1:26:25

Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors of New Zealand, surge ahead in the final last 1000m to win gold in time of 6:50.45.

Romanian boat of Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis claim the silver and the bronze goes to Great Britain with Rebecca Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne. The defending champions Netherlands finish fourth.

Podium:

1st - New Zealand: 6:50.45
2nd - Romania: 6:50.69
3rd - Great Britain: 6:53.22

The final push by the Romanian boat with Andrei Sebastian Cornea and Marian Florian Enach, in the final 500m, handed them the gold medal in the men's double sculls rowing event at the Paris Olympics.

Melvin Twellaar and Stef Broenink of the Netherlands won silver, same as Tokyo 2020. Bronze goes to Philip Doyle and team-mate Daire Lynch of Ireland.

Podium:

1st - Romania: 6:12.58
2nd - Netherlands: 6:13.92
3rd - Ireland: 6:15.17

The Netherlands bagged yet another medal in rowing winning gold in the women's quadruple sculls event edging out the Great Britain at the finish line.

New Zealand managed to claim the bronze coming through almost two seconds later to earn bronze.

Podium:

1st - Netherlands: 6:27.13
2nd- Great Britain: 6:27.31
3rd - New Zealand: 6:29.08

At the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024, the New Zealand team clinched gold in rowing, while the USA settled for silver after a fierce challenge, finishing just 0.85 seconds behind.

Great Britain finished third recovering from a poor start and claimed the 20th medal for their side at the Paris Games.

Podium:

1st - USA: 5:49.03
2nd - New Zealand: 5:49.88
3rd - Great Britain: 5:52.42

The world No.1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek from Poland has lost the first set to China's Zheng Qinwen, 6-2 in the first women's singles semi-finals match at Roland Garros.

Zheng is the 6 seed at the Games who finished as the runner-up at the 2024 Australian Open earlier this year.

Germany's women's basketball team, competing at their first Olympic Games, reached the quarter-finals with win against the Tokyo 2020 silver medallists Japan 75-64. The Germans progressed to the quarters even with one group match remaining against the USA.

Satou Sabally from Germany had a blasting game with 33 points and 6 rebounds.

The all-India face-off between Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy at Paris Olympic Games 2024 is underway, meaning only one Indian shuttler will advance. However, it also means that one Indian player will certainly move closer to a medal in men's singles badminton. Follow the live scores and updates of the Sen vs Prannoy match, here.

At Roland Garros, where Iga Swiatek captured her fourth French Open title in June, she was defeated in the Paris Olympics semi-finals by Zheng Qinwen with a score of 6-2, 7-5. The Chinese now advance to the women’s gold medal match!

The match at Court Philippe-Chatrier was really thrilling. Zheng won the first set and, despite trailing 4-0 in the second set, she mounted a remarkable comeback, turning the tide to win 7-5, sealing the match with a decisive final point.

With this victory, Zheng becomes the first Chinese player to reach a tennis final at the Olympic Games.

Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra were eliminated from the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women’s final, finishing 18th and 31st in the qualification round. With their exit, India’s hopes in this event—and the dream of reaching double-digit medals—have come to an end.

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar was involved in a car accident in Paris on Friday, July 30th. Despite the scare she emerged unscathed, while her mother, who was in the vehicle, was hospitalised after sustaining a back injury.

India’s Lakshya Sen has defeated his compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6 in their men’s singles fixture to ease his way into the 2024 Paris Olympic Games quarter-finals.

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha said that she was confident about the shooters' good performance in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games despite their forgettable outing in the last two editions.

PV Sindhu will be in the badminton women's singles Round of 16 action against China's He Bingjiao at 10:00 PM IST.

The competitions at the Olympic surfing venue of Teahupoo in Tahiti were cancelled on Wednesday, with challenging conditions after a dangerous storm forcing the event to go on hold. The organisers have said that the events are likely to resume on Thursday at 1700 GMT, 10:30 PM IST, starting with the women’s round three.

The men’s Olympic skiff medal race was abandoned on Thursday, August 1 after the officials decided there was not enough wind for the competition to take place.

Carlos Alcaraz scripted history to become the youngest man to reach the singles semi-finals at an Olympic Games Games since Novak Djokovic in 2008 after beating Tommy Paul US 6-3, 7-6 (7).

Zelym Kotsoiev from Azerbaijan wins gold in the men’s 100kg category by default after his opponent, IIia Sulaimanidze from Geogia picked up three shido warnings.

Italy’s Giovanni de Gennaro wins gold on 88.22 with France’s Castryck claiming silver on 88.42. Spain’s Pau Echaniz clinched bronze on 88.87 in the men’s Canoeing Slalom K-1

India's PV Sindhu will take centre stage to take on China's He Bing Jiao in the women's singles round of 16 action at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

India's PV Sindhu has lost the first game of her women's round of 16 fixture against He Bing Jiao 21-19. Can she fight her way back?

India’s PV Sindhu lost to sixth-seed He Bing Jiao from China in the round of 16 to crash out of the women’s singles badminton competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Lorenzo Musetti ended Alexander Zverev's Olympic gold-medal defence in 7-5, 7-5 straight sets to book a place in the semi-finals of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games tennis men's singles event.

Alice Bellandi of Italy won gold in the women's 78kg final against Israel's Inbar Lanir.

Gold: Alice Bellandi, Italy

Silver: Inbar Lanir, Israel

Bronze: Ma Zhenzhao, China and Patricia Sampaio, Portugal

Simone Biles has etched her name in the books as the world's most dominant gymnast after winning gold in all-round at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Gold: Simone Biles (USA) 59.131

Silver: Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 57.932

Bronze: Sunisa Lee (USA) 56.465

Hubert Kos from Hungary won the men’s 200m backstroke final with a time of 1:54.26, while Greece’s Apostolos Christou bags silver in 1:54.82 and Switzerland’s Roman Mityukov takes bronze in 1:54.85

Kate Douglass won the women’s 200m breaststroke by setting the new America's continental record with 2:19.24. Republic of South Africa’s Tatjana Smith (+0.36) claimed silver, while Netherlands Tes Schouten

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 after saving three set points to move one step ahead and closer to his first Olympic gold medal in Paris.

Andy Murray’s tennis career ended after he lost 6-2, 6-4 in the doubles event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Murray, along with Dan Evans lost in the quarters to Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. 

The United States of America won the women’s team foil event, defeating Italy 45-39 in a more than an hour marathon match. Before the gold medal event, Japan beat Canada to take bronze.

Australia win the women’s 4x200-metre swimming relay with an Olympic record (7:38.08), while the United States and China take home silver and bronze respectively. 

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