Paris Olympics Day 7 Highlights: France Stun Argentina In Men's Football QF; Angela Carini Offers Apology To Imane Khelif

Welcome to Highlights of Day 7 of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Thrilling action continues in Paris and for India it is a new day to put away the disappointments of yesterday.

Thrilling action continues in Paris and for India it is a new day to put away the disappointments of yesterday. Double bronze medalist in Paris, Manu Bhaker will again be in action in two pistol events' qualification rounds. Judoka Tulika Maan also begins her Paris Olympics campaign today. The mixed archery team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara will have a chance to redeem themselves as the duo will be in action. And then there are two massive matches. India vs Australia in men's hockey and Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen in men's singles badminton quarterfinal.

Swapnil Kushale became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in the 50m rifle 3P event for India on Thursday.

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After Kushale's bronze, there came some massive heartbreaks for India,

Nikhat Zareen was eliminated and so were Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. Two of the biggest medal hopes of India eliminated within a span of two hours.

Another big eviction awaited late in the day when PV Sindhu, who had never in her two attempts come back without a medal from Olympics, faced an exit in Round of 16.

Apart from Kusale's bronze and some big medal hopes making exit, there were also some good results.

Lakshya Sen zoomed past HS Prannoy to make it to the semifinal. The men's hockey team played some superb hockey even though they lost 1-2 to Belgium.

Manu Bhaker, India's double bronze medalist at the ongoing Summer Games, will again be in action.

She will first be seen in the 25m women's pistol qualification (precision) and then in the rapid shooting round of the same qualifying event.

India's Esha Singh will be in action too. The qualifying event begins 12:30 PM IST.

Here is how you can catch the action LIVE

Today's events kick off with women's doubles badminton semifinals from 12:00 PM IST. Stay tuned...

Badminton women's doubles semifinal underway with Chen/Jia of China up against Tan/Thinaah of Malaysia.

Just about 15 minutes left and Manu Bhaker will be in action in the women's 25m pistol qualification round. Not to forget that, Esha Singh is also in fray.

Big event for India!

• Women’s 5000m heat 1 – Ankita Dhyani - 9:40 PM

• Women’s 5000m heat 2 – Parul Chaudhary - 10:06 PM

• Men’s shot put qualification - Tajinderpal Singh Toor - 11:40 PM

The women's 25m pistol qualification round (precision) begins. From India, Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh are in the fray.

The round of 16 mixed team recurve archery match between India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara is about to begin. This is the first round in the event and will be followed by the quarter-finals and semi-finals, all the way to the medal rounds. With the disappointing results in archery so far from the Indians, Ankita-Dhiraj will be eyeing an improved showing.

And the Indian duo has broken no sweat in advancing to the quarter-finals. The mixed team of Ankita and Dhiraj beats Indonesia's Arif Dwi Pangestu and Diananda Choirunisa 5-1 to progress to the last-eight stage. Remember, all rounds of the event will be played today, so the Indians will be back in action soon. Stay with us.

India's Esha Singh has finished third in the precision round of the women's 25m pistol qualifying event. Another group of shooters where Manu Bhaker will also be in action will now shoot.

After the precision round, rapid fire round takes place and then the top eight will go through to the final.

Chiara Leone from Switzerland has just set a new Olympic record of 464.4 in the women’s 50m 3 positions event to win gold. Sagen Maddalena takes silver, while Zhang Qiongyue of China clinches bronze. 

Gold: Chiara Leone (SUI): 464.4 OR

Silver: Sagen Maddalena (USA): 463.0

Bronze: Zhang Qiongyue (CHN): 452.9

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty will miss the 4x100m medley relay heats as he was diagnosed with Covid-19, a day after he clinched silver in the 100m breaststroke at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. He will be replaced by James Wilby.

After the precision stage, Bhaker finishes third with 294-7x, accumulating 99 in the last series. As things stands, Hungary’s Veronika Major leads with 294-15x, while France’s Camille Jedrzejewski has 294-13x. Esha Singh is 10th with 291-6x.

In the decathlon, defending Olympic champion Damian Warner from Canada wins heat 3 of the men’s 100m, clocking 10.25, taking 1035 into the long jump event. 

The Croatian boat with Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic win gold in the men's pair event with 6:23.66. Great Britain take silver with 6:24.11, whereas Switzerland claim bronze with 6:24.76

Gold: Croatia - 6:23.66
Silver: Great Britain - 6:24.11
Bronze: Switzerland - 6:24.76

The Netherlands go from silver in Tokyo to gold in Paris. The Dutch boat wins gold in the rowing women’s pair putting on a show from the start to the finish, not giving away anything for their opponents. Sensational stuff.

Gold: Netherlands - 6:58.67
Silver: Romania - 7:02.97
Bronze: Australia - 7:03.54

That’s gold No.5 for China in the event. Quality all over. Talk about saving the best for last! Mexico come close but take silver, while Great Britain bags another bronze. 

Gold: 446.10

Mexico: 444.03

Great Britain: 438.15

Ireland’s Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan are the gold medallists in the men;s double sculls lightweight category at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Italy clinch silver, while Greece takes bronze. All within a time gap of around three seconds. 

Gold: Ireland - 6:10.99
Silver: Italy - 6:13.33
Bronze: Greece - 6:13.44

Great Britain's Imogen Grant and Emily Craig are the Olympic champions in the women's lightweight double sculls. Romania clinch silver, whereas Greece claim yet another bronze.

Gold: Great Britain - 6:47.06
Silver: Romania - 6:48.78
Bronze: Greece - 6:49.28

Netherlands take another gold, and this time it is in the women's skiff. Sweden will have to settle for silver, while France take bronze.

Gold: Netherlands
Silver: Sweden
Bronze: France

Serbia’s Angelina Topic has defied the odds after making the final in the women’s high jump with a heavily taped ankle after her ankle injury early during the qualification round.

Athletes becoming role models, idols! This is truly what the Olympics is all about.

India’s Manu Bhaker continued to ride her double-medal wave and shot the perfect first series. Things got better for Manu as the series progressed, with her finishing with a score of 590-24x, and also second in qualification to make the 25m pistol final. 

A sensational start ended with a gold medal for Spain’s Diego Botin and Florian Trittel as the duo end with 70 points. New Zealand finish second to take silver, while USA clinch bronze. 

Gold: Spain

Silver: New Zealand

Bronze: USA

The finals of the women’s trampoline gymnastics event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games 2024 is underway.

Slovakia’s swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside on Friday, August 2 and was stretchered off after a qualification heat of the women’s 200m individual medley at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat have progressed to the mixed team semi-final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The duo beat Elia Canales and Pablo Acha Gonzalez from Spain 5-3. 

The two-time world champion and two-time Olympic medallist finally has gold to her name. It was a sensational outing that saw her deliver a perfect performance, and eventually taking gold. Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya claimed silver, while Sophiane Methot bagged bronze. 

Gold: Bryony Page (GBR): 56.480
Silver: Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya (AIN): 56.060

Bronze: Sophiane Methot (CAN): 55.650

India beat Australia 3-2 in the men’s hockey Pool B clash at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Harmanpreet’s side are currently second in the standings. 

Scores: India 3-2 Australia

(Abhishek 12’, Harmapreet 12’, 32’, Craig 25’, Govers 55’)

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defeats Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 to become the youngest men's Olympic singles finalist in the history. He will go head-to-head with the winner between Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti in the final.

India's Archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat will take on South Korea in the archery mixed team semi-final of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The match will commence at 7:01PM IST.

Great Britain won the jumping gold in Equestrian as Jefferson keeps his nerve under control with no major faults. USA take home silver, while France get bronze.

Gold: Great Britain
Silver: USA
Bronze: France

India’s Dhiraj and Ankita lose to Sihyeon and Woojin of South Korea and will now play the bronze medal game later today when they face the United States or Germany.

Germany beat the United States in the Archery Mixed Team event and will take on South Korea in the final for the gold medal, while USA will fight for bronze against India. 

Men's Basketball
Japan 84-102 Brazil
Australia 71-77 Greece

Men's Volleyball
Argentina 0-3 Germany
Brazil 3-0 Egypt

India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhagat lose the Archery mixed team event bronze-medal match 6-2 and were just short of claiming the country’s first Archery medal.

In Archery, Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara became the first-ever Indian pair to reach the semi-final round at the Olympics. 

Indian men’s team played a dominating final group stage match to win 3️-2 against Australia to finish 2nd in group B. This their first win against the Aussies at the Olympics in 52 years. 

In the women's 25m Pistol event, star shooter Manu Bhaker once again created history to reach the final for the event and became the first Indian woman to do so.

In rowing India's Balraj Panwar finished fifth in Final D to finish 23rd over at his debut Olympics.

In an absolute masterclass of a showing, Lim Sihyeon and Kim Woojin have won the Archery mixed team event gold. Michelle Kroppen and Florian Unrug from Germany take silver as Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold clinch bronze. 

Gold: Korea

Silver: Germany

Bronze: USA

After clinching silver in Tokyo, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong have an Olympic gold to their name in the Badminton mixed doubles competition. Korea finish second to take silver, with Japan claiming bronze. 

Gold: China

Silver: Korea

Bronze: Japan

After enduring a loss for the first-time in three years on Parisian clay at Roland Garros in the semi-finals of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Iga Swiatek came back to win the women’s singles bronze. 

Brazil's Beatriz Sousa won gold in the women's 78kg+ category in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games beating Israel's Raz Hershko in the finals.

Gold: Beatriz Souza

Silver: Raz Hershko

Bronze: Kim Ha-yun

Bronze: Romane Dicko

Teddy Riner has won gold in the men’s 100kg judo event on home soil. Absolute scenes! He falls to his knees and soaks it all in. Kim Mingjong of Korea took home silver, while Tajikistan's Temur Rakhimov and Uzbekistan's Alisher Yusupov claimed bronze

Gold: Teddy Riner

Silver: Kim Mingjong

Bronze: Temur Rakhimov

Bronze: Alisher Yusupov

After winning her Olympic gold in the mixed doubles badminton competition alongside Zheng Siwei, her boyfriend and men’s doubles player Liu Yucher promised to her.

After losing the first game of the match 21-19 to Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-chen, Sen comes back to win the second game 21-15 to take it to the decider.

India's Lakshya Sen beats Chou Tien-chen to 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 to become the first Indian man to book an Olympic semi-finals spot. He will now go head-to-head with either Viktor Axelsen or Kean Yew Loh in his semifinal.

United States’ Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown crossed the line in 3:07.41, breaking the world record as well as conquering their previous best in the first heat of the mixed 4x400m relay at the Stade de France. 

Tajinderpal Singh Toor is all set to compete in the qualification round tonight at 11:40 PM IST. He's one of 16 athletes vying for a spot in the final. To secure a direct entry, Toor will need to achieve a throw of 21.35m or be among the top 12 performers in Group A.

The Indian fans can watch shot put ace Tajinderpal Singh Toor in action here.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor, wearing bib number 818, is 16th and last on the start list for the event.

India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor in action in Group A of Men’s Shot Put Qualification. The qualification mark is 21.35.

Tajinder's first attempt of 18.05 meters places him 14th among the athletes. The Czech Republic's Tomas Stanek leads the group with a strong throw of 21.68 meters.

Tajinder's second attempt has been ruled a foul. It appears the athlete intentionally touched the protective cage after the throw. This reduces any chance of him qualifying for the final.

With one attempt remaining, Tajinder is currently placed 15th.

1. Ivan Litvinovich (Individual Neutral Athletes) - GOLD

2. Wang Zisai (China) - SILVER

3. Yan Langyu (China) - BRONZE

India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor failed to qualify for final as he finished 15th among 16 competitors in Group A of Shot Put Qualification with a best throw of 18.05 and two fouls. 

Italy’s Leonardo Fabbi, Czechia’s Tomas Stanek, USA’s Ryan Crouser and New Zealand’s Jacko Gill qualified for the final after crossing the 21.35m qualification mark.

1. Leon Marchand (France) - Gold with Olympic Record of 1:54.06

2. Duncan Scott (Great Britain) - Silver

3. Wang Shun (China) - Bronze

1. Kaylee McKeown (Australia) - Gold

2. Regan Smith (United States) - Silver

3. Kylie Masse (Canada) - Bronze

1. Cameron McEvoy (Australia) - GOLD

2. Ben Proud (Great Britain) - SILVER

3. Florent Manaudou (France) - BRONZE

GOAL!

A corner is awarded to France on the right. Olise delivers a cross into the box where Mateta rises high to power a header past the Argentine goalkeeper.

France takes the lead, 1-0!

1. Saya Sakakibara (Australia) - GOLD

2. Laura Smulders (Netherlands) - SILVER

3. Zoe Claessens (Switzerland) - BRONZE

Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) - GOLD

Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) - SILVER

Grant Fisher (United States) - BRONZE

The first lap of the sailing competition in Marseille has been dramatically impacted by sudden wind changes. With the Uruguayan duo of Hernan Umpierre and Fernando Diz leading, the race was abruptly halted as conditions worsened. Race officials have decided to relocate the course to a different part of the bay.

Competition is expected to resume after 3:20 PM local time.

Canada - BRONZE

Gabriela Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime