Paris Olympics 2024 Day 6 Roundup: On the sixth day of Paris Olympics 2024, India completed the hat-trick of medals. On this day, Swapnil Kusale won the third medal for the country in men’s 50 meter rifle 3 position shooting. India has won only all three bronze medals so far. The sixth day has also been somewhat disappointing for India.
However, the country was disappointed due to the exclusion of strong medal contenders in badminton and boxing. Whereas the Indian hockey team had to face its first defeat in this Olympics. Badminton’s star pair Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy and Chirag Shetty were eliminated after losing their quarter-final match.
In badminton itself, Lakshya Sen made it to the quarterfinals. But he defeated compatriot HS Prannoy and ousted him. In the end, Indian badminton star PV Sindhu also disappointed the fans. She was eliminated from the pre-quarterfinals after losing her match in women’s singles. Sindhu was defeated 21-19, 21-14 by sixth seed He Bing Jiao of China.
India got all three bronze medals in shooting
Kusale, who was seventh in the qualification, secured third place in the final of 8 shooters by scoring 451.4. At one time he was in sixth place, after which he achieved third place. This is India’s third bronze medal in Paris Olympics 2024. First of all Manu Bhakar got bronze in 10 meter air pistol. Then Manu Bhakar also got the second bronze in the mixed team event. Sarabjot Singh was also in the team with him.
For the first time in India’s Olympic history, shooters have won three medals in the same Games. However, in the women’s category, Anjum Moudgil and Sifat Kaur could not qualify for the finals. Sen in pre-quarters in badminton, Satwik and Chirag out of men’s doubles
Commonwealth Games gold medalist and world number 24 Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot HS Prannoy, ranked 30, 21-12, 21-6 in the last 16 pre-quarterfinal of the men’s singles event which lasted 39 minutes. Entered the quarter finals.
Chirag-Satvik also disappointed the fans
The men’s doubles pair of strong medal contenders Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were eliminated after losing a tough match in the quarter-finals, leaving the country disappointed. Asian and Commonwealth Games champions Satwik and Chirag Shetty, despite winning the first game, had to face defeat against the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.
The world number five pair of Satwik and Chirag lost against the world number seven pair by 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 in a match that lasted 64 minutes. Boxer Nikhat Zareen’s dream of winning an Olympic medal was shattered.
Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50 kg)’s dream of winning an Olympic medal ended with an unexpected and one-sided defeat of 0-5 to Asian Games gold medalist Wu Yu of China. This was Nikhat’s first Olympics and she was not seeded because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not recognize the International Boxing Federation (IBA), which organizes the world championships.
Nikhat, one of India’s strongest medal contenders, had a very difficult draw. Nikhat is the fourth Indian boxer to be out of the Paris Olympics. Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain (75 kg) and World Championship bronze medalist Nishant Dev (71 kg) are one win away from a medal.
Former world number one boxer Amit Panghal (51 kg), Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Jasmine Lamboria (57 kg) and Asian Games bronze medalist Preeti Panwar (54 kg) are out.
Indian hockey team lost to Belgium after taking lead
Despite leading by one goal at half-time, India was defeated 2-1 by defending champions Belgium in the Pool B match. This was India’s first defeat in this tournament, which apart from defeating New Zealand by 3.2 and Ireland by 2.0, had also drawn with Argentina by 1.1.
Abhishek scored the first goal in the 18th minute for the Indian team, which has already qualified for the quarter-finals and India maintained the lead till half-time. Belgium took the lead by scoring two goals in the third quarter which lasted till the end. For Belgium, Thibu Stockbrokes scored in the 33rd minute and John John Doman scored in the 44th minute. India now has to play its next match against Australia on Friday, which Belgium defeated by 6.2.
Disappointing performance of Indians in walking
Indian players had a disappointing performance in the 20 kilometer walk in both men’s and women’s categories. In the men’s category, Vikas Singh and Paramjit Singh finished 30th and 37th respectively, while national record holder Akshdeep Singh withdrew after six km. In the women’s category, national record holder Priyanka Goswami stood at 41st place.
Archer Jadhav lost, Indian challenge in men’s singles ended
Indian archer Praveen Jadhav crashed out in the first round of the individual men’s recurve event with a 0-6 (28-29 29-30 27-28) defeat against China’s Cao Wenchao. Jadhav’s defeat ended India’s campaign in the men’s individual event as the experienced Tarundeep Rai and Dheeraj Bommadevara have already lost their knockout matches.
In the women’s individual category, the claims of experienced Deepika Kumari and 18 year old Bhajan Kaur remain intact. Both will play their pre-quarterfinal matches on Saturday. The Indian men’s and women’s teams have already been eliminated after losing in the quarter-finals of the tournament.