Day 7 Highlights of the 2024 Paris Olympics: Manu Bhaker is poised for more medal glory, while Lakshya Sen is making history.

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With a total score of 590 out of 600 in the women’s 25-meter pistol qualification (294 in accuracy and 296 in fast), Manu Bhaker placed second and advanced to her third Olympic final in Paris. The first Indian duo to make it to the mixed team semifinals were archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to go past South Korea and ultimately fell to the United States in the bronze medal match. Making history, Lakshya Sen was the first male Indian to advance to the men’s singles badminton semifinals in the Olympics.

Day 7 Highlights of the 2024 Paris Olympics

In an exciting quarterfinal match, Lakshya Sen of China Taipei defeated Chou Tien Chen, making Olympic history. He is currently the first male Indian to advance to the badminton singles semifinals in the Olympics. Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara earlier created history by being the first Indian duo to get to the mixed team archery semifinals. They were unable to win India’s first Olympic medal in the event, though, as they were defeated by USA’s Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison in the bronze medal match following a loss to South Korea’s Lim Sihyeon and Kim Woojin, who took home the gold.

Manu Bhaker became the first Indian to qualify for three finals in a single Olympic edition, adding to her already impressive record in Paris. She will now try to add to the two bronze medals she has already earned in the 10m pistol shooting events after placing second in the women’s 25m pistol qualification. In a thrilling 3-2 victory over Australia, the Indian men’s hockey team won their first Olympic match against the Kookaburras since Munich 1972.

Manu achieved a score of 590 out of 600, which included exceptional scores of 296 in the quick stage and 294 in the precise stage. Esha Singh, another Indian, finished 18th with a total score of 581, missing out on the final, having scored 291 in precision and 290 in rapid. The final, which is set for Saturday at 1 PM, will feature the top eight competitors.

Results

Badminton

Lakshya Sen advanced to the men’s singles semi-finals after defeating Chou Tien Chen 19-21, 21-15, and 21-12.

Taking aim

• Manu Bhaker advanced to the 25-meter pistol final for women.

Esha Singh placed eighteenth and was removed.

• After the second day of the men’s skeet qualification, Anantjeet Singh was ranked 26th.

Judo

• In the women’s +75kg round of 32, Tulika Maan was defeated.

Archery

• In the mixed team 1/8 elimination round, India (Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara) defeated Indonesia 5-1, and in the quarterfinals, they defeated Spain 5-3.

• Lost the semifinal match, 6-2, to South Korea.

• Lost the bronze medal match, 6-2, to the USA.
In their last pool match, India defeated Australia 3-2.

Pulling a row

• Balraj Panwar was eliminated in the men’s single sculls after placing 23rd out of 33.

Sports

• Parul Chaudhary was eliminated after finishing 14th in the women’s 5000m heat 2 with a season-best time of 15:10.68.

• With a time of 16:19.38, Ankita placed 20th in the women’s 5000-meter heat 1 and was disqualified.

• With a throw of 18.05 meters, Tajinderpal Singh Toor placed 15th in the men’s shot put qualification and was disqualified.

cruising

• In the men’s dinghy, Vishinu Saravanan placed 20th and 19th in the third and fourth races, respectively, and 22nd overall with 83 points after the first four races.

After the first three races in the women’s dinghy, Nethra Kumanan had 48 points, ranking her 11th overall.