Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Highlights: More medal glory in sight for Manu Bhaker, history made for Lakshya Sen

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Ankita shoots first and gets a nine. Dhiraj up next and he shoots nine as well. Lim up first for Korea and she gets an outer 10 and Kim follows that up with yet another 10! Long way back for India from here. A good start though as Ankita nails a 10. Dhiraj follows that up with ANOTHER 10! It means that Korea need to shoot 18 in the final pass to win. Lim shoots with a nine and then Kim gets a 10 as well. Korea win the semifinal, India will have to fight for bronze.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Lim starts off with a nine and then Kim shoots a 10. Ankita's next shot is going to be checked but is initially listed as a nine, followed by a nine from Dhiraj, so India are provisionally 18-19 behind after the first pass. Lim shoots a nine to start the second pass and then Kim with another 10. Ankita then responds with a sensational 10 but then oh, Dhiraj shoots his worst arrow and gets eight. That gives Korea two more set points. They are one win away from the gold medal match now. They lost that 38-36. That earlier provisional nine from Ankita is changed to a 10 by the judges and so it is 38-37 in favour of Korea, which does India no favours.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: And the Koreans fight back. They did lose the first set of their semifinal as well against Italy. Lim and Kim both get inner 10s in their first two shots. Ankita gets eight and Dhiraj nine. The Koreans both get nines after that and the same for the Indians.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Lim starts off and gets an 8, Kim then shoots nine. Ankita then takes nine and Dhiraj then shoots 10. Another nine for Ankita and then yet another 10 for Dhiraj. India take two set points.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Here we go then! Korea shoot first, same as before, first to five points wins and goes through to the semis.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: The mixed team quarterfinals are done and so we have our four semifinalists. India face South Korea at 7.01pm IST after which USA face Germany at 7.20pm IST.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: South Korea have beaten Italy in the other quarterfinal and will now face India at 7.01pm IST. Sihyeon Lim and Woojin Kim had lost the opening set but then came roaring back to win 6-2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: An extraordinary match and an extraordinary result. Abhishek put India ahead in the 12th minute and then Harmanpreet scored in the 13th and 32nd minutes. Tom Craig got one back for Australia in the 26th minute and then Blake Govers converted a penalty stroke in the 55th minute.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: We are in the last minute of the match and India have extended their lead to 3-2. That had made it 4-1 in the 54th minute but that was disallowed. India will finish second in the Pool and this could be their first win over Australia in the Olympics since Munich 1972. FOLLOW LIVE

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: The ongoing quarterfinal between Korea and Italy will decide who India face in the semifinal, which is scheduled for 7.01pm IST. If they win that match, Ankita Bhakat and Dheeraj Bommadevara are assured of at least a silver medal as they reach the final which is scheduled for 8.13pm IST. If they lose the semi-final, they play the bronze medal match which is scheduled for 7.54pm IST.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Ankita starts off with a nine, then Dheeraj shoots a 10. The Spaniards go nine and eight. Ankita then shoots an eight but then Dheeraj comes up with a clutch 10. Gonzalez shoots a nine and that confirms India's progression. Canales shoots a 10 to finish it off but that doesn't matter. India win 5-3.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Ooo the Spaniards bounce back and so it will now be a winners-take-all set to finish off this quarterfinal. Ankita shoots a nine and an eight, Dheeraj gets a nine and a 10. Canales goes 10 and nine, Gonzalez with 10 and eight. The Spaniards take the two set points, it is all square going into the final set.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: How about it! Ankita with a 10 and 9, Dheeraj with a nine and 10. Identical arrows from the Spaniards and that is one point each for both sides. It means one more set win and the Indians are through to the semifinals!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Ankita shoots two nines, Dheeraj shoots two 10s in the first set. Canales gets a 10 and nine, Gonzalez with two nines and so that one goes India's way. They have two set points. In mixed team archery, the team that gets to five points first wins, unlike in individual where the winner has to reach six points.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: All right here we go! Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara are taking on Spain's Elia Canales and Pablo Acha Gonzalez.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Australia find their feet but India didn't really retreat into their half in this second quarter. Tom Craig scored for Australia while PR Sreejesh pulled off some huge saves towards the end of that half. Follow live HERE.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Manu will be in action at the women's 25m pistol final tomorrow. That event is scheduled for 1pm IST tomorrow. Today, she can soak in the deserved applause and stay calm. She has already done things no Indian shooter had done before her. If she medals tomorrow, she will be in a league of her own.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Well whoda thunk that we would see a scoreline like this at the end of the first quarter. Abhishek gave India the lead with a sensational shot and the Harmanpreet Singh doubled that by scoring from a penalty corner. India are leading Australia 2-0 at the end of the first quarter. Follow live HERE.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: There it is. Just stellar shooting from Manu in the rapid stage and she finishes second in qualification, sails through to the final.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: China's Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan won gold in the women's synchronized 10m platform diving event. They got a total of 359.10 and well, if you are surprised by the fact that there are two divers there after the first couple of seconds of this video, you can't be blamed. Incredible synchronisation.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: India play their final group game today and it is against the almighty Australia. They may not be the top ranked team in the world but they have always had some weird bogey effect on India in big tournaments. At the Tokyo Olympics, India had lost just one match and that was a 7-0 thrashing at the hands of Australia in their opening game of those Games. A lot of grim reviews followed about another potentially disappointing campaign coming up for India but they ended up winning their first Olympic medal in 41 years. This time, there is no pressure of qualification in this game with both teams already through to the quarterfinals. But surely the Indian team would gain a world of confidence if they can get a good result today.

You can follow that match live HERE.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: The Yusuf Dikec memes have taken a life of their own and they just won't stop it seems. Well, as long as they are as good as these, and as long as he continues to enjoy them which he clearly seems to be, why complain at all. In fact don't complain if he likes it. This is a man who likes shooting with both his eyes open. The comparisons with John Wick is not entirely off kilter, you know.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, who had ended Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's campaign yesterday, have been beaten by Chinese top seeds Wang Chang and Lian Wei Keng 19-21, 21-15, 17-21. They will now fight for what could be their second consecutive Olympic bronze medal. It is a reflection of how competitive men's doubles badminton is that the top seeds in this draw have never won an Olympic medal.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: Esha finishes with a total score of 581/600 and that leaves her 15th at the moment. She shot 290 in the rapid round, with scores 97, 96 and 97 in each of her series.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: The double Olympic medallist's quest for a historic third medal at the Games came to an end yesterday with China's He Bing Jiao avenging her loss to Sindhu in the Tokyo 2020 bronze medal match. Sindhu did give a couple of sound bytes immediately after that loss yesterday but she has given a more comprehensive statement today. She was far from being 100 percent in both form and fitness going into these Olympics. Let's hope she returns back to her normal, dominant self after this break.