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

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Highlights: Lakshya Sen made history after a see-saw quarterfinal

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7 Highlights: Lakshya Sen prevailed in an intense quarterfinal clash against Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei to make history at the Paris Olympics. He has become the first Indian man to reach the singles semi-final in badminton at the Olympics. Earlier, Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara made history by becoming the first Indians to reach the semi-finals in mixed-team archery at the Olympics. However, they couldn't get a first ever Olympic medal in the sport for India as they lost the bronze medal match to USA's Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison. Ankita and Dhiraj had earlier lost in the semis to South Korea's Lim Sihyeon and Kim Woojin, who went on to win the gold medal.

Manu Bhaker added to the history she had already made in Paris by becoming the first Indian to qualify for three finals in a single edition of the Olympics. Manu finished second in the women's 25m pistol qualification, and will now add to the two bronze medals she has already won in 10m pistol shooting. The Indian men's hockey team then registered a 3-2 win over Australia, the first time they beat the mighty Kookaburras at the Olympics since Munich 1972.

Manu shot 294 in the precision stage of the qualifiers and followed that up with an emphatic 296 in the rapid stage. She thus finished with a total score of 590 out of a possible 600. It was not to be for fellow Indian Esha Singh though, as she shot 291 in precision and 290 in rapid. Esha finished with a total score of 581 and was 18th in qualification. The top eight are chosen for the final, which will be held at 1pm on Saturday.

RESULTS

Badminton

Lakshya Sen beats Chou Tien Chen 19-21, 21-15, 21-12; through to men's singles semifinal

Shooting

Manu Bhaker through to women's 25m pistol final, Esha Singh finishes 18th and is knocked out.

Anantjeet Singh 26th after Day 2 of men's skeet qualification

Judo

Tulika Maan loses in women's +75kg Round of 32 match

Archery

India (Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara) beat Indonesia 5-1 in mixed team 1/8 elimination and then beat Spain 5-3 in quarterfinals

India (Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara) lose to South Korea 6-2 in semi-final

India (Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara) lose to USA 6-2 in bronze medal match

Hockey

India beat Australia 3-2 in final pool match

Rowing

Balraj Panwar finishes 23rd out of 33 rowers, out in men's singles sculls

Athletics

Parul Chaudhary finishes 14th in women's 5000m Heat 2 with season-best 15:10.68s, knocked out

Ankita finishes 20th in women's 5000m Heat 1 with 16:19.38s, knocked out

Tajinderpal Singh Toor finishes 15th in men's shot put qualification with throw of 18.05m, knocked out

Sailing

Vishnu Saravanan finishes 20th and 19th in 3rd and 4th races in men's dinghy, 22nd with 83 points after first four races

Nethra Kumanan placed 11th with 48 points after first 3 races in women's dinghy, finishes 15th and 27th in Race 2 and Race 3