India At Paris Olympics, Day 5 Highlights: Sreeja Akula Crashes Out Of The 33rd Summer Games

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: A bittersweet day for India in the Olympics. Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra have crashed out of the Summer Games. Deepika Kumari on the other hand has made it to the  pre-quarters and has joined her compatriot Bhajan Kaur. The Indian Hockey Team has qualified for the quarter-finals. Things have taken a strange turn as HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen will face other in the quarter-finals and only of them get to go ahead in the Paris Olympics. That is all from today. Tune in again with us so that you never miss a beat from the Paris Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Sreeja Akula has suffered a heartbreaking loss against World Number 1 Sun and her Parisian dream now comes to a end.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Nadal and Alcaraz have crashed out of the Paris Games. We might have seen the last of Rafa Nadal on the Olympic stage

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Sreeja isn't getting rid of her nerves, she loses game 2. Tough road ahead for Indian paddler.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Nishant Dev is just one step away from winning another medal for India

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Nishant Dev wins, defeats Ecuadorian Rodrigues Tenorio

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Sreeja is fighting is out against World No.1 Sun Yingsha. A win here will see her through to the quarters

India's ace Table Tennis player Sreeja Akula took on World No.1 China's Sun in her Round of 16 fixture and lost Game 1 despite having 4 game points. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Prannoy advances to the round of 16, will face Lakshya Sen next

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: HS Prannoy registers a strong comeback as he wins game 2 21-11

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Prannoy's Vietnamese opponent is giving him a tough time. The winner of this match faces Lakshya Sen

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Prannoy has locked horns with Vietname's Du Phat Le and the winner of this match goes to the Round of 16.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: India shuttler HS Prannoy takes the court at 11 PM IST

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Heartbreak for India paddler Manika Batra who has crashed out of the Paris Games

Manika Batra has pulled a game back and stayed alive after staring at the barell of going 3-0 down. She now trails 2-1 after winning the game 14-12. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: The Japanese player has been toying away with Batra's lead and has made things difficult for her

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Inian paddler Manika Batra goes down to her Japanese opponent in game 1

Manika Batra the first Indian Table Tennis player to qualify into Pre-Quarters in Olympics is just minutes away from facing Japan's Miu Hirano in the Women's Singles Round of 16 at 8:30 PM. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: India have secured their spot in the knockouts after Australia's defeat Belgium

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Ace paddler Manika Batra will face Japanese Miu Hirano at 8.30pm IST

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Deepika Kumari has made the day even better for the Indian contingent, she has now qualified for the round of 16 after beating Netherlands' Quinty Roeffen 6-2 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Deepika Kumari is back and is taking on Quinty Roeffen

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Lovlina has started Paris Olympics on a victorious note in round of 16. She wins both the rounds 5-0

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Indian boxer starts her Paris Olympics campaign at the North Paris Arena

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Sreeja Akula is now the second Indian Table Tennis player after Manika Batra as she gets better of her Singaporean opponent 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Sreeja Akula continues her domination and claims the fourth game

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates Table Tennis: India's ace paddler Sreeja Akula has registered a dominant comeback. Akula lost the first game but has been going strong ever since

Lakshya Sen delivers an electrifying performance, blazing into the Pre-QF with a remarkable comeback. With sheer determination, he overcomes a 2-8 deficit in the 1st game to defeat World No. 3 Jonatan Christie 21-18, 21-12. A stellar display of skill and resilience propels Lakshya into the next stage of the competition.

Lakshay Sen beats Jonatan Christie to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 2024. The score was 21-12 in the second game.

Lakshay Sen beats Jonatan by 21-18, to clinch the first game.

Lakshay Sen is currently facing WR 3 Jonatan Christie. The winner advances to the Pre-QF, while the loser is knocked out.

Shooting Men's Individual 50m R3P Result: APS Tomar finishes 11th with 589 points, while Swapnil Kusale takes 7th with 590 points, advancing to the Finals. Congratulations to Swapnil for reaching the Finals in the challenging 50m R3P event at the Paris Olympics.

In the ongoing Men's Individual 50m Rifle 3P competition, with the Prone round completed and the challenging Standing round up next, APS Tomar is currently in 9th place with 8 shots remaining, while Swapnil Kusale is in 8th place with 4 shots left as they aim to secure spots in the Finals.

Sindhu defeats Kristin Kuuba with WR 73. 21-5, 21-10 in her second and last match in the Group round.

PV Sindhu qualifies for the pre-quarters at the Paris Olympics 2024. 

In the ongoing Men's Individual 50m Rifle 3P competition, with the Prone round completed and the challenging Standing round up next, APS Tomar is currently in 11th place with 14 shots remaining, while Swapnil Kusale is in 6th place with 7 shots left.

Aishwary is currently in 8th place, with Swapnil in 11th, as they prepare to begin their Standing Series in the shooting competition.

PV Sindhu wins first game vs Kuuba by 21-5.

Exciting badminton showdown alert! P.V Sindhu is currently facing off against the 73rd ranked player, Kristin Kuuba, in a crucial do-or-die match. The winner of this match will advance to the Pre-Quarterfinals, while the loser will be eliminated from the competition. 

PV Sindhu's match is expected to begin at approximately 1:30 PM IST.

At the conclusion of the Kneeling round in the Men's 50m Rifle 3P qualification, Swapnil is currently in 6th place with 198 points, while Aishwary is in 11th place with 197 points.

 APS Tomar is currently in 9th place with 40 shots left, while Swapnil Kusale is holding the 6th position with the same number of shots remaining. After the Kneeling round, they are now set to compete in the Prone round as they vie for a spot in the Finals.

In the Men's 50m Rifle 3P event, Swapnil is currently ranked 8th with 99 points after the first series of Kneeling, with Aishwary close behind in 13th place with 98 points. The qualification round consists of 2 series each in Kneeling, Prone, and Standing, with the top 8 shooters advancing to the Final. Both Indian athletes are currently competing in the qualification round, aiming to secure a spot in the prestigious Final at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Medal Table

12:30 PM

Shooting: Men’s qualification, 50m rifle 3P – Aishwary Prataf and Swapnil Kusale

Shooting: Women’s trap qualification – Rajeshwari Kumari & Shreyasi Singh

12:50 PM

Badminton: Women's singles group stage - PV Sindhu vs Kuuba Kristin

01:24 PM

Rowing: Men's singles sculls semi-finals - Balraj Panwar

01:40 PM

Badminton: Men's singles group stage - Lakshya Sen vs Jonatan Christie

01:58 PM

Equestrian: Dressage individual group stage - Anush Agarwalla

02:30 PM

Table tennis: Women's singles R32 - Sreeja Akula

03:50 PM

Boxing: Women's 75kg R16 - Lovlina Borgohain

03:56 PM

Archery: Women's Recurve individual event R64 - Deepika Kumari

04:35 PM

Archery: Women's Recurve individual event R32 - Deepika Kumari (if qualified)

07:00 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Shooting: Women’s trap final - Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh (if qualified)

08:30 PM

Table Tennis Women’s singles R16 – Manika Batra

09:28 PM

Archery: Men's Recurve individual event R64 - Tarundeep Rai

10:07 PM

Archery: Men's Recurve individual event R32 - Tarundeep Rai (if qualified)

11:00 PM

Badminton: Men’s singles group stage - HS Prannoy vs Le Phat Duc

12:43 AM (August 1)

Boxing: Men’s 71kg R16 – Nishant Dev

• Women's trap shooters set for possible medal event at 7 PM IST.
• Lovlina Borgohain's Round of 16 match on Wednesday.
• Nishant Dev's late participation in men's 71kg category after Amit Panghal's departure.

• Indian team hopes for improvement in badminton players despite elimination of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa.
•  Men's singles group stage: Lakshya Sen faces Jonatan Christie, potentially securing a second-round match.
•  PV Sindhu aims for her third Olympic badminton medal and will be seen in action on Day 5.