Olympic Games Paris 2024 Highlights Day 4: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Win Bronze, Archer Bhajan Shines

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4: Good Night

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Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Preeti loses

Preeti loses the match via a split decision. The last round judges gave a 4:1 verdict in favour of the Colombian boxer. With that we come to the end of India’s campaign today!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Preeti wins 2nd round

Preeti has made a brilliant comeback. Three judges ruled in her favour and she has taken the second round. All to play for in the second round. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Preeti trails

Preeti loses the first round 1:4 despite being at her attacking best. She rarely kept the guard and has been attacking full on.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Boxing bout coming up!

Women’s 54kg Round of 16 – Preeti Pawar vs Yeni Marcela Arias (Colombia) match coming up next!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Boxing bout coming up!

We are not done yet! One more Indian is still left to fight her battle today. It’s boxer Preeti Pawar vs Yeni Marcela Arias (Colombia) and the match will start around 1:22 am. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: B Dhiraj loses by the narrowest of margins

That’s a heart-break! B Dhiraj, despite a great start, loses in the shoot-off though both the archers hit a 10. Peters’ arrow was closer to the center-point and hence advances.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Match in shoot-off

The match will be decided in the Shoot-off as Eric Peters takes the fifth set with a 30-29 margin. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Match enters 5th set

B Dhiraj takes a 4-2 lead by clinching the third set 29-27. The Fourth set is tied all the shots by the archers are 10s. This is incredible. B Dhiraj holds a 5-3 lead.  

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Tough fight

After Dhiraj B won the first set 28-27 to take 2-0 lead, the Canadian rival took the second set 29-28 to level scores 2-2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Dhiraj 1/16 Elimination match starts

B Dhiraj’s 1/16 elimination round match against Canada’s Eric Peters starts! If he wins he will move to the pre quarter-finals

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Dhiraj Wins

Dhiraj B wins the 1/32 elimination round by defeating Czech Republic’s Adam Li 7-1. The Indian archer’s 1/16 elimination round match will be held at 11:25 pm. He will face Canada’s Eric Peters.  

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Dhiraj Takes lead

The Czech archer wins the first set by the narrowest of margins though the two archers were tied on points. The second set, however, belongs to Dhiraj. He has taken a 3-1 lead

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Dhiraj’s archery match starts

Dhiraj B vs Adam Li (CZE) 1/32 Elimination Round Archery Match starts.  

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Jaismine loses

Jaismine has lost her bout quite comprehensively. Today has been a bad day for Indian boxers. Now, all hope lies with Preeti Pawar who will face Yeni Marcela Arias (Colombia) in Women’s 54kg Round of 16 match

00:00 Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Jaismine loses Rd 2

Jaismine has lost the second round too. This time all five judges ruled against her. Shee needs something miraculous to win this bout from here on.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Jaismine Trails

The Philippines boxer in the blue corner has taken the first round 4:1. Despite having the height advantage, Jaismine has not been able to strike hard. Nesthy, on the other hand, has been more agile.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Bout Begins

Jaismine’s 57kg Round of 32 women’s boxing bout vs Philippines Nesthy Petecio starts at Paris Olympics 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Jaismine’s boxing bout coming up

Jaismine’s 57kg Round of 32 women’s boxing bout vs Philippines Nesthy Petecio will start at 9:24 PM

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Another stunning result in tennis

Egypt reached the quarter-finals of the men’s Olympic football after completing the group stage with a surprise 2-1 win over already qualified Spain on Tuesday, with Ibrahim Adel scoring both goals.

Adel gave Egypt the lead in Bordeaux with a superb strike late in the first half and added another on 62 minutes, pouncing to score after possession was given away by Spain’s Jon Pacheco.

Samu Omorodion pulled one back late on for Spain, but Egypt held on for the win that allowed them to leapfrog their already-qualified opponents and snatch first place in Group C.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Big shock on tennis court

Coco Gauff demanded the introduction of video replays at Roland Garros after being dumped out of the Olympic Games singles tennis tournament on Tuesday in a stormy defeat to impressive Donna Vekic of Croatia.

Vekic came through 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals after world number two Gauff became embroiled in a tearful, bitter dispute with the chair umpire over a line call in the sixth game of the second set.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live: Other India events

The events are far from over for India today. Following are the events where Indians will be in action: 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto

The Indian women’s duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto succumbed to their third consecutive defeat in Group C to finish fourth and crash out in the group stage. They endured defeat against the Australian duo of Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu 15-21, 10-21 in straight games on Tuesday. The Indian women’s duo struggled throughout their outing against the Australian team.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Disappointment in trap shooting

The women’s trap shooters, Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh, were completely off target. Rajeshwari shot 68 out of 75 over three round of qualification on Day 1 to be placed 21st among 30 competitors, while Shreyasi was further down at 22nd. The two will play two more rounds of qualification on Wednesday before the top-six finalists are decided.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Amit Panghal eliminated

That is the end of Amit Panghal’s journey as he is defeated by Patrick Chinyemba of Zambia in the men’s 51kg boxing match.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Big blow to India’s hopes

A demotivating bout for Amit Panghal as his opponent was almost mocking him towards the end. By the end of the third round, it looked like the Indian boxer had no steam left and it is highly unlikely that Amit Panghal will win this.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Amit in trouble

The second round also goes to the Zambian boxer on 3-2 split decision. Not a great showing from Amit Panghal and it will take something special from him to win this bout.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Not a great start

Amit Panghal loses the first round of this bout by split decision. 3-2 in favour of his Zambian opponent but Amit showed a lot of heart.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Amit Panghal in action

Time for Amit Panghal’s fight. 51 kg Round of 16 match for the Indian boxer and we are underway!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Archery results for India

Bhajan Kaur dominated Poland’s Wioleta Myszor in straight sets in the Round of 16 Elimination Round to register a 6-0 victory over her opponent and reach the pre-quarterfinals. Bhajan scored 28, 29, 28 in the three sets to confirm her qualification to the next round. Myszor was not able to find her footing in the match as she struggled with scores of 23, 26, and 22 with only one shot in the inner-10 circle. Bhajan earlier progressed to the Round of 16 in the women’s archery event after defeating Indonesia’s Syifa Nurafifah Kamal 7-3 in the Round of 32 Elimination Round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Hockey heroics

The Indian men’s hockey team expectedly beat Ireland despite a few defense lapses to more or less secure its passage into the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics, with skipper Harmanpreet scoring a brace in a 2-0 win in a Pool B match. Unlike the previous two matches, India penetrated the rival circle consistently and dictated play in the first half. It was expected, considering that Ireland were the easiest of the opponents in this pool. India were, however, far from convincing in the second half, but the win has taken them to seven points from three matches.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Time for Amit Panghal

Time for boxing now. First up, it is Amit Panghal who will take part in 51kg bout. He will take on Patrick Chinyemba of Zambia.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Indian dominance in badminton

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty notched up a dominating straight-game win against Indonesian duo of Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian to top Group C in men’s doubles badminton competition. The third-seeded Indian duo beat their opponents 21-13 21-13 in the final Group C match that lasted just 38 minutes. The reigning Asian Games champion Indian pair had qualified for the quarterfinals on Monday after the withdrawal of one pair and the loss suffered by another. Tuesday’s match was meant to decide group winner.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Bad news for Indian pair

India’s Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are staring at elimination after losing the first game in their final pool match in women’s doubles badminton.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Bhajan dominance continues

Bhajan Kaur completes a 6-0 win over her opponent from Poland and she moves to Round of 16. This is extremely impressive from the Indian archer!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: What a performance

10, 10, 9 – Bhajan Kaur comes up with a brilliant performance in the second set and she has taken a 4-0 lead. Just one set win away from reaching the Round of 16.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Bhajan wins first set

Bhajan Kaur has won the first set. 28-23 to the Indian archer and it is the perfect start for her!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Bhajan in Round 1/16

Time for Bhajan Kaur’s Round 1/16 match against Wioleta Myszor of Poland. Myszor defeated India’s Ankita Bhakat in the previous round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Satwik-Chirag win

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty have won their match 21-13, 21-13 and now focus shifts to the quarterfinals in men’s doubles badminton.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: Bhajan Kaur wins

Bhajan Kaur has done it! A great show in the final set and she moves to Round of 16 in the women’s archery individual event after defeating Syifa Nurafifah Kamal of Indonesia.