Paris Olympics Day 5- Swapnil Kusale qualifies, Lovlina and Nishant one win away from securing a medal, HS Panoy and Lakshya Sen are in a face off.
Swapnil Kusale became the first Indian to qualify for the final of Men’s 50m Rifle 3Pevent on Paris Olympics Day 5. Kusale scored a total of 590. He shot 99 & 99 in prone, 98 & 99 in standing and 96 & 99 in kneeling.
However, the other contestant from India, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished 11th.
In Boxing, Lovlina Borgohain in Women’s 75kg and Nishant Dev in Men’s 71kg qualified to the quarterfinal.
On Paris Olympics Day 5, Deepika Kumari reached the Round of 16 after 6-2 win over Quinty Roeffen of the Netherlands.
Indian Results- Paris Olympics Day 5
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position (Qualification) – Swapnil Kusale finished 7th position (590 – 38x) and qualified for final
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position (Qualification) – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished 11th (589 – 33x)
Women’s Trap (Qualification) – Rajeshwari Kumar finished 22nd (113 points)
Women’s Trap (Qualification) – Shreyasi Singh finished 23rd (113 points)
BADMINTON
Women’s Singles (Group Stage) – PV Sindhu beat Kristin Kuuba (Estonia) 21-5, 21-10
Men’s Singles (Group Stage) – Lakshya Sen beat Jonatan Christie (Indonesia) 21-18, 21-12
Men’s Singles (Group Stage) – H.S Prannoy beat Duc Phat Le (Vietnam) 16-21, 21-11, 21-12
ROWING
Men’s Single Sculls (Semifinal) – Balraj Panwar finished sixth in Semifinal C/D 1 (7:04.97)
TABLE TENNIS
Women’s Singles Round of 32 – Sreeja Akula beat Jian Zeng (Singapore) 4-2
Women’s Singles Round of 16 – Manika Batra loses to Miu Hirano (Japan) 1-4 (6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11, 6-11)
Women’s Singles Round of 16 – Sreeja Akula loses to Yingsha Sun (China) 4-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-8, 11-3)
BOXING
Women’s 75kg (Round of 16) – Lovlina Borgohain beat Sunniva Hofstad (Norway) 5-0
Men’s 71kg (Round of 16) – Nishant Dev beat Jose Rodriguez (Ecuador) 3-2
ARCHERY
Women’s Individual (1/32 Elimination Round) – Deepika Kumari beat Reena Parnat (Estonia) 6-5
Women’s Individual (1/16 Elimination Round) – Deepika Kumar beat Quinty Roeffen (Netherlands) 6-2
Men’s Individual (1/32 Elimination Round) – Tarundeep Rai lost to Tom Hall 4-6
EQUESTRIAN
Equestrian Individual Dressage : Anush Agarwalla finished 9th (66.444)
Other Results- Paris Olympics Day 5
In Swimming, France’s Léon Marchand won a doubles by winning 200m Butterfly and 200m Breaststroke about two hours apart.
Katie Ledecky clinched her 8th Olympic gold medal and 12th medal overall by winning the 1,500m Freestyle event.
Adriana Ruano won Guetamala’s first Olympic gold medal as she clinched the Women’s Trap title with an Olympic record of 45 out of 50.
Medal Table- Paris Olympics Day 5
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
China
8
7
3
18
2
Japan
8
3
4
15
3
France
7
10
8
25
4
Australia
7
4
3
14
5
Great Britain
6
6
5
17
6
South Korea
6
3
3
12
7
USA
5
13
12
30
8
Italy
3
6
4
13
9
Canada
2
2
3
7
10
Germany
2
2
2
6
39
India
0
0
2
2
