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Athletics: Vikash Singh finished in 30th placed, followed by Paramjeet Singh Bisht in 37th. Akshdeep Singh did not finish.

Shooting: Swapnil Kusale wins bronze in the men’s 50m 3 Positions rifle event to clinch India’s third medal in Paris.

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen loses to Wu Yu to bow out of tournament.

Archery: Pravin Jadhav loses in men’s individual archery to end Indian campaign in event.

Hockey: India lose 1-2 to Tokyo Olympic gold medallists Belgium in a close match in pool B.

Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bow out of men’s doubles event in heart-breaking quarter-final clash.

Badminton: Lakshya Sen beats HS Prannoy to reach men’s singles quarter-final.

Badminton: PV Sindhu loses in the Round of 16 to He Bing Jiao of China.

That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of Day 6 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The day started well with Swapnil Kusale winning a bronze medal in the men’s 50m 3 position rifle event. But proceedings quickly took a turn for the worst.

Pravin Jadhav lost in archery, Nikhat Zareen lost in boxing, Satwisairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their men’s doubles quarter-final match, and PV Sindhu lost in the Round of 16.

There was disappointment in the women’s 50m 3 positions rifle event, and even a loss in men’s hockey to Belgium.

Still, a lot of action to come in this Olympic Games.

Join us once again tomorrow for live action from Paris 2024.

Golf, men's individual Round 1: Shubhankar Sharma finishes the first day of the competition tied in 29th place, with a total score of 70 (in golf, the lower score is the better score). Gaganjeet Bhullar meanwhile is in tied 56th place with 75 points.

Sailing, women's dinghy, Race 1: India's Nehtra Kumanan finishes 6th in the first race.

Badminton, women's singles: PV Sindhu's medal winning run comes to an end at the La Chapelle Arena. He Bing Jiao closes off the match 21-19, 21-14 in straight games.

This marks Sindhu's first loss to a Chinese shuttler at the Olympic Games. Also the first time she won't be on an Olympic podium in three appearances.

Indian badminton hopes now solely rest on the shoulders of Lakshya Sen.

Badminton, women’s singles: This is slipping away way too quickly from Sindhu. She trails by six points at 5-11 at the mid-game interval. Looks like tonight’s the night Sindhu’s medal winning streak at the Olympics comes to an end.

Can Sindhu script a comeback?

Badminton, women’s singles: A thrilling rally to close out the game, which He Bing Jiao wins with a perfectly smashed smash. Sindhu concedes the opening game 19-21.

Badminton, women's singles: Long rallies to start off the contest and Sindhu has often been found wanting. The Indian trails 8-11 at the mid-game interval. A total of three reviews taken as well in that passage of play, with both shuttlers losing one review each.

Badminton, women's singles: PV Sindhu is out at the La Chapelle Arena. The two-time medallist has a tough battle in her hands.

Badminton, women's singles: Exactly three years after she beat He Bing Jiao for the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, PV Sindhu goes up against the Chinese shuttler once again albeit in a Round of 16 clash.

He, ranked 9th in the world, holds a 11-9 advantage in head to head encounters against the Indian.

Alcaraz marches on

World number three Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to an Olympic Games showdown against Novak Djokovic on Thursday when he booked his place in the semi-finals.

Alcaraz, playing on the same Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros where he captured the French Open in June, saw off 13th-ranked Tommy Paul of the United States 6-3, 7-6 (9/7).

The 21-year-old Alcaraz recovered from a break down in the second set to defeat Paul, having also beaten the American in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon on his way to the title at the All England Club last month.

The Spanish star will face either Casper Ruud or Felix Auger-Aliassime for a place in the gold medal match.

Top seed Djokovic, in the other half of the draw, tackles Stefanos Tsitsipas in his quarter-final later Thursday. (AFP)

Sailing, men’s dinghy: The first two races in the men’s dinghy event are done for the day. India’s Vishnu Saravanan is currently 25th out of 43 sailors. Sailing uses a ‘low point’ scoring system where the winner of the race gets one point, the second-placed sailor two points and so on. Vishnu finished 10th in the first race but finished 34th in the second and has 44 points. Only the top 10 sailors after 10 races will progress to the medal round.

Zheng stuns Swiatek to reach women’s singles final

Zheng Qinwen stunned women's world number one Iga Swiatek on Thursday to become the first Chinese player to reach an Olympic Games tennis singles final.

Seventh-ranked Zheng triumphed 6-2, 7-5 and will face either Croatia's Donna Vekic or Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia in the gold medal match.

"I feel more than just happy – happy isn't enough to describe how I feel," said Zheng, who had played back-to-back three-hour matches to make the semi-final.

"If you ask me to play another three hours for my country, I would.

"It was an amazing match. To beat Iga is not easy as it's an important event for her."

Swiatek, a four-time French Open champion at Roland Garros, went into Thursday's match at a sweltering Court Philippe Chatrier on a 25-match win streak in Paris.

The 23-year-old had also defeated Zheng in all of their six previous meetings.

However, she was hit off the court by the powerful 21-year-old Australian Open finalist who broke the Pole six times in the match.

By making the final, Zheng is the first Chinese man or woman to reach an Olympic singles gold medal match, bettering the run of Li Na who finished fourth in the women's event at Beijing in 2008. (AFP)

Badminton, men's singles: Lakshya Sen storms past HS Prannoy into the quarter-finals. He wins 21-12, 21-6 in just 39 minutes. Calm and composed from the unseeded youngster.

Prannoy looked visibly tired right from the start. Probably not enough rest following yesterday's late decider finish against Le Duc Phat. A pre-quarters exit for him, but Prannoy can be proud of the way he battled through to reach Paris. Hospitalised, recovering from chikungunya, training taken a hit - top stuff.

Badminton, men's singles: The #SenMode is on at the La Chapelle Arena. HS Prannoy does not have any answers to the questions posed by Lakshya Sen. Prannoy trails 3-11 and looks set for a straight games exit.

Badminton, men's singles: Lakshya Sen coasts along to take the opening game 21-12. Don't be fooled, this is probably just the drift Prannoy is struggling with. We might see a better display in the second game.

Badminton, men's singles: The younger of the two – Lakshya Sen – with the early advantage in this Round of 16 clash. He leads HS Prannoy 11-6. Looking much more settled on court is Sen.

Shooting, Olympics 2024: For Swapnil Kusale, patience finally pays in Paris - By Shahid Judge

In Paris, Swapnil Kusale got out of his comfort zone of shooting quickly to adopted a more patient approach, as he won bronze at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Swapnil Kusale won bronze in the men’s 50m rifle 3P event | Alain JOCARD / AFP

Badminton, men's singles: No time to reflect over Satwik-Chirag's loss. Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy are out in the middle. Two shuttlers, who train at the same centre, know each other inside out. Who will prevail?

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwik-Chirag, India's big medal hopes in Paris are down. They lose out to 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 to a splendid Aaron Chia and Soh Woo Yik.

Satwik-Chirag had lost to the Malaysians in the 2022 World Championships semi-finals. Chia-Soh once again proving to be a big thorn in the way for the Indians.

Badminton, men's doubles: The Indians are crumbling. They are crumbling under pressure. Satwik-Chirag down by two points at 16-18 in the decider.

Badminton, men's doubles: A tough passage of play for the Indians, but Satwik-Chirag have managed to eke out an 11-9 lead. Shetty has been very scratchy at the net and it is not really helping them. Parupalli Kashyap on air feels Shetty needs to calm down and not rush to the net so quickly.

Badminton, men's doubles: Aaron Chia is nailing his flat game from the net and the Indians struggle in the second game. Satwik-Chirag concede 14-21 and are forced into a decider by the Malaysians.

Shooting, women's 50m Rifle 3-positions qualification: Both Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra finish outside the top 8 and fail to qualify for the final. While Moudgil ranked 18th with an overall score of 584-26x, Samra ends her Olympic campaign in 31st place with a score of 575-22x.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwik-Chirag haven't really been able to race away with the match in the early exchanges of the opening game. The Malaysians putting up a fight and they lead 11-10 at the mid-game interval.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwik-Chirag are on a roll. They just take up their play by a notch and Aaron-Soh are left pondering. The Indians pocket the opening game 21-13 in 17 minutes. Almost flawless. Another straight games win?

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwik-Chirag take their time to adjust to the drift, making a few errors at the start. But they soon find their way and lead 11-10 at the mid-game interval. This can still go in favour of the Malaysians, but a good start for the Indians.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwik-Chirag are out at the La Chapelle Arena for their quarter-final clash against Chia-Soh. The Indians win the toss and opt to receive first. Malaysians choose the side.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action in the men's doubles quarter-final soon. They are up against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. The Indians trail 3-8 in head to head encounters, but have defeated them in their last three meetings.

Shooting, women's 50m Rifle 3-positions qualification: Better from Samra there who finishes the two series in the prone position with scores of 99 and 96 and now has an overall score of 388-18x. Moudgil is two points ahead of her with an overall score of 390-19x after two 97s in the prone position.

Unfortunately, because of the different speeds of the shooters, a confirmed rank is not really possible to decipher. But at the moment, both Moudgil and Samra have all to do in the standing position if they want to finish in the top 8.

Shooting, women's 50m Rifle 3-positions qualification: A good set of scores for the two kneeling series for Moudgil who finishes the first position with an overall score of 196-8x. Samra meanwhile was not as consistent, but still in it with an overal score of 193-8x.

Shooting, women's 50m Rifle 3-positions qualification: A good first series from Moudgil in the kneeling position with a score of 97 while Samra scores 96 in her first ten shots.

Shooting, women's 50m Rifle 3-positions qualification: Next up for India are Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil, one a first time Olympian and one in her second Games. While Kaur is a multiple Asian Games medallist, Moudgil is making her way back to top competition after a break post Tokyo 2020. They'll need to finish in the top 8 to qualify for the final.

Indian roundup on August 1

Well that has been a hectic two hours for India at the Olympics. Swapnil Kusale won India its third medal in Paris after winning bronze in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event. However, that was the only win for India so far.

Medal hopeful Nikhat Zareen bowed out in the women’s 50kg event after losing to China’s Wu Yu in the round of 16. Archer Pravin Jadhav lost in the men’s individual round of 64 to end India’s campaign in the event.

The men’s hockey team had a good match against defending champions Belgium leading 1-0 at halftime. But Belgium came back stronger in the second half to score twice and make it four wins out of four in Paris. Priyanka Goswami had a horrible women’s 20km racewalk event where she finished 41st out of 43 athletes, a far cry from her 17th place finish in Tokyo.

The action continues soon with Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil up next in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions qualifier. Sailors Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan will be action in their first two races in the men’s and women’s dinghy respectively.

At the same time, Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action in the badminton men’s doubles quarterfinal. That will be followed by an all-Indian clash in the men’s singles round of 16 where Lakshya Sen faces HS Prannoy.

Late at night, PV Sindhu will be in action in the women’s singles round of 16 where she faces China’s He Bing Jao in a rematch of the Tokyo 2020 bronze medal match.

Athletics, women's 20km racewalk: A disappointing show from Priyanka Goswami, who finishes 41st out of 43 athletes. She clocks 1:39.55s. Something seems to have gone horribly wrong for the Indian, who finished 17th at the Tokyo Games three years back.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, FT: Belgium hang on to grab a narrow win over India! That block from Van Aubel late on was simply incredible! A lot of positives for India to take from this match. They were excellent in the first half as they nullified the Belgian attack. The Tokyo 2020 champions raised the level in the second half and finally found a way past Sreejesh in the Indian goal. Up next for India are arch-nemesis Australia in their final group match tomorrow.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, Q4: What a block on the line from Florent van Aubel on the line! India win a PC with 1.43 minute on the clock. Harmanpreet goes high and to the right. It’s destined for the back of the net but Van Aubel sticks out his left hand and keeps it away with the stick! A match-winning block from the Belgian!

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, Q4: India are not taking Sreejesh off for an extra outfield player. The yellow card for Pal surely influencing that decision. On the other hand, India wouldn’t mind a 1-2 loss as it will not damage their goal difference. The GD might come in play for second place.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, Q4: Sukhjeet with good dribbling on the goalline and tries to find one of Lalit Upadhyay or Abhishek. His pass is blocked but Gurjant Singh gets it back. He flicks it at goal with Sukhjeet helping it along. The ball rolls to an unmarked Sanjay on the other side. He goes for the big booming shot but sends it well wide of goal. Poor shot from the Indian defender. Should have hit the target. India are now down to 10 players for five of the remaining six minutes as Raj Kumar Pal sees yellow for a bad foul.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, Q4: Belgium win another PC. Hendrickx and Boon in the first and second battery. The injection goes to Boon whose flick is charged down by Rohidas. Another PC. This time Boon finds a way past Rohidas but not past Sreejesh.

Boxing, women's 50kg: Nikhat Zareen, one of India's best medal bets, exits Paris without a medal. Yeah, that hurts.

Wu Yu defeats Nikhat Zareen by a 5:0 unanimous decision.

Like we anticipated, Wu Yu was meant to be a tough opponent and that's what it came down to. Nikhat found success in some of the combinations but it was largely the Chinese who relied on her solid defence and deceptive footwork to keep Nikhat at bay throughout.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, Q4: Vanasch with a coupe of vital saves to keep Belgium in the lead! Abhishek unleashes another of his trademark powerful hits from the right. Vanasch saves it but the rebound goes to Sumit who flicks it at goal. Vanasch juts his right hand down to save it. Mandeep tries to get the ball from under the goalkeeper but fails and Belgium win a free hit.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, Q4: Belgium dropping back to a half-court press now as they look to protect their lead. India, who prefer to hit on the counter, now need to step up and attack.

Badminton, men's singles: Chou Tien Chen takes down Kodai Naraoka 21-12, 21-16 in the Round of 16. The Japanese threat is out of the way for India's HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen.

The winner of the clash between Sen and Prannoy will now go up against Chou Tien Chen in the quarter-finals.

Boxing, women's 50kg: Wu Yu continues her dominance as she leads on three cards in the second round. The Chinese has made Nikhat dance around and dictate proceedings. The big right hand in this round seems to have stunned Nikhat a bit. Still unable to find her range.

A piece of trivia from Abhijit Nair: India now has seven shooting medals at the Olympics, equal with wrestling. The only other sport India has won more medals at the Games is hockey - 12.

Archery, men's individual: A 9, 10, 9 from Kao is enough for the Chinese archer to take the third set and win the match 6-0. Jadhav bows out in the opening round and the Indian challenge in the men's individual event ends.

In the women's event however, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari will be in action on August 3 in the Round of 16.

Boxing, women's 50kg: Wu Yu has been great at consistently switching her stance and Nikhat has largely tried to gauge her range with her. Good defensive work from the Chinese who has also landed more punches. Unsurprisingly, the first round is 4:1 in favour of Wu Yu. It's looking tough for Nikhat.

Archery, men's individual: An almost perfect set from Jadhav but Kao shoots a perfect set and takes the set points to lead 4-0 in the match.Archery, men's individual: An almost perfect set from Jadhav but Kao shoots a perfect set and takes the set points to lead 4-0 in the match.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-2 Belgium, Q3: Belgium take the lead! The Red Lions get three back to back PCs and Sreejesh thwarts Hendrickx each time. However, at the third time of asking, the ball squirms under Sreejesh after he made the save. John-John Dohmen, who injected the ball, pounces at the post and puts the ball in after a goalmouth scramble.

Archery, men's individual: A bit of wind thereabouts and the Chinese archer takes the first set 29-28 and leads 2-0 in the match.Archery, men's individual: A bit of wind thereabouts and the Chinese archer takes the first set 29-28 and leads 2-0 in the match.

Archery, men's individual: Pravin Jadhav is the final Indian archer to begin their individual campaign. Can he join Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari for finals day? He will take on China's Kao Wenchao in the round of 64.

Boxing, women's 50kg: In action now is two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen against Asian Games champion Wu Yu from China in the Round of 16. Nikhat has had a tough draw and Wu Yu is an even tougher competitor. Can Nikhat prevail against the Chinese national champion?

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-1 Belgium, Q3: What a run from Abhishek! Wins the ball in India’s defensive circle, skips past 1, 2, 3, 4 challenges and offloads the ball ahead to Manpreet just past the halfway line. Manpreet charges into the circle before being cynically stopped by Hendrickx. The Belgian gets a green card and Belgium is down to 10 players for two minutes.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-1 Belgium, Q3: That didn’t take too long! Belgium win possession high up the pitch and then make their way to the left. Florent van Aubel with some good work on the goal line there. He swivels past his marker and sends a pass towards goal. Thibeau Stockbroekx is at hand to deflect it past Sreejesh who did not have enough time to react.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-0 Belgium, HT: Belgium with one last attack in the half but captain Felix Denayer fails to trap an aerial and the ball goes out of play. India run down the clock to end a very good half of hockey. Up in the stands, Belgium coach Michel van den Heuvel and high performance director Adam Commens clearly not happy with the team’s performance. Expect Belgium to come out all guns blazing in the second half. It will be a test of Fulton’s work with the Indian defence.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-0 Belgium, Q2: India open up Belgium with a superb aerial ball from Harmanpreet. He finds Vivek Sagar Prasad who has space to go at goal. Opts for brute force and can only hit the outside of the goal. A big chance for India to double their lead.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-0 Belgium, Q2: India win their first PC. No Harmanpreet on the field so it will be Sanjay and Rohidas on PC duty. The injection goes to Rohidas who opts for the hit instead of the drag flick. The ball nestles in the net but it won’t count. From PCs, unless the ball has been drag flicked towards goal, it has to hit the back board on the base of the goal. Belgium counter quickly but India deal with it. Tom Boon then commits a foul and gets the green card.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-0 Belgium, Q2: A good run from Nelson Onana before he loses the ball on the edge of the circle. However, De Sloover takes over and shoots. Flaurent van Aubel tries to deflect it at goal but sends it wide.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-0 Belgium, Q2: Harmanpreet Singh gives away a PC. Didn’t know anything about it as the ball struck his foot. Hendrickx vs Sreejesh 3.0. And Sreejesh saves again!

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-0 Belgium, Q2: India take the lead! Arthur de Sloover loses the ball on the 23m line and Abhishek pounces on it. The Indian forward makes his way to the circle even as De Sloover tries to get it back. Abhishek pumps the break to shake off De Sloover and then slams a low shot which Vincent Vanasch saw very late and the ball smack the back board. Superb goal from India!

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-0 Belgium, Q2: India take the lead! Arthur de Sloover loses the ball on the 23m line and Abhishek pounces on it. The Indian forward makes his way to the circle even as De Sloover tries to get it back. Abhishek pumps the break to shake off De Sloover and then slams a low shot which Vincent Vanasch saw very late and the ball smack the back board. Superb goal from India!

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: A 10.0 from Kusale and a 9.9 from Kulish, but the scores end 451.9 from the Ukrainian to 451.4 from the Indian and it's a bronze medal for the 28-year-old.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Belgium, End of Q1: Craig Fulton will be happy with what he has seen from his team in the first quarter. Calm, solid and patient. Belgium did get two penalty corners but India dealt with it nicely.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: And Kusale is assured a medal after shooting a 9.9 to Privratsky's 10.3 and survives.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Kusale survives the second and third elimination round and will be up against Jiri Privratsky for the bronze medal position.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Brilliant from Kusale who shoots a solid second series in the standing position and moves up into third place. The first round of elimination has taken place with Poland's Bartnik and Serbia's Kovacevic out.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Belgium, Q1: Belgium win the first penalty corner of the match. Up Alexander Hendrickx and Tom Boon. The injection goes to Hendrickx whose flick is charged down by Amit Rohidas and Belgium get another PC. This time Hendrickx threads the gaps between the rushers. Sreejesh is super quick to react and closes his legs to save it. Nicolas de Kerpel tries to put the rebound in but Sreejesh and Jarmanpreet Singh combine to clear the ball away.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Belgium, Q1: Both sides manage to enter each other’s defensive circles. India move the ball from left to right via an aerial. The ball is played to Raj Kumar Pal on the goalline. He shields the ball well and plays it back but a Belgian stick gets in the way. Belgium attack down the right but the cross does not reach a Belgian player.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Kusale gets off to a good start in the standing position with a series score of 51.1 and an overall score of 361.2 to move to fourth place.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Belgium, Q1: It has been a good opening couple of minutes from India. They are pressing Belgium high and not allowing Belgium time on the ball. The Red Lions are yet to make any meaningful foray into the Indian 23m zone.

Athletics, women's 20km race walk: Priyanka Goswami has started her race in the women's 20m racewalk event. She is the only competitor from India.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: After the end of 15 match shots in the prone position, Kusale remains in fifth place with an overall score of 310.1.

The shooters will now have nine minutes to change their gear and set up their stance and weapon in the standing position. Now, all eight shooters will have 10 match shots before the elimination begins.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Another solid series from Kusale who remains in fifth place with a series score of 52.2 and an overall score of 258.2, only 0.5 points behind Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine.

Hockey, men’s event, India vs Belgium: India qualified for the quarter-finals having won two and drawn one of their first three matches against New Zealand, Ireland and Argentina respectively. Now comes the first of the two big tests before the knockouts. India take on defending champions Belgium who have also qualified for the knockout round after winning all three of their opening matches. The Red Lions laid down the marker in Paris on Tuesday in their 6-2 dismantling of Tokyo 2020 silver medallists Australia. India will have to raise their games a level or two to take anything away from this match.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: After the first five shots in the prone position, Kusale moves up to fifth place with a first series score of 52.7 and an overall score of 206.0.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Much better from Kusale in that final series in the kneeling position and scores 51.6. Although the Indian continues to remain in sixth place with a total of 153.3 points, there are 25 match shots left before the eliminations begin.

The shooters now get seven minutes to change into different gear and move into the prone position for the next set of series.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Kusale remains in sixth place with a total of 101.7 points after 10 match shots. Five more match shots to go before the shooters get a seven-minute break to adjust and move into the prone (lying down) position.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Kusale is in sixth place tied with Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine on 50.8 after the first five match shots in kneeling position.

Athletics, men's 20km race walk: That's it for the men's 20km race walk. Vikash Singh finishes in 30th place with a time of 1:22:36 hrs. Paramjeet Singh Bisht finished 37th with a time of 1:23:48 hrs while Akshdeep Singh did not finish the race.

Shooting, men's 50m Rifle 3-positions final: Swapnil Kusale will be in action shortly in the hunt for India's third medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Here's how the final is going to pan out: the shooters will shoot 15 shots across three series in kneeling, prone and standing positions. Each shooter will have two shots in every match shot to get the highest score possible. The kneeling and prone series will be completed without any elimination, but after the first 10 match shots in standing, the lowest two ranked athletes will eliminated. Then subsequently, after every single shot in standing, the lowest-ranked athlete in terms of scores will be eliminated until the last two are left.

Athletics, men's 20km race walk: Akshdeep Singh has pulled out of the race. He crossed the 6km mark with a time of 25:25mins before pulling out of the race.

Golf, men's individual Round 1: Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma begin their Olympics campaign in Paris today, starting at 12.30 pm.

Athletics, men's 20km race walk: India's Paramjeet Bisht, Akshdeep Singh and Vikash Singh are competing against 46 other competitors in the first athletics event of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Football, men's tournament: A lot of drama will be expected when France play Argentina. This will be the first meeting between the two countries since Argentina players were recorded singing racist chants about the French players after the South American team won the Copa America in mid-July. The incident even led to a diplomatic standoff.

This will be a feisty encounter.

Athletics: Seems like the weather is playing spoilsport in Paris. The athletics events begin today, and India has four athletes in contention for medals across the men’s and women’s 20km race walk.

The men’s event will begin shortly, and Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akshdeep Singh and Vikash Singh will be competing at 11.30 am.

Later, Priyanka Goswami will compete in the women’s event that start at 1.20 pm.

The medal table as we begin today. India is in 39th place with two bronze medals.

Hello and welcome to Scroll’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games!

The dawn of a new month is upon the Paris Games and the hunt for medals continues.

First up, Swapnil Kusale will look to add to India’s medal tally when he competes in the men’s 50m Rifle 3-positions final after finishing seventh in the qualification round on Wednesday.

The track and field events at the Stade de France and Trocadero also begin today with Indian race-walkers in the men’s and women’s events in action, with both events giving a chance to win a medal.

Having already qualified for the quarter-finals, the Indian men’s hockey team will also aim to finish high in their group when they take on reigning Olympic champions Belgium in their Pool B match.

Sailors Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan will begin their Paris campaign on the shores of Marseille while Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar will take to the golf course for the start of their individual event.

Meanwhile, Indian shuttlers will also look to progress further as HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen clash in the men’s singles Round of 16 while PV Sindhu and the men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are up against tough opposition in their respective knock-out matches.

Boxer Nikhat Zareen will hope to provide some good news to the boxing contingent with a win in her Round of 16 match while archer Pravin Jadhav will begin his individual campaign today as well.

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