Paris Olympics 2024: Sen advances to semis, Indian men's hockey team defeats AUS

Here is the summary of Indias campaign on August 2 at the Paris Olympics 2024ShootingIndian pistol shooter Manu Bhaker aiming for a hattrick of Olympic medals here came up with a superb performance in 25m sports pistol to finish second in qualification and book a place in the final of the Paris Olympics 2024 She already has two bronze medals in her kitty in 10m womens air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team along with Sarabjot SinghHockeyIn the Paris Olympics 2024 India handed over a stunning 32 defeat to their biggest rivals Australia The Indian mens hockey team has already qualified for the quarterfinals of the Paris Games Skipper Harmanpreet Singh 13th 32nd struck a brace en route his sixth goal in the tournament while Abhishek gave India the lead in the 12th minute It is Indias first win over Australia at the Olympics since the 1972 Olympics in MunichAlso Read IND vs SL 1st ODI Match tied Sri Lanka bowls out India for 230 runsArcheryThe mixed archery team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara have sealed the semifinal spot of the Paris Olympics 2024 This is the first time in the Olympics that an Indian archery duo has entered the semifinal stage They defeated Spain by 53 In the first set Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara outplayed the Spanish duo by 3837 to take a 20 lead In the fourth and last set the Indians held their nerves to win the nervewracking contest 3736 notch two full points and secure a semifinal spot at the Paris Olympics 2024BadmintonLakshya Sen inched closer to a maiden Olympic medal after becoming the first Indian male shuttler to advance to the semifinals with a thrilling threegame win over Chinese Taipeis Chou Tien Chen at the Paris Olympics 2024 Sen will now face the winner of the match between Loh kean Yew of Singapore and Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the last fourGolfShubhankar Sharma landed two eagles in his second round but gave away four shots in the middle to card 2under 69 for the day which placed him 25th in the golf competition at the Paris Olympics 2024 Gaganjeet Bhullar improved on his first round 75 with a 2under 69 and is now T52ndJudoIndias Tulika Maan conceded defeat against Cubas Idalys Ortiz in the judo womens 78kg round of 32 event at the Paris Olympics 2024 Maan suffered a 100 defeat against Idalys Ortiz The match ended in just 28 secondsRowingIndian rower Balraj Panwar ended his Paris Olympics 2024 campaign in 23rd position in the mens single sculls event after signing off at fifth in the Final D round