Paris Olympics: Hockey team in semis; Lakshya Sen out of gold race on Day 9sports
Aug 5, 2024
Paris Olympics: Hockey team in semis; Lakshya Sen out of gold race on Day 9
PTIHockey team enters semis
The Indian men's hockey team produced one of its most resolute performances in recent memory to enter the Olympic semifinals for a second successive edition.
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A thrilling clash against the Brits
Harmanpreet Singh and Co. pulled off an epic 4-2 shootout triumph after a 10-man India held Great Britain to 1-1 draw in regulation time.
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Lion-hearted India
A strong-willed Indian team was on the back-foot for a majority of the match -- 40 minutes -- after defender Amit Rohidas was shown a red card for unintentionally hitting a rival player.
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Sreejesh stars in shoot-out
In the shoot-out, the 'Great Wall of India', PR Sreejesh made a couple of crucial saves steering India into the last four.
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Sen out of gold race
Lakshya Sen's zealous push for a gold turned into a hunt for bronze after the star shuttler suffered a 20-22, 14-21 loss to defending champion Viktor Axelsen.
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Lovlina disappoints
Boxer Lovlina Borgohain exited following a 1-4 quarterfinal loss to Chinese veteran and familiar foe Li Qian in the women's middle-weight (75kg) category.
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Nishant suffers tough loss
Boxer Nishant Dev was also ousted from the men's 71kg quarterfinals as with his defeat India's medal-less boxing campaign came to an end.
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Shooters disappoint
Indian shooters Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala gave a good account of themselves in the qualifications but could not enter the final of the 25m rapid fire men's pistol event in Chateauroux.
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Shooting campaign ends
In the women's skeet competition, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon ended in 14th and 23rd place respectively in the qualification.
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Unimpressive show in athletics
In altletics, national record holders Parul Chaudhary and Jeswin Aldrin failed to qualify for the women's 3000m steeplechase and men's long jump events.
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