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On Day 9 of the ongoing Paris Olympics, Lakshya Sen suffered a defeat against Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, 22-20, 21-14. The Indian shuttler however bowed out of the gold and silver medal race, but kept his medal hopes alive as he will take on Malaysia in the bronze medal match. On the other hand, the 10-man Indian hockey team stunned Great Britain to enter the semifinals of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Sunday, August 4 at the Paris 2024.
Shooting
Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon fail to make women’s skeet final
On Sunday, August 4, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon finished in 14th and 23rd places respectively after two tough qualification days in the women’s skeet event at the Paris Olympics 2024, failing to reach the final. At the Chateauroux Shooting Center, both the Indian women shooters were not good enough with their performances across five qualification rounds.
Hockey
India defeat Great Britain 4-2 in penalty shootout to reach semis
On Sunday, August 4, the Indian men’s hockey team defeated Great Britain 4-2 in the penalty shootout to reach the semi-final of the Paris Olympics 2024. At the Stade Yves-du-Manoir, India were down to 10-men for the majority of the contest, but they managed to keep the scoreline to 1-1 at full-time versus Great Britain in the quarter-final.
Tennis
Novak Djokovic defeats Carlos Alcaraz 7-6, 7-6 to win first career gold medal
Wimbledon and Roland Garros champion Carlos Alcaraz suffered a 6-7, 6-7 loss against World Number Two Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Final of the Men's Singles Tennis event at the Paris Olympics 2024. With this victory, Djokovic won the first Olympic gold in his illustrious career. The duo faced each other in the recent Wimbledon final where Alcaraz won.
Badminton
Lakshya Sen suffers crushing 22-20, 21-14 loss against Victor Axelsen in men’s singles semifinals
India's Lakshya Sen suffered a crushing 22-20, 21-14 loss against defending Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the Paris Olympics 2024. Before this clash, Sen registered a monumental win over Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 in the quarterfinal and took down fellow Indian HS Pranoy in the Round of 16 clash with a 21-18, 21-19 victory.
Carolina Marin breaks down after injury forces her to withdraw at Paris 2024
On Sunday, August 4, former Olympic gold medallist, Carolina Marin of Spain was left in tears after an injury forced her early withdrawal in women's singles semifinals. Marin, despite having taken the first set and leading the second set with a scoreline of 10-6, landed awkwardly on her right knee, leaving her in pain and forcing her to withdraw.
Athletics
Parul Chaudhary finishes eighth in 3000m steeplechase heat race
India’s Parul Chaudhary suffered a heartbreaking result at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women’s 3000m steeplechase qualification on Sunday, August 4. The Indian athlete finished eighth, registering her season best timing of 9:23.39 in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Stade de France and bowed out of the competition.
Boxing
Lovlina Borgohain suffers loss via split decision against Li Qian in 75kg quarterfinals
India's Lovlina Borgohain suffered a 1-4 loss via split decision against Li Qian of China in the quarterfinal of the Women's 75kg event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Qian was touted as one of the favourites at the Summer Games as she is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medalist and the 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist.
Boxer Cindy Ngamba wins refugee Olympic team's first medal ever
Cindy Ngamba guaranteed the Refugee Olympic Team their first medal in history after comfortably winning her boxing quarter-final in Paris on Sunday. Ngamba, who was born in Cameroon but sought safe haven in Britain aged 11, beat France's Davina Michel with a unanimous points decision to reach the last four of the women's 75kg category and win at least bronze. The 25-year-old boxer is a lesbian, which is illegal in her native country.
