Paris : India, with help of Swapnil Kusale despite bagging 3rd Bronze Medal, in Shooting 50 M Rifle 3 P, saw woes in Badminton, with shocking exits of Satwik Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty duo in Men’s Doubles.
Lakshya Sen defeated his countrymen HS Prannoy to advance into Quarter Finals. India’s Hockey Team lost 2-1 to Belgium after leading 1-0. In shooting too India saw heart breaks as Sift Kaur & Anum Moudgil got knocked out in Women’s 50M 3 P.
The day ended with heartbreaking exit in Round of 16 for PV Sindhu, shattering her 3rd Olympic Medal dream. As well, more actions followed.
Here’s India’s Day 6 Summary :
Sailing
-Vishnu Saravanan ranked 25th after first two races in men’s dinghy
-Netra Kumanan ranked 6th after first race in women’s dinghy
Hockey
-India lost 2-1 to Belgium
Shooting
-Swapnil Kusale won bronze in men’s 50m rifle three positions final
-Anjum Moudgil, Sift Kaur Samra out in women’s 50m rifle three positions qualification
Athletics
-Vikash finished 30th in men’s 20km race walk final, Paramjeet 37th and Akshdeep Did not Finish
-Priyanka Goswami finished 41st in women’s 20km race walk with time of 1:39.55s
Boxing
-Nikhat Zareen lost 0-5 to China’s Wu Yu in Women’s 50Kg Round of 16,knocked out.
Archery
-Pravin Ramesh Jadhav lost 0-6 to China’s Kao Wenchaon in Men’s Individual Round of 32,knocked out.
Badminton
-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty lose 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 to Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia, knocked out in men’s doubles round of 16
-Lakshya Sen beats HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6, through to men’s singles quarterfinals
-PV Sindhu loses 19-21, 14-21 to China’s He Bing Jiao, knocked out in women’s singles round of 16.
