Paris : India saw a heartbreaking Day as they missed out on 2 Bronze Medal opportunities by whiskers.
Lakshya Sen lost against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia after winning the 1st set in Bronze Medal Match. The duo of Maheshwari & Anant Singh missed our Bronze medal opportunity with 1 point to China (43-44).
Women’s Table Tennis Team displayed class, qualifying through quarter finals defeating Romania 3-2, the day ended with Avinash Sable qualifying into the 3000M Steeplechase final after finishing 5th in heat & more actions followed.
Here’s India’s Day 10 Summary :
Sailing :
Vishnu Saravanan finished 18th in Men’s Dinghy, while Nethra Kumanan finishes 21st in Women’s Dinghy overall standings. Only the Top 10 move into the medal race, thus, they’re disqualified.
Badminton:
Lakshya Sen loses 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 to Lee Zii Jia, misses out on men’s singles bronze.
Table tennis:
India beat Romania 3-2 in women’s team round of 16, through to quarterfinals
Athletics:
Kiran Pahal finished 7th in women’s 400m round 1 heat 5, through to repechage round
Avinash Sable finished 5th in men’s 3000m Steeplechlase round 1 heat 2, through to final
Shooting:
Maheshwari Singh, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka finished fourth in mixed team skeet shooting qualification, India through to bronze medal match
Maheshwari Singh, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka lose 43-44 to China’s Yiting Jiang and Jianlin Lyu, India missed out on mixed team skeet shooting bronze medal
Wrestling:
Nisha Dahiya beats Ukraine’s Tetiana Sova Rizhko 6-4, through to women’s 68kg quarterfinal
Nisha Dahiya loses to North Korea’s Pak Sol Gum 10-4 in women’s 68kg quarterfinal