The sixth day of Paris Olympics 2024 has also ended. The sixth day was a mixed bag for India. The country managed to win another medal, which was won by Swapnil Kusale. With this, India has now won a total of 3 medals in this Olympics and the country has reached 42nd position in the tally. All three of these successes have been achieved in shooting. However, most of the matches on the sixth day were disappointing. Many such athletes were eliminated, from whom the country had hopes of medals. The biggest among these is PV Sindhu. She was badly defeated in the pre-quarterfinals and was eliminated from the Paris Olympics.

Let us know how the sixth day was for India.

Swapnil Kusale created history

Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale did a great feat on the sixth day of the Paris Olympics. He won the bronze medal for India in the 50 meter rifle three positions and made the whole country proud. Not only this, Swapnil also became the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal in this shooting event. Swapnil scored 451.4 in the final match.

This is the first time in the history of Olympics that India has won 3 medals in shooting. Manu Bhaker won the first medal for India in Paris Olympics.

Manu Bhaker also won the second medal with Sarabjot Singh and now Swapnil Kusale has won the bronze medal. This number can increase even more, because Manu Bhaker is going to participate in another shooting event.

PV Sindhu out, Lakshya Sen in quarter-finals

India had 3 matches in badminton on the sixth day of Paris Olympics. The first match was between the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. Both of them had qualified for the quarter finals by performing brilliantly, but they had to face defeat in this match. The journey of Satwik and Chirag Shetty in Paris Olympics has ended.

In the quarter final match, after winning the first game, they lost the remaining two games. Satwik and Chirag lost to the Malaysian pair 21-13, 14-21 and 16-21.

The second badminton match was between two Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy. Lakshya Sen won this pre-quarterfinal match easily. He won the match by winning the first two games 21-12 and 21-6. The third match was of PV Sindhu. She faced China's Ge Bing Jiao in the pre-quarterfinals of women's badminton singles, in which she had to face defeat. After a one-sided defeat of 19-21, 14-21, PV Sindhu is out of the Paris Olympics.

The day was full of disappointment after the medal

India's sixth day in the Paris Olympics started with the final of the men's 20 KM walk race in athletics. Vikas, Akshdeep and Paramjit Singh participated in it. India had a chance to win a medal in this event, but all three Indian athletes were eliminated from the race. Vikas Singh finished the race at 30th place and Paramjit Singh at 37th place. Akshdeep could not complete it. On the other hand, Priyanka Goswami participated in the final of the women's 20 KM walk race. Her performance was also very poor and she was eliminated in this event by finishing at 41st place.

Paris Olympics have not been good for Indian boxers. Amit Panghal, Preeti Pawar and Jasmine Lamboria have already been eliminated. Another disappointment came on the sixth day. There were a lot of expectations from Nikhat Zareen who had won the World Championship, but she had to face defeat in the women's 50 kg boxing category.

China's Wei Yu defeated her in the pre-quarterfinal match. With this, her journey is now over. Anjum Mudgil and Sift Kaur Samra were eliminated in the 50m rifle three positions event of women's shooting. In the qualification round, Anjum was ranked 18th with 584 points and Sift was ranked 31st with 575 points. To reach the final, it was necessary to come in the top-8.

India lost in hockey too

India has booked its berth in the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics. But, before that, on Thursday, 1st August, it had to face a 2-1 defeat from Belgium. This was India's first defeat in the group stage. However, a tough match was witnessed between the two teams.

Apart from this, Indian players also performed disappointingly in archery and rowing. In the individual event of men's archery, Praveen Jadhav could not qualify for the round of 32. In rowing, Vishnu Saravanan was eliminated from the race after finishing 10th.