Paris Olympics 2024, the world’s most prestigious sporting event, has been full of excitement and thrill for sports lovers. This time the event is especially historic because these games are being held in Paris for the first time since 1924. Indian team is also participating in it with 117 athletes and Indian athletes are also trying to make their place in the medal table this time. Here we will see the complete list of countries that won the most medals in the event.
Talking about India, India has won two medals in shooting, Manu Bhakar has created history and won two medals. Manu Bhaker has become the first Indian to win two medals in a single Olympics.
The race for the top spot in the Paris Olympics 2024 can see competition from countries like Japan, South Korea, USA, and China. Talking about the top 5, countries like China, USA, Japan have remained in the top since the beginning.
Today is the fifth day of Paris Olympics and many important matches are to be played today. Manika Batra is competing in table tennis and PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen are competing in badminton singles. Fans will hope that they will be successful in qualifying for the next round by winning their respective matches.
India’s star shuttler Lakshya Sen defeated world number three Jonathan Christie of Indonesia 21-18, 21-12 in straight games. With this win, Lakshya has reached the pre-quarterfinals. Lakshya made a tremendous comeback from 8-1 down in the first game against the world number three to level the score at 8-8 and then took an 11-9 lead in the first mid-way break. After this there was a tough competition between the two.
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At one point the score was even tied at 18-18. However, Lakshya then controlled his nerves and kept his cool and won 21-18. After winning the first game, Lakshya made a good start in the second game also. Lakshya were again in the lead at the mid-way break. After this, Lakshya won the second game easily by 21-12. This match lasted for 50 minutes. Lakshya won the first game in 28 minutes and the second game in 23 minutes. It was a do or die contest for both the athletes.
Indian female boxer Lovlina Borgohain performed brilliantly in the round of 16 matches won and entered the quarter finals. He won this match unanimously.
Deepika Kumari has reached the pre-quarterfinals of women’s individual archery. Deepika defeated Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands 6-2.
PV Sindhu dominated the proceedings against Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in Badminton. She literally destroyed her opponent in the opening Game and closed it 21-5. Kubba showed signs of comeback but Sindhu soon got things under complete control and won it 21-10.