Here are the top news for India at the Olympics on August 4, 2024 ¹:
– Indian men’s hockey team wins quarter-final: The Indian men’s hockey team won a nerve-wracking quarter-final against Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Despite being a player down, India held the world No. 2 team to a 1-1 scoreline in regulation time before winning the shoot-out 4-2.
– Lakshya Sen loses semi-final: Indian badminton ace Lakshya Sen lost 20-22, 14-21 against Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the men’s singles semi-final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Sen will take on Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the bronze medal match tomorrow.
– Vishnu Saravanan finishes 24th in sailing: Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan followed his impressive race 7 result in the men’s dinghy competition at Paris 2024 with a slightly underwhelming finish in race 8, where he was ranked 24.
– Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala fail to qualify: Vijayveer Sidhu finished ninth in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification round and was unable to secure a berth in the final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Anish Bhanwala, who was seventh after stage 1, finished 13th after stage 2 and failed to make the final.
– Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon fall short: Indian shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon fell short of the cut-off for the women’s skeet final and ended their campaign in the qualification event at Paris 2024 on Sunday.
Here are the top news for USA at the Olympics on August 4, 2024 ¹:
– Men’s Basketball: Team USA finished off Olympic pool play 3-0 with a 104-83 victory over Puerto Rico to clinch the top overall seed in the medal round. They will face Brazil in the quarterfinals at Bercy Arena.
– Gymnastics: Simone Biles inspired the United States to victory in the women’s team gymnastics event and her first gold medal since Rio 2016.
– Shooting: Austen Smith won bronze in the women’s skeet event.
– Gymnastics: Simone Biles won gold in the women’s vault event, and Jade Carey won bronze in the same event.
– Gymnastics: Sunisa Lee won bronze in the women’s uneven bars event.
Here are the top news for China at the Olympics on August 4, 2024 ¹:
– Zheng Qinwen wins gold in women’s singles tennis: Zheng Qinwen won the gold medal in the women’s singles tennis event, beating Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3.
– Huang Ya Qiong wins gold in mixed doubles badminton: Huang Ya Qiong and her partner Zheng Siwei won the gold medal in the mixed doubles badminton event, beating South Korea’s Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun 21-8, 21-11.
– Liu Yang wins gold in men’s rings gymnastics: Liu Yang won the gold medal in the men’s rings gymnastics event.
– Fan Zhendong wins gold in men’s singles table tennis: Fan Zhendong won the gold medal in the men’s singles table tennis event.
– Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan win gold in women’s doubles badminton: Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan won the gold medal in the women’s doubles badminton event, beating Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, also of China.
Here are the top news for Japan at the Olympics on August 4, 2024 ¹:
– Japan’s men’s gymnastics team won Olympic gold after an epic comeback against China.
– Japan lost to Spain 3-0 in the men’s football quarterfinals of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
– Japan lost to the United States in the Olympic quarterfinals at Parc des Princes.
Here are the top news for World at the Olympics on August 4, 2024 ¹:
Tennis:
– Novak Djokovic wins men’s singles gold, completing the golden slam!
– Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3), 7-6(2) to claim his first-ever Olympic gold medal.
Hockey:
– India beats Great Britain in the men’s quarterfinals.
– India won the shootout 4-2 after the match was tied 1-1.
Gymnastics:
– Kaylia Nemour of Algeria wins uneven bars gold with a score of 15.700.
– Qiu Qiyuan of China wins silver, while Sunisa Lee of the USA wins bronze.
Swimming:
– Bobby Finke of the United States wins gold in the men’s 1500m freestyle.
– Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy wins silver, while Daniel Wiffen of Ireland wins bronze.
Badminton:
– Chinese Taipei wins gold in men’s doubles.
– China wins silver, while Malaysia wins bronze.
Golf:
– Scottie Scheffler of the USA wins gold in men’s individual golf.
– Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood wins silver, while Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama wins bronze.
Archery:
– South Korea sweeps all gold medals in archery.
– Kim Woo-jin wins gold in the men’s individual event, while Lim Si-hyeon wins gold in the women’s individual event.