India at Olympics 2024, Day 9 Live: Hockey team wins QF on penalties; Lakshya Sen loses in semis

Shooting, men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification: Stage 2 gets underway with Vijayveer Sidhu in 5th place and Anish Bhanwala in 7th place.

The top 6 will go straight through to the final.

This hurts way too much but heart goes to @lakshya_sen for such a brilliant effort. Axelsen was just class apart.

Let’s keep focus, recover well and fight for the #Bronze Common Lakshya.#Badminton #Paris2024 #OlympicGames— Neha Aggarwal Sharma OLY (@nehaaggarwal) August 4, 2024

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Viktor Axelsen saves three game points in the opening game, bounces back from 0-7 down in the second to move into the final

Lakshya Sen will play for bronze against Lee Zii Jiahttps://t.co/sYTF3u8xr0 pic.twitter.com/v3mpoGbIvG— Abhijit Nair (@Abhiee0312) August 4, 2024

I know it hurts for @lakshya_sen. When you have a world class player like Axelsen on the ropes and you dont finish him off, he will come back and get you.

But Lakshya must forget this match and recover now for the bronze medal tomorrow.— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) August 4, 2024

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: It was inevitable. It was coming since he saved three game points in the opening round. Viktor Sen takes down Lakshya Sen 22-20, 21-14 in straight games.

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