Paris Olympics 2024 Day 6 Highlights: Swapnil Kusale wins bronze in 50m Rifle 3 Positions event; PV Sindhu loses in pre-quarters

Sunil Chhetri, one of India's iconic footballers, retired from the sport earlier this year leaving behind a legacy that saw him stand next to legends like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of players with most international goals.

Appearing on a podcast that was published last month before the Paris Olympics started, Chhetri was asked a question on the lack of medals won by India in the Olympic Games, where the country has only two individual gold medallists besides the hockey team's 'golden' run betwen 1928 and 1980.

Chhetri said the reason for a country of 1.5 billion not winning enough medals is because of failure to spot and nurture talent.

Akshdeep Singh fail to finish the race.

Simone Biles seeks to make more history in her glittering Olympic gymnastics career by recapturing the all-around title on Thursday, as the athletics programme kicks off at the Paris Games.


A total of 16 golds are up for grabs on the sixth full day of competition in Paris, which is again bracing for extreme weather with storm warnings in place early Thursday morning.

US star Biles steps back into the spotlight seeking to become the first woman ever to regain the Olympic all-around title after she famously withdrew in Tokyo with the debilitating "Twisties".

The 27-year-old returned to the top of the podium on Tuesday with team gold, her eighth Olympic medal, five of them gold, to become the most decorated US Olympic gymnast.

The former World No. 1 began hitting consecutive 10s in the first set to go 2-0 up against Parnat. However, the World No. 57 Estonian levelled scores winning the second set 27-26 while the third set was tied at 27-27. Parnat took the lead (5-3) winning the fourth set 27-24, but the four-time Olympian came back strongly recording a 30 to win the fifth set and take the match to a shootout.

It was not the best shot by Deepika, who scored a 9 in the single shot but that too proved enough as Parnat faltered to end with an 8. Thirty-year-old Deepika's life was made easier by some irregular shooting by Netherlands' Roeffen in the second elimination match. With both archers tied at 2-2, the 18-year-old Dutch missed her target as Deepika pocketed the third set in spite of scoring a poor 25. Deepika wrapped up the match winning the fourth set 28-23.

Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale on Wednesday qualified for the finals of 50m rifle 3 positions here after finishing seventh in the qualification round but Aishwary Tomar ended at the 11th position to make an exit.

Kusale shot 198 (99, 99) in kneeling position, 197 (98, 99) in prone and 195 (98, 97) in standing position as top eight shooters in a field of 44 made it to the final round.

Kusale finished with an overall score of 590 (38x), while Tomar accumulated 589 (33x) with shots of 197 (98, 99) in kneeling position, 199 (100, 990) in prone and 193 (95, 98) in standing position.

The finals of 50m rifle 3 positions will be held on Thursday.

China's Liu Yukun finished at the first spot with a total of 594 points, followed by Norway's Jon-Hermann Hegg at second with 593.

The third place went to Ukraine's Serhiy Kulish with 592 points while France's Lucas Kryzs (592-35x) was fourth, Serbia's Lazar Kovacevic (592-33x) was fifth and Tomasz Bartnik (590-40x) of Poland was sixth.

The last place for the finals was taken by Jiri Privratsky of Czech Republic with 590 (35x).

In the team event for 50m rifle 3 positions during the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year, Kusale and Tomar, along with Akhil Sheoran, had won the gold medal.

Kusale, who trains under Tejaswini Sawant in Kolhapur, had finished fourth in the Asian Games last year in 50m rifle 3 positions.