Viren Improves Performance, Kyle Below Par

IOC 33rd Summer Olympic Games Paris, France 2024 05th Day

The weather was bright & sunny, with temperatures high, uncomfortable for many competitors in outdoor events.

Badminton : Men’s Singles – Group G : 02nd Match
Pablo Abian Vicen( ESP ) bt Viren Nettasinghe ( SL ) 2 – 0 21 – 09, 21 – 19
21 year old Viren playing in his maiden Olympic Games was ranked 70th in the world while his opponent, 39 year old Pablo ranked 63rd was a veteran of 05 Olympics in a row

Swimming :
Men’s 100 M Freestyle – Heat 04 : Lane 08
Kyle Abeysinghe – 08th & Last in 51.42 sec
54th out of 79 in 10 Heats

Artistic Gymnastics : Women’s Team – Final
Gold : USA Silver : Italy, Bronze : Brazil

Basketball : Men – Group Stage
France bt Japan 94 – 90
Canada bt Australia 93 – 83

3×3 Basketball : Men – Pool Stage
France bt Poland 21 – 19

Beach Volleyball : Men – Pool Stage
Cuba bt Brazil 2 – 0

Football : Men – Group Stage
France bt New Zealand 3 – 0

Handball : Women – Group Stage
France bt Brazil 26 – 20

Hockey : Men – Pool Stage
Belgium bt Australia 6 – 2
India bt Ireland 2 – 0
Germany bt South Africa 5 – 1
Great Britain drew with Netherlands 2 – 2
France drew with Spain 3 – 3

Rugby : Women’s 7s – Knockouts
Semi Finals : New Zealand bt USA 24 – 12
Canada bt Australia 21 – 12
Consolation Final : USA bt Australia 14 – 12
Championship Final : NZL bt Canada 19 – 12

Swimming : Women – 100 M Backstroke Final
Gold – Kaylee McKeown ( AUS ) 57.33 sec
Olympic Record
Silver – USA, Bronze – USA

Table Tennis : Mixed Doubles
Consolation Final : Bronze Medal Match
South Korea bt Hong Kong 4 – 0
Championship Final : Highest Ranked China bt Lowest Ranked North Korea 4 – 2

Tennis : Women – 03rd Round
Barbora Krejcikova ( Czech Republic ) bt Elina Svitolina ( Ukraine ) 7 – 6, 2 – 6, 6 – 4

Water Polo : Men – Group Stage
France bt Japan 14 – 13

Haritha Perera in Paris, France facilitated by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka