Olympics 2024, India Day 2 Recap: Manu Bhaker created history to clinch bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event, India’s first medal of the Paris games. Meanwhile, Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta also reached the finals of their respective rifle events.
India at Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Recap: After the heartbreak in Tokyo, Manu Bhaker created history to become the first ever Indian woman to win a shooting medal in the history of the Olympic Games as she clinched bronze in women’s 10m air pistol. Manu had scored 580 points to finish third in the qualifications. And after consistent shooting in the final, she finished third again, missing out on 2nd place and silver by the smallest of margins.
Elsewhere, there was good and bad news in the 10m air rifle women’s qualification as Ramita Jindal qualified for final but Elavenil Valarivan missed out after a heartbreaking penultimate shot. In the men’s air rifle qualification, Arjun Babuta qualified for final too, to bring more cheer. Arjun and Ramita will be in action in the final on Monday.
Late in the night, tennis contention came to a close as Rohan Bopanna-Sriram Balaji lost in straight sets.
In archery, the Indian women’s team simply didn’t going as they lost 0-6 in the quarterfinals against Netherlands and missed out on the chance to fight for a medal.
Our senior reporter Mihir Vasavda is in Paris to cover the Olympics. Please click here to watch the Paris Games drama unfold through Mihir’s eyes and words.
In badminton, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy kickstarted her group-stage campaigns with straight-games wins. Two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen has been has been handed a tough draw but she started off with a come-from-behind win against Germany’s Maxi Carina Kloetzer. Tougher tests await but the Indian got off to a good start. There was heartbreak for Sumit Nagal in tennis and Achanta Sharath Kamal in table tennis as they lost close matches. Harmeet Desai also lost to end India’s men’s singles contention. But paddlers Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula registered good wins to progress.
In rowing, Balraj Panwar finished 2nd in his repechage heat to enter the main quarterfinals, which will take place on Tuesday.
Recap of India’s events at Paris Olympics Day 2 below
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05:06 (IST)29 Jul 2024
We’ll be back with more sport, and more of the Paris Olympics on our blog tomorrow
Our Day 2 coverage of the Paris Olympics ends. But you can scroll down to check out how the day shaped up. We’ll be back tomorrow, with more live updates, breaking news, views and insights, including those from ground zero in France, where Mihir Vasavda is covering the Olympics for The Indian Express. Till then, au revoir!
05:05 (IST)29 Jul 2024
Here’s what the medals table looks like after the second day at Paris 2024
A surprising table topper in the form of Japan after two days! And China not even in the top 5! How rare is that!
02:44 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 2-6 Monfils-Edouard
THE GAEL MONFILS’ SHOW: He wasn’t even originally supposed to play this match, but came in late as an alternate and put on a superb show with Roger-Vasselin. Not to be for Bopanna and Balaji and India’s tennis action is over at Paris 2024.
02:40 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 2-5 Monfils-Edouard
Crazy. https://t.co/9v8AbZUYEr pic.twitter.com/Eeh0JqvyOj
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
02:37 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 2-5 Monfils-Edouard
Over to you, Sriram Balaji. Whatcha got?
02:36 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 2-5 Monfils-Edouard
India are at least forcing the French to serve this match out, and not going out without a fight. But Vasselin too holds serve easily. Now the Indians have to hold serve to keep this match alive. Remember, it is still one break down only.
02:28 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 1-4 Monfils-Edouard
Monfils serve has been rock-solid as you’d expect from a singles player of his class (he double faults as I say that, at 40-15 nevertheless). And it is yet another hold for him, with a brilliant serve down the middle.
02:25 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 1-3 Monfils-Edouard
Sriram Balaji’s service is broken at love and India’s missed opportunities are once again haunting them. Monfils and Vasselin have the finish line in sight.
02:23 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 1-2 Monfils-Edouard
In the mid-game interval there is a round of Mexican Wave now at the venue. Truly wonderful atmosphere, as Somdev Devvarman points out on air.
02:21 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 1-2 Monfils-Edouard
Now it is Vasselin’s turn to face break points but he too manages to hold serve, as Monfils plays a delicate backhand volley winner. Chants of “jeetega bhai jeetega, India jeetega” breaks out too after that game.
02:19 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 1-1 Monfils-Edouard
Bopanna’s serve once again put under pressure by some incredible return winners from the French duo but the Indian ace comes up with a couple of crucial first serves and he holds. Big, big service hold that for Bops. Staying on serve.
02:09 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-7 Monfils-Edouard
Court 14 erupts as Bopanna nets a backhand valley. The Frenchmen take the first set! Bopanna will rue the mistake but Balaji also couldn’t get enough first serves in that game.
An enthralling set of tennis comes to an end but unfortunately for the Indians, they are up against it now.
02:06 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-6 Monfils-Edouard
SENSATIONAL RALLY. That is breathtaking doubles tennis from all four on the court, Bopanna came up with a couple of clever angles but the French duo take the point in the end. Two set points for France.
02:04 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-6 Monfils-Edouard
That is the first sign of real nerves from Balaji, a double fault at 15-15. Can he bounce back quickly?
02:03 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-6 Monfils-Edouard
The arena is once more bouncing, what an atmosphere on an outside court this late in the night. Vasselin with a good hold of serve and Balaji’s serve will need to hold. He has been really solid so far.
01:59 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 5-5 Monfils-Edouard
What a rally at 30-30 in the 10th game! Once again the French are trying to keep Bopanna pinned at the baseline after his serve but the veteran comes up with a fighting exchange to eventually win the point. And a big come on as he puts away an overhead winner to hold serve. It was 15-30 there and Bopanna came up with a crucial hold.
01:55 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 4-5 Monfils-Edouard
After being broken last time, now Bopanna must serve to keep his team in the set.
01:55 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 4-5 Monfils-Edouard
Arena is packed now, and loud! It’s a tight contest, the teams have exchanged breaks already
Go Indiaaaaaaa!#Paris2024 #OlympicGames #Olympics
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 28, 2024
01:53 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 4-4 Monfils-Edouard
A 30-30 situation on on Sriram Balaji’s serve. Pressure. And he drops an ace out wide. And he holds too. That is pretty darn good tennis under pressure, again a good first serve and this time Bopanna puts it away at the net.
01:49 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 3-4 Monfils-Edouard
Another break point opportunity forced by the Indians, but this time they take it! Balaji with a superb net interception to set up the break point in the first place. We are back on serve in quick time.
01:46 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 2-4 Monfils-Edouard
BOPANNA BROKEN: Rohan Bopanna’s weapon is his serve but Monfils and Vasselin play a superb return game from the baseline mostly, constantly keeping Bopanna pinned at back before breaking his serve at love. From facing a break point themselves, they have been broken now. The crowd is getting more and more into this.
01:42 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 2-2 Monfils-Edouard
A deuce situation forced by some good net game by the Indians. They do have a break point but that is saved. And eventually Vasselin holds serve. Bopanna engages in a long exchange with Monfils but the Indians couldn’t close out the rally.
Meanwhile, look who is in attendance here. Former India coach Rahul Dravid is watching on with the Indian camp.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Tennis Oh, look who it is. Rahul Dravid is in attendance for Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji’s men’s doubles match.
The Indians could use the ‘Indiranagar ka gunda’ mode here. ?https://t.co/G1Rofim5cC pic.twitter.com/FcXUtC4o0C
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
01:35 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 1-2 Monfils-Edouard
Sriram Balaji will look to ease off any nerves with a hold, and he does just that. A love hold too!
Already chants of “Allez Les Bleus” ringing around from a decent crowd that has gathered to watch this match.
01:34 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji 1-2 Monfils-Edouard
Sriram Balaji, the World No. 62 and the third-highest-ranked Indian doubles tennis player, arrived in Paris uncertain if he was playing the French Open at all. Typically fickle Parisian weather meant there were enough withdrawals by singles players in the doubles category for Balaji, alongside Mexican partner Miguel Reyes-Varela, to make it into the main draw. He would leave the French capital with three solid Grand Slam matches under his belt — his best-ever finish at a Major — and more importantly, ensuring his return ticket to Paris next month.
Namit Kumar
01:32 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MD R1, Bopanna-Balaji vs Monfils-Edouard
So, after all the delays, we finally have action! Both pairs hold serve to start off.
01:27 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: BOPANNA-BALAJI TIME FINALLY!
First things first, a brief background to this match (Via PTI): The flamboyant Gael Monfils will partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the men’s doubles opener against India’s Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji with Fabien Reboul pulling out of the contest due to an injury, here Saturday. The last-minute entry of Monfils may have a bearing on the match with Bopanna all set and prepared to take on the combo of Reboul and Roger-Vasselin. World number 30 Monfils had reached the third round at Wimbledon, losing to Grigor Dimitrov. On the way to round 3, the 37-year-old stylish shot-maker had scalped Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. The first-round match between India and France has been delayed due to rain that has been lashing the city since Friday evening.
01:24 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Oh, would you look at that…
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? The ?????? Coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid is in #Paris2024! pic.twitter.com/i8by7joIdp
— Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) July 28, 2024
01:01 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: A result that could potentially have a future significance for Satwik-Chirag
#Paris2024 #Olympics #Badminton
Incredible win for the reigning MD champs Lee-Wang against Kim-Anders in the group of death. Lee-Wang all but through to the QF from this group, now three very good pairs will fight for 1 spot. https://t.co/Js90jM5yZO pic.twitter.com/alXyDXXG1S
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
00:56 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Who else is excited to watch this man in action?
It’s so exciting to watch #TeamIndia in action at #Paris2024. I can’t wait to join them soon. Good luck to the entire contingent! ??
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) July 28, 2024
00:51 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis, men’s doubles, Bopanna-Balaji still to come tonight
There doesn’t appear to be any movement in the start of this never-beginning match. We still wait.
00:42 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: BWF video of AshTan
Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto ?? are focused on giving their best performance at #Paris2024. ?#Badminton #Olympics pic.twitter.com/rlM131Rruf
— BWF (@bwfmedia) July 28, 2024
00:31 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis, men’s doubles, Bopanna-Balaji still to come tonight
Bops/Balaji match will be moved to either Court 13 or Court Simone Mathieu#OlympicGames #Paris2024 https://t.co/nyRtJJ1W2K
— Indian Tennis Daily (ITD) (@IndTennisDaily) July 28, 2024
00:27 (IST)29 Jul 2024
Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis — SIR ANDY MURRAY! A sensational win in doubles to extend his career by one more match.
Andy Murray and Dan Evans comeback from 4-9 (!!!!) in the deciding match tiebreak to beat Nishikori/Daniel 2-6, 7-6(5), 11-9 and reach the second round in #Paris2024.
Long moment at the net between Andy and Kei (after this video) pic.twitter.com/wrbtANCAsI
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 28, 2024
00:02 (IST)29 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Table Tennis MS R64, Harmeet 4-0 Lebrun
Harmeet gave this a good actually, but eventually Felix is just good. 11-8 in the fourth game for the teenage sensation. The stadium is absolutely bouncing at the moment, what an atmosphere as one of their home favourites soaks it all in with a big smile. Chants of ‘Felix, Felix’ as well.
End of India’s men’s singles contention in table tennis.
23:58 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Table Tennis MS R64, Harmeet 3-0 Lebrun
Coach Massimo with a round of applause as Harmeet sets up a good point with an aggressive inside-in forehand, and shortly after the Indian makes it 6-7. At least the timeout worked.
23:56 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Harmeet 3-0 Lebrun
Coach Costantini decides it is time for advice to try and salvage something out of this. A timeout called with Lebrun taking 4-2 lead in the must-win game for HArmeet.
23:55 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Harmeet 3-0 Lebrun
Lebrun is cruising through this match at the moment, even Harmeet has a few flashes of inspiration here and there. The third game goes to the third seed 11-6.
23:52 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Harmeet 2-0 Lebrun
Same scoreline as Harmeet Desai drops the 2nd game 11-8.
23:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Table Tennis – Men’s Singles R64, Harmeet Desai vs Felix Lebrun Felix
A tough, tough battle awaits for Harmeet against the 17-year-old prodigy from France. The first game went to the teenager 11-8.
23:40 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Harmeet in action in TT
Harmeet Desai in action in Men’s Round of 64 Table Tennis match against France’s Felix Lebrun.
Lebrun takes the first game 11-8. With Sharath Kamal already out of the singles tournament, can Harmeet mount a comeback from behind?
23:18 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: India’s Day 3 schedule
-Men’s archery team in medal fray
-Satwik-Chirag and Lakshya Sen back in action
-Harmanpreet Singh-led Hockey team play Argentina
After opening their medal account action continues thick and fast for the Indian contingent at Paris 2024. Here’s a look at the schedule on Day 3.
23:12 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: UPDATE FROM BWF
Guatemalan men’s singles player Kevin Cordon has withdrawn from the Olympic Games Paris 2024 badminton competition due to a left elbow injury. His remaining Group L matches against Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie (Court 2, 2pm local time, 29 July 2024) and Julien Carraggi of Belgium (Court 3, ‘Not Before’ 9.20am local time, 31 July 2024) will not be played. Matches on these courts in each respective session have been rescheduled. As per BWF General Competition Regulations for group stage play, the results of all matches played, or yet to be played, involving Cordon in Group L are now considered deleted.
That line has some significance for India as Cordon is in the same group as Lakshya Sen, who he already lost against. But this announcement means that this group now effectively becomes a three-man group (like others) and Lakshya’s match against Kevin doesn’t matter.
22:56 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Dream Team trumps Serbia
Led by LeBron James, USA’s basketball team made short work of Serbia with a 110-84 win in their Group C opener. It was a win that saw six players register scores in double digits. Among the highlights of the game was the return of Kevin Durant to the US lineup after a calf injury, scoring 21 points in the first half.
22:51 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Tejaswin Shankar blessing our timelines
#ManuBhakar #shooting #Paris2024 #Olympic2024 pic.twitter.com/Sl1fQAiOZc
— Tejaswin Shankar (TJ) (@TejaswinShankar) July 28, 2024
22:37 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Manu won’t go to Eiffel Tower, so a piece of it came to her
Mihir Vasavda from Paris: MANU BHAKER never fancied visiting the Eiffel Tower. “I have already visited it before,” she said. She found it “okay”.
When she returns to India after the Paris Games, Manu will carry a piece of the iconic monument back with her. Like all the medals at the Paris Olympics, her bronze will contain within its centre, fragments of iron kept away during renovations of the famous tower.
With a gentle pull of the trigger, the shooter who stormed into the limelight as a 16-year-old prodigy ended India’s dozen year-long wait for an Olympic podium finish in shooting. (READ MORE)
22:32 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Kiwis sink as Belgium stand tall
Oh what a thrilling finale to this one. New Zealand, trailing 2-1, gave it all until the very last second, kept knocking on Belgium’s door, but couldn’t find the equalizer a second time. A one-goal margin loss for a second day in a row on the back of a 3-2 loss to India, in which they conceded a penalty strike late in the game.
22:17 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Nadal vs Djokovic locked!
A familiar figure of success at the Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return to the fabled clay court on Sunday to breeze into the second round of the Olympic tennis tournament, beating Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-1 4-6 6-4. In doing so, the Spaniard has set up a blockbuster clash with arch nemesis Novak Djokovic. Paris 2024, you’re welcome, picture one of the two competitors saying so.
22:12 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Fiery hockey on display
In case you aren’t tuned in to the Belgium-New Zealand Pool B hockey game, please do yourselves a favor. End-to-end stuff right at the end of the third quarter that sees New Zealand equalize minutes before Belgium take the lead again with a stunning goal. 2-1 in the fourth quarter.
21:57 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Who and what inspired Manu Bhaker’s historic triumph
Our man in Chateauroux, Mihir Vasavda on India’s first medalist at Paris 2024:
After the ‘nightmare’ in Tokyo, where she ended in tears after every event, Manu Bhaker looked in different directions to reignite her love for shooting — and found it in books, scriptures and coach Jaspal Rana’s unconventional methods. (READ MORE)
21:17 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: KOREAN WOMEN REMAIN INVINCIBLE
Never in the history of women’s recurve team event at the Olympics have Korea lost a match, but they came awfully close here. By the smallest of margins the beat China in the shootoff to win gold for the 10th straight time.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Archery INCREDIBLE SCENES!
Korea’s unbeaten record in women’s recurve team continues but in the most dramatic circumstances. It came down to magnifying glasses! ?
Never lost a match at the Olympics, everhttps://t.co/G1Rofim5cC pic.twitter.com/y8OJg4ZgC3
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
21:00 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 21-12 Roth
HS PRANNOY PREVAILS: HS Prannoy was pushed a bit in the opening game but bounces back to close it out in straight games. Crucially, the movements looked sharp, his defense was working fine, and the backhand was solid. With a match to come against a Vietnamese opponent, HSP has done his bit to efficiently top the group. Then the hard work begins.
20:54 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 18-12 Roth
All through the qualification period and even since way back in Thomas Cup, Prannoy had grown reputation of being a slow starter. Or a sedate starter, who takes his time to read conditions and opponent. But he’s hit the ground running at Paris, with very little time spent in finding his lengths. At 32, fewer the three-set matches for Prannoy the better. Like Kashyap has been saying, he’s not at all circumspect going for lines. 21-18, 18-12 up. Making Roth blink in long rallies.
Shivani Naik
20:53 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 18-12 Roth
Prannoy went up 13-7 but Roth came back to close the gap down. Prannoy has recovered quickly enough though, has now raced to 18-12.
20:47 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 11-6 Roth
Another interesting bit from Kashyap on air as he said, “The German, the way he’s playing it’s clear he’s just come to give a good fight and not exactly try and win points.. Prannoy saw that quickly and has started to engage him in rallies.” A five-point lead at the mid-game interval.
20:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 8-6 Roth
Another lovely tidbit from Kashyap on air also about Prannoy watching Taufik Hidayat over and over and over as a kid growing up, to hone that backhand of his. HSP’s backhand is one of the best in the business now.
20:43 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE
April 5, 2018 was when I first talked with Manu Bhaker. To see her journey from a junior shooter to a @Paris2024 medallist brings joy to us too. Best of luck for mixed events, champion https://t.co/bTTBfEGmsE
— Nitin Sharma (@Nitinsharma631) July 28, 2024
20:41 (IST)28 Jul 2024
India at Paris 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 6-3 Roth
A good start to the second game for Prannoy, despite moving to the supposed tough side where some big names have dropped games today. An absolutely lovely touch at the net that Gopi sir would’ve been proud to see, completely outsteps Roth there.
20:37 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 Roth
Where Fabian Roth has succeeded is in alternating flanks and sending Prannoy left and right. The German is tall but he prolongs rallies invariably on the back of picking really low shuttles endlessly. But it was expected that Prannoy would up the pace and accelerate mid rally as soon as the 17-point hovered. Prannoy takes the first 21-18 with aggression on the net.
Shivani Naik
20:36 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 21-18 Roth
Fabian Roth gave Prannoy a good fight post interval, Prannoy had to dig deep quite a bit, but found his rhythm again in time to take the opening game 21-18. Kashyap acts as translator for what was told to Prannoy in the mid-game interval. He has been told to push Roth back and then rush the net. (Among other things)
20:32 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 19-17 Roth
HS Prannoy has settled back into a good rhythm. Longer rallies, Prannoy is doing well to draw Roth front and then pushing him back with good distances on his lifts. Another good whipped forehand smash for 19-17.
20:29 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 16-16 Roth
A few more fist punches and roars from Prannoy as he starts to close the gap down. A superb rally at 15-16, HSP with some brilliant backhand defensive work, uses the sideways drift to good use and then draws the error in the end. Back on level terms!
20:26 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 11-14 Roth
The expansive cross-court smash. That’s Prannoy’s confidence shot. At 6-5. The court conditions should suit the Indian on his defense. He’s not particularly wary of playing cross shots to break the fast parallel exchanges. But he’s keeping pace. German Fabian Roth plays steady and the danger is if he can consistently push Prannoy to the back. But the Indian’s front court movement has looked sharper than usual. Prannoy 11-10 ahead in opener but now trails 11-14.
Shivani Naik
20:25 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy 11-10 Roth
Prannoy takes a 11-10 lead into the interval. The court conditions have largely been slow from what we have seen, but also some sideways drift. Prannoy is playing from supposedly the better side but Roth is making the Indian’s life hard.
20:18 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy HS vs Fabian Roth
HSP wins a 42-shot rally! Brilliant point, classic Prannoy in terms of waiting for his chance to pounce.
20:17 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton MS, Group K, Prannoy HS vs Fabian Roth
HS Prannoy with a 5-3 lead at the start of this singles match. Parupalli Kashyap on air speaks about how Prannoy had to take off from training a couple of weeks after a bout of Chikunguniya (fever, joint pains). But adds that he has had 2.5 weeks of good training.
20:05 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates:
How HSP emerged as India’s No 1 after years of grind
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Badminton As HS Prannoy gets ready for Olympics debut at 32, a replug for my piece from January on how he emerged out as India’s top shuttler after years of grind.https://t.co/bQGNF3NgHu pic.twitter.com/HIcSVKXKAJ
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
19:56 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Korean mastery on display again
Korea clinch the semifinal from the jaws of defeat and keep their unbeaten record going.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Archery Korean women, on the brink of losing a team event match for the first ever, respond with THIS ??grouping in the final set to force a shootoff.
Utterly, utterly mesmerising. ?https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/p6PvOLtCmk
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
19:27 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Elsewhere at the Games
Here’s a story about Olympic rings. But not in the way you imagined. ?
Gianmarco Tamberi wins gold for romance, in a mishap that could only happen in the City of Love. ??
? : (IG) gianmarcotamberi#Paris2024 | #Olympics pic.twitter.com/aSUvnJtosD
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 28, 2024
19:25 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Manu Bhaker’s mother tells The Indian Express’ Nitin Sharma
“I was just writing my thoughts when Manu was competing. Our thoughts have always been to make her independent and that’s what Gita also teaches us. And we are glad she could achieve her dream of winning an Olympic dream. When she returned from Tokyo, she told us “Mumma, aur kitni mehnat karenge? At that time, I told her another verse from Gita, “Karma?y-ev?dhik?ras te m? phale?hu kad?chan, m? karma-phala-hetur bh?r m? te sa?go ’stvakarma?i.” it means one has a right to perform one’s prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction,” shared Sumedha Bhaker, who is a masters degree holder in Sanskrit.
19:09 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Elsewhere at the Games
Grindr disables location services in Olympic Village, chimes in Amit Kamath with another update.
Popular gay dating app Grindr has disabled its location-based features like “Explore” and “Roam” within the Olympic Village. The app said that this moves was being made to ensure that “LGBTQ+ athletes could connect with each other authentically without worrying about prying eyes or unwanted attention.”
“At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, we made the decision to disable location-based features within the Olympic Village and other athletic sites. And we’re doing the same at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this year,” the app said.
Grindr’s “show distance” feature will also be turned off by default, but users can share their approximate distance if they decide to turn it on. Grinders said its goal was to help athletes connect without worrying about unintentionally revealing their whereabouts or being recognized.
18:49 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live Updates: Elsewhere at the Games
Convicted child rapist gets booed in beach volleyball, an update by Amit Kamath
Steven van de Velde, a convicted child rapist, was greeted by boos as he walked out to represent the Netherlands in a beach volleyball match that was held in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday, reports The Guardian.
Anticipating the reception from other athletes and spectators, Van de Velde is not living in the Games Village and has repeatedly excused himself from media interactions in the mixed zone.
Van de Velde was convicted for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2016. He had been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to raping the British girl. The report added that he had flown to England to meet the girl in 2014 with full knowledge of her age, having met her on Facebook. Van de Velde served 12 months in a British prison, before being transferred to his home country where he was released after a further month.
His inclusion in the Dutch contingent had caused a lot of furore. Van de Velde and his partner Matthew Immers lost their first game on Sunday against an Italian pair
18:41 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
A RECAP OF THE FINAL: Manu Bhaker was never out of reckoning in the 24-shot eight-woman final, her confidence surely boosted by her belief in the Bhagvad Gita and an above par 580 on Saturday, which gave her third place in qualifying.
The 22-year-old from Jhajhar was second after the first series of five-shots and third after the second. Once the two Chinese, reigning world champion Jiang Ranxin and Li Xue, were out in fifth and fourth respectively, it was increasing becoming a fight between the two Koreans Oh Ye Jin and Kim Yije and Manu for the medals.
A 10.0 for her 20th shot assured a medal as Vietnam’s Trinh bowed out of reckoning and Manu pushed for gold. She moved up to second after the 22nd after Yeji faltered with a 9.4. However, the Korean overturned the 0.1 deficit in the 22nd with a clutch 10.5 as the Indian bowed out with a 10.3.
Oh Ye Jin would go on to win gold with an Olympic record of 243.2 as Yeji was second with 241.3 and Manu third with 221.7.
“I am really happy that I am the medium for this first medal and I really hope we would be winning many more medals at this Olympics as all of us have worked hard,” said the champion shooter to the official broadcasters .
(Via NRAI)
18:15 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MS Rd 1, Sumit Nagal 2-6 6-2 5-7 Moutet
Nagal fallas at the first hurdle. Moutet takes the match 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. Nagal showed impressive resolve, and his resilience from the baseline was nearly enough to pull him through against a crafty player and boisterous home support. But Moutet was able to find another gear towards the end of the match that Nagal did not have.
Namit Kumar
18:06 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MS Rd 1, Sumit Nagal 2-6 6-2 5-6* Moutet
Nagal was a break up early in this set, but given the tentative serving from of both players, that lead meant very little. After staying solid throughout this deciding set, Moutet turned it up a notch in the final stages, some brilliant strokes, including a sumptuous knife forehand slice to set up break point. Moutet, buoyed by the home support, will serve the match.
Namit Kumar
18:06 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team QF – NED 6-0 IND
That is a very forgettable quarterfinal from the Indian trio. One factor to consider is that because of the bye in the previous round, Netherlands had the advantage of being used to the finals venue before India were. But that is still, not much of an excuse for 6s and a 4. India were just not at it today, Bhajan was alright but Ankita and Deepika couldn’t hit the high notes. End of the team event hopes for Indian women.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Archery For the sake of our collective sanity, let’s forget that this quarterfinal happened and move on. ?https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/xq7x3HDaHW
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
18:00 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team QF – NED 4-0 IND
Ankita Bhakat starts the must-win set with a four. There goes this match.
17:57 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team QF – NED 4-0 IND
India HAVE to win the next two sets to force the tiebreak at least. Even a split set won’t do.
17:55 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team QF – NED 4-0 IND
Ankita and Bhajan start off with superb 10s in the 2nd set, and despite Deepika’s 8, India have a handy 28-25 lead at the midway point. Oh dear, Ankita with a 6 with her 2nd arrow in the set and Deepika too with a 6. Poor from India to give up the advantage they had. Netherlands have a great chance to go up 4-0 here. They need just a 6 off the last arrow and they get a 9. Netherlands have gone up 4-0 after a poor 49 for the second set.
17:52 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team QF – NED vs IND
Ankita and Deepika start off with a 7 each and that is not enough to take Set 1 for India. Netherlands lead 2-0,taking the first set 52-51. Good news with recurve, we reset on the scoreboard.
17:49 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team QF – NED vs IND
Archers shoot over a distance of 70 metres at targets measuring 122 centimetres in diameter, aiming to hit a 10-ring measuring just 12.2 centimetres in diameter. Matches in the knockout bracket are decided using the set system. Archers and teams shoot series of arrows called ‘sets’. The highest score in a set is awarded two set points. A draw awards one set point each. The goal in a team match is to accrue five set points. a set consists of six arrows, two per archer. (A team consists of three archers of the same gender.)
The goal in an individual match is to accrue six set points. A set consists of three arrows. The goal in a mixed team match is to accrue five set points. A set consists of four arrows, two per archer. (A mixed team consists of one male and one female archer.)
17:43 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MS Rd 1, Sumit Nagal 2-6 6-2 3-3 Moutet
Sumit Nagal had an early break in the deciding third set but it is back on serve now.
17:42 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team QF – NED vs IND
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Archery A look at the magnificent archery venue! ??
Time for the women’s team quarterfinal between India and Netherlands. https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/QrFTREM2le
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
17:40 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery – Women’s Team Quarterfinal – Netherlands Vs India
The Netherlands team that will take on India features Gaby Schloesser, known as Mr. Perfect in Compound Archery. According to World Archert, “Gaby moved to the Netherlands from Mexico after marrying top-ranked compound archer Mike Schloesser. She decided then to embrace her new culture, learning the language and switching teams, instantly giving the Dutch squad its first elite recurve woman since Christel Verstegen in the late 90s.”
And the Dutch qualified a full women’s team for Paris 2024, for the first time in 32 years.
17:35 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: KNOW MANU BHAKER
Born in Jhajjar, Haryana, a state known for its boxers and wrestlers, Manu Bhaker took to sports like tennis, skating and boxing in school. She also participated in a form of martial arts called ‘thang ta’, winning medals at the national level. She then impulsively decided to try her hand at shooting when she was just 14 – just after the 2016 Rio Olympics ended – and loved it.
At the 2017 National Shooting Championships, Manu Bhaker stunned Olympian and former world No. 1 Heena Sidhu where she won 9 gold medals. Manu shot a record score of 242.3 to erase Sidhu’s mark to win the 10m Air Pistol final. 2018 was Bhaker’s breakthrough year as a shooter as she became a teenage sensation bagging a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games just at the age of 16.
In the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup held at Guadalajara, Mexico. Bhaker won the gold medal in the Women’s 10-metre air pistol, defeating Mexico’s Alejandra Zavala, a two-time champion.
Manu Bhaker also sealed an Olympics quota place with a fourth-place finish at the 2019 Munich ISSF World Cup. However, her debut at the Games did not go as planned. Shortly after Tokyo 2020, Manu Bhaker became the junior world champion in the women’s 10m air pistol at Lima and did win the women’s 25m pistol silver at the 2022 Cairo World Championships and a gold in the same event at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou.
(Profile via SAI media)
17:23 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER ON THE PODIUM
Manu Bhaker gets the ball rolling for #TeamIndia with a Bronze medal ? in 10m pistol shooting!
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— JioCinema (@JioCinema) July 28, 2024
17:21 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
So proud to support @realmanubhaker since she was just 16 years old. These photos are taken well before the pandemic at the @OGQ_India office in Mumbai.
How does Manu relax? By playing TT with Olympian @nehaaggarwal ? at our office
?#Olympics #Shooting #paris2024 pic.twitter.com/l0smfuo1MB
— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) July 28, 2024
17:19 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Manika 4-1 Hursey
That’s it. Manika advances to the Rd of 32 at the Paris Olympics with a 4-1 win over Anna Hursey. It’s the first time India will have two players in the TT women’s singles Rd of 32 at the Olympics after Sreeja Akula too won her Rd of 64 match earlier in the day.
Anil Dias
#Paris2024 #Olympics#TableTennis Manika Batra overcomes a spirited challenge from the teenager Anna Hursey to win her R64 match. https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/5T3SJYRptD
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
17:15 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
“To discover how much she still liked the sport, Manu first had to stay away from it.”
A fine line in this story yesterday from Mihir Vasavda. Make sure you stay tuned on our blog for more of Mihir’s stories from France today.
17:10 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MS Rd 1, Sumit Nagal 2-6 6-2 Moutet
And there’s the recovery. Nagal clutches up on serve — making 62% of his first serves and winning an impressive 85% of the points on it — to claim the second set 6-2. He didn’t let his chances slip this time and now he has begun dictating from the baseline, winning the longer exchanges thanks to his superior defence. Game on.
Namit Kumar
17:10 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Manika 3-1 Hursey
No straight-game win for Manika after Anna Hursey fights back from 4-0 down to win the fourth game 11-9. She was definitely deserving too. She has constantly pushed Manika and this was her reward. Anna is making the most of Manika’s weak-ish backhand.
Anil Dias
17:03 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Abhinav Bindra leads the wishes for Manu Bhaker:
Heartiest congratulations to Manu Bhaker for clinching the bronze medal in the air pistol event at Paris 2024! Your relentless dedication, hard work, and passion have truly paid off. It’s incredible to witness your skill and determination, bringing pride to India with each shot. This achievement is a testament to your perseverance and determination. Keep shining, Manu!
17:02 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MS Rd 1, Sumit Nagal 2-6 4-2 Moutet
Sumit Nagal has a break of serve in the 2nd set! Up 4-2, can he convert this change of momentum into something more substantial?
17:01 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Manika 3-0 Hursey
Manika wins her third game 11-9 and while she is running away with the match, Anna Hursey just can’t seem to cross that final hurdle. The 18-year-old from Cardiff is fighting for every point, and even clawing her way back in every game, but Manika is always having the final say.
Anil Dias
16:55 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Swimming update
Dhinidhi Desinghu, 14 years old, competing in 200m freestyle topped a slow Heat 1 clocking 2:06.96 at the Paris La Defense Arena. It was on the third turn that she pushed for the lead,and her splits read 29.68, 32.07, 32.71 and 32.50 when she went at 1.72 m/s. Not her PB, but a good start to her Olympic career.
For context, Aussie Mollie O’Callaghan had the fastest timings in qualification with 1:55.79, her splits – 27.48, 29.74, 30.06 and 28.51. The iconic Ariarne Titmus logged 1:56.23 (27.19, 29.39, 30.14 and 29.51). Dhinidhi will have to slash close to 10 full seconds in coming years.
In the men’s 100m backstroke, Srihari Nataraj in Heat 2, clocked 55.01, finishing second in his race behind M Wilson on 54.49. He did well to move up from third to second with splits of 26.50 and 28.51.
The gulf in standards and enormity of improvement required can be gauged from the fact that only 1 other swimmer out of four faster heats (that’s 1 of 32 swimmers) finished slower than him. The entire fleet of 3 heats was faster than him.
Both Srihari and Dhinidhi didn’t progress from their heats.
Shivani Naik
16:52 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MS Rd 1, Sumit Nagal 2-6 3-2 Moutet
On second set, things are staying on serve as Nagal attempts to fight back.
16:51 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Manika 2-0 Hursey
Manika takes a two-game lead in the match after a nervy 12-10 win in the second match. Manika was pushed all the way by Anna Hursey but in the tiebreakers, decided to play long rallies before unleashing her powerful forehand to win.
Anil Dias
16:51 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Our reporter Nitin Sharma knows how to capture winning moments of an athlete with their family like few other in the country. Here’s his quick feature that is worth your time.
The Bhaker household was understandably elated and her father remembers the spiritual lessons which became Manu’s mantra. “Manu’s mother often recites shlokas from the Gita to her and one of the verses which she often recites is ‘ya? sarvatr?nabhisnehas tat tat pr?pya ?hubh??hubham, n?bhinandati na dve?h?i tasya prajñ? prati?h?hit?’ which means one who remains detached under all conditions, and is neither delighted by good fortune nor dejected by tribulation, he is a sage with perfect knowledge,” her father told The Indian Express.
16:49 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
When she returned after Tokyo 2020 heartbreak, #ManuBhaker’s parents Ramkishan & Sumedha would recite hymns from Gita with the shooter. 1099 days after Tokyo disappointment, the 22-year-old had her redemption with bronze at #paris2024 | By @Nitinsharma631https://t.co/Pc89GnIGQ2
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) July 28, 2024
16:43 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Manika 1-0 Hursey
Manika Batra wins the opening game 11-8 but it’s not been easy. The 18-year-old may not have the experience, but she has the enthusiasm and game to trouble seasoned players like Manika. It’s going to be an interesting tie.
Anil Dias
16:42 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
PODIUM SCENES
#Paris2024 #Olympics #ShootingSport
Manu Bhaker, all smiles. What a story! ?
First Indian female shooter ever to stand on the podium at the Olympic Games. ??
? @mihirsv at the venuehttps://t.co/KPbRlK2e5e pic.twitter.com/PvzqPxG40s
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) July 28, 2024
16:38 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis MS Rd 1, Sumit Nagal vs Moutet
Struggling enormously to hold serve — one of the evident weaknesses in his game — Sumit Nagal has kicked off his Olympics campaign on the backfoot. He’s down a set to the crafty home favourite Corentin Moutet, and it wasn’t very close. The 6-2 scoreline tells the story, and Sumit’s inability to convert any of his four break points (he was 0-40 up in the fourth game) made matters worse. A big recovery needed.
Namit Kumar
16:37 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Manika Batra vs Hursey
India’s Manika Batra is playing against 18-year-old Anna Hursey from Wales. Hursey is said to be the youngest person to represent Wales at senior level in any sport, having been aged just 10 when she competed for Wales in a European Championship qualification match against Kosovo in 2017.
Anil Dias
16:27 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Want to read about the Manu Bhaker transformation from nearly quitting the sport to reaching the podium in Paris? This lead intro from Mihir Vasavda yesterday should hook you in.
Her moment of epiphany came at the most unlikely of places – a beachside resort in Cherai, Kerala. On a vacation to recover from the Tokyo Olympics shock, Manu Bhaker was in her room all by herself while her family was out sightseeing. “Suddenly, I found myself standing in front of a blank, white wall holding a kettle filled with water,” Manu laughs. It’s what shooters call holding practice – to test the stability and strength of their arm. “That was the time when I was like, ‘I am getting restless, I really need to get back’.” For 25 days until that moment, Manu hadn’t even looked at her pistol. Shocked and shaken by her debut Olympics, where she couldn’t make a single final – “one of the very sour memories of my life,” she says – Manu was convinced she was ‘done’. But when she felt desperation, holding a kettle brimming with water was the sign, she took the first flight back to Delhi and was back at the range.
16:20 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
MANU BHAKER ENDS A LONG WAIT.
For starters, the drought in Rio and Tokyo is over. Historically too, no woman before had won a shooting medal from India. The last medals for India from the shooting ranges of an Olympics, came at London 2012, where rifle shooter Gagan Narang (bronze in men’s 10m air rifle) and pistol shooter Vijay Kumar (silver in men’s 25m rapid fire pistol) won medals.
16:18 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sharath 2-4 Kozul
UPSET: First big upset in table tennis as Sharath Kamal loses to Deni Kozul of Slovenia. Sharath bows out of the singles competition at his last Olympics. And it was a tragic loss. Sharath was leading by 6 points in the sixth game, but the Slovenian fought back to take it to tiebreaks where errors by Sharath cost him dearly.
Anil Dias
16:09 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
MORE GOOD NEWS: Arjuna Babuta meanwhile has sealed his spot in the men’s 10m air rifle final with a seventh place finish in qualification. Babuta shot a score of 630.1 to qualify. Sandeep Singh finished 12th.
16:05 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: MANU BHAKER WINS BRONZE, 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Manu can’t stop smiling. And her coach Jaspal Rana led the standing ovation. #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/Ikh7mILomk
— Mihir Vasavda (@mihirsv) July 28, 2024
16:04 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Shattered after the Tokyo Olympics, #ManuBhaker thought she was done with shooting. Then, while on vacation in Cherai she found herself lifting a kettle and practising in her room.
Her redemption story, in her own words: #Olympics https://t.co/qezCvXwyhz
— Mihir Vasavda (@mihirsv) July 28, 2024
16:03 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sharath 2-3 Kozul
Sharath simply ups his game in the fifth to fight back in the tie. There were longer rallies and Sharath will take heart from the fact that he won most of them. He still needs to win the remaining two games to advance though.
Anil Dias
16:02 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
#Paris2024 #Olympics#ShootingSport 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
After splitting the Koreans, Manu missed silver by 0.1 despite a superb last shot. A wry smile, then. And now a big smile as she creates history. ?
Photo: @mihirsv https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/kFDjtSguuT
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
15:57 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Manu with a superb 10.3 but Korean shooter hits a 10.5 and it is a 0.1 difference between bronze and silver!!!
BUT BRONZE FOR MANU BHAKER, SUPERB!
15:55 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
10.1 from Manu Bhaker and she has split the Koreans! With one shot to go to decide the top 2.
15:55 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Manu has exhaled deeply and sipped some water. She is assured of a medal. Jaspal passive in the stands, says Mihir.
Can Manu climb back up?
15:54 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
MEDAL CONFIRMED: A medal is confirmed for Manu Bhaker and India too is assured of opening its account at Paris
15:53 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
With two shots remains for medal confirmation, Manu leads the fourth placed Vietnamese by 2.4. Manu trails second placed Korean Jin by 0.5 points.
15:50 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
With four shots remaining to decide the top three, third-placed Manu Bhaker leads fourth-placed Vinh Trinh of Vietnam by 1.0 point. (Nitin)
Basically 4 good shots and Manu will be assured of a medal. All down to that (Mihir)
15:49 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
#Paris2024 #Olympics#ShootingSport 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Manu Bhaker staying in the top 3!https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/wX0aKUHZqd
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
15:47 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sharath 1-3 Kozul
Sharath Kamal in serious trouble after Slovenian Deni Kozul wins the fourth game 11-7 to take a 3-1 lead in the tie. It will take a Herculean effort for Sharath to win this tie as he will need to win all the next three games.
15:47 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Oh a couple of sub 10s from Manu and she moves down to 3rd again. But still in the races.
15:45 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sharath 1-2 Kozul
Sharath is frustrated. He loses the third game as a result of a myriad of unforced errors, even missing a routine smash. He knows it’s his last Olympics and perhaps there’s that additional pressure? It’s going to be a tough climb for him in the match, but he’s not one to back down.
Anil Dias
15:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Manu Bhaker overtaken by the 2nd Korean shooter after 10 shots. But with 2 really good shots after that, Manu climbs back up to 2nd.
China has both gold medals in shooting so far. But the two Koreans and Manu, who form the top three (in that order) after two series, could stop them from completing a hat-trick. First elimination round and Manu has scored more than any other shooter. Stays steady at third, closing in on the leader and 1.1 ahead of the Vietnamese. (Mihir)
As the elimination series start, Manu has a lead of 0.9 over the fourth placed shooter and 2.7 points ahead of fifth placed shooter. As the first shooter gets eliminated, eight shots is what remains for a confirmation of medal. (Nitin)
15:39 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
0.3 points is what seperates the top three after 8 shots with Manu Bhaker at third place with 80.4
15:38 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
Oh dear! Arjun Babuta was in the top 8 just a while back but into the final series he drops to 9th. Can he recover? SEVEN SHOTS left to save his final.
15:36 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Manu is flanked by China’s Jiang Ranxin on her right and Vinh Thu Trinh on the left. Right behind her are the Indian fans. Jaspal Rana, Manu’s coach, has a stop clock in one hand and the shot groupings on his phone in the other. Remains passive as she begins the final with a solid 10.6. The Chinese shooter next to manu has shot a 7.9 and there’s an audible gasp. Manu is steady, although a couple of 9s, and in second place after the first series.
Mihir Vasavda from France
15:35 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Manu with a couple of sub 10s but it is a still a decent start from the Indian, with shots of 10.6 10.2 9.5 10.5 9.6.
A total of 50.4 puts her in the 2nd spot after five shots. Separation already at the top with 52.2 from Oh Ye Jin.
15:33 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
SCORING SYSTEM: In the pistol event, unlike the prelims, the scoring is different for the finals. Scoring in Finals is done with tenth-ring (decimal) scoring. Cumulative total scores in a Final determine final rankings, with ties broken according to shoot-off scores
15:32 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
What’s the format for the finals?
The Final consists of two (2) series of five (5) MATCH shots each fired in a time of 250 sec. per series (5 + 5 shots). This is followed by fourteen (14) single MATCH shots each fired on command in a time of 50 sec.. Eliminations of the lowest scoring finalists begin after the 12th shot and continue after every two shots until the gold and silver medals are decided. There are a total of twenty-four (24) shots in the Final.
15:31 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
Alright then we are all set for the final. Manu Bhaker has her task cut out!
15:30 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL
At the age of 22, Manu Bhaker is the 2nd youngest athlete in the 8-woman field vying for the 10m air pistol medals. Only Ye Jin Oh from Republic of Korea, who is 19 years of age, is younger than the Indian in the final field today.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#ShootingSport Manu Bhaker’s 10m Air Pistol Women’s FINAL is upon us and @mihirsv is at the venue.
? Coach Jaspal Rana is in the stands, as Manu gets ready. And some Indian fans have made it there as well.https://t.co/KPbRlK2e5e pic.twitter.com/1otgQ4PJhQ
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) July 28, 2024
15:30 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
Arjun Babuta with a 105.4 in his fourth series. He’s currently sixth among 49 shooters and is two series’ away from making it to the finals of his event. The Top 8 shooters until now are averaging 10.600-10.529 per shot. That’s how much of a high-stakes, high-level qualification this has been. Sandeep Singh’s average of 10.463 is the tale of his Paris Olympics qualification.
Shashank Nair
15:29 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sharath 1-0 Kozul
Sharath was leading by 5 points but Deni fights back to draw level at 9-9. It goes to 10-10 but Sharath manages to close out the first game with a big forehand smash and a backhand which just nicked the side of the table.
Anil Dias
15:27 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Men’s 100m Backstroke – Heats
Srihari Nataraj finishes 2nd in the heat with a timing of 55.01 in Heat 2. Reminder that only the 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals. Remainder are eliminated. There are a total of 6 heats, so we will wait a while to know if that is good enough.
15:25 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Men’s 100m Backstroke – Heats
Srihari Nataraj in action. The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals. Remainder are eliminated.
15:21 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sharath 0-0 Kozul
India’s 10-time national champion Sharath Kamal is playing against 126-ranked Deni Kozul of Slovenia in his round of 64 match. Sharath, who was India’s flagbearer at the opening ceremony, reached the quarterfinal of Singapore Smash earlier this year and is in threatening form. It’s a tight opening game, 10-10 now.
Anil Dias
15:20 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
Arjun Babuta on the other hand, is oscillating in and around that final eight spot. He followed his first series, with a 104.9 in the second and then shot a 105.5. Right on the eighth spot as of now. Sandeep Singh meanwhile puts up a 105.5 in the third series and is now 27th. But still a big gap after that poor first series between him and the top shooters at this event.
15:14 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
Sandeep Singh is not having a good time out there. He beat World Championship gold medalist Rudrankksh Patil at the domestic trials to make it to India’s Olympic shooting squad on the back of some great qualification scores. But in Paris his first two series’ — a 103.6 and a 104. Just not good enough to make the eight-man final. And looking at the average of scores, it seems like it’ll stay that way.
Shashank Nair
Meanwhile, Arjun hit a 104.9 and has a 73.9 in his 3rd series and is 8th at this instant.
15:06 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
A 105.7 series from Arjun Babuta to start his individual qualification. Sandeep Singh on the other hand, starts poorly with a 103.6 and is 42nd among 49 shooters.
Shashank Nair
15:02 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
A 105.7 series from Arjun Babuta to start his individual qualification. Sandeep Singh on the other hand, starts poorly with a 103.6 and is 42nd among 49 shooters.
Shashank Nair
15:02 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sreeja 4-0 Kallberg
With match point in hand, Sreeja Akula makes 2 service errors in what was nothing but nerves. She takes the timeout as Costantini tries to calm her down. She loses 2 more points. From 10-3 the Swede fights back to 10-8 but then the Indian finally manages to get the winner to close out the match. It’s taken her 28 minutes to finish the tie. And there’s that smile finally.
Anil Dias
14:58 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sreeja 3-0 Kallberg
India coach Massimo Constantini is guiding Sreeja Akula right now. Constantini, in his third term as India coach, was appointed only a couple of months ago. Sreeja’s personal coach of 14 years Somnath Ghosh, the one who spotted and trained her all these years, is in Paris too, but doesn’t have the accreditation to be at the venue. These easy games are fine, but Sreeja would want Somnath when the going gets tougher.
Match points for Sreeja, she has missed a few and now she has taken a timeout.
Anil Dias
14:57 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
Arjun Babuta’s first five shots — 10.7, 10.6, 10.5, 10.5 and 10.7. Time to pull up those Hawkeye ‘Dont give me hope’ memes right about now.
Shashank Nair
14:54 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sreeja 2-0 Kallberg
Sreeja one more game away from winning her first-ever Olympic match as she take the third game 11-7. Was quite an easy win and she will want to finish it off in straight games.
Anil Dias
14:53 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification
If you have recovered from the heartbreak of those final five Elavenil shots, the men’s 10m Air Rifle qualification is set to begin. Sandeep Singh and Arjun Babuta in the mix here. Can another Indian make the final after Ramita?
Shashank Nair
14:49 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Swimming, women’s 200m freestyle
In a little while from now, 14-year-old Dhinidhi Desinghu will be in action in women’s 200m freestyle. She got a quota through Universality system, but had to take part in quite a few events to get the required points for it. She is the National Record holder in this event, and her coach feels if she improves that in Paris, it will be a good result. She struggled a bit with the occasion at Asian Games where she went as a 13-year-old but is confident that experience will help here to better her PB.
Did you know she hated the water when her parents took her to a pool first?
14:45 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sreeja 2-0 Kallberg
Christina’s bat looks a little different, doesn’t it? It’s called the Cybershape Hexagon TT bat.
Did you know there are no rules on the shape of a TT bat? The only rule is that each side must have a different colour. That’s so opponents can distinguish the different rubbers used.
Meanwhile, Christina fights back well but Sreeja takes the second game 11–9. It was a good comeback from Christina but Sreeja does enough to close it out. Both the players made quite a number of unforced errors and Sreeja will be mindful of that going into the crucial third game of this Rd of 64 clash.
Anil Dias
14:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: ARCHERY UPDATE
Indian women’s archery team’s quarterfinal opponents are decided. It will be the Netherlands after they beat hosts France 6-0 in the 1/8 elimination round. Quinty Roeffen, Gaby Schloesser and Laura van der Winkel blanked Lisa Barbelin, Amelie Cordeau and Caroline Lopez. The quarterfinal is at 5.45 pm.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Archery So quarterfinals are set in the women’s team event. Higher seeded France have lost to Netherlands.
So it will be India vs Netherlands in the quarterfinals starting from 5.45 pm IST. Big couple of matches potentially here.https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/n3P5lknZwY
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
14:36 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sreeja 1-0 Kallberg
You can see that turn and smash by Sreeja? That’s her trademark winning shot. She sets it up using her pimpled rubber on the backhand and if the return is slightly high, she turns and unleashes her powerful forehand. Good start for Sreeja as she races away to an easy 11-4 win in her first-ever Olympic match. No nerves on show. Christina looks a bit frustrated as her gameplan is simply not working.
Anil Dias
14:32 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sreeja Akula v Kallberg
25-year-old Sreeja is in phenomenal form, winning the singles titles at the WTT Contender in Lagos and the WTT Feeder in Corpus Christi this year, becoming the only Indian to win WTT singles titles. After her win in Lagos, she reached her career-high ranking of 24 and is currently the highest-ranked Indian, overtaking stalwart Manika Batra. 24-year-old Christina too has had a good run this year, reaching the quarterfinals of 2 WTT contenders –in Rio and Tunis.
Sreeja has a 6-1 lead in Game 1.
Anil Dias
14:28 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Table tennis R64, Sreeja Akula v Kallberg
India’s top-ranked paddler Sreeja Akula will take on 58th-ranked Swedish player Christina Kallberg in their Rd of 64 clash. Sreeja and Christina have met twice, and both have won a match each. But Christina won the last time they met, at the 2023 WTT Contender in Rio. It should be an interesting match, with Sreeja being in sensational form off late.
Anil Dias
14:21 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Time for some Table Tennis action
TABLE TENNIS
Singles round of 63: From 2:15 pm onwards
Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai
The four Indian singles players selected for the Table Tennis event will all be in action in the individual events, round of 16. Sharath, who was the flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, and Manika will lead the charge.
Women’s Singles (R 64): Sreeja Akula vs Christina Källberg: 2.15 pm IST
Women’s Singles (R 64): Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey: 4 pm IST
Men’s Singles (R 64): Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kozul: 3 pm IST
Men’s Singles ( R 64): Harmeet Desai vs Felix Lebrun: 11.30 pm IST
14:20 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
While the earlier format prior to Tokyo Olympics saw shooters shooting a total of 40 shots, it was a high scoring qualification in Paris today as compared to one in Tokyo. At Tokyo, the qualification cut off went at 628.5 with five shooters shooting below 631.3, the cutoff at Paris this time.
Nitin Sharma
14:04 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
This is what the Women’s 10m Air rifle final looks like. South Korea’s Hyojin Ban (Olympic qualification record), Norway’s Jeanette Hegg Dustad, Switzerland’s Audrey Gogniat, China’s Yutong Huang, India’s Ramita Jindal, Kazakhstan’s Alexandra Le, USA’s Sagen Maddalena and France’s Oceanne Muller.
Shashank Nair
14:03 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Korean Hyojin Ban has made a new Olympics qualification record with a score of 634.5. Only 0.3 point seperated the last four shooters among the top eight shooters.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#ShootingSport
Ramita reaches 10m Air Rifle Women’s FINAL! ?
Absolute heartbreak for Elavenil but what a turnaround by Ramita! After starting with a 104.3, Ramita kept coming up and ends with a stunningly clutch 105.7. Superb. ??https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/gns7gAAH62
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
14:01 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
10.4 it is for Ramita and she reached the final with a fifth place with a score of 631.5 in the qualification. The cut off went at 631.3 for the eight shooter final. That’s how close it was for the last four shooters in the top eight.
Nitin Sharma
And there you have it. Ramita Jindal rises where Elavenil fell. Her last five shots — a 10.6, 10.8, 10.4, 10.6 and 10.4. An Indian will be in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final on Monday. Could have been two but Ramita ensures that she gets her foot in the door.
Shashank Nair
14:00 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
INTO THE FINAL, WHAT A TURNAROUND: Ramita needed a 10.2 off her last shot and she shoots a 10.4!!!
13:57 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Ramita needs a 10.2 or more off her final shot
13:57 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil’s last five shots of her Paris Olympics – 10.2, 10.6, 10.1, 9.8 and 10.3.
This will be a hard one to get over. It was there for the taking and she had been so brilliantly consistent throughout the qualifications. But those last five shots… Shooting may not have the physicality of a wrestling or a boxing, but mentally the sport can be brutal. Ela unfortunately at the end of it.
Shashank Nair
13:56 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
52.8 that’s what Ramita needs to shoot in her last five shots to be assured of a final place as it stands now. That’s an average of 10.56. And she comes with a 10.6 and 10.8 on her sixth and seventh shot of last series. 31.2 or more required for Ramita in the last three shots as her hopes hangs on a fine balance
13:56 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Ramita Jindal still has a couple of shots to go and we know better than to predict anything now. Elavenil must be so hurting at the moment!
13:55 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Right as Ramita hits a 10.9 and 10.8, Elavenil slumps and hits a 10.2 and 10.1!
And then tragedy strikes. Elavenil has just hit her worst shot of the qualifications. A 9.8 is a horrendous shot in her second last attempt and that surely means she’s out of the final. That’s heartbreaking.
Shashank Nair
13:54 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
NO ELAVENIL!! The pressure, the presssure. A 9.8 with her PENULTIMATE SHOT AND SHE IS OUT OF TOP EIGHT! AGONY.
13:52 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Oh wow both Indians have hit a 10.9 in their final series. Incredibly clutch stuff from Elavenil and Ramita over here. Both the Indians need to be over 631.4 which seems to be the cutoff for this qualification. It’s so close! Both the Indians are neck and neck now!!!
Shashank Nair
13:50 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Oh boy, the tension! Ramita sneaks into the top 8 as she starts her final series. HOPE!
Barring a stray 10.1, Ramita has had a decent fifth series which gets her 105.3. She’s currently ninth and will need an excellent last series to make it to the final eight, adds Shashank.
13:49 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Ramita is giving it a good go but with her last 9 shots she pretty much needs 10.6 or above to sneak into the top 8. (Very quick math, please don’t check for accuracy!)
13:47 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil’s 42nd and 43rd shot is a 10.1 and 10.3. But as has been the case with the Indian shooter in this qualification, she quickly arrests any slide and immediately drops a 10.7, 10.5, 10.6, 10.6, 10.6 and ends the fifth series with a 10.7. She’s currently ranked sixth among 44 shooters and needs to put a really good sixth series to guarantee her spot in the final eight.
Shashank Nair
13:46 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton – WS Group M
‘Just like a practice match’: Sindhu wrapped up her opener in under 30 minutes winning 21-9, 21-6. She didn’t expend too much energy, so we need not expend too many words on the easy start. Estonia’s Kristin Kuuba will be next on July 31.
Shivani Naik
13:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Rowing, Men’s Single Sculls Repechages
Here’s Amit Kamath with a Rowing 101 for you
After Balraj Panwar reached the quarter-finals of the rowing event, here’s a quick sporting guide.
Within rowing are two disciplines – sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling each rower uses two separate oars, one on either side of the boat, while sweep rowers use a single oar each. Competition is divided into classes that can be based on weight, and the number of rowers in a boat, featuring one, two, four or eight, with some crews also featuring a coxswain that steers among other duties. Compared to sweep oars, sculling oars are shorter and have a smaller blade as rowers are able to use two at a time. Oars are attached to the boat with riggers which help provide leverage for the rowing motion.
Have you ever wondered what a rowing boat is made out of?
Racing boats in rowing have evolved over time with advances in material and technology, and in the modern day are typically made from lightweight carbon fibre. They are long, narrow and lightweight to foster greater speed on the water, although rules govern the minimum weight for the boat in each class to maintain competitiveness.
13:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil has slipped down to 6th evidently after a 10.1 early in her fifth series. Like we said earlier, doesn’t matter where she finishes in the top 8 as long as she does. But can’t afford too many more of these. She still has a few shots to go to make up ground.
13:40 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Rowing, Men’s Single Sculls Repechages
Balraj Panwar sneaks into the quarterfinals finishing second in repechage with 7:12.41. He led for the first 1000 metres, lost the lead subsequently to Monaco’s Quentin Antonognelli and kicked off his sprint with 220 metres to go. The European though had his own final kick, and put in the heavy power stroke to finish at 7:10. Panwar’s biggest strength is his pacing across the four 500m splits, he doesn’t fade away at 1500m as happens with Indians at big events. That last sprint was encouraging, but he couldn’t hold the Monaco sculler back. He will need a sustained last dozen power-strokes to make further progress than three previous Indian rowers who made quarters. He is known to have the start of Dattu Bhokanal and smooth stroke of Swarn Virk. He will also need the finishing smarts of Bajrang Takhar, the previous Asiad champion, and his tactical coach.
Shivani Naik
13:38 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Korean shooter Jihyeon Keum has ended her round with a score of 630.9 and a points average of 10.515. She is placed at ninth spot and the tentative cut off can be around 630.2-631
Nitin Sharma
13:37 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Meanwhile, Elavenil since that poor 9.9 — 10.6, 10.6, 10.8, 10.5 and 10.7, 10.6, 10.4 and a 10.7. That’s some elite mentality over there! She finishes her fourth with a 105.3 — and this was with a 9.9 shot. Currently sitting in fourth spot in the ever-changing rankings of the Paris Olympics individual event.
Shashank Nair
13:35 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton – WS Group M
A little while earlier, PV Sindhu closed out a comfortable win against her opponent from Maldives, 21-9 21-6. Wasn’t expected to be a tough match but good that she came out with a comfortable win.
13:34 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Rowing, Men’s Single Sculls Repechages
Balraj Panwar is through to the quarterfinals. He gave it a really good go in this race to win it, but just matters who comes in the top two and he had done enough. A timing of 7:12.41 for him and a “Qualified to QF” next to his name. The QF races are day after.
#Paris2024 #Olympics#Rowing Men’s Single Sculls Repechages
Fun race. Balraj Panwar and Monaco’s Antognelli Quentin push each other all the way, with the Indian taking the lead briefly at the end. But 2nd place is enough to reach the quarterfinals.https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/jAuUtzGoIR
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
13:32 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
OK, looks like Elavenil has recovered from that 9.9 quickly enough. Good high 10s since then. Stays 4th.
13:31 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Ramita finishes her fourth series with a 105.3. Quite a decent fourth for her with a series of four shots where she landed 10.6, two 10.7s and then a 10.9. She’s currently 9th on the standings and has hit at least one 10.9 in every series of hers until now.
Shashank Nair
13:28 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Oh wow. What’s happening here? A 9.9 from Ela for her 32nd shot. That’s quite poor. She’s not been feeling like her first two series’ since the start of the third and that’s something she’ll have to address now. The ranking system takes a per shot average into consideration with shooters shooting whatever series they are shooting.
Shashank Nair
13:27 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Oh dear, Elavenil needs to be careful here. The level is dropping a bit too frequently low, a 9.9 in her 4th series! She is still in fifth spot but that is a danger sign.
13:26 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
For those of you wondering how long is the qualification, it’s a one hour and 15 minute long format for a total of 60 shots each. Some shooters shoot fast like sixth placed Korean Jihyeon Keum, who is almost at the end of her fourth series or some take their time like Poland’s Julia Piotrowska, who is almost midway of her third series.
Nitin Sharma
13:24 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil’s worst shot of the match is her 26th. A lowly 10.0. She follows that up with a 10.3 and then we’re back to the regular schedule of a 10.6. She then finishes off her third series with a 10.4 and a 10.3 and ends on 104.4 points. After a 105.8 and a 106.1, Ela scores her worst series yet. But still in fourth spot.
Shashank Nair
13:24 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil had gone up to the top spot briefly but a 10.0 in the third series has pulled her down to fourth. No reason to panic, just needs to avoid those <10.3s as Shashank says.
13:22 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: ROWING, Men’s Single Sculls Repechages
Ramita looked like she was having herself a decent third series. But it’s once again her lack of consistency here that’s pulling her slightly away from the top 8. Three 10.2s and a 10.3 in the third series — those shots are the killers in qualification and currently the Indian either shoots a really high-scoring shot, or one that negates her previous good shot. Her third series ends on 104.9 and she’s currently 11th.
Shashank Nair
13:19 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil, at this instant mindway through the third series, is at the top spot! Mind you though, top spot doesn’t really mean much in the end. The aim must be to keep the level steady and get into the final, nothing more.
13:14 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Right, Elavenil seems to be in really good touch today. A 106.1 in the second series with four shots of 10.6 in a row to close it out. The lowest shot — a 10.4. In a qualification, 10.9s are really not the target. Keeping your bad shots above 10.3, hitting those high 10.6s — that’s the kind of shooting that lands you in the final.
Shashank Nair
13:13 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Both the Chinese shooters Yuting Huang and Jiayu Han are too lurking around the top eight and have climbed to ninth and tenth spot respectively, warns Nitin Sharma. Yesterday, in the pistol qualification, Jiang was 20th at one point and she stormed back into the top 8.
13:12 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
This is turning out to be a decent series from Ramita. Only that first shot is 10.3 and the rest of them have been consistently good. This is what’s needed in qualification and she’s atleast not affected by that first series of 10 shots. A lovely 106.0 by Ramita to be in the eighth spot at the end of the second. Both Indians are in the top 8 as of now.
Shashank Nair
13:11 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: ROWING, Men’s Single Sculls Repechages
Balraj Panwar will be back in action soon after finishing fourth in Heat 1 yesterday and reaching the repechage stage.
Repechage is a term Indians will be very familiar with in wrestling terms, but it is a bit different for rowing.
First 2 in each repechage races qualify to Quarterfinals, which puts them back in medal contention, not just bronze. Remainder to Semifinals E/F which is only for classification purposes.
13:07 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton – WS Group M
PV Sindhu’s quick assessment of court conditions are rather underrated. She’ll log a few errors, but once she finds her lengths, she can reel off points quickly. Against Fathimath Abdul Razzaq of Maldives, the 10th seeded Indian was 4-4, before going on a 10 point spree thereafter. An easy opener and group stage for her in the draw, but it will be important to gauge line judgements especially on the back line. She looks sharp on the net. But early glimpse of where opponents will catch Sindhu in that rare point Fathimath picked – hurrying Sindhu on the forehand corner lunge, where drops get rained down. 21-9 for first set.
Shivani Naik
13:06 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Ramita is starting to fire. After a 10.3 to start her second series, she’s hit a 10.4, 10.9, 10.5, 10.7. Currently 12th and lurking outside the top 8, says Shashank. Current leader Jeanette Duestad of Norway has shot identical scores of 106.4 in her first two series. She has a points average of 10.638, Nitin chips in. Elavenil has meanwhile moved up as high as third.
13:04 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
#Paris2024 #Olympics#ShootingSport 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
That is a really solid first series from Elavenil. Very good grouping. https://t.co/G1Rofilxn4 pic.twitter.com/32xtq70ZCB
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 28, 2024
13:03 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Both the Chinese shooters Yuting Huang and Jiayu Han are currently outside the top ten but things can change ahead.
Nitin Sharma
13:01 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil stays near perfect in her first series of 10 shots. Not a single shot below 10.4 and her groupings are currently pristine. She starts off her Paris Olympics individual event with a 105.8 in the first series. More of the same!
Shashank Nair
13:00 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Triple starter Seonaid McIntosh of Great Britain has not made a start along with Houda Chabbi of Algeria. McIntosh will also be competing in 50m rifle 3p. That’s makes it a 42-shooter field in qualification. Elavenil meanwhile finishes her first series with a solid, solid 105.8
12:59 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton – WS Group M
And PV Sindhu seems to have gotten a handle on the conditions and is cruising now. 11-4 going into the mid-game interval.
12:58 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton – WS Group M
PV Sindhu with a slightly off-colour start, a few errors from her racket as Fathimath makes it 4-4. But Sindhu is now starting to get into her work, pulling ahead to 9-4.
12:57 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Ramita finishes off her first series and unfortunately it’s not a good one. Way too many shots 10.3 and below — Five of her first ten shots to be exact. But she finishes this series with a 10.7 and a total of 104.3. Got to get better, and got to get better fast!
Shashank Nair
12:56 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Ela’s first five shots on the other hand, 10.6, 10.7, 10.5, 10.5 and 10.8. Those are really nice scores and bode well for the Olympian.
Shashank Nair
12:55 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Elavenil started off late but has started off strong with an average of 10.620 and is in the top four in the early stages
12:53 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
In her first five shots, Ramita hits a 10.2 and a 10.0. Those unfortunately are the kind of shots that rankle later when you look back on what went wrong. 10.3s and above, negating shots below that score, has to be the priority for Indian rifle shooters in qualification.
Shashank Nair
12:53 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
Early days but Julia Piotrowska of Poland fires a first shot of 10.8 to be in the lead. Ramita starts with a 10.5 while one of the favourites Mary Tucker starts with a 9.5.
A perfect 10.9 from Ramita on her second shot sees her now at third place. Still too early in the series but it should give Ramita a lot of confidence.
Nitin Sharma
12:49 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
And we are underway in this event at Chateauroux range. Reminder that there is no broadcast or streaming for shooting qualification.
12:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
630.1, 626.2, 629.4, 630.6, 631.4, 632.3, 632.0, 633.0 are Ramita’s scores in the ISSF World Championships/World Cups in the last two years. She has made to three finals out of these.
Nitin Sharma
12:42 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
All three ISSF World Cups this year have seen the qualification cut-off in the women’s 10m air rifle for the eight-shooter final being above 630 with the lowest being 631.2 at Baku and the highest being 632.5 in Munich. Will it be a high-scoring qualification at Paris this time or like Tokyo where the cut off for the final went at 628.5?
Nitin Sharma
12:42 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton – WS Group M
Sindhu will be expected to start with a comfortable win against Maldives’ Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq, the world No 111. They met at Commonwealth Games WS Round of 32 where Sindhu defeated her 21-4, 21-11.
12:34 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
628.7, 630.8, 630.5, 630.5, 630.5, 629.1, 630.8, 626.3, 628.2, 633.8, 631.5 are scores of Elavenil Valarivan in international events including worlds cups and Asian championships post Tokyo Olympics. Seven times she has crossed the 630 mark but it meant that she made to only two World Cup finals in this cycle with a gold in one.
Nitin Sharma
12:29 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: History in Table Tennis last night
History rewritten ???
Xia Lian Ni becomes the oldest table tennis player to secure a win at the Olympic Games after seeing off Sibel Altinkaya 4-2 ?#PingPong #TableTennis #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/5EVeQ2PDkI
— World Table Tennis (@WTTGlobal) July 27, 2024
12:28 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton stars to watch out for
Tokyo women’s singles silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan is hot favourite against Belgium’s Lianne Tan in group play at La Chapelle Area. Both women are in their 30s and at their fourth Olympics.
At the same time, Tokyo bronze medallist PV Sindhu of India, who has three Games under her belt, faces off against Fathimath Abdul Razzaq of the Maldives.
Other women, including South Korea’s An Se-young and Tokyo gold medallist Chen Yufei of China, are also in action, as is Spain’s Carolina Marin, who bagged gold in Rio but missed Tokyo due to injury.
12:23 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
It’s a 44 shooter field in women’s 10m air rifle qualification. The cut-off for the eight-shooter final went at 628.5 in Tokyo Olympics, where Elavenil Valarivan finished 16th with a score of 626.5. Three shooters from the Tokyo Olympics final are in the field today with Tokyo bronze medallist Nina Christen of Switzerland in the fray too.
Nitin Sharma
12:17 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
From 12.45 pm, Indian shooters Ramita Jindal and Elaverin Valarivan will shoot in the women’s 10m air rifle qualification. The Indians would look to forget the disappointment of the mixed team results earlier and make a fresh start at the Chateauroux Shooting Range. The current world record stands at 636.3 shot by J Han of China at Baku earlier this year. Ramita though had crossed the mark during the Olympics trials with a score of 636.4 to book her place in the Indian team. The Olympic record stands at 632.9 shot by Jeanette Duestad of Norway in Tokyo Olympics.
Nitin Sharma
12:15 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: What else to watch out for today?
SWIMMING: PEATY TAKES THE PLUNGE
British world record holder Adam Peaty will bid for a third successive gold in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke, while the pin-up boy of French swimming, Leon Marchand, starts competition on Sunday as hot favourite in the men’s 400 medley. American world record holder Gretchen Walsh will battle China’s Zhang Yufei, the Tokyo silver medallist, for gold in the women’s 100 butterfly at La Defense Arena.
(Reuters)
12:05 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Indian Express team recaps Day 1, on Pod of the Rings
12:04 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: What else to watch out for today?
FIRST GLIMPSE OF BRILLIANT BILES
Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, returns for a third Olympics after suffering from the “twisties” at the Tokyo Games, a term gymnasts use to describe the temporary loss of spatial awareness when doing high-difficulty elements.
Biles will be in action in the women’s qualification rounds at Bercy Arena, the venue for artistic gymnastics competition.
(Reuters)
11:53 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification
In another universe, maybe Rudrankksh Patil, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Mehuli Ghosh and Tilottama Sen would have been the rifle team for the individual and mixed events in Paris. Instead, the intensive trials that India conducted to select the squad threw its own curveball and India landed on Ramita-Arjun and Sandeep-Elavenil. Out of those four, only Elavenil had the experience of having been to a prior Olympics before. But Ramita and Arjun came awfully close to qualifying for the bronze medal match on Saturday. Today, all four of them have a second chance to show their place in Paris well earned, as they each take part in the individual events.
11:40 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Balraj Panwar in rowing action at 1.05 pm IST
After a close finish to the third spot, Balraj Panwar finished in fourth place in Heat 1. And hence he moved into repechage rounds. First 2 in each repechage race qualify to Quarterfinals. Remainder to Semifinals E/F, which will be only for classification.
11:24 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Boxer Preeti Pawar enters pre-quarterfinals
Indian boxer Preeti Pawar picked up an unanimous decision win against Vietnam’s Vo Thi Kim Anh to enter the women’s 54kg category pre-quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics. The Asian Games bronze medallist, competing in her maiden Olympic Games, opened the proceedings for India in the boxing arena as she won her first round by a 5-0 margin on Saturday night.
11:13 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Opening ceremony had all bases covered
Paris did not seek to instruct, educate or 3-D lecture on their history, or walk a single line of any one theme. Instead, they bombarded senses (there’s also postal stamps with aromas of a baguette) with restless colour and unstoppable movement. There was song and dance and a hint of mystery, with the same vibe as when Hawkeye, after his arrow misses the target, tells Iron Man, “made you look.” Paris made the world look. (READ MORE)
11:09 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: How Manu Bhaker rediscover her passion for shooting after Tokyo debacle
To discover how much she still liked the sport, Manu first had to stay away from it. And after that moment of realisation, she began from scratch — starting from the junior tournaments. “Earlier, in all competitions, I had shot under a certain amount of pressure and expectations to win. But there, I didn’t give a damn how I performed, didn’t give a damn how I shot. I just wanted to shoot. Bad, good whatever… that was refreshing.” (READ MORE)
11:01 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: How flying cauldron of Paris Olympics is lit up
On Saturday, a day after the Opening Ceremony on the River Seine, tourists walked past the Louvre and Place de la Concorde as if they were any other monuments. There is a new attraction in town. Sandwiched between the museum and the historic square, the centuries-old Jardin des Tuileries has been the site of tranquillity amidst the more famous tourist traps. That won’t be the case anymore — at least for the next fortnight. (READ MORE)
10:51 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: International events to keep an eye on
Skateboarding
Women’s Street Final: 8.30pm IST
The skateboarding women’s street final pits Brazil’s Rayssa Leal – who took home silver aged 13 in Tokyo – against the Japanese duo: narrow favourite Akama Liz, 15, and 14-year-old world number one Yoshizawa Coco.
Tennis
Men’s Singles 1st round: 3.30pm IST onwards
In what will be his last Olympics and probably his last tournament at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal will take on Marton Fucsovics in the first round of the singles tournament. There are fitness concerns about Nadal but if he wins this, he faces Novak Djokovic in the next round.
Basketball
Men’s Group Phase: USA vs Serbia: 8.45 pm IST
The USA men’s basketball team’s quest for a record-extending 17th gold medal at the Olympics will begin on Sunday against Serbia in their Group C encounter. LeBron James & Co. are expected to face a stiff challenge against a team that will be led by three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
Swimming
Men’s 400m Individual Medley: Midnight (29 July)
France to finally end their wait for a swimming gold, with world record holder Leon Marchand out to win his pet event, the men’s 400m individual medley.
10:45 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Tennis
Sumit Nagal vs Corentin Moutet: 3.30 pm IST
Bopanna-Balaji vs Monfils-Roger Vasselin: 6th match on Court 7
10:39 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Swimming
Singles round of 63: From 2:15 pm onwards
Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai
The four Indian singles players selected for the Table Tennis event will all be in action in the individual events, round of 16. Sharath, who was the flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, and Manika will lead the charge.
Women’s Singles (R 64): Sreeja Akula vs Christina Källberg: 2.15 pm IST
Women’s Singles (R 64): Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey: 4 pm IST
Men’s Singles (R 64): Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kozul: 3 pm IST
Men’s Singles ( R 64): Harmeet Desai vs Felix Lebrun: 11.30 pm IST
10:34 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: SWIMMING
Men’s 100m back, Women’s 200m free: 3.00 pm IST onwards
Srihari Nataraj, Dhinidhi Desinghu
India’s most recognised swimmer Srihari and the country’s youngest member of the contingent in Dhinidhi Desinghu will take to the pools and look to register their personal bests. They qualified through Universality quotas.
Men’s 100m Backstroke (Heat 2), Srihari Nataraj: 3.13 pm IST
Women’s 200m Freestyle (Heat 1): Dhinidhi Desinghu: 3.30 pm IST
10:28 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: ROWING
Men’s single sculls repechage round: 1:05 pm IST
Balraj Panwar
After just finishing outside the top three in Heat 1, Balraj will try to get back into the quarterfinals through repechage. Top two from each repechage race will remain in contention.
10:22 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Boxing
Women’s 50kg R32: 3.50 pm IST
Nikhat Zareen
Two-time World Champion Nikhat has been has been handed a tough draw but she begins with a winnable bout against Germany’s Maxi Carina Kloetzer. Tougher tests await but the Indian will want to get off to a good start.
10:18 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Badminton
Group stage: From 12:50 pm IST
PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy
India’s top-ranked singles shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy kickstart their group-stage campaigns. Both of them have received comfortable draws in the group stage and will look to start off without any hiccups.
Women’s singles Group M, PV Sindhu vs FN Abdul Razzaq: 12.50 pm IST approx
Men’s Singles, Group K, Prannoy HS vs Fabian Roth: 8.00 pm IST approx
10:12 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Shooting
10m Air Pistol Women’s Final: 3.30 pm IST
Manu Bhaker
After the heartbreak in Tokyo, Manu did well on Saturday to come through qualification and reach the final. On Saturday, she will face a tough ask in a loaded field to try and clinch a medal. Rifle shooters will be in qualification too.
10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification, Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita Jindal: 12.45 pm IST:
10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification, Sandeep Singh Arjun Babuta: 2.45 pm IST
10:04 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Archery
Women’s team event: QF to medal matches, From 5.45 pm IST
Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur
India’s wait for an archery medal has been long and painstaking but in Paris, the team events have shaped up well. First to go will be the women’s trio, who are in QF action and two wins away from a potential medal.
09:54 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Schedule
After an eventful opening day, action continues thick and fast for the Indian contingent at Paris 2024. Here’s a look at the schedule.
09:44 (IST)28 Jul 2024
Olympics 2024 India Day 2 Live Updates: Welcome
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics. The Indian contingent will be banking on shooter Manu Bhaker to open their medal count in Paris. Barring that India’s other medal hopefuls PV Sindhu and Nikhat Zareen will also start their Olympic campaign. We’ll be bringing all the live updates from the Paris Olympics. Stay tuned!
