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India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 Highlights: With Kevin Cordon withdrawing from Paris Olympics due to injury, Lakshya Sen’s victory over the Guatemalan on Saturday will be deleted from Paris 2024 records and the Indian will have to start his campaign from scratch. read more
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Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Day 2 Updates: Manu Bhaker is the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal since 2012. AP
July 29, 2024, 01:37:18 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates
That brings us to the end of our coverage of Day 2 of the 2024 Paris Olympics, as far as the Indian athletes are concerned, with the highlight of the day being Manu Bhaker winning a historic bronze in the women’s 10m air rifle finals!
As we call it a day, we leave you with a full recap of the day:
Archery:
— India lost to Netherlands 0-6 in the women’s team quarter-finals
Badminton:
— PV Sindhu defeated Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq 21-9, 21-6
— HS Prannoy defeated Fabian Roth 21-18, 21-12
Boxing:
— Nikhat Zareen defeated Maxi Kloetzer.
Rowing:
— Balraj Panwar finishes second in repechage race, advances to quarter-finals
Shooting:
— Manu Bhaker wins women’s 10m air pistol bronze
— Arjun Babuta enters men’s 10m air rifle final by finishing 7th while Sandeep Singh finishes 12th
— Ramita Jindal qualifies for women’s 10m air rifle final by finishing 5th while Elavenil Valarivan misses out.
Swimming:
— Srihari Nataraj finished 33rd out of 46 in men’s 100m backstroke heats with a timing of 55.01.
— Dhinidhi Desinghu finished 23rd out of 30 in women’s 200m freestyle heats with a timing of 2:06.96.
Table tennis:
— Sreeja Akula defeated Christina Kallberg 4-0 in women’s singles Round of 64
— Achanta Sharath Kamal lost to Deni Kozul 2-4 in men’s singles Round of 64
— Manika Batra defeated Anna Hursey 4-1 women’s singles Round of 64
— Harmeet Desai lost to Felix Lebrun 0-4 in men’s singles Round of 64
Tennis:
— Sumit Nagal lost to Corentin Moutet 2-6, 6-2, 5-7 in the men’s singles first round.
July 29, 2024, 00:25:56 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates
Leon Marchand smashes Michael Phelps’ all-time record!
The French swimmer wins the men’s 400-metre individual medley final with a timing of 4:02.95, smashing US swimming legend Phelps’ world record timing of 4:03.84!
Such is the gap between Marchand and the rest of the pack that the Frenchman swims home with a gap of almost six seconds!
July 29, 2024, 00:11:12 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Harmeet Desai bows out!
Felix Lebrun proves too tough for Harmeet Desai, winning the Round of 64 clash 4-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8) to advance to the next round!
Massive support for the 17-year-old French paddler, who lives up to his favourites billing entering the contest. Desai fought hard and did not give up till the very end, but the teenager proved too tough for him in the end.
July 28, 2024, 23:47:53 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Table Tennis — Lebrun 2-0 up against Desai
Lebrun is halfway through to the Round of 32, as he takes the second game as well, once again by an 11-8 margin!
Desai’s hardly able to catch up with the local favourite despite being the more experienced player of the two.
July 28, 2024, 23:44:42 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Table Tennis — Harmeet loses Game 1
World No 5 Lebrun, seeded third in the event, draws first blood against Harmeet as he takes the first game 11-8!
Can the Indian bounce back in the next game? Stay tuned to find out!
July 28, 2024, 23:34:04 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Table Tennis — Desai's match underway!
Time for the final event involving an Indian athlete on Day 2, with Harmeet Desai set to face France’s Felix Lebrun.
Desai had beaten Jordan’s Zaid Yaman 4-0 in the preliminaries. Can he continue his winning run in the Round og 64?
July 28, 2024, 23:25:42 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
JUST IN: Major change in Group L in the badminton men’s singles competition, with Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon withdrawing from the Paris Games due to a left-elbow injury.
Which means Group L effectively becomes a three-man group, with Jonatan Christie and and Julien Carraggi now playing two games each. As for Lakshya Sen and his 21-8, 22-20 victory over Cordon yesterday, that match will now get deleted from the Paris 2024 records, and the 22-year-old shuttler starts afresh.
Lakshya thus will be the only player from his group playing three matches, even if one of them isn’t official.
July 28, 2024, 22:51:58 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates
A little over half-an-hour left for Harmeet Desai’s Round of 64 clash against France’s Felix Lebrun to get underway.
No word on the men’s doubles match involving Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji so far though.
July 28, 2024, 22:30:30 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates — Korea continues domination in archery!
Korea continue their domination of the women’s team archery event, winning their 10th straight gold medal since team events were introduced in archery in Seoul 1988!
Only this time the Korean trio of Jeon Hun-young, Nam Su-hyeon and Lim Si-hyeon had to fight harder than they would have initially expected, and nearly suffered their first-ever defeat in the Olympics — both in the semi-final against Netherlands as well as in the final against China.
Jeon, Nam and Lim, however, ended up winning both matches 5-4 to be crowned champions!
July 28, 2024, 22:01:24 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates — Day 3 schedule
As for Day 3 of the Paris Olympics, Indian athletes will be in action in 10 different events including two medal events in shooting.
Additionally, the men’s hockey team will be aiming to extend their winning start as they take on Argentina in their second Pool B clash.
July 28, 2024, 21:58:29 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates
Just a couple of events left today as far as Indian athletes are concerned. The tennis men’s doubles clash between Rohan Bopanna-N Sriram Balaji and Gael Monfils-Edouard Roger-Vasselin, which was supposed to take place yesterday, but was postponed due to inclement weather, is supposed to begin shortly.
The final event of the day will have Harmeet Desai facing France’s Felix Lebrun in the table tennis men’s singles Round of 64.
July 28, 2024, 21:36:28 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Tennis — Nadal wins!
Rafael Nadal advances to Round 2 with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics! He faces Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster men’s singles clash next!
The 14-time Roland Garros champion was expected to breeze through his opening clash, but the manner in which Fucsovics bounced back and fought till very end earns up a hearty applause from the packed house at Court Philippe-Chatrier!
July 28, 2024, 21:20:08 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Tennis
Meanwhile at Court Philippe-Chatrier, Rafa Nadal has a slender lead over Marton Fucsovics, but cannot afford to breathe easy with the Hungarian putting up quite the admirable fight at the moment.
July 28, 2024, 21:14:58 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
Here’s one of the long rallies that Prannoy won in his Group K clash against Roth
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India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton — Prannoy wins!
HS Prannoy 21-18, 21-12 Fabian Roth
Prannoy moves to matchpoint with a powerful smash down the court. Roth then sprays one wide to Prannoy’s right next up, resulting in a straight-games victory for the Indian ranked 12th in the world!
Indian shuttlers have won all of their singles encounters so far, with Lakshya Sen beating Kevin Cordon yesterday and PV Sindhu triumphing over Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq today!
Just the start Prannoy was looking for on Olympic debut!
July 28, 2024, 20:53:19 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
HS Prannoy 21-18, 17-11 Fabian Roth
Roth concedes an easy point to Prannoy with a serve that lands well outside the court. Prannoy wins the next point as well to stretch his lead to six!
July 28, 2024, 20:51:33 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
HS Prannoy 21-18, 15-10 Fabian Roth
Powerful cross-court smash by Prannoy, and Roth is once again on all-fours after failing to pick it. Excellent reflex shot by Prannoy next up as he puts in a neat little flick close to his waist that catches his opponent unawares.
July 28, 2024, 20:47:25 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton — Prannoy leading by five points in Game 2
HS Prannoy 21-18, 11-6 Fabian Roth
The momentum’s firmly on Prannoy’s side at the moment as he opens up a five-point lead at the interval in Game 2!
Can he seal the deal in this game itself, or will Roth take this to a decider?
July 28, 2024, 20:46:12 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
HS Prannoy 21-18, 9-6 Fabian Roth
Prannoy wins another long rally against Roth, with the German finding himself on the floor, failing to return a clever drop shot from the Prannoy after picking a powerful smash.
July 28, 2024, 20:44:23 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Tennis — Fucsovics fights back against Nadal!
Meanwhile at Court Philippe-Chatrier, Marton Fucsovics fights back in style to take the second set 6-4, and drag the men’s singles Round 1 clash against 14-time French Open champion to a deciding set!
July 28, 2024, 20:41:16 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
HS Prannoy 21-18, 5-2 Fabian Roth
Three consecutive points for Prannoy now as he moves to 5-2. Roth fires one far too long as it drops beyond the right tramline close to the baseline, and later fails to clear the net.
July 28, 2024, 20:39:57 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
HS Prannoy 21-18, 2-2 Fabian Roth
Prannoy’s in the lead in Game 2 as well, but Roth claws back shortly after to go level at two points each.
July 28, 2024, 20:34:53 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton — Prannoy wins Game 1!
HS Prannoy 21-18 Fabian Roth
Two game points for Prannoy as he moves to 20 with a sharp smash down Roth’s left!
He forces an error from Roth in the next point to seal Game 1 21-18!
Been a hard-fought encounter so far!
July 28, 2024, 20:33:30 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
HS Prannoy 19-17 Fabian Roth
Back-to-back points for Prannoy now and the Indian is two points away from winning Game 1. Roth fires the shuttle wide of the right tramline once again, before hitting the net on his next attempt.
July 28, 2024, 20:31:33 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton
HS Prannoy 16-16 Fabian Roth
Prannoy wins a long rally against Roth, which ends with the latter smashing one a bit too wide to the Indian’s side as it falls outside the tramline. The two are level on 16 points.
July 28, 2024, 20:28:50 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton — Roth fights back
Roth fights back and wins four points in a row, with the score currently leading 14-11 in favour of the German. How will Prannoy respond to the turn of events?
July 28, 2024, 20:24:32 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton — Prannoy leading Game 1
Prannoy’s ahead by a solitary point at the interval in Game 1. It has been a tense affair so far in the Group K clash.
July 28, 2024, 20:19:25 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Badminton — Prannoy's opening match underway
Prannoy’s opening Group K clash against Fabian Roth is underway, and it’s turning out to be a closely-fought affair so far in Game 1! Prannoy’s leading 8-6 at the moment.
July 28, 2024, 20:10:35 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Tamberi loses wedding ring in the Seine
Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi is in the news once again after winning a historic shared gold in Tokyo 2020, but for an entirely different reason in the Paris Games.
Tamberi ended up losing his wedding ring during the boat parade in the opening ceremony on Friday, the prized possession of his slipping out of his finger and falling all the way to the bottom of the Seine!
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
July 28, 2024, 20:06:03 (IST)
India at Paris Olympics 2024, Day 2 LIVE Updates: Shooting
Manu Bhaker reacts for the first time since her historic bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event in Paris 2024, crediting her coach Jaspal Rana — with whom she had a falling out in Tokyo 2020 — among others for her medal.
Winning this medal is a dream come true, not just for me but for everyone who has supported me. I am deeply grateful to the NRAI, SAI, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Coach Jaspal Rana sir, Haryana government and OGQ. I dedicate this victory to my country for their incredible… pic.twitter.com/hnzGjNwUhv
— Manu Bhaker🇮🇳 (@realmanubhaker) July 28, 2024Olympics 2024 LIVE: India will look to land their first medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday (28 July) with Manu Bhaker in the women’s 10m air pistol shooting event. Women’s and Men’s 10 m air rifle qualifications will also take place today in the Paris Games 2024. Balraj Panwar who finished fourth in the qualification on Saturday in men’s single sculls will take part in repechage today.
Indian women’s archery team comprising Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Deepika Kumari will also have an opportunity to clinch a medal as they take part in the quarter-finals. The medal round in the women’s archery team event will also take place on 28 July.
India Day 2 schedule at Paris Olympics 2024
Some of the major Indian athletes including PV Sindhu, Nikhat Zareen, Sharath Kamal, and Manik Batra will be starting their respective Olympic 2024 campaigns today.
After rain postponed their match on 27 July, Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji will be back to play their men’s doubles first round match, while Sumit Nagal will play his first men’s singles match.
Olympics 2024 LIVE Streaming: The Paris Olympics 2024 is being live streamed for free on the JioCinema app and websites in India. The live telecast of the Paris Olympics 2024 is available on Sports18 TV channels in India.
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