Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, India Archery Updates: Indian men's team reach quarters with 3rd-place finish in ranking round

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: Opening ceremony details

The 2024 Paris Olympics officially gets underway on Friday (26 July) with the opening ceremony set to take place in river Seine. The opening ceremony is scheduled to begin at 11 pm IST, which is 7.30 pm local time, and athletes’ parade will take place along the river. It promises to be a unique opening ceremony, and we will be back with LIVE coverage of that. Until tomorrow, it’s goodbye and good night!

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India to lock horns against Indonesia in mixed team last 16

In the mixed team archery competition, India will lock horns against Indonesia, who finished in 12th place with an aggregate of 1,236 points. India, meanwhile, were n fifth place with 2,013 points.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India to face either Turkey or Colombia in men's archery quarter-finals

The India men’s archery team will lock horns against either Turkey or Colombia in the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics. Turkey finished in sixth place with 1,992 points whereas Colombia ended in 11th with 1,970 points.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India's mixed team finishes fifth

India’s mixed team finished fifth in the standings with 1,347 points. South Korea (1,380) finished in first place, ahead of Germany (1,351) in second. USA (1,349) and China (1,348) were in third and fourth place. Here’s a look at the top 10 mixed team standings:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Dhiraj finishes fourth; Tarundeep 14th

As far as the men’s individual rankings are concerned, Dhiraj Bommadevera finished fourth with 681 points. Tarundeep Rai ended 14th with 674 points whereas Pravin Jadhav languished in 39th place wit 658 points. Here’s a look at the top 10 standings:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India men's team qualify for quarter-finals

The India men’s archery team that consists of Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevera and Pravin Jadhav qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics! India finished third in the team standings with 2013 points. South Korea (2049) and France (2025) finished in first and second place respectively.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Dhiraj in top five after fifth set in second half

After the fifth set of the second half, Dhraj Bommadevara surges into the top five of the men’s ranking round standings. Let’s take a look at where each Indian archer stands after the fifth set:

Tarundeep Rai – 618 points (10,10, 10, 9, 9, 9) – 14th place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 622 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 5th place

Pravin Jadhav – 603 points (X, X, 9, 9, 8, 7) – 38th place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Dhiraj continues to impress

Dhiraj Bomadevara continues to impress in the men’s ranking round of the archery competition. He climbs to sixth place from being in eighth at one stage while Tarundeep drops out of the top 10 after the fourth set.

Tarundeep Rai – 561 points (X, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 13th place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 566 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) – 6th place

Pravin Jadhav – 550 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 34th place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Dhiraj surpasses Tarundeep

Things are heating up between Indians for top ranking spots in men’s archery. Dhiraj has jumped to eighth place, his best spot so far today, whereas Tarundeep remains static in 10th.

Tarundeep Rai – 507 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9) – 10th place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 508 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9) – 8th place

Pravin Jadhav – 496 points (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) – 32nd place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Tarundeep in top 10

India’s experienced campaigner Tarundeep Rai climbs to the top 10 standings of the men’s ranking round in Paris. Here’s a look at the current top 10 archers:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Second half underway

The second half of the men’s individual archery ranking event is underway in Paris. Tarundeep scores 55 in his first attempt of the second half, that takes his total points tally to 392. Dhiraj surges into the top 10.

Tarundeep Rai – 392 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) – 15th place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 393 points (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) – 10th place

Pravin Jadhav – 383 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 38th place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: A look at top 10 team standings after first half

India are in sixth place in the men’s team standings at the end of the first half in men’s archery ranking round. Here’s a look at the top 10:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: A look at the top 10 standings after first half

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 individual men’s standings after the completion of the first half of the ranking round. Korean trio of Kim je Deok, Lee Wooseok and Kim Woojin are in the top three:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Tarundeep 14th at the end of first half

So, the first half in the men’s individual ranking round of the Paris Olympics is complete and Tarundeep Rai has proven to be India’s best archer so far. He is in 14th place, having fought back after slipping to 23rd at one stage. Dhiraj has improved to climb to 24th but Pravin Jadhav is in 37th place.

Tarundeep Rai – 337 points (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 14th place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 335 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 24th place

Pravin Jadhav – 328 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 37th place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Tarundeep fights back

Tarundeep Rai fights back in the penultimate set of the first half with a score of 58. That takes his aggregate score to 281 and takes him to 15th place.

Tarundeep Rai – 281 points (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) – 15th place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 279 points (X, X, X, 10, 9, 8) – 25th place

Pravin Jadhav – 272 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 43rd place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Tarundeep Rai slips to 23rd place

Tarundeep Rai slips to the 23rd place with 223 points to his name. Dhiraj Bommadevara is in 27th place whereas Pravin Jadhav is in 43rd.

Tarundeep Rai – 223 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7) – 23rd place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 222 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 27th place

Pravin Jadhav – 217 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) – 43rd place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Where India's archers stand after two sets

Tarundeep Rai is currently the highest-ranked Indian at 16th place, with Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav in 36th and 37th place respectively.

Tarundeep Rai – 113 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) – 16th place

Dhiraj Bommadevara – 110 points (9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 36th place

Pravin Jadhav – 110 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) – 37th place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: A look at top 10 archers after first two sets

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 standings following the completion of the first two sets in the men’s archery ranking round at the Paris Olympics:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Men's ranking round uderway

The men’s individual archery ranking round at the 2024 Paris Olympics is underway in France. Tarundeep Rai scores 55 in his first set, with Dhiraj Bommadevara doing a little better than Tarundeep with a score of 57. Pravin Jadhav, too scores 55 in his first set.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Indian archers' rankings

Young Dhiraj Bommadevara is ranked 12th, whereas Tarundeep Rai is ranked in 31st place. Pravin Jadhav is ranked 114th in the men’s global archery rankings.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Men's archery record holders

Who are the world and Olympic record holders in men’s archery ranking round? We take a look 

World record: Brady Ellison (USA, 702 points)

Olympic record: Kim Woojin (South Korea, 700 points)

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Who are the Indians who will compete in men's ranking round?

Less than 10 minutes left for the scheduled start time of the men’s individual archery ranking event in Paris. Who are the archers from India that will take part? The Indian men’s archery team consists of the experienced Tarundeep Rai, who is taking part in his fourth Olympics. Also competing is 22 year-old Dhiraj Bommadevara, who has won several medals including silver at the Asian Games in men’s team event last year. Pravin Jadhav, who competed in Tokyo Olympics three years back, gears up for his second Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE Updates: India's first medal opportunity

When will be India’s first medal opportunity and which sport? India’s first shot at a medal will be when mixed team 10m air rifle medal matches take place at the National Shooting Center in Châteauroux on 27 July.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE Updates: Nadal-Djokovic showdown on the cards?

In tennis news from the 2024 Paris Olympics, the draw for the Games was released on Thursday, and fans could see Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic facing off as early as in the second round at Roland Garros. Click here to read all the details pertaining to the draw.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE Updates: Opening ceremony details

The Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics will take place at river Seine in Paris on Friday (26 July). The nations’ parade will take place along the river, marking the first time that an Olympic opening ceremony does not take place inside a stadium. Table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal and badminton star PV Sindhu will be India’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony, which is scheduled to start at 11 pm IST (7.30 pm local time).

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE Updates: Important terminologies and their meanings

Are you someone who is new to following the Olympics? Or maybe you do follow but you are unfamiliar with a few sporting terms? Worry not, we have you covered with some of the important terminologies used in Olympic sports and their meanings. Click here to read more.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Lim Si-hyeon off to a flier in Paris!

ICYMI: Korea’s Lim Si-hyeon becomes the first to break a world record in the Paris Olympics by shooting 694 out of a possible 720!

WORLD RECORD 🔥#ArcheryInParis pic.twitter.com/JsjPvlrRz4

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Next event at 5.45 pm IST

We have a little over an hour to go for the next archery event today, with the men’s individual ranking round set to take place at 5.45 pm IST. India’s Ramesh Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai and Dhiraj Bommadevara will be in action during this round.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita Bhakat registers season best scores

In case you missed it, India’s Ankita Bhakat, who is making her Olympics debut, registered her season’s best scores on Thursday during the women’s individual ranking round. She finished with a score of 666 to be placed 11th, ahead of her fellow Indians Bhajan Kaur (22nd) and Deepika Kumari (23rd).

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Other pre quarterfinal lineups

Here’s a quick look at the other round of 16 lineups in women’s team archery: 

Chinese Taipei vs United States of America (28 July)

Great Britain vs Germany (28 July)

Indonesia vs Malaysia (28 July)

Along with India, South Korea, China and Mexico have also directly qualified for the quarter-finals.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: A look at top three in women's individual rankings

In the individual rankings, South Korea’s Lim Sihyeon and Nam Suhyeon finished first and second with respective scores of 694 and 688. The former’s score of 694 is a new world record, whereas South Korea’s team score of 2046 became a new Olympic record. China’s Xiaolei Yang finished third with 673 aggregate points.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Where France and Netherlands finished

France finished the women’s archery ranking round in fifth place with a total of 1972 points, whereas Netherlands finished in 12th place with 1897 points. These two teams will lock horns against each other in the round of 16 on 28 July, with India facing the winners of this match later on the same day.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India to play either France or Netherlands in quarter-finals

The India women’s archery team will play either France or Netherlands in the quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics 2024 after the brackets were released on Thursday following the ranking round.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Men's ranking round at 5.45 pm IST

The women’s archery ranking round may have been completed but there’s still some action remaining as far as India are concerned. Next up for India is the men’s archery ranking round event that will start at 5.45 pm IST today. All eyes will be on Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav as they aim to put their best.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India women's team directly qualifies for quarter-finals

The India women’s archery team finished in fourth place with a total of 1983 points. This means that they have secured direct qualification to the quarter-finals. South Korea (2046), China (1996) and Mexico (1986) finished in top three. Here’s a look at the top 10 teams:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: A look at top 10 ranked women archers

South Korea’s Lim Sihyeon and Nam Suhyeon finished as the first and second ranked women archers at the end of the ranking contest. Yang Xiaolei of China is third. Here’s a look at the top 10:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita placed 11th, Bhajan, Deepika 22nd and 23rd

The women’s individual ranking event for the archery competition at the Paris Olympics is complete. Ankita Bhakat is the top-ranked Indian woman in 11th place, followed by Bhajan Kaur (22nd) and Deepika Kumari (23rd). Here’s a look at how the Indians finished off the ranking contest:

Ankita Bhakat – 666 points (X, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) – 11th place

Deepika Kumari – 658 points (10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 8) – 23rd place

Bhajan Kaur – 659 points (9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 22nd place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India's results after penultimate set

Ankita Bhakat – 612 points (10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) – 8th place

Deepika Kumari – 601 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 26th place

Bhajan Kaur – 606 points (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 19th place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita climbs to eighth place

There’s just one more round to go in the women’s individual archery ranking event and Ankita Bhakat looks promising. She has climbed to eighth place with her aggregate score reading 612. Lim Siheon (635 points) is still in the lead with Nam Suhyeon (631) and Casey Kaufhold (620) making up the top three.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: India fourth in team standings

In the team standings, India are in fourth place ahead of hosts France, who are fifth. South Korea, China and Mexico make up the top three. Here’s a look at the top 10:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita in 12th place

Here’s a look at Indian archers’ placings in the women’s individual ranking round of the archery competition:

Ankita Bhakat – 554 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) – 12th place

Deepika Kumari – 545 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 28th place

Bhajan Kaur – 550 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) – 21st place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita aims for top 10, Deepika in 24th place after two sets in second half

Ankita Bhakat – 445 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 11th place

Deepika Kumari – 439 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) – 24th place

Bhajan Kaur – 437 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) – 30th place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Lim Sihyeon of Korea maintains lead

South Korea’s Lim Sihyeon maintains the lead in the women’s individual archery event with 523 aggregate points. In second place is fellow Korean Nam Suhyeon. USA’s Casey Kaufhold is in third place. Here’s a look at the top 10:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Deepika makes significant improvement

Deepika Kumari has made a significant improvement as she rises to 25th place after the first set of the second half. She scores 57 in the first set, taking her total points to 387.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Second half underway

The second half of the women’s individual archery ranking event is underway in Paris. Ankita scores 54 in the first set of the second half, taking her total points to 389. She is in 15th place currently. Lim Sihyeon of South Korea continues to lead with an aggregate of 409 points. Nam Suhyeon of Korea (398) and Michelle Kroppen of Germany (396) complete the top three.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Koreans continue to dominate

South Koreans continue to dominate the women’s archery ranking round. Ankita Bhakat, who was in 10th place at one stage has dropped out of the top 10 and is now in 12th place after the first half. Here’s a look at the top 10:

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Bhajan, Deepika make improvements

India women archers’ scores after six sets: 

Ankita Bhakat – 335 points (X, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) – 12th place

Deepika Kumari – 327 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) – 37th place

Bhajan Kaur – 330 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) – 23rd place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Top 10 standings after Ankita Bhakat is in 10th place

Here’s a look at the top 10 standings in women’s individual archery ranking round after four sets. Ankita Bhakat is in 10th place with a score of 280.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita Bhakat makes promising start

Ankita Bhakat, who is making her Olympics debut, makes a promising start. She is currently ranked seventh with a score of 170, just six points behind Lim Shiyeon of South Korea. Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur have 161 points each and are 39th and 41st respectively.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita Bhakat in eighth place after four sets

India’s Ankita Bhakat has slipped one place down to eighth after four sets. She currently has a total score of 225 points, which is nine points behind Lim Shiyeon of Korea, who is leading with 234 points. Nam Suhyeon of Korea (229 points) is in second place with Yang Xiaolei of China (229) sharing second place with the Korean.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita Bhakat rises to seventh place after three sets

Ankita Bhagat – 170 points (X, X, 10, 10, 10, 9) – 7th place

Deepika Kumari – 161 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) – 39th place

Bhajan Kaur – 161 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) – 41st place

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ranking round underway

The archery ranking round has got underway in Paris. Ankita Bhakat registers a score of 54 following the first six of 72 arrows that is assigned to every individual. Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur register scores of 51 each at the first end.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: How India's archers performed in Tokyo

The men’s team finished outside the top 30 in the ranking round at the Tokyo Olympics three years back and were seeded ninth. They went down to South Korea in the quarter-finals. Deepika Kumari was the lone Indian woman archer who qualified for Tokyo but she lost to Korea’s An San in the quarter-finals. An San eventually won the gold medal.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur gear up for maiden Olympics

Ankita Bhakat, 26, and Bhajan Kaur, 18, will be taking part in their debut Olympic Games in Paris. Both of them were part of the 2022 Asian Games that was held in Hangzhou last year. Ankita caught the eyes of many when she won the mixed team event gold at the world youth Archery Championships in 2017. Bhajan Kaur, on the other hand, was part of the women’s bronze-medal winning team at the Asian Games last year.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE Updates: Recap of Wednesday's football matches

While we wait for the outcome of the individual ranking round in archery, let’s quickly recap at what happened in men’s football that got underway at the Olympics on Wednesday. Morocco stunned Argentina 2-1 in a dramatic match marred by VAR, whereas Spain got the better of Uzbekistan. Click here to read the full report.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Individual ranking round set to get underway

The individual ranking round in the archery event is set to get underway in France. As per the official Olympics website, the ranking round is “in progress” with the women’s individual ranking round getting started.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai's fourth Olympics

Two of India’s senior archers, Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai, will be taking part in  their fourth Olympics. Deepika had taken a break between late 2022 and early 2023 after becoming a mother, but bounced back to win silver at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai earlier this year. Tarundeep, on the other hand, is a two-time World Championship silver medallist, a bronze medallist at the Asian Games and has also won two silver medals and a bronze at the Asian Championships.

Edit Delete Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Archery Road to Paris

A total of six Indian archers will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics and India will have a representative in each of the five archery events —Men’s individual, women’s individual, men’s team, women’s team and mixed team. Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, Bhajan Kaur, Pravin Jadhav, Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat are the archers who will be in action on Thursday. How did they qualify for Paris? And do India have a medal chance? Click here to find out.

Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE, India Archery Updates: Archery rules, history and champions

Archery has remained as a core sport of the Olympic programme for several decades after being introduced at the 1900 Olympics in Paris. What is the sport’s history, what are the rules and who are the defending Olympic champions? We have all that covered here.

Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE Updates: What are the rules for archery individual ranking round?

Only archery individual ranking round will take place today for India at the Paris Olympics in which all archers will shoot 72 arrows. They will then be seeded for individual and gender-based team events based on their scores.

The top four seeded teams in men’s and women’s team competitions will directly advance to the quarter-finals. The teams between the eighth to 12th seeds will compete against each other for the remaining four quarter-final places.

Only the top six pairs from the ranking round will take part in the mixed team event.

Olympics 2024 LIVE: Can we watch Paris Olympics for free in India?

Yes. The Paris Olympics 2024 will be live streamed in India for free through the Jiocinema app and website. The live broadcast of the sporting extravaganza will be available on Sports18 TV channels.

Olympics 2024 LIVE: Who are the archers representing India at Paris Games?

The women’s archers are Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur, and Ankita Bhakat and the men’s archers are Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Pravin Jadhav. Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat, and Dhiraj Bommadevara are making their Olympic debuts.

Olympics 2024 LIVE: The action to start with women's individual ranking round .

The action for India at the Paris Olympics will start with the Women’s Individual Ranking Round at 1:00 PM IST. The Men’s Individual Ranking Round will start at 5:45 PM IST.

Olympics 2024 LIVE: The D-Day is here for the Indian team as archers start campaign in Paris.

India start their Paris Olympics 2024 campaign today (25 July) with the six archers taking part in the ranking round event. India have sent a full contingent of six archers — – Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav, Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari, and Ankita Bhakat — to Paris and all of them will be in action today. This is the only sporting event for India today and we will bring you all the live updates, Stay tuned with us.