India At Olympics Day 1 Highlights: Preeti Pawar Wins To End Day 1 On A High, Bhaker Guns For Gold

Paris Olympics Live: Overall, it was a highly positive Day 1 for India at Paris Olympics with the highlight being Manu Bhaker reaching the finals of 10 M Women's Air Pistol. India will gun for Gold with Bhaker tomorrow as the nation dreams. India's win in Badminton, Hockey and Boxing will have the nation feeling highly positive as it aims to achieve first ever double digit medal tally. 

Paris Olympics Live: India's Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji's men's doubles Tennis Match against French duo was called off. 

Paris Olympics Live: India's Ashwini Ponnapa and Tanisha Crasto lost to Korea's Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee-yong in their first women's doubles group game. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: India's day at the Paris Olympics continues to get better as boxer Preeti Pawar has beaten Vietnam's Thi Kim Anh Vo to advance to the Pre Quarters in Women's 54 KG at Paris Olympics. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Preeti Pawar is locked in an intense battle as she lost the first round 3-2 but bounced back to win the second round of her bout 5-0. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) face each other off in Women's Badminton Doubled Group Stage match at Paris Olympics.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: India's Preeti Pawar takes on Vietnam's Thi Kim Anh Vo in Women's 54KG Boxing Round of 32 encounter. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Score: India men's hockey team have started their Paris Olympics campaign with a 3-2 win over New Zealand after a 59th minute winner. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India have taken the lead in the final two minutes of the game as Harmanpreet Stepped up and converted the penalty stroke. Surely there isn't much time remaining now for the Kiwis. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: New Zealand have done it, they have converted another penalty corner with just over 7 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter to equalise Simon Child. India have to do it all over again now. Do they have the energy. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India are leading 2-1 as the fourth and final quarter of the game gets underway. Can India hang on to their slender advantage or will New Zealand pull them back. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The game has swung in India's favour as they have taken the lead in the third quarter via a strike from Sumit. However, the goal has been shrouded in controversy as New Zealand thought the ball wasn't over the line. But upon referral their was no conclusive evidence to deny whether the ball had gone over the line or stayed out, hence the onfield decision stood. India lead 2-1. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The second half has resumed and India nearly went ahead only to be denied by spectacular goalkeeping from New Zealand man. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The first half has come to a close as both India and New Zealand go into the half time break with scores tied 1-1. Both the goals coming via penalty corners. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India are back on level terms midway through the second quarter as Mandeep Singh pounced on a penalty corner. New Zealand thought goalkeeper was fouled and referred the goal but the official could not see anything wrong and the goal stood. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The second quarter of the game is underway as India look to forge a comeback and overcome the one goal deficit. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The opening 15 minutes have come to a close and India have been sloppy at the beginning as they trail New Zealand by a goal to nil. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: New Zealand have taken the lead in the first quarter of the game against India after Sam Lane converted a penalty corner against the run of play with 7 minutes remaining on the clock. Interesting to see how India will respond. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India get things started as a tough group encounter begins against New Zealand. Both teams will want to start their campaign with a statement. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: As India's successful Badminton day comes to a close, all attention shifts towards India's men's Hockey Team as they face New Zealand in their opening Group B encounter at Paris Games. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Was there ever any doubt? Chirag Shetty and Satviksairaj have started their Paris Games campaign with a dominant victory over France's Lucas/Ronan 21-17, 21-14. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Satwik-Chirag are going strong in Game 2 as well as they are leading the home pair of Lucas-Ronan 11-8 in Game 2. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Satwik-Chirag have managed to thwart off Lucas-Ronan in Game 1 as they won a close game with 21-17. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Satwik-Chirag as expected have started in a dominant manner as they lead Lucas-Ronan 11-6 in Game 1 at break. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Superstar men's doubles duo Satwik-Chirag have kickstarted their Summer Games campaign with the match against host nation's Lucas-Ronan

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Lakshya Sen has made a great start to his Paris Olympics campaign as he came back from a 12-5 disadvantage in Game 2 against Cordon to win the game 22-20 in the end. By doing so Sen wins his opening match against the Tokyo Semifinalist 21-8 and 22-20. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Harmeet Desai defeated Zaid Abo Yaman of Jordan 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 in the preliminary round of the men's singles table tennis tournament and advanced to the main draw. 
 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Harmeet Desai has raced to a 3-0 lead against Zaid Abo Yaman as he's now won the second and third game 11-9 and 11-5.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: The second game hasn't quite gone to plan for Lakshya Sen as at the break he is trailing Cordon 11-6.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: There were no letups for Harmeet Desai in the first game of his match against Zaid Abo Yaman as he took game 1 with a 11-7 win. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Lakshya Sen has started his first match at Paris Olympics in an extremely dominant fashion as he's won Game 1 over Kevin Cordon 21-8. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Lie Updates: Harmeet Desai kicked off action for Men's Table Tennis against Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman in Preliminary Round. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Lakshya Sen's Paris Olympics campaign is underway as his match against Kevin Cordon begins. Sen has started the game 1 on fire as he leads 5-0 early on. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Wimbledon and French Open Champion Carlos Alcaraz made light work of Lebanon's Hady Habib 6-3, 6-1 to make it to second round at Paris Olympics. Novak Djokovic also advanced into second round for Serbia as he crushed Australia's Mathew Ebden 6-0, 6-1 to make it to second round. 

Olympic Games organizers said they “deeply apologize” for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean athletes waved their nation’s flag on a boat floating down the Seine River Friday evening, they were announced in both French and English as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. South Korea is the Republic of Korea.

Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji to start their journey in Paris in a short while. They will take on French pair Gael Monfils and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The match was supposed to start earlier in the day but rain dampened the court. Stay tuned for updates.

From Shooting to Tennis, where we have news that, World number one Iga Swiatek battled to a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania to reach the second round of the rain-lashed Olympics tennis tournament on Saturday.
 The 23-year-old Swiatek, back at Roland Garros where she captured a fourth French Open title last month, had the advantage of playing under the roof of Court Philippe Chatrier.

Manu Bhaker, exuding supreme confidence, delivered a stellar performance as she advanced to the 10m women's air pistol final, providing a much-needed boost for Indian shooting after a lackluster start by her fellow competitors in the Olympic Games.

The 22-year-old Bhaker scored 580 to secure third place in the qualifications, where Hungary's Veronika Major led with a score of 582. Fellow Indian shooter Rhythm Sangwan finished 15th with a score of 573. The final is scheduled for Sunday.

After a disappointing debut at the Tokyo Games three years ago left her in tears, Bhaker is now determined to add an Olympic medal to her already impressive achievements.

Link to full story: Manu Bhaker Qualifies For 10m Air Pistol Final

Manu Bhaker qualifies for the final. She will put her contention forward in the final of 10m Air Pistol event tomorrow and hopefully will secure a podium finish for India,

10m Women's Air Pistol (Qualification): End of Series-5, only one Series left! - Manu recovered well from an initial wobble in Series-5. She is currently #05 - Rhythm Sangwan is currently #18 - Top 8 shooters will qualify for the final.

Rain has dampened the court at Roland Garros.

As the 10m action continues, here's a reminder of what the medals' tally looks like. 

Rhythm Sangwan's 97 in the third series brings her up in the top 20, but still a fair climb to top 8 for her. Manu, meanwhile, continues in top form.

Manu Bhaker shoots another 97 in the second series to stay in top five.

After five shots, Bhaker and Rhythm have dropped just one point each and managed perfect 10 in the rest

The next in action from India will be shooters Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan who will be competing in the 10m air pistol women's qualification match. After a disappointing start in men's, the women's will be eager to advance to the next round with their exceptional performances.

The Bopanna-Balaji vs Monfils-Edouard match is scheduled second in queue on Court 12 at Roland Garros.

BADMINTON

*Men's singles group match: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) (7:10pm IST)

*Men's doubles group match: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar (France) (8pm IST).

*Women's doubles group match: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) (11:50pm IST)

BOXING

*Women's 54kg opening round bout: Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim anh Vo (Vietnam) (12.05am of Jan 28).

MEN'S HOCKEY

*Pool B match: India vs New Zealand (9pm IST)

ROWING

*Men's single sculls: Panwar Balraj (12:30pm IST)

TABLE TENNIS

*Men's singles preliminary round: Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman of Jordan (7:15pm IST)

TENNIS

*Men's doubles first round match: Rohan Bopnna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France) (3:30pm IST)

SHOOTING

*10m air pistole women's qualification: Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan (4pm IST).

𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲! Sarabjot Singh misses out on the final as he finishes at 9, with a total score of 577. He missed out on the top 8 by one X in comparison to Robin Walter of Germany. Arjun Cheema unfortunately didn't make it through to the final either as he finished at 18 with a total score of 574. A good effort from both of them nevertheless!

Meanwhile, China have secured the first gold medal of Paris Olympics. China defeated Korea in the final of 10m Air Rifle mixed event.

Sarabjot Singh after a in his fourth series has an average fifth series with only 93 points (which is his least). Drops to the 12th spot. Needs a strong finish to ensure qualification.

Perfect 100 in 4th series by Sarabjot & he moves to 4th spot (387). 
A poor shot of 7 in the 4th series is costing Arjun big time; at 14th spot now (384 pts).

Top 8 will qualify for Final | Anyways, 2 more series left...

Arjun has improved to fifth place with 30*, 97, and 96 points. He is currently in series three, with three more to come! Sarabjot, on the other hand, is ranked sixteenth with 94, 97, and 29*.

Arjun has improved to fifth place with 30*, 97, and 96 points. He is currently in series three, with three more to come! Sarabjot, on the other hand, is ranked sixteenth with 94, 97, and 29*.

Arjun is presently on his second series, and his first series is still in progress. He scored 96 in the first series and has only scored 47 in the current one. Meanwhile, Sarabjot received 94 in Series 1 and is ranked 30th.

Islam Satpayev and Alexandra Le of Kazakhstan have won the bronze medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team medal round at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Chateauroux, France.

The men's 10m air pistol qualification round is about to start! Arjun and Sarabjot are representing India!

Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta finished 6th with a score of 628.7 - Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh finished 12th with a score of 626.3. They are out of the Olympics. 

Ramita-Arjun place sixth in the end. Elavenil-Sandeep, meanwhile, ranks 12th. They have thus been eliminated from the competition since only the top four teams advance to the medal round.

Ramita-Arjun are currently ranked number five with 545.5 points while series three is still in progress. Elavenil-Sandeep, meanwhile, have 584.0 points as of right now, placing them 14th in series 3!

With series 2, Ramita-Arjun is ranked ninth with 313.6 points overall. Elavenil-Sandeep, meanwhile, have 281.4 points overall, placing them in 14th place.

In the men's solo sculls heat 1, Balraj Panwar places fourth. Quarterfinals are reached by the top three in each heat while the remaining go to the repechages.

Jindal-Babuta and Valarivan-Singh are in action as the shooting event has begun in paris. 

Rohan Bopanna and N. Sriram Balaji will face off against the local heroes É. Roger-Vasselin and F. Reboul. Both have ben dominant in clay court, and the Indian duo may have to put up some strong efforts in order to rally through and advance further in the game.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 India Full Schedule

BADMINTON

*Men's singles group match: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) (7:10 pm IST)

*Men's doubles group match: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar (France) (8 pm IST).

*Women's doubles group match: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) (11:50 pm IST)

BOXING

*Women's 54kg opening round bout: Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim anh Vo (Vietnam) (12.05 am on Jan 28).

MEN'S HOCKEY

*Pool B match: India vs New Zealand (9 pm IST)

ROWING

*Men's single sculls: Panwar Balraj (12:30 pm IST)

TABLE TENNIS

*Men's singles preliminary round: Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman of Jordan (7:15 pm IST)

TENNIS

*Men's doubles first-round match: Rohan Bopnna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France) (3:30 pm IST)

SHOOTING

*10m air rifle mixed team qualification: Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal (12:30 pm IST).

* Mixed team 10m air rifle medal rounds - 2:00 PM onwards (If India qualify)

*10m air pistol men's qualification: Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh (2 pm IST).

*10m air pistol women's qualification: Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan (4 pm IST).

Hockey India's Veteran goalkeeper, PR Sreejesh, will play in his final tournament donning the Blues as he plays in his final campaign with Team India in Paris.

Ramita Jindal-Arjun Babuta and Sandeep Singh have a chance to find the podium, and everything will depend on their performance in the qualification round as top four teams will advance further in the competition.

Elavanel Valarivan

Rohan Bopanna

Lakshya Sen

Satwik-Chirag

India Men's Hockey Team

12:30 PM IST

Rowing: Men's singles sculls heats - Panwar Balraj

Shooting: 10 am air rifle mixed team qualification - Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal (Top 4 teams will qualify for gold and Bronze Medal matches at 02:00 PM IST)

02:00 PM IST

Shooting: 10m air pistol men's qualification - Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh

03:30 PM IST

Tennis: Men's doubles first-round match - Rohan Bopnna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France)

04:00 PM IST

Shooting: 10m air pistol women's qualification - Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan

07:15 PM IST Onwards

Table Tennis: Men's singles preliminary round - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan)

07:10 PM IST Onwards

Badminton [Group Stage]

• Men's singles group match: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) (07:10 pm IST)
• Men's doubles group match: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar (France) (08:00 pm IST).
• Women's doubles group match: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) (11:50 PM IST)

09:00 PM IST

Hockey - India vs New Zealand [Group-stage match]

28th July, 12:05 AM IST [Sunday]

Boxing: Women's 54kg opening round bout: Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim anh Vo (Vietnam).

Ramita Jindal-Arjun Babuta and Sandeep Singh will be in the hunt for the gold in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. All eyes will remain on their qualification match, leading them further.