India At Olympics Day 2 Highlights: Manu Bhaker, Nikhat Zareen and PV Sindhu Shine Bright For India

Day 2 brought in a lot of great memories for India, especially Manu Bhaker who opened India's account in medal's tally. Sindhu began her campaign on a victorious note. Ramita Jindal impressed in the 10m air rifle women's qualification round and finished on the fifth spot. Srija Akula looked decent too with a 4-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8) win over Sweden's Chirstina Kallberg. Nikhat Zareen delivered and has now qualified for the round of 16. Manika Batra recorded a 4-1 win. But the third day of the Paris Olympics promises to be blockbuster. Stay tuned with Republic World so that you never miss a beat. Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: After losing to French sensation Felix Lebrun 8-11, 8-11, 6-11, 8-11 in men's singles round of 64, Harmeet Desai bows out of the Paris Olympics Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: India's Harmeet Desai is in action against France's Felix Lebrun Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: LeBron James makes his Olympic return after a 12-year absence in USA's opener against Serbia at the Paris Olympics Rafael Nadal won his first-round at the Paris Olympics 2024. He will now face Novak Djokovic in the second round. Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Hungary's Marton Fucscovics is giving a tough time to King of Clay, Rafael Nadal and has taken him to the third set. #WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Olympic Bronze Medalist Manu Bhaker and congratulated her on winning a Bronze medal in Women’s 10 M Air Pistol at #ParisOlympics2024 pic.twitter.com/IHrumNS5yv— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2024 Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy has handed a crushing defeat to his German counterpart Fabian Roth. The ace Indian shuttler has defeated Roth by 21-18, 21-12 to win his first match of Group K in Paris Germany's Roth is having a real tough time against India's HS Prannoy who is just three points away from winning his debut match at the Summer Games Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: So far, so good, HS Prannoy has been nothing but outstanding against his German opponent. The ace Indian shuttler has won the long rally Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Ace shuttler HS Prannoy has made some statement on his Olympic debut. The Indian shuttler has made a comeback and is now two points away from snatching the first game against his German opponent Fabian Roth Paris Olympics 2024 Live: HS Prannoy holds a very narrow lead at the break 11-10 as Game 1 of the encounter is rolling neck and neck at this stage. Paris Olympics 2024 Live: HS Prannoy has started his Paris Olympic campaign as his game against Roth is underway. Paris Olympics 2024 Live: HS Prannoy will be making his Olympic debut soon as he gears up for hist first Badminton Men's Singles Group Game against Germany's Fabian Roth. Paris Olympics 2024 Live: More disappointing news followed India at Paris Olympics as Sumit Nagal lost to France's Corentin Moutet in three sets to exit Men's Singles Tennis tournament. Sumit Nagal's Paris Olympic campaign lasted less than 3 hours. Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Disappointment for India in swimming as both Srihari Nataraj in Men's Swimming and Dhinidhi Desinghu in Women's Swimming both exitted in Heats as India failed to qualify for Semi Finals and the swimming campaign has come to an end. Nataraj finished 33rd overall among 46 swimmers while Dhinidhi finished 23rd among 30 swimmers and were knocked out in Heats. Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Netherlands have eliminated India's Archery team from the Olympics. The Dutch will now shoot for medals in the semi-finals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Abhinav A. Bindra (@abhinav_bindra) Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: The Dutch archers have had the Indian archers under the pump. India vs Netherlands scores after 1st set:Netherlands -- 9, 8, 9, 9, 9 8 - 52India -- 7, 10, 7, 9, 9, 9 - 51 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sachin Tendulkar (@sachintendulkar) India are meeting Netherlands in the quarter-finals of women’s team event #WATCH | Haryana: Celebrations underway at the residence of Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker. Shooter Manu Bhaker won a bronze medal in Women’s 10 M Air Pistol at #ParisOlympics2024 pic.twitter.com/7jxsdUETrY— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2024 Ace paddler Manika paddler has a lead of 2-0 against her opponent. After Sharath Kamal crashes out of the Paris Olympics, another Table Tennis star Manika Batra is in action for India. The paddler is up against Anna Hursey of Great Britain #WATCH | Haryana: Shooter Manu Bhaker's aunt Nirmala Devi, says, "We were expecting a gold medal, but this is not a small achievement. We are hopeful that she will win gold in the next two events." pic.twitter.com/08tgPSzRBu— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2024 Indian Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal has been knocked out from round of 32 A historic medal! Well done, @realmanubhaker, for winning India’s FIRST medal at #ParisOlympics2024! Congrats for the Bronze. This success is even more special as she becomes the 1st woman to win a medal in shooting for India.An incredible achievement!#Cheer4Bharat— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 28, 2024 Just after Bhaker wins the gold for India, Nikhat Zareen has stormed into round 16 of women's boxing in 50kg category. Zareen defeated Germany's Maxi Kloetzer by 5-0 Paris Olympics 2024: Bhaker is the first woman shooter from India to win an Olympic medal Manu Bhaker wins Bronze for India, misses silver by 0.1 points. What a day for Bhaker and India Manu Bhaker has done it, confirms India's first medal With 160.9 points, Bhaker is on the third spot, at this point in time, Bhaker looks like a promising contender to win India's first medal at Paris Olympics Manu Bhaker is gunning for India’s first Olympic medal in #Paris2024! 🏅Watch her in action LIVE, streaming FREE on JioCinema 📲 👇🏻https://t.co/f4qYLLw9pp#OlympicsonJioCinema #OlympicsonSports18 #JioCinemaSports #Cheer4Bharat pic.twitter.com/larM7ff1D6— JioCinema (@JioCinema) July 28, 2024 India's Manu Bhaker is on the second spot with 121.2 points, the elimination round is now underway Bhaker was welcomed with the cheers of ‘India, India’ as she was introduced as the seventh athlete in the contest Sharath Kamal is up against Denl Kozul. The Indian player won Game 1 by 12-10. Manu Bhaker's 10m Air Pistol final about to kickoff India's Arjun Babuta off to a great start, grabs the 5th spot after Series 1. Sandeep Singh is at 41st position 𝗦𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗷𝗮 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁! Sreeja Akula gets her Olympics campaign off to a winning start as she defeats Christina Kallberg, 4-0, in the round of 64 in the women's singles event. Sreeja Akula wins the first game against Kallberg with a score of 11-4.Sreeja wraps up the second game with a score of 11-9, displaying determination in a closely contested match. On Day 2 of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Ramita Jindal impressively secured 5th place in the women's 10m air rifle qualification round, earning her a spot in the finals. However, Elavenil Valarivan placed 10th after dropping from 4th in the final series. Balraj Panwar with an inspired show, finishes 2nd in Men's Singles Sculls - Repechages and advances to the quarter finals! On Day 2 of the Paris Olympics 2024, in the women's 10m air rifle qualification round, India's Elavenil Valarivan holds strong in 4th place with 421.6 points after Series 4, while Ramita Jindal is at 9th place. Both athletes aim to secure a spot in the top 8 for the finals. Sindhu defeats Razzaq 21-6 in the second game, completing the match in under 30 minutes.Game scores: 1st game: Sindhu 21-9 Razzaq 2nd game: Sindhu 21-6 Razzaq PV Sindhu wins the first game against Razzaq. Sindhu 21-9 Razzaq. PV Sindhu is out to take on Maldives' Fatimath Abdul Razzaq in her opening group stage match. After a broken pistol kept her from making it to the Tokyo Games final, Manu Bhaker will be looking for revenge at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre. She has the opportunity to become the first female shooter from India to earn an Olympic medal on Sunday, which would put an end to the country's 12-year wait for a podium finish in the shooting competition. While Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji will play in their men's doubles first-round match, which was postponed due to rainy weather in Paris on Friday, Sumit Nagal will begin his tennis journey at the Paris Olympics. One of India's main medal contenders, Nikhat Zareen, a two-time world champion in the 50kg boxing event, will start her trip. Dhinidhi Desinghu, the youngest competitor from India at the Olympics in Paris, will compete in the women's 200-meter freestyle swimming heats. Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, and Bhajan Kaur, the women's archery trio, will compete for a historic medal following their impressive performance on Thursday, July 25, in the Ranking Round that earned them a ticket in the quarterfinals. PV Sindhu, an Olympic medallist twice, will play Maldives' Fatimath Abdul Razzaq in her opening group stage match in an attempt to win a third straight Olympic medal. With shooters and archers competing in medal events on Sunday, July 28, Team India is ready to create an impression at the Paris Olympics after a mixed start. The main attraction of the day will be Manu Bhaker, who makes history by being the first female shooter from India to qualify for an Olympic final in 20 years. In the afternoon, the 22-year-old will compete in the women's 10m air pistol final. 12:45 pm ISTShooting: 10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification - Ramita Jindal and Elavenil Valarivan12:50 pm ISTBadminton: Women's Singles Group Stage - PV Sindhu vs F Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)1:05 pm ISTRowing: Men's Singles Sculls Repechages - Balraj Panwar2:15 pm ISTTable Tennis: Women's Singles Round of 16 - Sreeja Akula vs Christina Kallberg (Sweden)2:45 pm ISTShooting; 10m Air Rifle Men's Qualification - Sandeep Singh and Arjun Babuta3 pm ISTTable Tennis: Men's Singles Round of 64 - Achantha Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kozul (Slovenia)3:13 pm ISTSwimming: 100m backstroke men's heats - Srihari Nataraj3:30 pm ISTSwimming: 200m women's freestyle heats - Dhinidhi Desinghu3:30 pm IST - Medal RoundShooting: Women's 10m Air Pistol Final - Manu Bhaker3:30 pm IST OnwardsTennis: Men's Singles Round 1 - Sumit Nagal vs Corentin Moutet (France)Tennis: Men's Doubles Round 1 - Rohan Bopanna/Sriram Balaji vs Gael Monfils/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)3:50 pm ISTBoxing: Women's 50 kg Round of 32: Nikhat Zareen vs Maxi Cloetzer4:30 pm ISTTable Tennis: Women's Singles Round of 64 - Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey (Great Britain)5:45 pm ISTArchery: Women's Team Quarter-final - Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur7:17 pm - Archery Women's Team Semi-final (if Qualified)8 pm ISTBadminton: Men's Singles Group Stage - HS Prannoy vs Fabian Roth (Germany)8:18 pm or 8:41 pm IST - Medal RoundArchery - Women's Team Bronze Medal or Gold Medal Match11:30 pm ISTTable Tennis: Men's Singles Round of 64: Harmeet Desai vs Felix Lebrun (France)1:02 am IST (Monday)Swimming: 100m backstroke semi-final - Srirahi Nataraj (If Qualified)1:20 am IST (Monday)Swimming: 200m freestyle semi-final - Dhinidhi Desinghu (If qualified)