Hello readers! In a rather disappointing start for the Indian contingent, none of the two Indian pairs in action qualified for the final medal in mixed 10m air rifle team event. Meanwhile, Balraj Panwar will compete in Repechage round tomorrow after a tough start in rowing where he ranked fourth. India also failed to progess in the men’s 10m air pistol event. Games where India is participating today include, badminton, tennis, hockey, table tennis, rowing, boxing and shooting. Stay tuned to DH for latest updates from the Paris Olympics 2024.
Highlights
09:5427 Jul 2024
SHOOTING: Ranked 9, India’s Sarabjot Singh fails to qualify by one rank in men’s 10m air pistol event
09:3527 Jul 2024
SHOOTING: China bags first gold medal of Paris Games in 10 metres air rifle mixed team event
07:3927 Jul 2024
SHOOTING: Indian pairs in action fail to qualify for medal in mixed 10m air rifle team event
Paris Olympics: India schedule – Day 1
Following is India’s schedule at the Olympics here on Saturday.
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 Jul 28).
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 rifle mixed team qualification: Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal (12:30pm IST).
*10m air pistol men’s qualification: Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh (2pm IST).
*10m air pistole women’s qualification: Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan (4pm IST).
DIVING: Chinese women win first gold as they begin bid for clean sweep
Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani began China’s bid to capture all eight diving golds on offer by winning the women’s synchronised 3-metre springboard event on Saturday.
First-time Olympians Chen and Chang, who arrived in Paris having won three consecutive world titles, finished on 337.68 points. (Reuters)
FENCING: Shock exit for defending champion Sun Yiwen
There was a major shock on the first morning of the fencing at the Paris Olympics on Saturday when reigning women’s epee champion Sun Yiwen of China was knocked out in her opening bout by Japan’s Miho Yoshimura.
The two were locked up at 13 touches each after the regulation three periods of three minutes and 43rd-ranked Yoshimura secured victory in the first few seconds of sudden-death overtime. (Reuters)
SHOOTING: Ranked 9, India’s Sarabjot Singh fails to qualify by one rank in men’s 10m air pistol event
India’s other participant in the event, Arjun Singh Cheema, finished on rank 18.
SHOOTING: China bags first gold medal of Paris Games in 10 metres air rifle mixed team event
China’s Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday in the 10 metres air rifle mixed team event.
Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun of South Korea claimed silver and Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan were awarded bronze. (Reuters)
Published 27 July 2024, 02:44 IST
