Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1 Highlights: Manu Bhaker qualifies for 10m Air Pistol final; Preeti Pawar reaches pre-quarterfinals; Lakshya, Sat-Chi start with wins

That’s it for today folks! We are done with all Indias in action today. For the rest of the results, you can always check out the below link.

Results: July 27
Medal Tally: Live Updates

BOXING

Women’s 54kg - Preliminaries - Round of 32 - Preeti Pawar beats Thi Kim Ah Vo (Vietnam) 5-0. 

HOCKEY

Men’s Pool B - India beat New Zealand 3-2 

TABLE TENNIS

Men’s Singles Preliminary Round - Harmeet Desai beat Zaid Abo Yaman 4-0 

TENNIS

Men’s Doubles First Round - Rohan Bopanna/N. Sriram Balaji vs Gael Monfils/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) - Delayed due to rain 

BADMINTON

Men’s Doubles Group Stage - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty beat Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar 21-17, 21-14 

Men’s Singles Group Stage - Lakshya Sen beat Kevin Cordon (21-8, 22-20) 

Women’s Doubles Group Stage - Ashwini Ponappa/Tanisha Crasto lost to Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong 21-18, 21-10

SHOOTING

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification - India 2 (Ramita Jindal/Arjun Babuta) - 628.7 points (Sixth) 

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification - India 1 (Elavenil Valarivan/Sandeep Singh) - 626.3 points (12th) 

10m Air Pistol Men’s Qualification - Sarabjot Singh 577 points - (Ninth) 

10m Air Pistol Men’s Qualification - Arjun Singh Cheema - 574 points - (18th) 

10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification - Manu Bhaker - 580 points (Third, qualified for final) 

10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification - Rhythm Sangwan - 573 points (15th) 

ROWING

Men’s Single Sculls Heats - Panwar Balraj - 7:07.11 (qualified for repechage)

The Crasto/Ponappa duo loses to Kim/Kong in straight games. With this, we are done with India in action today. 

Ariarne Titmus defended her Olympic title and beat Summer McIntosh to win the race of the century -- women’s 400m freestyle. With this, Australia has won its first gold medal in this Olympics. United States’ Katie Ledecky gets bronze. 

The South Korean duo of Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong beat Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto in the first game. 

Preet Pawar comes from behind to thrash her Vietnam counterpart in the round of 32 match. A unanimous decision takes her to pre-quarterfinals where she will face World No. 2, Yeni Marcela. 

And Preeti makes a huge comeback. In a dominating second-round bout, it is the Indian who got a unanimous decision in her favour. 

Preet Pawar in red is behind as far as the score is concerned. In a split 3-2 decision, Vietnam’s Thi Kim Anh Vo has won the first round. 

India’s Preeti Pawar is now in action in the women’s 54 kg category boxing. 

France beat Fiji to clinch the gold medal in Rugby Sevens. South Africa meanwhile named bronze medal after beating Australia in the third-place match. 

The power-packed duo of Carlos Alcara and Rafael Nadal are 1 set up against the sixth-seeded Argentine pair of Gonzalez-Molteni. 

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy:

On what makes Paris so special (they won twice in the city during the BWF World Tour in 2022 and 2024):

“The Parisian crowds always support badminton. Even at 8am, the stadium was fully packed. I love the feeling of playing in front of such a large crowd. They call it ‘the city of love’, so we love Paris.”

Chirag Shetty:

On the match:

“Obviously, the first matches are always tough. We are playing in a new stadium, at the biggest stage. Most of it is simply incredible. To see so many people come out, it feels good.”

On feeling pressure to win gold for India:

“We are not looking that far. The pressure is there for everyone. All 17 pairs who are participating in the Olympics, every single person is under pressure. So we are taking it in our stride, as positively as possible.”

On having good team chemistry:

“To have good chemistry you need to be friends on and off the court. We are really good friends off the court, so that really helps.”

The duo of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponappa will be in action in their women’s doubles group stage match at 23:50 against the South Korean duo of Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong. 

India gets a penalty stroke and converts it into a penalty stroke. Harman makes no mistake to put India into the lead. 

New Zealand pulls it back. 2-2 it is now with seven minutes to go. 

India continues holding onto its lead against New Zealand in the hockey group stage match. We are heading into the last quarter. 

Japan, Kazakhstan, Belgium, and host country France each clinch a gold medal to open their tally in the Paris 2024 Olympics. 

Vivek puts India into the lead against New Zealand. There was a question of whether the ball crossed the goal line or not but the on-field umpires took a referral and the verdict went in India’s favour. 

IND 2-1 NZ

Here comes the equaliser from Mandeep Singh who levels the scoreline in the second quarter. 

IND 1-1 NZ

India has conceded first goal against New Zealand in the first quarter.

IND 0-1 NZ

The dynamic duo of Satwik-Chirag registers a comfortable win over Corvee/Labar. They beat the French duo 21-17, 21-14 in straight games. 

Australia opened its account in the Paris Olympics. Australia’s Grace Brown wins Women’s Individual Time Trail in Cycling to clinic gold. 

Satwik/Chirag win the first game 21-16 against the local French duo Corvee/Labar. 

Harmeet Desai clean sweeps Jordan’s Zaid Aman 4-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5) to enter the next round. The Indian paddler will face France’s Felix Lebrun.

After easily clinching the first game, Kevin Cordon was keeping Sen on his toes in the second game. However, the Indian did well to come back and make it 20-20 before winning the game 21-8, 22-20.

Australia’s Grace Brown wins the gold medal in the time trial event of cycling.

The Indian paddler is playing Jordan’s Zaid Yaman in the men’s singles preliminary round.

The Indian starts well as he takes the first game 21-8 against Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon in the men’s singles first round.

A total of five countries have clinched medals so far on Day 1.

China - 2 gold

South Korea - 1 silver

USA - 1 bronze

Great Britain - 1 bronze

Kazakhstan - 1 bronze

Carlos Alcaraz, who is in the same quarter as India’s Sumit Nagal, defeated Lebanon’s Hady Habib 6-3, 6-1 to breeze into the second round.

Matthew Ebden was ecstatic after he took a single game off of the Serb, but Djokovic’s win was all but confirmed as went on to advance to the next round 6-0, 6-1.

A potential match-up against Rafael Nadal awaits the Djoker!

Serb Novak Djokovic served a bagel to Australian Matthew Ebden in the first set, while French Open reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz clinched the first set 6-3 against Lebanon’s Hady Habib.

The Indian rower finished fourth in the first heat of men’s singles sculls with a timing of 7:07.11. 

He will now compete in the repechage round where he will have a chance to still make the quarterfinals.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Manu Bhaker qualifies for women’s 10m air pistol final

The Indian scored in the 60 shots in the qualification round to finish in the third spot with 580 points and 27 inner 10s. Her compatriot Rhythm Sangwan failed to make the cut after ending in 15th place.

Manu Bhaker: 96 points (9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 10, 9) - 3rd (580-27x)

Rhythm Sangwan: 96 points (10, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 9) - 15th (573-14x)

Manu Bhaker: 96 points (10, 10, 8, 10, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10) - 5th (484-23x)

Rhythm Sangwan: 95 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 9) - 18th (477-10x)

Manu Bhaker: 96 points (10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10) - 3rd (388-19x)

Rhythm Sangwan: 96 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10) - 17th (282-9x)

Manu Bhaker: 98 points (9, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10) - 2nd (292-16x)

Rhythm Sangwan: 97 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10) - 18th (286-6x)

Manu Bhaker: 97 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 9) - 4th (194-11x)

Rhythm Sangwan: 92 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 9) - 26th (187-4x)

Manu Bhaker: 97 points (9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 10, 10) - 3rd (overall score: 97-7x)

Rhythm Sangwan: 97 points (9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 10, 10) - 7th (overall score: 97-2x)

The first round match for the Indian pair is delayed due to rain. 

The qualification format remains the same. 60 shots for all the shooters in six series. The totals will be used to determine the top eight with inner 10s serving as tie breakers.

Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan have begun their qualification round in the women’s 10m air pistol event.

Sarabjot Singh will be devastated! He ends tied on points with the eighth-placed shooter but still ends up out of the finals having scored one fewer inner 10. 

Arjun Cheema showed promise early on but could not sustain, finishing in 18th place with 574-17x.

Sarabjot Singh: 97 points (9, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10) - 9th (overall score: 577-16x)

Arjun Singh Cheema: 97 points (9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10) - 18th (overall score: 574-17x)

Sarabjot Singh: 93 points (10, 10, 9, 10, 9, 9, 10, 8, 9, 9) - 12th place (overall score: 480-13x)

Arjun Singh Cheema: 93 points (10, 8, 9, 10, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9) - (overall score: 477-16x)

Sarabjot Singh: 100 points (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10) - 3rd (overall score: 397-12x)

Arjun Singh Cheema: 94 points (10, 7, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 9) - 14th (overall score: 384-13x)

Arjun Singh Cheema: 97 points (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9) (overall score: 290-12x)

Sarabjot Singh: 96 points (10, 9, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 9, 10, 9) (overall score: 287-9x)

Arjun Singh Cheema: 97 points (8, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10) - 10th (overall score: 193-9x)

Sarabjot Singh: 97 points (9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 10, 10) - 16th (overall score: 191-6x)

Arjun Singh Cheema: 96 points (10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 10, 10, 10) - 12th

Sarabjot Singh: 94 points (10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 9, 10, 9, 9)- 28th

Cheema has 49 points after five shots, including four inner 10s, and is in the sixth place. Still a long way to go with 55 shots remaining.

The first shots have been fired in the men’s 10m air pistol qualification. 

Arjun Singh Cheema gets a 10 to start off. Sarabjot Singh yet to begin.

Each shooter will get 60 shots, with the totals being used to determine the final standings.

The top eight will advance to the final which will be held on July 28.

Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh will take the shooting range at 2PM IST.

The second Indian pair gets a total of 626.3 to end in the 12th place. 

This means there will be no Indian team in the final.

The Indian pair gets a total of 628.7 to end in the sixth place, meaning it will not be in contention for a medal.

Total - 210.6 (7th place)

Ramita - 10.2, 10.7, 10.3, 10.1, 10.4, 10.7, 10.2, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7

Arjun - 10.5, 10.6, 10.5, 10.9, 10.6, 10.5, 10.3, 10.8, 10.7, 10.8

The second set of 10 shots now for the Indian pairs. 

Total - 207.5 (18th)

Elavenil - 10.5, 10.7, 10.2, 10.2, 9.9, 10.4, 10.4, 10.4, 10.5, 10.2

Sandeep - 10.8, 10.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.4, 10.4, 10.4, 10.9, 10.5, 10.0

Total - 167.3

Ramita - 10.5, 10.6, 10.4, 10.1, 10.8, 10.2, 10.6, 10.7

Arjun - 10.3, 10.1, 10.5, 10.3, 10.7, 10.3, 10.7, 10.5

The pair is upto 10th place now.

Total - 113.8

Elavenil - 10.5, 10.7, 10.2, 10.2, 9.9

Sandeep - 10.8, 10.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.4

They sit in the 25th spot at the moment.

Total - 62.4

Ramita- 10.5, 10.6, 10.4

Arjun - 10.3, 10.1, 10.5

Sandeep Singh is the first one to take the shot, getting a 10.8. Elavenil is yet to take her first attempt.

The Indian team holds the qualification World Record at 635.8 in 2023 in Cairo.

Each member of the side will shoot 30 shots in as many minutes. Teammates can fire independently of their partner. The top 4 teams will make the medal matches. 1 and 2 play for gold, 3 and 4 will face-off in the bronze medal match.

Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal will be the first Indians in action at Paris 2024. Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh will also be competing in this event.

The Indian will be in action today in the women’s 10m air rifle qualification. 

Who will be the key medal contenders in Manu Bhaker’s shooting events - 10m air pistol, 25m sports pistol?

Manu Bhaker aims for Paris 2024 Olympic redemption against fierce competitors like Jiang Ranxin and Doreen Vennekamp.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Indians in action today — July 27 schedule, full list of events, venues, timings in IST, live streaming info

Paris 2024 Olympics, July 27: Who are the Indians who will be in action today?

So, the wait is over. The Paris Olympics are now! India will begin the first day of action with the 10m air rifle mixed team. We also have badminton, boxing, rowing, hockey, tennis and table tennis in store later in the day.