The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics officially began on Saturday after a grand Opening Ceremony kickstarted proceedings in Paris.
On July 27, Indian athletes were in action across disciplines such as badminton, rowing, shooting, tennis, table tennis, boxing and hockey.
While the country wasn’t able to secure a medal on the opening day of the 2024 Games, shooter Manu Bhaker emerged as a bright prospect as she qualified for the final of the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event after finishing third in the qualification round.
Other promising results for India included a 3-2 win over New Zealand by the men’s hockey team, and Lakshya Sen and doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s group-stage wins in badminton.
Later in the day, boxer Preeti Pawar registered a 5-0 win in the Round of 32 of the women’s 54kg event.
Here is the full list of Indian results from Day 1 of the 2024 Paris Olympics:
INDIAN RESULTS AT PARIS OLYMPICS ON JULY 27
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 - Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponnappa lost to So Yeong Kim/Hee Yong Kong 18-21, 10-21
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)
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