Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, July 25: Indian archery teams qualify for quarterfinals, Dhiraj Bommadevara seeded fourth

So that will be it for the second (officially T-1) day of the Olympics. Do join us tomorrow for all the updates from the Opening Ceremony, where table tennis sensation Sharath Kamal will be joined by double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu as India’s flagbearers.

No surprises there! The USWNT has punched its first victory with a 3-0 victory over Zambia.

Sweden downs the Norwegians 32-28. France beats Hungary 31-28.

The host nation defeats Argentina 26-14. Meanwhile, Fiji just manages to breeze past Ireland 19-15. United States fails to open its account against Australia, the latter having pocketed 18 points.

The half-time score remains intact in the latter half as SA pockets a crucial win.

After Marie-Antoniette Katoto takes advantage of a defensive mistake by Colombia, Kenza Dali gets one to ricochet off the bar.

Kenya’s men’s team gets the better of Uruguay in the 9-12 classification fixture. 19-14 is the final scoreline.

Gabi Nunes is the only goalscorer of the game as Brazil wins its Group C fixture. Germany beats the Aussies 3-0.

More joy for the home crowd as France edges Hungary by three points in the women’s prelims of handball.

68’ Germany has its third. Jule Brand, threaded a pass from the left edge of the box by Sarai Linder, calmly nudges it to the back of the net. Linder, initially looking to take a shot, sensed a better opening at the back post. 

Lea Schueller extends Germany’s lead with a fantastic header.

A one-sided clash sees Samoa take the honours against Japan in Rugby 7s.

Marina Hegering gives the Germans the lead in the 24th minute. Germany maintains the lead till half-time. 

Gabi Nunes scores in the 37th minute to give Brazil the lead against Nigeria in this Women’s Football Group C match. 

Evelyne Viens scores the winner for Canada in the 79th minute. 

Spain overcomes a scare to win its fixture against Japan. Is the side on its way to claim a maiden Olympic gold?

An one-two on the left edge of the box with Aitana Bonmati culminates into a fiery right-footed curler from Mariona Caldentey.

Cloe Lacasse brings the game back to parity moments ahead of the half-time mark after a superb passage of play.

It takes 13 minutes for defender Barry Mackenzie to drill the opener into the back of the net.

Within nine minutes of Japan firing in the opener off a free-kick, Aitana Bonmati calmly slots the equaliser.

New Zealand claims all of the points in the second half against Ireland to win 14-12.

Japan has had a day to forget yet again, going down 49-5 against South Africa.

After nothing could separate France and Fiji after seven minutes of play, the host managed to eventually pull away and finish with a 19-12 scoreline in its favour.

From 14-12 in the first half, United States extends its lead to 33-12 at the blow of the final whistle.

The mixed team score is determined by summing the best individual score from the women’s and men’s individual event. 

South Korea - 1380 (OR)

Germany - 1351

USA - 1349

China - 1348

India - 1347 (Ankita Bhakat - 666; Dhiraj Bommadevara - 681)

South Korea - 2049

France - 2025

India - 2013

China - 1998

Chinese Taipei - 1992

Turkey - 1992

Dhiraj - 681 (X, X, 10, 10, 10, 9) - 4th place

Tarundeep - 674 (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9) - 14th place

Pravin - 658 (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 39th place

South Korea - 1877

France - 1857

India - 1843

China - 1827

Chinese Taipei - 1824

Italy - 1820

Dhiraj - 622 (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 5th place

Tarundeep - 618 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9) - 14th place

Pravin - 603 (X, X, 9, 9, 8, 7) - 38th place

Florian Unruh manages to displace Lee Wooseak into third place with 625.

South Korea - 1706

France - 1681

India - 1677

China - 1659

Italy - 1655

Chinese Taipei - 1654

Dhiraj - 566 (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 6th place

Tarundeep - 561 (X, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 13th place

Pravin - 550 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 34th place

South Korea - 1536

India - 1511

France - 1508

Chinese Taipei - 1497

China - 1496

Italy - 1488

Dhiraj - 508 (X, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9) - 8th place

Tarundeep - 507 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9) - 10th place

Pravin - 496 (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 39th place

South Korea - 1365

France - 1341

India - 1337

Chinese Taipei - 1336

China - 1328

Italy - 1324

Tarundeep - 450 (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 10th place

Dhiraj - 449 (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9) - 12th place

Pravin - 438 (X, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8) - 39th place

South Korea - 1199

France - 1172

India - 1168

Chinese Taipei - 1167

Italy - 1164

China - 1161

Dhiraj - 393 (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 10th place

Tarundeep - 392 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) - 15th place

Pravin - 383 (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 38th place

South Korea occupies the top three places in the individual leaderboard.

Bruna de Paula scored six to setup an easy win against Spain in the Women’s Preliminary Round Group B handball encounter. 

South Korea - 1032

France - 1011

Italy - 1009

Chinese Taipei - 1002

China - 1000

India - 1000

Tarundeep - 337 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 14th place

Dhiraj - 335 (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 24th place

Pravin - 328 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 37th place

Australia beats Argentina 22-14 to move to the top of Pool B with 9 points. Argentina currently stand second with 7 points. 

South Korea - 860

France - 843

Italy - 841

Chinese Taipei - 833

India - 832

Tarundeep - 281 (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9)

Dhiraj - 279 (X, X, X, 10, 9, 8)

Pravin - 272 (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Tarundeep moves up to 15th, Dhiraj 25th, Pravin 43rd. Kim je-Deok jumps Lee Wooseok into the lead. 

South Korea - 686

Italy - 675

France - 674

China - 663

Chinese Taipei - 662

India - 662

Tarundeep - 223 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7)

Dhiraj - 222 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8)

Pravin - 217 (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) 

Tarundeep falls to 23rd. Dhiraj rises to 27th while Pravin occupies 43rd spot. 

South Korea - 517

Italy - 511

France - 508

Chinese Taipei - 502

China - 499

India - 499

Tarundeep - 170 (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 9)

Dhiraj - 166 (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Pravin - 163 (10, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8)

Tarundeep is joint 16th, while Dhiraj and Pravin are 33rd and 42nd respectively. Lee Wooseok of Korea leads with 174 followed by compatriot Kim je deok. 

South Korea - 343

Italy - 338

France - 337

China - 333

Colombia - 333

India - 333

Tarundeep - 113 (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9)

Dhiraj - 110 (9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Pravin - 110 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9)

Tarundeep rises to 11th in the standings with Dhiraj and Pravin placed 36th and 37th respectively. Santiago Arcila leads with 116. 

Italy - 169

France - 168

South Korea - 167

India - 167

Dhiraj Bommadevara - 57 (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 8)

Pravin Jadhav - 55 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8)

Tarundeep Rai - 55 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8)

Dhiraj occupies 11th place while Pravin and Tarundeep slot in at 30 and 33 respectively. 

Samoa eased to a 26-0 victory over Kenya in its Rugby 7s Men’s Pool B encounter. Samoa is currently placed third after the win, with Kenya occupying the bottom spot. 

Slovenia 19 - 27 Denmark (Group A)
Netherlands 34 - 31 Angola (Group B)

Matches remaining:

Spain vs Brazil (Group B)
Germany vs Rep. of Korea (Group A)
Hungary vs France (Group B)
Norway vs Sweden (Group A)

Credit - Ritu Raj Konwar/ The Hindu

It will be the men who will take the range at 5:45 PM IST. Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav will be the Indians in action.

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Credits - AP

Estavana Polman and Angela Malestein score eight each to take Netherlands to victory against Angola in its Women’s Preliminary Round Group B match. 

Quarterfinal: India vs France/ Netherlands - July 28, 14:15

Potential semifinal clash with South Korea on the cards on July 28. 

Ankita Bhakat (IND) vs Wioleta Myszor (POL) - July 30, 17:14

Bhajan Kaur (IND) vs Syifa Nirafifah Kamal (INA) - July 30, 17:27

Deepika Kumari (IND) vs Reena Parnat (EST) - July 31, 15:56

South Korea’s Lim Si-hyeon breaks the World Record to finish top in the Women’s ranking round. Her score of 694 betters the previous record of 692 shot by compatriot Chaeyoung Kang in 2019 at ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

South Korea - 2046 (OR)

China - 1996

Mexico - 1986

India - 1983

France - 1972

Ankita - 666 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Bhajan - 659 (9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Deepika - 658 (10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 8) 

At the end of the ranking rounds,

Ankita Bhakat finishes 11th. Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari finish 22nd and 23rd respectively. 

Dione Housheer scores six to help Netherlands finish the first half with a slender lead over Angola. 

South Korea - 1872

China - 1830

Mexico - 1819

India - 1819

France - 1806

Ankita - 612 (10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) 

Bhajan - 606 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) 

Deepika - 601 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8)

Ankita moves up to eighth. Bhajan placed 19th with Deepika 26th. Sihyeon Lim leads with 635 with World Record a possibility. 

South Korea’s Sihyeon Lim currently leads the pack with 579 points and looks to be on track to break An San’s Olympic record of 680 with twelve arrows left.

South Korea - 1704

China - 1667

Mexico - 1652

India - 1659

France - 1645

Ankita - 554 (10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) 

Bhajan - 550 (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9)

Deepika - 545 (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Ankita - 12th overall. Bhajan - 21st. Deepika - 28th. 

South Korea - 1538

China - 1498

Mexico - 1488

France - 1482

India - 1482

Ankita - 500 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 7)

Deepika - 490 (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 5)

Bhajan - 492 (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Ankita holds fort at 7th. Bhajan moves up to 25th while Deepika falls to 30th. Sihyeon Lim leads with 523 ahead of compatriot Suhyeon Nam who has 516.

South Korea - 1362

China - 1332

Mexico - 1324

India - 1321

France - 1320

Ankita - 445 (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8)

Deepika - 439 (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Bhajan - 437 (10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8)

Ankita rises to 11th. Deepika and Bhajan 24th and 30th respectively. Sihyeon Lim leads with 465.

South Korea - 1191

China - 1167

Mexico - 1165

Indonesia - 1156

India - 1156

France - 1153

Ankita - 389 (10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8)

Deepika - 384 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9)

Bhajan - 383 (10, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8)

Ankita drops to 15th. Bhajan moves up to 28 while Deepika jumps to 23rd following three tens. 

South Korea - 1024

China - 1008

Mexico - 996

France - 993

Indonesia - 992

India - 992

Ankita - 335 (X, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) 

Deepika - 327 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9)

Bhajan - 330 (10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8)

Ankita drops to 12th. Bhajan occupies 23rd place while Deepika is placed 37th. Sihyeon Lim leads with 353.

South Korea - 854

China - 845

India - 828

Indonesia - 826

Mexico - 824

Trine Oestegaard and Emma Friis (five goals each) lead Denmark to a comfortable win over Slovenia in its Women’s Preliminary Round Group A encounter. 

Ankita - 280 (X, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8)

Deepika - 272 (10, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8)

Bhajan - 276 (10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) 

Ankita manages to stay in Top 10. Bhajan improves to 23th while Deepika jumps to 33rd. Sihyeon Lim leads with 293 ahead of Michelle Kroppen with 285. 

Ankita - 225 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9)

Deepika - 217 (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9)

Bhajan - 218 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9)

Ankita drops one position to eighth. Bhajan stands 31st while Deepika drops to 38th. Sihyeon Lim leads with 234.

Ankita - 170 (X, X, 10, 10, 10, 9)

Deepika - 161 (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8)

Bhajan - 161 (X, X, X, 9, 9, 8)

Ankita rises up to seventh. Deepika drops to joint 39th while Bhajan makes her way upwards to 41st. Sihyeon Lim leads with 176. 

Ankita - 111 (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9)

Deepika - 107 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8)

Bhajan - 105 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8)

Ankita and Deepika rise to 12th and 36th respectively. Bhajan jumps two spots to fifty. Sihyeon Lim continues to lead with a score of 118.

Ankita Bhakat - 54

Deepika Kumari - 51

Bhajan Kaur - 51

Ankita currently in 22nd place while Deepika and Bhajan are 51st and 52nd respectively. South Korea’s Sihyeon Lim leads with a score of 59. 

Trine Oestergaard scores four times to help Denmark end the first half with a three-goal lead. Ana Gros, the top scorer for Slovenia with three. 

SLO 11 - 14 DEN

Each archer will shoot 72 arrows in two halves of 36 each. The overall scores will then be used to rank the archers which will serve as their seeding for the head-to-head round.

This round will also be used to determine the team rankings. The total of all three archers will be added to determine the overall country score based on which the seedings will be finalised.

Slovenia will face Denmark in the Women’s Preliminary Round Group A at the South Paris Arena at 12:30 pm IST.

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Archery - Women’s Individual Ranking Round (Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur) - 1pm 

Archery - Men’s Individual Ranking Round (B. Dhiraj, Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav) - 5:45pm

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