Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1 Highlights: Manu Through To Pistol Final; Wins In Hockey, TT, Boxing Headline India's Opening Day
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1 Highlights: Manu Through To Pistol Final; Wins In Hockey, TT, Boxing Headline India's Opening Day, and Day 2 promises to produce more spectacular results.
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Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The biggest sports event in the world is underway and a spectacular opening ceremony marked the start of the Olympic Games in Paris on July 26 (Friday). Welcome to the live coverage of the Paris Olympics 2024 as ABP Live is here to bring you all the major updates from the live action in Paris.
The focus shifts to the athletes on Saturday, July 27, with medals up for grabs. India aims to secure their first medals in shooting, with the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification and medal matches scheduled for July 27 (Saturday).
Ramita Jindal/Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan/Sandeep Singh will kick off their campaigns in the 10m air rifle mixed team event with the qualification rounds starting at 12:30 PM IST at the National Shooting Center in Chateauroux.
Rower Balraj Panwar will kick off India's participation on Saturday, with events starting at 12:30 PM IST. Later in the evening, India's hockey team will begin their group-stage campaign against New Zealand. In badminton, Lakshya Sen, the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, along with the women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto, will compete in their first group-stage matches.
In tennis, veteran Rohan Bopanna will start his campaign alongside Sriram Balaji. The Indian duo faces a challenging first-round match in men's doubles against local favourites Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul of France. Meanwhile, Harmeet Desai will compete in the men's singles table tennis event.
India’s Paris Olympics Full Schedule For July 27 (Saturday)
12:30 pm IST
Rowing: Men's singles sculls heats - Panwar Balraj
Shooting: 10m air rifle mixed team qualification - Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal
Note: Top 4 teams out of 28 teams qualify for Gold and Bronze Medal matches.
2 pm IST
Shooting Medal Matches: 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches (If qualified)
Shooting: 10m air pistol men's qualification - Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh
3:30 pm IST
Tennis: Men's doubles first-round match - Rohan Bopnna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France)
4 pm IST
Shooting: 10m air pistol women's qualification - Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan
From 7:15 pm IST
Table Tennis: Men's singles preliminary round - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan)
From 7:10 pm IST
Badminton Group Stage
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)
9 pm IST
Hockey - India vs New Zealand Group-stage match
12:05 am IST (Sunday)
Boxing: Women's 54kg opening round bout - Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim anh Vo (Vietnam).
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1: It's A Wrap
That's it from us for Day 1. A Packed day. An early heartbreak for Indian fans but plenty good news as the day progressed. That has resulted in matches to look forward to over the coming few days. It was an absolute joy to try and bring speedy updates for you all. We hope you are enjoying our Paris 2024 Olympics coverage as much as we are enjoying the process of trying to knit it together. Thank you so much for joining us. Good night.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1 LIVE Updates: A Mixed Day For India In Badminton And Shooting
Chirag and Satwik reign supreme, but Crasto and Ponnappa suffered a humiliating defeat on Day 1, as Badminton saw a mixed set of results for India.
In shooting, it was a historical day for Manu Bhaker, who made it into the final, but the other Indian contingent (Rhythm Sangwan) fell short in his category, as shooting did not provide a 100% qualification rate for India.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1 LIVE Updates: South Korea Beat India In Women's Doubles Event In Badminton
A straight games defeat for Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, as So Yeong Kim and Hee Yong Kong win 21-18, 21-10.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1 LIVE Updates: Match Point For South Korea
Kim and Kong are one point away from defeating Crasto and Ponnappa in Badminton.
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1 LIVE Updates: South Korea 4 Points Away From Victory
Kim and Kong have completely dominated Crasto and Ponnappa in Game 2, as they are leading Game 2 17-7.
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