Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 Highlights: Manu Bhaker qualifies for women's 10m Air Pistol final; Indian hockey team survive a scare; Satwik-Chirag, Lakshya Sen, Harmeet Desai start with wins

India could win their first medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 today.

India’s campaign at Paris Olympics 2024 began on July 25 with impressive performances from its archers. Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat led the charge. Ankita scored 666 points, securing the 11th spot with 30 arrows in the 10s and 9 in the X circle. Alongside Bhajan Kaur (22nd) and Deepika Kumari (23rd), she helped India to fourth place with 1983 points.

Meanwhile, South Korea set a new Olympic record with 2046 points, led by Lim Sihyeon’s score of 694. The Indian women’s team, absent from the last two editions, reached the quarterfinals with Bhajan tallying 659 and Deepika 658 points.

On the men’s side, Dhiraj Bommadevara scored 681 (39-10s, 14-X), securing fourth place individually. With Tarundeep Rai (14th, 674 points) and Pravin Ramesh Jadhav (39th, 658 points), India placed third in team rankings with 2013 points, behind Korea (2049) and France (2025).

Ankita and Dhiraj also qualified for the mixed team event, with India finishing sixth overall in the rankings, signaling a strong start for Indian archery at the Paris Olympics.

Also Read: Paris Olympics 2024: India schedule, results, live streaming and telecast details

Paris Olympics 2024 officially begins on July 27 and shooting serves as India’s first medalling round. India has fielded two strong teams of Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Singh Cheema/Ramita in the Mixed team 10m air rifle qualification round.

Let’s take a closer look at India’s schedule in Paris Olympics 2024 for day 1, July 27.

Note: Medal rounds mentioned in Bold

India’s full schedule for July 27 in Paris Olympics 2024

Timing: Discipline – Athletes/Team — (Event/Round)

12:30 PM: Rowing – Balraj Panwar – Men’s single sculls heats

12:30 PM: Shooting – Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Singh Cheema/Ramita Jindal – Mixed team 10m Air Rifle qualification

2:00 PM: Shooting – Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema – Men’s 10m Air Pistol qualification

2:00 PM: Shooting – Mixed team 10m Air Rifle medal rounds

4:00 PM: Shooting – Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan – Women’s 10m Air Pistol qualification

5:00 PM: Tennis – Rohan Bopanna/N Sriram Balaji vs Fabien Reboul/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Men’s doubles first round

7:10 PM: Badminton – Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon – Men’s singles group stage

7:15 PM: Table Tennis – Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman – Men’s singles preliminary round

8:00 PM: Badminton – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Labar/Corvee Lee – Men’s doubles group stage

9:00 PM: Hockey – Men’s Group B: India vs New Zealand

11:50 PM: Badminton – Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponnappa vs Kim So yeong/Kong Hee yeong – Women’s doubles group stage

12:00 AM: Boxing – Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim Anh Vo – Women’s 54kg round of 32

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