India’s Day 7 at Paris Olympics 2024: Today is the seventh day of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024, and all eyes were on ace Indian shooter Manu Bhaker and Balraj Panwar. Ace shooter Bhaker, who has scripted history to become the first Indian athlete in the post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games, was ranked third after the precision round of women’s 25m Pistol, where she scored 294-7x. She had yet to set her Rapid series. In Archery, Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara advanced to the Mixed Team quarterfinal. The Indian men’s hockey team will be facing Australia in its Group match. Indian players in archery, boxing and Badminton will also compete in other sports events today.
Shooting
Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Precision:Esha Singh totalled 581-17x, with an average of 9.683, in the women’s 25m pistol qualification round at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Singh finds herself outside the top eight spots as shooters ranked first to eighth after the precision and rapid stage in the qualification event will advance to tomorrow’s (August 3) final.
Manu Bhaker, already a two-time medallist at Paris 2024, was ranked third after the precision round, where she scored 294-7x. She had yet to set her Rapid series.
Men’s Skeet Qualification Day 1: Anantjeet Singh Naruka – 1.00 pm
Archery
Mixed Team (1/8 Eliminations):Indian archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara advanced to the quarterfinal in the archery recurve mixed team event after beating Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa and Arif Pangestu at the ongoing Paris Olympics.
Rowing
Men’s Single Sculls Finals (Final D): India’s Balraj Panwar finished fifth in the final D of the men’s singles sculls event at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Panwar clocked 7:02.37 in the final D round, ending India’s rowing campaign at the Summer Games.
Judo
Women’s 78kg (Elimination round of 32):India’s Tulika Maan conceded defeat against Cuba’s Idalys Ortiz in the judo women’s 78kg round of 32 event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Friday.
Tulika Maan suffered a 10-0 defeat against Idalys Ortiz. The match ended in just 28 seconds.
Golf
Men’s Individual Finals (Round 2): Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar – 12.30 pm
Events to be played later in the day
Sailing
Women’s Dinghy (Race 3): Nethra Kumanan – 3.45 pm
Women’s Dinghy (Race 4):Nethra Kumanan – 4.53 pm
Men’s Dinghy (Race 3): Vishnu Saravanan – 7.05 pm
Men’s Dinghy (Race 4): Vishnu Saravanan – 8.15 pm
Hockey
Men’s Tournament (Group stage):India vs Australia – 4.45 pm
Badminton
Men’s singles quarterfinals:Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei)– 6:30 pm
Athletics
Women’s 5,000m (Heat 1):Ankita Dhyani – 9.40 pm
Women’s 5,000m (Heat 2): Parul Chaudhary – 10.06 pm
Men’s Shot Put (Qualification):Tajinderpal Singh Toor – 11.40 pm
