Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 8 Highlights: Deepika falters in Quarters, Anant Naruka fails in Men's Skeet
Records Galore
Several Olympic Records were broken yesterday in Swimming and the track of Athletics.
Noteworthy, mention to the USA 4x400m Mixed Relay team, they shattered the World Record by clocking 3:07.41
Let us have a recap of what happened in Paris on the seventh day of the Olympiad.
Medal Tally
India has won three medals so far:
Manu Bhaker - Bronze - Women's 10m air pistol
Manu Bhaker / Sarabjot Singh - Bronze - Air pistol mixed team
Swapnil Kusale - Bronze - Men's 50m rifle 3P
Currently, India is standing in the 48th Position, while the Chinese top the table with 13 golds after the first week of the Olympics.
Day-7 Summary
Hockey
The Indian men's hockey team defeated the Aussies after a 52-year-old gap at the Olympics, with the last win coming at the 1972 Munich Olympics where India won by 3-1.
Shooting
Manu Bhaker storms into her third consecutive final at the Paris Olympics. With 25m Pistol her best event, hopes will be high today within the Indian contingent and fans, rooting for Manu.
Archery
After defeating Indonesia and Spain, the Mixed duo of Dhiraj and Ankita became the first Indian archers to play in a medal match. But that turned into a heartbreak following a loss against the Koreans in the semi-finals and the USA in the bronze medal match.
More from yesterday's action at our complete day's summary: here.
Did you miss some action from Day 7? We got you covered!
#ThePlaymakers Ep. 7️⃣| Manu Bhaker reaches yet another final while Lakshya Sen ventures into uncharted territories as well. Elsewhere, archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara come agonisingly close to a historic medal.
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Schedule for the Indian contingent on August 3rd
Shooting
Manu Bhaker on the verge of a historic hat-trick of medals, catch her live at 1:00 PM IST at the 25m Pistol Finals.
Archery
Veteran Deepika Kumari and eighteen-year-old Bhajan Kaur will look to better Dhiraj and Ankita's performance from yesterday to break India's medal drought in Archery.
Other event details for the 3rd of August: here.
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