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Olympics 2024 Day 1 Highlights: Manu into the finals, Winning start in Hockey and badminton
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Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 1 LIVE: The Indian contingent will kick off its campaign in Badminton, Shooting, Boxing, Rowing, Tennis, Men's Hockey, and Table Tennis on the first day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Here is the schedule for Indian Athletes on the first day of the 2024 Paris Olympics (All timings are in IST):
Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification - Ramita Jindal, Arjun Babuta |Elavenil Valarivan, Sandeep Singh- 12:30 PM
Rowing- Men’s Single Sculls Heats - Balraj Panwar- 12:30 PM
Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Men’s Qualification - Arjun Singh Cheema, Sarabjot Singh- 2:00 PM
Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team - Gold, Bronze Medal Matches (Subject to qualification)- 2:00 PM
Tennis - Men’s Doubles First Round - Sriram Balaji/Rohan Bopanna vs Fabien Reboul/Edouard Roger-Vasselin- 3:30 PM
Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification - Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan- 04:00 PM
Badminton - Men’s Singles, Group Play Stage - Group L - Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon- Starts at 07:10 PM
Table Tennis - Men’s Singles, Preliminary Round - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan)- 07:15 PM
Badminton - Men’s Doubles, Group Play Stage - Group C - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar- 08:00 PM
Hockey - Men’s Pool B - India vs New Zealand- 09:00 PM
Women’s Doubles Group Play Stage - Group C - Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong (Republic of Korea)- 11:50 PM
Women’s 54kg - Preliminaries - Round of 32 - Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim Anh Vo (Vietnam)- 12:02 AM
As it Happened
Live Updates
- 27 July 2024 9:37 AM GMT
Full Time: Great Britain thrashes Spain 4-0!
Gareth Furlong scored twice, while Nicholas Park and Rupert Shipperley each added a goal, leading to a convincing 4-0 victory over Spain.
- 27 July 2024 9:27 AM GMT
Shooting: China wins first gold at Paris Olympics!
China claimed the first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics by defeating the Republic of Korea 16-12 in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Final held in Chateauroux.
- 27 July 2024 9:24 AM GMT
ICYMI...
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— Celine Dion Icon (@celinedionlcon) July 26, 2024 - 27 July 2024 9:24 AM GMT
Big Breaking in Tennis: Gael Monfils will take on Bopanna/Balaji pair!
The first round of men’s doubles looks challenging for the Indians, as Gael Monfils has teamed up with Roger-Vasselin for the French team.
The new French pair will face Bopanna and Balaji.
- 27 July 2024 9:17 AM GMT
Shooting: Kazakhstan is the first to appear in the Paris Olympics medal tally!
Kazakhstan secured the first medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics by defeating Germany 17-5 in the bronze-medal match of the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event held in Chateauroux.
- 27 July 2024 9:10 AM GMT
Men's Hockey: Belgium 1- 0 Ireland at Half-Time!
Tom Boon scored a field goal in the 2nd quarter as Belgium takes the lead against Ireland at halftime.
- 27 July 2024 8:58 AM GMT
Men's Hockey: Belgium vs Ireland is LIVE!
Belgium takes on Ireland in the first match of Pool B at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium - 2.
The first quarter is goalless, and the second quarter is underway.
- 27 July 2024 8:50 AM GMT
Men's Handball: Spain beats Slovenia!
Spain starts well at the Paris Olympics in the Men's Handball preliminary Group A round at South Paris Arena, beating Slovenia 25-22.
- 27 July 2024 8:43 AM GMT
Men's Hockey: Great Britain leads 2-0 against Spain at halftime!
Nicholas Park and Gareth Furlong scored the goals for Great Britain.