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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 6:06 AM GMT
First medal event in Shooting!
The 10m air rifle mixed team qualification and final today will mark the first medal event of the Games, featuring Indian shooters Ramita Jindal, Arjun Babuta, Sandeep Singh, and Elavenil Valarivan.
Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh will form one pair as India 1, while Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal will compete as India 2.
The top four teams from the qualification round will advance to the medal rounds.
The Gold and Silver Medal Match will feature the mixed teams in positions 1 and 2, while the Bronze Medal Match will involve the teams in positions 3 and 4.
You can access the live updates of shooting here scheduled at 12:30 pm IST.
- 27 July 2024 5:58 AM GMT
Grandiose start to the Olympics!
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and five-time Olympian Sharath Kamal had the honor of leading India's contingent as flag-bearers during the grand opening ceremony of the Games, which featured a floating parade on the Seine River and showcased a team of 117 athletes.
Yet, India's Olympic campaign began a day earlier with the archery ranking rounds, where both the men's and women's teams secured their spots in the quarter-finals
