India at Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 (28th July) Highlights | Manu Bhaker's bronze medal; Sindhu, Prannoy win in Badminton, Akula and Batra in next round, Ramita and Babuta in 10m Air Rifle final and more

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's LIVE Coverage of the Paris Olympics 2024. Today, we will bring you all the updates of Day 2 (28th July) of India at Paris Olympics 2024 as PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy will be in action in Badminton while Manu Bhaker will look to become first Indian female shooter to win a medal at the Olympics.

This is Koushik Biswas, who will be joined by Abhishek Goswami later to give you all the updates on Day 2 from our web desk.

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Jul 29, 2024 00:22 IST
India at Paris Olympics 2024: Day 2 Review
• PV Sindhu won in straight sets in Women's Singles 🏸
• Ramita Jindal qualified for Women's 10m Air Rifle final 🔫
• Balraj Panwar qualified for the Men's sculls quarter-finals 🚣‍♂️
• Arjun Babuta qualified for the Men's 10m Air Rifle final 🔫
• Historic Bronze medal by Manu Bhaker in Women's 10m Air Pistol 🔫🥉
• Sreeja Akula won in straight sets against Christina Källberg in the Women's singles round of 64 🏓
• Sharath Kamal lost against Deni Kožul by 2-4 in Men's Singles round of 64 🏓
• Manika Batra defeated Great Britain's Anna Hursey 4-1 in the Women's singles round of 64 🏓
• Dhinidhi Desinghu finished at the top in the women's 200m Freestyle Heat with a timing of 2:06.96. 🏊‍♀️
• Indian Women's team lost to the Netherlands in team event quarter-final 🏹
• Sumit Nagal lost against Corentin Moutet by 2-6, 6-2, 5-7 in Men's singles 🎾
• Nikhat Zareen entered women's 50kg Olympics pre-quarterfinals 🥊
• HS Prannoy defeated Fabian Roth in straight sets in Men's singles 🏸
• Harmeet Desai lost against Felix Lebrun in straight sets in the round of 32 🏓



Jul 29, 2024 00:23 IST
India at Paris Olympics 2024: Day 3 schedule
Archery:
• Men's team quarterfinals: Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Jadhav - 6:30 pm
Badminton:
• Men's doubles (Group stage): Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel (Germany) - 12 pm
• Women's Doubles (Group stage): Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida (Japan) - 12:50 pm 
• Men's singles (Group stage): Lakshya Sen vs Julien Carraggi (Belgium) - 5:30 pm
Shooting:
• 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh; Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema - 12:45 pm 
• Men's Trap Qualification: Prithviraj Tondaiman - 1 pm 
• 10m Air Rifle Women's Final: Ramita Jindal - 1 pm
• 10m Air Rifle Men's Final: Arjun Babuta - 3:30 pm
Hockey:
• Men's Pool B Match: India vs Argentina - 4:15 pm
Table tennis
Women's Singles (Round of 32): Sreeja Akula vs Jian Zeng (Singapore) - 11:30 pm



Jul 29, 2024 00:09 IST
End of India's Day 2 at Paris Olympics 2024
Not the ideal end Indian fans were looking for. But, it was supposed to be a tough job for Harmeet to keep up with the youth and world-class talent of Felix.
The Day -2 review will be coming soon in the pinned update.
See you, tomorrow.



Jul 29, 2024 00:03 IST
Table Tennis: Harmeet Desai losses against 17-year-old Felix Lebrun
Spirited fight from the 31-year-old Indian paddler. However, the French teenage star proved to be too strong for him. 
 
Felix Lebrun beat Harmeet Desai in straight sets 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8. 



Jul 28, 2024 23:59 IST
Table Tennis: 5-6 Harmeet
Good comeback from the Indian. 5-6 after a poor start.



Jul 28, 2024 23:54 IST
Table Tennis: 3-0 lead for Felix vs Harmeet Desai
Dominating performance from the youngster. The third-seeded French paddler takes the third game 11-6 and is just one game away from knocking Harmeet out of the competition.
 
3-0 lead for Felix.



Jul 28, 2024 23:51 IST
Table Tennis: Disappointing from Desai
A few unforced errors from Desai and Felix with a 7-3 lead in the third game.



Jul 28, 2024 23:48 IST
Table Tennis: Harmeet trail by 0-2!
Despite a fight back, Harmeet Desai could not keep up with the speed and skill of the French paddler. Felix wins the second game 11-8!
 
0-2 for Harmeet after two games.



Jul 28, 2024 23:44 IST
Table Tennis: 3-6 in second game for Harmeet
Harmeet is unable to keep the World No.5, 17-year-old French man under control. Felix with the 6-3 lead in second game.



Jul 28, 2024 23:40 IST
Table Tennis: Harmeet looses the first game by 8-11
Despite a good start, the Indian paddler failed to keep the momentum going and lost the first game by 8-11.



Jul 28, 2024 23:37 IST
Table Tennis: 7-5 to Harmeet
Harmeet Desai is leading by 7-5 after the first break in the first game.



Jul 28, 2024 23:35 IST
Table Tennis: 4-3 to Harmeet
After a few unforced errors, Harmeet takes the lead back despite a huge support for the home paddler. 



Jul 28, 2024 23:32 IST
Table Tennis: Harmeet Desai in action
Harmeet Desai in action in Men's Singles.



Jul 28, 2024 21:33 IST
We have only one event left for Indian athletes on Day 2
Harmeet Desai vs Felix LeBrun (FRA), men's singles round of 64 - 11:30 PM IST



Jul 28, 2024 21:32 IST
Badminton Men's Singles: HS Parnnoy wins his first match
HS Prannoy won his first match against Fabian Roth in straight sets 21-18, 21-12. He moves to the next round.



Jul 28, 2024 20:24 IST
Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal exit from the Men's Singles
India's most experienced paddler Sharath Kamal took an exit from the Men's singles after getting beaten by Deni Kozul by 2-4 (12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12). 



Jul 28, 2024 20:17 IST
Manu Bhaker and Bhagvad Gita!
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Jul 28, 2024 18:36 IST
Arjun Babuta qualifies for 10m air rifle finals
Indian shooter Arjun Babuta qualifies for the 10m air rifle final at the Olympic Games after finishing seventh in the qualification round. The 25-year-old Babuta scored 630.1 points (105.7, 104.9, 105.5, 105.4, 104.0, and 104.6).




Jul 28, 2024 18:32 IST
Nikhat Zareen enters pre-quarterfinals with a brilliant win over Kloetzer

Nikhat Zareen advanced to the women's 50kg Olympics pre-quarterfinals with a 5-0 victory over Germany's Maxi Carina Kloetzer.



Jul 28, 2024 18:25 IST
Nagal loses to Moutet in Men's Tennis singles first round
India's Sumit Nagal's Olympic campaign comes to an end as he loses 2-6, 6-2, 5-7 against Corentin Moutet of France in the men's singles first round.



Jul 28, 2024 18:10 IST
India lose to Netherlands in women's team quarter-finals
Indian archers Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari lose 0-6 on points to Netherlands in the women's team quarter-finals. Netherlands win the three straight sets 52-51, 54-49, 53-48.



Jul 28, 2024 18:01 IST
Netherlands take the second set 54-49 against India in women's team quarter-finals | POINTS: IND 0-4 NED
The Netherlands just needs to win one more set from the next two. 



Jul 28, 2024 17:40 IST
Heartbreaking moment for Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu
India's swimming campaign at the Paris Olympics comes to an end with Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu not advancing to the semifinals of their respective events.



Jul 28, 2024 17:27 IST
Manika Batra progresses through the Round of 32
Manika Batra beats Great Britain's Anna Hursey 4-1 (11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5 ) to move into the Round of 32 of the women's table tennis singles event.




Jul 28, 2024 17:12 IST
Manika Batra in charge
Manika Batra leading by 3-1 despite losing the fourth game 9-11 to Great Britain's Anna Hursey. 



Jul 28, 2024 17:11 IST
Sumit Nagal makes it 1-1
Sumit Nagal fights back to make it 1-1 after winning the second set 6-2 against Corentin Moutet of France in the Men's singles first round.



Jul 28, 2024 17:00 IST
Manika Batra in Table Tennis
Manika Batra won the first two games 11-8, 12-10 in the women's singles Round of 64 match against Great Britain's Anna Hursey.



Jul 28, 2024 16:47 IST
Arjun Babuta reaches the final of the Men's 10m air rifle event
Arjun Babuta finishes 7th to enter the men's 10m air rifle final with 630.1 points. Sandeep Singh finished outside the top-8 qualification bracket. He stood 12th with a score of 629.3.



Jul 28, 2024 16:43 IST
Dhinidhi Desinghu shines in 200m Freestyle Heat
Dhinidhi Desinghu, the 14-year-old swimmer, finishes at the top in the women's 200m Freestyle Heat with a timing of 2:06.96.




Jul 28, 2024 16:42 IST
Loss in Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal lost 2-4 (12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12) in Round of 64 against Slovenia's Deni Kozul.



Jul 28, 2024 16:07 IST
Manu Bhaker wins Bronze medal
Manu Bhaker brings India's first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024. Korea's Oh Ye Jin wins Gold with an Olympic Record score of 243.2. The Silver also goes to Korea, won by Kim Yeji, who scored 241.3. Manu's final score is 221.7 for a Bronze.




Jul 28, 2024 16:06 IST
Medal for India and Manu Bhaker
After 20 shots in the women's 10m air pistol final, Manu 201.3 and now confirmed of medal.



Jul 28, 2024 15:48 IST
Shooting: Bhaker drops to number three
After 9.8, 9.8 and 9.9 in 13th, 14th and 15th shot, Bhaker drops to number three position. 



Jul 28, 2024 15:37 IST
Shooting: Bhaker in second position
10.5, 9.6, and 10.1 for Bhaker and she moves to number two position! 



Jul 28, 2024 15:34 IST
Shooting: Bhaker 30.3 after 3 shots
10.6, 10.2, and 9.5 in first three shots for Manu Bhaker.
 
She is at number 3 position now.



Jul 28, 2024 15:18 IST
Shooting: Manu Bhaker will be in action looking to create history
Manu Bhaker will be in action from 3.30 pm IST in Women's 10m Air Pistol event. 
 
She will look to become the first Indian female shooter to get a medal at the Olympics.



Jul 28, 2024 15:04 IST
Table Tennis: Easy Win for Sreeja Akula in Women’s Singles
Sreeja Akula with an easy win over Christina Källberg in the Round of 64 in Women's Singles in Table Tennis. 

She wins by 4-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8)
She moves to the next round. 



Jul 28, 2024 14:31 IST
Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula in action for India
Sreeja Akula in action in Women's Singles Table tennis in Christina Kallberg. 



Jul 28, 2024 14:06 IST
Shooting: Ramita Jindal qualifies for finals of Women's 10m Air Rifle

 
Brilliant comeback from Ramita to qualify for the finals. 105.3, 105.3, and 105.7 in the last three series, and she goes to the final. 
 
She finished fifth with 631.5 points. Qualification record from Korea's Hyojin Ban. 



Jul 28, 2024 13:58 IST
Shooting: Elavenil out of the race in 10m Rifle Women's Qualification
Elavenil could not hold her nerve and after a great lead in the first half of the shooting, she failed to qualify. She needed 10.9 to equal the eighth-placed shooter in her last shot but managed only 10.3.



Jul 28, 2024 13:29 IST
Rowing: Balraj Panwar qualifies for Quarter-finals in Men's Singles Sculls


Historical from Balraj Panwar as he qualifies for the Quarter-finals of Men's Singles Sculls with an impressive timing of 7:12.41. He finished second in the repechage round.



Jul 28, 2024 13:22 IST
Badminton: PV Sindhu wins her first match by 2-0

 
PV Sindhu wins her match against Fathimath Nabaaha of Maldives in straight sets (21-9, 21-6). She moves to the next round.
 



Jul 28, 2024 13:15 IST
Badminton: Sindhu takes 11-3 lead in second game
It looks like an easy match for PV Sindhu as she takes a 11-3 lead in the second game. 



Jul 28, 2024 13:12 IST
Shooting: Elavenil Valarivan moves to number two position
Elavenil Valarivan moves to the number two position with 105.8 and 106.1 in the first two series 10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification.



Jul 28, 2024 13:09 IST
Shooting: Ramita moves up to No. 8
104.3 and 106.0 in the first two series and Ramita moves to No. 8 in the 10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification.



Jul 28, 2024 13:06 IST
Badminton: Sindhu wins the first game 21-9
Dominating PV Sindhu wins the first game by 21-9 in just 13 minutes. Looks like the match would be over very soon if Sindhu continues like this.



Jul 28, 2024 13:02 IST
Shooting: Elavenil Valarivan scores 105.8 in series 1
Elavenil Valarivan scores 105.8 in series 1 and at number 4 position in the 10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification. 



Jul 28, 2024 12:59 IST
Sindhu takes a 10-4 lead
PV Sindhu is looking in supreme touch as she takes a 10-4 lead over the Maldivian shuttler.



Jul 28, 2024 12:52 IST
Badminton: PV Sindhu will be in action
PV Sindhu will be in action in Women's Singles against Abdul Razzaq Fathimath Nabaaha of Maldives.



Jul 28, 2024 12:41 IST
10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification to start
Elavenil Valarivan, and Ramita Jindal will be in action in 10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification.