Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 (July 27) Highlights | Bhaker qualifies for final; Sen, Sat-Chi in next round, Hockey team beat NZ by 3-2, Pawar in next round

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE coverage as we bring you all the updates of Day 1 from our web desk as Indian Shooters look to win medals.

Along with the shooters, Indian badminton, tennis and table tennis stars will also be in action. Indian men's hockey team will also play their first match of the Summer Olympics 2024 tonight from 9 pm.

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Jul 28, 2024 01:14 IST
India at Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1: Review
• Balraj Panwar with a season-best performance 🚣
• Indian shooters failing in the mixed event 🔫 
• Sarabjot Singh failed to qualify in Men's 10m Pistol
• Manu Bhaker qualifying for finals 🔫
• Lakshya Sen and Sat-Chi in the next round 🏸
• Harmeet Desai in the next round 🏓
• Indian Men’s Hockey team winning 3-2 against New Zealand 🇳🇿 🏑
• Preeti Pawar wins her first bout against Vo Thi Kim Anh of Vietnam 🥊
• Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto exit from Women's doubles in the first round 🏸



Jul 28, 2024 01:18 IST
Day 2 Schedule for Indian Athletes
Badminton
• Women's Singles Group Play Stage Group M - PV Sindhu vs Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq (Maldives) - 12:50 PM
• Men's Singles Group Play Stage Group K - HS Prannoy vs Fabian Roth (Germany) - 8:00 PM
Shooting
• 10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification - Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita Jindal - 12:45 PM
• 10m Air Rifle Men's Qualification - Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta - 2:45 PM
• 10m Air Pistol Women's Finals - 3.30 pm
Rowing
• Men's Single Sculls Repechages 2 - Balraj Panwar - 1:18 PM
Table Tennis
• Women's Singles Round of 64 - Sreeja Akula vs Christina Källberg (Sweden) - 2:15 PM
• Men's Singles Round of 64 - Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kožul (Slovenia) - 3:00 PM
• Women's Singles Round of 64 - Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey (Welsh) - 4:30 PM
Swimming
• Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2 - Srihari Nataraj - 3:13 PM
• Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1 - Dhinidhi Desinghu - 3:30 PM
Boxing
• Women's 50kg Preliminaries Round of 32 - Nikhat Zareen vs Maxi Kloetzer (Germany) - 3:50 PM
Archery
• Women's Team Quarterfinal - 5:45 PM



Jul 28, 2024 01:04 IST
Badminton Update: Ponappa/Crasto face first round defeat in Women's doubles
Indian Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto faced a first-round defeat at the hands of Korean pair of So Yeong Kim and Hee Yong Kong by 21-18, 21-10.



Jul 28, 2024 00:57 IST
Tennis: Nadal-Alcaraz win their first doubles match

 
Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz defeated Andrés Molteni and Máximo González 7-6 (4) 6-4 to win their first men's doubles match at the Paris Olympics 2024.



Jul 28, 2024 00:47 IST
Boxing: Preeti Pawar wins her first bout at Olympics

 
Preeti Pawar wins her first bout with a win over Vo Thi Kim Anh of Vietnam by unanimous decision in the round of 32 in the women's 54kg boxing event.
 
She will face Colombian second seed Yeni Arias in the round of 16.



Jul 27, 2024 22:39 IST
Hockey Update: India 3-2 New Zealand
India win a tough match against New Zealand by 3-2 with the help of Harmanpreet Singh's very late winner. Mandeep Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad were the other scorers for India.



Jul 27, 2024 22:16 IST
Hockey Update: India 2-1 New Zealand after third quarter
With Vivek Sagar Prasad's goal in the 34th minute India take the lead 2-1 in the third quarter.



Jul 27, 2024 21:41 IST
Hockey Update: India 1-1 New Zealand after second quarter
Mandeep Singh's goal from a penalty corner in the 24th minute of the match gives India the equaliser. 



Jul 27, 2024 21:23 IST
Hockey Update: India trail by 0-1 after first quarter
New Zealand are leading by 1-0 after the first quarter with the help of a penalty corner goal by Sam Lane.



Jul 27, 2024 21:15 IST
Hockey: Indian men's hockey team in action against New Zealand
India's men's hockey team are in action against New Zealand in their first match of Paris Olympics 2024. 



Jul 27, 2024 21:01 IST
Badminton Men's Doubles: SatChi moves to the next round

 
Though they did not look at their sharpest, a win is a win for the third-seeded Indian badminton pair. The France pair did try their best to go toe-to-toe against the former World No. 1 pair but had to surrender against the quality of the India duo.
 
Satwiksairaj Rankireedy/Chirag Shetty beat Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar by 21-17, 21-14.



Jul 27, 2024 20:31 IST
Badminton Men's Doubles: Chirag/Satwik win the first game
Satwik and Chirag hold their nerve to win the first game by 21-17 against the France pair. 



Jul 27, 2024 20:20 IST
Badminton Men's Doubles: SatChi against France in first round
India's star Badminton pair and former World No.1 in Men's doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty facing Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar for France in their first match. 



Jul 27, 2024 20:16 IST
Table Tennis: Harmeet Desai moves to the next round
Harmeet Desai defeated Zaid Yaman by 4-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5) to qualify for Round of 64.



Jul 27, 2024 20:01 IST
Badminton: Sen storms into next round

 
After a great comeback in the second game, Lakshya Sen defeated Kevin Cordon by 2-0. In the second game, he was down by 8-14 and then made a huge comeback to win the game by 22-20.
 
He wins the match by 21-8, 22-20!



Jul 27, 2024 19:54 IST
ICYMI: Results from Shooting on Day 1
Read | Paris Olympics 2024: Results of Indian shooters after Day 1 



Jul 27, 2024 19:49 IST
Table Tennis: Desai extend the lead to 3-0
Harmeet Desai wins the third game by 11-5 and extends the lead to 3-0!



Jul 27, 2024 19:39 IST
Table Tennis: Harmeet Desai is in action in Men's singles
Harmeet Desai is leading by 2-0 after winning the first two sets by 11-7 and 11-9!



Jul 27, 2024 19:35 IST
Lakshya Sen in action in Badminton Men's Singles
Sen is leading by 1-0 in his debut Olympic match against Kevin Cordon. He won the first game by 21-8!



Jul 27, 2024 17:21 IST
Shooting: Manu Bhaker qualifies for top-8 in 10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification round
Manu Bhaker qualified for the top-8 in the 10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification round as she finished third with 580 points with 27- perfect 10 shots. 
 
However, Rhythm Sangwan failed to qualify after finishing 15th with 573 points.



Jul 27, 2024 17:12 IST
Gold for China in synchronised 3m springboard

 
Chen and Chang helped China win their sixth consecutive Gold medal in the synchronised 3m springboard event. 

Final scores
🥇Chang/Chen (CHN) - 337.68
🥈Bacon/Cook (USA) - 314.64
🥉Harper/Mew Jensen (GBR) - 302.28



Jul 27, 2024 17:09 IST
Manu Bhaker makes a solid comeback

 
After an 8 in the third shot, Bhaker hits five 10s in the next seven shots to score 96 in the fifth series.



Jul 27, 2024 17:02 IST
Shooting: 97 and 96 for Rhythm in third and fourth series




Jul 27, 2024 16:58 IST
Shooting: 98 and 96 for Manu Bhaker in the third and fourth series




Jul 27, 2024 16:44 IST
16th 10 for Manu Bhaker
16th and first ten of the fourth series for Manu Bhaker. With 302 points, she is at number two at the moment.



Jul 27, 2024 16:41 IST
Shooting: Rhythm Sangwan after two series of shots




Jul 27, 2024 16:38 IST
Shooting: Manu Bhaker after second series in 10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification round




Jul 27, 2024 16:29 IST
Shooting: Bhaker at 4, Rhythm at 16
It has not been a great second series of shots for Rhythm as she fell down to 16th place after four consecutive 9s. She now has 143 points in 15 shots.

Meantime, Bhaker is at number 4!



Jul 27, 2024 16:24 IST
Shooting: Manu Bhaker in second after 13 shots
Manu Bhaker looks in great rhythm with 10-tens in 13 shots and 127 points. She is in second position at the moment. 



Jul 27, 2024 16:05 IST
Shooting: 10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification round starts
Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan will be in action soon as the  10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification round starts.



Jul 27, 2024 15:30 IST
Shooting: Why did Sarabjot lost?

 
Sarabjot was tied on 577 with Germany’s Robin Walter. But he had to exit from the qualification round because the Robin has hit one inner-10 more than Srabjot.



Jul 27, 2024 15:23 IST
Shooting 10m Air Pistol Men's Qualification: Sarabjot Singh misses the final eight mark by a whisker
Indian shooter Sarabjot Singh missed the top-8 mark in the 10m Air Pistol Men's Qualification event as he finished 9th with 577 points. 
 
Heartbreak from India.
 
Arjun Cheema finished at number 18 with 574 points.



Jul 27, 2024 15:16 IST
Basketball: Rudy Fernández creates history

 
Rudy Fernández has become the first-ever basketball player to appear in six Olympics. 



Jul 27, 2024 15:07 IST
Shooting: China win the first Gold medal of Paris Olympics 2024

 
Republic of China win the first Gold medal of the Paris Olympics 2024. The defending world champions are now Olympic champions.
The pair of Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao defeated the Korean pair of Keum and Park by 16-12 in the final match in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.



Jul 27, 2024 14:19 IST
Kazakhstan win the first medal of Paris Olympics 2024
Kazakhstan beat Germany by 17-5 to win the Bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. 



Jul 27, 2024 13:54 IST
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze medal match starts
Kazakhstan and Germany face each other for the Bronze medal match.



Jul 27, 2024 13:19 IST
Rowing: Balraj in the repechage round
India's Balraj Panwar finished 4th in the first heat of the Men's Singles Sculls with a time of 7:07:11, failing to make it to the Quarters. He'll now be in the repechage round.



Jul 27, 2024 13:07 IST
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Update: Ramita-Babuta finish sixth, Singh-Valvarivane finish 12th
Indian shooters failed to qualify for the finals in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team qualification round as the pair of Ramita and Babuta finished in sixth position with 628.7. Ramita scored 314.5 while Babuta scored 314.2.
 
Meantime, the pair of Singh and Valarivan finished at number 12 on the points table with 626.3 points. Valarivan with 312.6 points while Singh scored 313.7 points.
 
China and Korea came up first and second followed by Kazakhstan and Germany.



Jul 27, 2024 12:57 IST
Ramita and Babuta move to number 5
10.6, 10.7, 10.3, 10.8, 10.7 and after 24 shots, the Indian pair of Ramita and Babuta are at number five on the points table with 524.4 points.



Jul 27, 2024 12:52 IST
Elavenil and Sandeep move to number 13
With 396.7 after 18 shots Elavenil and Sandeep are at number 13 position.



Jul 27, 2024 12:51 IST
Ramita and Babuta are Number 9
After 17 shots, Ramita and Babuta scored 376.7 and are now at Number 10 position.



Jul 27, 2024 12:48 IST
Shooting: Who will qualify for the finals?
Each member of the side will shoot 30 shots. The top 2 will play for the Gold medal match. The pairs finishing third and fourth will play for the Bronze medal.



Jul 27, 2024 12:46 IST
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification underway
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification has already started with Ramita and Babuta (India 2) at lanes 4 and 5; Elavenil and Sandeep (India 1) at lanes 24 and 25. 
 
A total of 28 pairs participating at the event.



Jul 27, 2024 12:42 IST
Men's sculls heat is underway
Balraj Panwar in action as the Men's sculls heat gets underway.



Jul 27, 2024 11:56 IST
14 medal events today on Day 1
Cycling (road)
• 20:00–21:34: Women's individual time trial;
• 22:00–23:30: Men's individual time trial
Diving
• 15:30–17:20: Women's synchronised 3m springboard final
Fencing
• 2:10–3:50 (Next day): Women's épée individual medal bouts, Men's sabre individual medal bouts
Judo
• 20:48–23:18: Women's -48kg medal contests;
• 23:19–23:49: Men's -60kg medal contests
Rugby sevens
• 00:30–1:45 (Next Day): Men's medal matches
Shooting
• 16:00–17:00: Mixed team 10m air rifle medal finals
Skateboarding
• 22:30–00:00: Men's street final
Swimming (Next Day)
• 2:12: Men's 400m freestyle final;
• 2:15: Women's 400m freestyle final;
• 3:07: Women's 4x100m freestyle relay final;
• 3:20: Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final



Jul 27, 2024 11:39 IST
Indian athletes in action today
Day 1 Schedule for Indian athletes
Rowing
• Men's Single Sculls Heat 1 - Balraj Panwar - 12:30 PM
Shooting
• 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification - Elavenil Valarivan & Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta & Ramita Jindal - 12:30 PM
• 10m Air Pistol Men's Qualification - Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema - 2:00 PM
• 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze (If Qualified) - Elavenil Valarivan & Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta & Ramita Jindal - 4:00 PM
• 10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification - Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan - 4:00 PM
• 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal (If Qualified) - Elavenil Valarivan & Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta & Ramita Jindal - 4:30 PM
Tennis
• Men's Doubles Round of 32 - Rohan Bopanna-Sriram Balaji vs Fabien Reboul-Edouard Roger-Vassellin (France) - 3:30 PM
Badminton
• Men's Singles Group Stage Match 1 - Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) - 7:10 PM
• Men's Doubles Group Stage Match 1 - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar (France) - 8:00 PM
• Women's Doubles Group Stage Match 1 - Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto vs Kong Hee-yong/Kim So-yeong (South Korea) - 11:50 PM
Table Tennis
• Men's Singles Round of 128 - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan) - 7:15 PM
Hockey
• Men's Team Group Stage Match 1 - India vs New Zealand - 9:00 PM
Boxing
• Women's 54kg Round of 32 - Preeti Pawar vs Vo Thi Kim Anh (Vietnam) - 12:02 AM



Jul 27, 2024 11:35 IST
First medals to be awarded today
Since the Munich Games in 1972, Shooters have gotten the first medal in every Summer Olympics. In Paris, there will be no difference as we will see medals being awarded in mixed team 10m air rifle at the Châteauroux Shooting Centre.
 
India's Manu Bhaker will be India's biggest hope to finish at the podium today.