Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 (July 28) Live Updates | Léon Marchand breaks Michael Phelps' 16-year old Olympic record in men's 400m individual medley

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). Thirteen medals are due to be handed out on Day 2 of Paris 2024.

This is Abishek Goswami, Koushik Biswas will join us later to give you all the updates on Day 2 from our web desk.

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Jul 29, 2024 00:57 IST
Swimming: Léon Marchand breaks Michael Phelps' Olympic record

 
A new Olympic record!
Yes, you heard me right!
 
Léon Marchand breaks the men's 400m individual medley Olympic record with a timing of 4:02.95. He breaks Micheal Phelp's previous Olympic record of 4:03.84, set at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.



Jul 28, 2024 22:01 IST
Archery: Republic of Korea win women's team gold!

 
The trio of Lim Si-hyeon, Nam Su-hyeon and Jeon Hun-young won the Gold medal as the Chinese team had to be satisfied with Silver. Mexico peeped over the Netherlands to win the Bronze.
 
🥇Rep. of Korea
🥈People's Rep. of China
🥉Mexico
 
This is their 12th consecutive Gold in this event in 12 Olympic Games.



Jul 28, 2024 21:38 IST
Tennis: Nadal vs Djokovic in second round
Rafael Nadal beats Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 6-1 4-6 6-4. This means he will see Novak Djokovic in the second round at Paris Olympics 2024.



Jul 28, 2024 21:36 IST
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) wins women's cross-country gold

 
The five-time World Champion finally won her first Olympic gold in her fourth Olympics in France. 
 
🥇Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA): 1:26:02
🥈Haley Batten (USA): 1:28:59
🥉Jenny Rissveds (SWE): 1:29:04



Jul 28, 2024 20:43 IST
Basketball: South Sudan win first game in Olympic history!
South Sudan defeated Puerto Rico by 90-79 to win their first match in Olympic History. Their Basketball association was established just 13 years ago and they are winning games at Olympics.



Jul 28, 2024 20:41 IST
Artistic Gymnastics: USA advance to team final

 
The U.S. Women score a 172.296 in qualifying to lock in their spot for the Team Final! 



Jul 28, 2024 18:37 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 18:33 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 17:46 IST
USA are through to the Artistic Gymnastics Team Finals
Simone Biles and the USA are through as top qualifiers. The team of Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, and Hezly Rivera earned the top score in all but one of the four apparatus to finish with a combined mark of 172.296. They are through to the team final on Tuesday.
✨ that team effort feeling ✨

The U.S. Women score a 172.296 in qualifying to lock in their spot for the Team Final! We’ll keep you updated on individual finals as the remaining subdivisions wrap up later today! pic.twitter.com/RFAZ4Ryo6o
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) July 28, 2024



Jul 28, 2024 17:34 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 16:59 IST
Simone Biles not stopping
Despite a big step backward after landing, Biles receives another big score: 15.800. She also becomes the first woman to land the vault in an Olympic competition.



Jul 28, 2024 16:53 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 16:52 IST
The G.O.A.T at its best
Simone Biles just smashed her beam routine in women's qualifying. The four-time Olympic gold medallist didn't suffer a single wobble on the apparatus and nailed the landing with the smallest of hops. It's a massive score of 14.733.
🐐 behavior https://t.co/N4BIvkplPP pic.twitter.com/TqjIigUHuI
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) July 28, 2024



Jul 28, 2024 16:38 IST
Oh Ye Jin sets a new Olympic record
Oh Ye Jin (KOR) has just set an Olympic record to win gold. The 2023 World Cup champion scores 243.2 to claim victory ahead of her compatriot Kim Yeji (KOR). It's the first-ever gold medal for Korea in this event.




Jul 28, 2024 16:35 IST
Manu Bhaker creates history
Manu Bhaker won her nation's first-ever Olympic medal in women's shooting, and India's first medal of Paris 2024.
🥇Oh Ye Jin (KOR): 243.2 OR
🥈Kim Yeji (KOR): 241.3
🥉Manu Bhaker (IND): 221.7




Jul 28, 2024 15:13 IST
Badminton: Easy win for PV Sindhu
Easy win for Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu in the first round against Maldives' Fathimath Razzaq in straight sets (21-9, 21-6).
 
 



Jul 28, 2024 15:12 IST
Shooting Update: Ramita in the finals of 10m Rifle event
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 12:44 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.



Jul 28, 2024 12:39 IST
Brazil vs Hungary - Handball
The first handball game of the day has started between Brazil and Hungary - it's currently level at 1-1.



Jul 28, 2024 12:23 IST
Rayssa Leal would love to clinch the gold medal once again
Women's street skateboarding medals will be handed out on Day 2 of Paris 2024. Brazil's Rayssa Leal is the defending champion and will be in action.




Jul 28, 2024 12:12 IST
Indian athletes on Day 1
• 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 🏸
Read the full Day 1 highlights here.



Jul 28, 2024 12:09 IST
Where and how to watch Paris Olympics 2024?
Indian fans can watch the Indian athletes in action on the Jio Cinema App and Website alongside Sports 18 TV Channels across India.



Jul 28, 2024 12:08 IST
Medal events on Day 2
Archery
• 16:48–17:34: Women's team medal matches
Canoe slalom
• 17:45–18:30: Women's K-1 final
Cycling (mountain bike)
• 14:10–15:30: Women's cross-country
Fencing
• 20:50–22:40: Women's foil individual medal bouts; M épée individual medal bouts
Judo
• 17:18–17:48: Men's -66kg medal contests;
• 17:49–18:19: Women's -52kg medal contests
Shooting
• 09:30–10:15: Men's 10m air pistol final; 
• 12:00–12:45: Women's 10m air pistol final
Skateboarding
• 17:00–18:30: Women's street final
Swimming
• 20:30: Men's 400m individual medley final;
• 20:45: Women's 100m butterfly final;
• 21:54: Men's 100m breaststroke final
  
  



Jul 28, 2024 11:59 IST
India's schedule on Day 2
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