Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 (29th July) LIVE Updates | Swimming | Mollie O'Callaghan breaks Olympic record to win Gold in women's 200m freestyle

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's LIVE Coverage of the Paris Olympics 2024. Today, we will bring you all the updates of Day 3 (29th July). Nineteen medals are due to be handed out on Day 3 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 30, 2024 02:23 IST
Swimming | Mollie O'Callaghan breaks Olympic record to win Gold in women's 200m freestyle

 
Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan breaks her teammate, defending Olympic and World Champion Ariarne Titmus's Olympic record to win Gold in women's 200m freestyle. She stuns the world with the timing of 1:53.27.
 
🥇Mollie O'Callaghan 1:53.27
🥈 Ariarne Titmus 1:53.81
🥉Siobhán Haughey 1:54.55.



Jul 29, 2024 23:42 IST
Men's street skateboarding: Yuto Horigome wins gold

 
Yuto Horigome successfully defends his Gold medal in men's street skateboarding with some late heroics. He was seventh before his final trick and won the Gold at the end with 281.14 points.
 



Jul 29, 2024 19:46 IST
Tennis: Djokovic beats Nadal in straight sets

Djokovic won 6-1 6-4 and this might be the last time we saw Rafael Nadal at his favourite The Philippe Chatrier. Djokovic moves to thrid round while Nadal will focus on Men's doubles now.



Jul 29, 2024 16:24 IST
Shooting: China's Sheng Lihao grabs Gold with an Olympic record

 
Sheng Lihao wins the Men's 10m Rifle event with an Olympic record of 252.2.
 
Victor Lindgren, the World Champion collects the Silver medal in his debut Olympics. Miran Maricic wins Croatia's first medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 with a Bronze medal finish. 
 
🥇Sheng Lihao (CHN): 252.2 OR
🥈Victor Lindgren (SWE): 251.4
🥉Miran Maricic (CRO): 230.0



Jul 29, 2024 14:29 IST
Shooting: Ban Hyojin equals Olympic record to win Gold in women's 10m air rifle

 
Ban, 16, who is still who's still studying at high school, beats Huang Yuting of China in a shoot-off to win the Gold in the Women's 10m Air Rifle final and equals the Olympic record set by Yang Qian in Tokyo.
 
🥇Ban Hyojin (KOR): 251.8 (S-off: 10.4)
🥈Huang Yuting (CHN): 251.8 (S-off: 10.3)
🥉Audrey Gogniat (SUI): 230.3
 
India's Ramita Jindal finished seventh in the finals.



Jul 29, 2024 14:16 IST
Shooting: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh qualify for the bronze medal match

 
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh qualified for the bronze medal match of the 10m air pistol mixed team event with 580 points. Bhaker scored 291 and Sarabjot scored 289. They will face Korea in the Bronze medal match tomorrow from 1pm IST.



Jul 29, 2024 12:53 IST
Badminton: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto in action in Women's doubles
Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are in action in Women's Doubles against Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan.



Jul 29, 2024 12:51 IST
Shooting:
Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh are shooting in firing points 30 & 31 while Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh are at firing points 31 and 22. 



Jul 29, 2024 12:47 IST
Shooting: Reminder for Indian fans
Just a reminder, India have the Qualification world record of 587 set in Osijek in 2021.
 
India also have the Qualification Olympic record 582 set in Tokyo Olympics.



Jul 29, 2024 12:36 IST
Shooting: Bhaker will be in action in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh; Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema will be in action from 12.45 pm IST in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification. 



Jul 29, 2024 12:28 IST
Badminton: Satwik-Chirag's match is cancelled
• Today's scheduled match of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty was cancelled as their German opponents have withdrawn from the tournament because of injury.

  The Indian pair will take on the Indonesian duo of Fajr and Rian tomorrow at 5.30 pm IST. 



Jul 29, 2024 08:50 IST
Léon Marchand broke Michael Phelps' 16-year-old Olympic record on Day 2

Léon Marchand broke the men's 400m individual medley Olympic record with a timing of 4:02.95. He broke Michael Phelps' previous Olympic record of 4:03.84, set at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.



Jul 29, 2024 08:47 IST
Indian athletes on Day 2
• 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 🏓
Read the full Day 2 highlights here.



Jul 29, 2024 08:46 IST
India's schedule on Day 3
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 08:46 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.