Producer: Peuli Bakshi
Manu Bhaker clinched India’s first medal at Paris Olympics 2024, by winning a bronze in Women’s Air Pistol event.
PV Sindhu began her quest with two straight-set wins of 21-9 21-6 over Maldives’ Fathimath Abdul Razzaq in the women’s singles group stage match.
Shuttler HS Prannoy defeated Germany’s Fabian Roth in straight games 21-18, 21 12, in the first round. It was both of their debut Olympic games.
Nikhat Zareen moved to the round of 16 with a 5-0 win over Germany’s Maxi Kloetzer in the women’s 50kg pre-quarterfinals.
Ramita Jindal finished 5th in the qualification round to make it to the final but Elavenil Valarivan was eliminated, being 10th placed.
Arjun Babuta sealed his place in the final by securing a 7th-placed finish in the qualifying round, but Sandeep Singh failed to make it by being 12th-placed.
The Indian doubles pairing of Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji were defeated by the French team of Gael Monfils and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the first round.
Sumit Nagal lost by 2-6, 6-2, 5-7 to France’e Corentin Moutet in the first round in 2 hours and 28 minutes.
India’s lone rower Balraj Panwar, competing in his first Olympic Games, finished 2nd in repechage to enter men’s single sculls quarterfinals.
Manika Batra progressed to round of 32 with win over Great Britain’s Anna Hursey. The match lasted 41 minutes.
Sharath Kamal went down to Slovenian Deni Kozul and Harmeet Desai lost to home hope Felix Lebrun in the round of 64 clash.
Sreeja Akula entered the round of 32 as she posted a 4-0 win over Sweden’s Christina Kallberg in 30 minutes.
The Indian women’s archery trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Deepika Kumari suffered a 0-6 defeat by the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.
The Indian challenge in the pools came to an end as Srihari Nataraj finished 33rd, failing to progress from the heats.
Olympic debutant Dhinidhi Desinghu finished 23rd, failing to progress from the heats.