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Jul 28, 2024

Paris Olympics: Manu Bhaker shines for India on Day 1

TOI Sports Desk

Rowing

The opening day of Paris Olympics 2024 begins with Balraj Panwar finishing 4th in Men's Single Sculls Heat 1, advancing to the repechage round scheduled for Sunday.

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Shooting

Teams of Sandeep Singh and Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal failed to qualify for 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team finals.

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Shooting

India's shooters Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema failed to qualify for the men's 10m air pistol final, with Sarabjot missing out in ninth place due to fewer inner 10s.

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Shooting

Manu Bhaker qualified for the 10m air pistol women's final by finishing third in the qualification, while Rhythm Sangwan did not make the cut, finishing 15th.

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Badminton

Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen secured a straight-sets victory over Guatemala's Kevin Cordon, winning 21-8, 22-20 in his first match at the Paris Olympics.

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Table Tennis

Indian table tennis player Harmeet Desai made a successful Olympic debut by defeating Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman 4-0 in the men's singles preliminary round at the Paris Olympics.

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Badminton

The Indian stalwarts Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat French duo Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-17, 21-14 in the Men's doubles group match.

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Hockey

After falling behind 1-0 in the first quarter, India overcame sloppiness in their play to beat New Zealand 3-2 in Men's Pool B match.

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Badminton

The Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto lost 18-21, 10-21 to Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) in Women's doubles group match.

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Boxing

Indian boxer Preeti Pawar beat Thi Kim Anh Vo (Vietnam) 5-0 in Women's 54kg Round of 32. Preeti will next face Colombia's Marcela Yeni Arias, the second seed and world championship silver medalist, on Tuesday.

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