Manu Bhaker will feature in the women's 10m air pistol finals event at 3:30 pm as the Indian contingent targets its first medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Saturday. The ace shuttler PV Sindhu and top-ranked tennis player Sumit Nagal will kick off their campaigns as well.
Sarabjot Singh finished 9th in the 33-athlete qualification round of the 10m air pistol at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games. The top eight shooters qualified for the final and Sarabjot missed out on the medal match by a whisker, effectively due to one inner 10 less than the eighth-placed shooter.
People's Republic of China's Yuting Huang and Lihao Sheng defeated the Republic of Korea's Park Hajun and Keum Jihyeon in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event in shooting to claim the first gold of Paris Olympics 2024 on Saturday.
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Elavenil Valarivan, Sandeep Singh, Ramita and Arjun Babuta will be in action in the 10m air rifle mixed team event on day one and will have a chance to open India's account. Meanwhile, the Indian men's hockey team will take on New Zealand in a Group B fixture to kick-start their campaign in Paris.
Antim Panghal, the prodigious Indian wrestler, has had pretty eventful last two years where she not only rose up the ranks in the sport in the country but also made a name for herself across various junior and senior championships but a maiden Olympics will be the biggest stage she will be playing.
The Olympic Games are all set to get underway in Paris today with a glittering opening ceremony. Tokyo Paralympic medallist and IAS Officer Suhas Lalinakere has wished the best for the Indian contingent competing at the Games while exclusively speaking to India TV.
Sift Kaur Samra, one of the several Olympics debutants for India at Paris, made her mark at the Asian Games last year with a Gold medal in 50m women's rifle 3 positions. Samra is also the world record holder in her discipline and will be aiming for some Gold rush in Paris.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are two of India's best shuttlers in the men's circuit at the moment. The Indian pair is ranked No. three in the world behind China's Liang Wei Keng, Wang Chang and Kim Astrup, Anders Skaaruup Rasmussen of Denmark.
Indian archers Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur performed well and finished fourth in the women's team ranking round. They accumulated 1983 points in the qualification ranking round as with Korea, China and Mexico finishing above India.
Aditi Ashok missed out on the medal by a whisker at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago finishing fourth. It was her best finish at the Games and the Paris Olympics will be her third appearance as she chases the elusive medal this time around.
PV Sindhu is chasing her third Olympic medal. She had won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics after going down to Carolina Marin in a three-set-long thriller. At the Tokyo Olympics, she went down in the semis to Tai Tzu-Ying and then defeated He Bingjiao in the bronze medal match.
India's table tennis veteran Sharath Kamal is set to appear at the Olympics this time for the fifth time in his career. He will also be the country's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Games and is hopeful of coming back home with a medal this time around.
The Indian contingent for the marquee event in Paris comprises 117 athletes across several sporting disciplines. The Tokyo Olympics had the biggest contingent where 121 athletes participated.
Lovlina Borgohain won a Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 in the 69kg category. Lovlina has switched her category to 75kg and will be gunning for another medal in the Paris Games. Here is Lovlina's journey to the Summer Games.
Manu Bhaker, only 22, is the only Indian athlete to compete in three different events at the Paris Olympics. She will be participating in women’s 10m air pistol and women’s 25m pistol individual events and 10m air pistol mixed team event along with Sarabjot Singh.
Olympics 2024: India has sent a 117-member athlete contingent for the Paris Olympic Games 2024. There are four sporting disciplines where only one Indian contender will represent the nation in each of them. Check the lust here.
Here's India's detailed schedule for the Paris Olympics that is set to commence from July 26 to August 11. However, like a few other sports, even Indian Archers will be in action before the opening ceremony. The team led by veteran Deepika Kumari will feature in their respective events.
Paris will be hosting the Olympic Games for the third time in its history. The 2024 Summer Games are taking place in the French Capital after 100 years. Paris hosted the Games in 1900, and 1924 and will now host them in 2024.
Badminton is one of the sporting disciplines where India is expecting at least one medal at the Paris Olympics with players like PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty taking part. The Games are getting underway from July 26 with Badminton matches starting from very next day.
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