India’s Vivek Sagar Prasad, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side’s second goal during the men’s Group B hockey match between India and New Zealand at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Colombes, France. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1- India’s dream of starting with a medal on the first day of Paris Olympics was shattered. On Saturday, July 27, the pair of Ramita Jindal/Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan/Sandeep Singh were eliminated from the qualification round in the 10 meter air rifle mixed team event. The Ramita-Arjun pair finished sixth. At the same time, Elavenil-Sandeep finished 12th. However, a good news came from the shooting range that India’s Manu Bhaker has made it to the final of the Women’s 10 meter air pistol event. She finished third in the qualifying round. Good news has come from badminton. After Lakshya Sen, the pair of Chirag-Satwik has won. The Indian hockey team also won its match.
India’s schedule for July 27
3:30 PM || Tennis || Men’s Mix 1st Round (Rohan Bopanna & N. Sriram Balaji vs. Fabian Rebol & Edouard Roger-Vasselin) not yet started due to rain.
11:50 PM || Badminton || Women’s Doubles Group Stage (Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa vs. Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong of Korea)
12:00 AM || Boxing || Women’s 54kg Round of 32 (Preeti Pawar vs Vo Thi Kim Anh)
Paris Olympic Live: India beat New Zealand 3-2
In the last quarter, New Zealand got off to a 2-2 draw through a penalty corner in the 53rd minute through Child Simon. However, India soon struck again. Harmanpreet Singh scored through a penalty stroke to give the team the lead again, which lasted till the end and India won the match 3-2.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1: India leads 2-1
In the third quarter of the hockey match against New Zealand and in the 34th minute, Vivek Sagar Prasad scored a goal and gave the team a 2-1 lead. He scored a field goal.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1: Mandeep equalises
After trailing 0-1, Mandeep Singh brought Team India back into the game. He scored a goal through a penalty corner in the 24th minute and equalised the score.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1: New Zealand leads 1-0
New Zealand scored the first goal in the hockey match against India. Sam Lan scored for New Zealand through a penalty corner in the 8th minute of the match.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: India vs New Zealand hockey match continues
Pool B hockey match between India and New Zealand is going on.
Satwik-Chiraj won the first match
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won their first match. The Indian pair registered an easy win by defeating France’s Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labarre 21-17, 21-14.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Satwik-Chirag won the first game
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-17 in the first game. In the second game too, the Indian pair is leading against the French pair.
Harmeet enters the round of 64
Table tennis player Harmeet Desai defeated Jordan’s Zaid Aman 4-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5) to enter the next round. The Indian paddler will face Felix Lebrun of France.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1: Lakshya Sen wins
Lakshya Sen won the first game easily, but Kevin Corden gave him a tough fight in the second game. However, the Indian player made a comeback and made the score 20-20 and then won the game 22-20. Thus he won the match 21-8 and 22-20.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Lakshya Sen wins the first set
Indian player Lakshya Sen started well and won the first game 21-8 against Kevin Cordon of Guatemala in the first round of men’s singles.
Paris Olympic Live Updates LIVE: Badminton matches begin
Badminton matches have begun. Lakshya Sen is in action, while Satwik-Chirag and Ponnappa-Crasto will play their matches later.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Rowing: Balraj Panwar in repechage
Indian rower Balraj Panwar finished fourth in the first heat of the men’s single sculls with a timing of 7:07.11. He will now participate in the repechage round, where he will have a chance to make it to the quarter-finals.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Bhaker qualifies for the final
After Series 6, Manu Bhaker finished third in the qualifying round of Women’s 10m Air Pistol and qualified for the finals. Her score was 580. Whereas, Rhythm Sangwan finished 15th. Her score was 573. However, other players performed better than her. Only the top 8 players have got the ticket to the finals.
Paris Olympic Live: Manu Bhaker in third place
Manu Bhaker is at third position in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol qualifying round. These are the results after the fifth series. However, Rhythm Sangwan is far behind. She is at 18th position.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Bhaker-Rhythm match continues
Rhythm Sangwan and Manu Bhaker are competing in the 10m air pistol women’s qualification.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Another disappointment for India
Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Cheema failed to make it past the 10m air pistol qualifying round. Sarabjot will be very disappointed as he finished tied with the eighth-placed shooter but still missed the finals by scoring a low 10. Arjun Cheema showed promise early on but couldn’t sustain and finished 18th with 574-17x.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Sarabjot remained at number 9
Sarabjot Singh was in the top 3 till the fourth series in the 10m air pistol qualification round, but after the last and sixth series he was placed 9th. The top 8 have got direct qualification. Arjun Singh Cheema was placed 18th.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1 LIVE: Eyes on Sarabjot-Cheema
The 10m air pistol men’s qualification round is underway. Sarabjot and Cheema are at the shooting range, where they are showing their skills.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1- Ramita Jindal/Arjun Babuta pair missed by one point
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1- The pair of Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta missed out on a place in the medal match by just one point. The German pair, which was in fourth place, made it to the bronze medal match with 629.7 points, while the Ramita/Arjun pair finished 6th with 628.7 points.
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1- Indian teams finished 6th and 12th in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification
Paris Olympic Live Updates Day 1- Indian teams ranked 6th and 12th in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification. The pair of Ramita-Arjun finished sixth. Whereas, Elavenil-Sandeep finished 12th. With this, both the Indian teams are out of the medal race. Actually, only the top four teams will participate in the medal match. The top two teams will fight for gold. Whereas, the third and fourth teams will fight for bronze.
