Paris Olympics 2024:
Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal as India opened their medal tally in the Paris Olympics.
P V Sindhu and HS Prannoy won their badminton matches while Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula advanced in table tennis.
India had a memorable day on Sunday in the Paris Olympics, especially in shooting.
Manu Bhaker made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the quadrennial event. The 22-year-old bagged bronze in the final of the women’s 10m Air Pistol event. Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta also made their way through to the final of the 10m Air Rifle events.
Sandeep Singh and Elavenil Valarivan, however, returned empty-handed after missing out on berths in the finals of their respective events.
PV Sindhu, the only Indian woman to have won back-to-back Olympic medals, started in an emphatic manner after beating Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq in straight games.
H S Prannoy also fended off Fabian Roth in straight games.
Balraj Panwar is set to take part in the quarterfinal of the Men’s single sculls after finishing second in Repechage 2 with a timing of 7:12.41. Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra won their table tennis matches, but Achanta Sharath Kamal and Harmeet Desai crashed out of the tournament.
In tennis, Sumit Nagal faltered and made an exit after losing to France’s Corentin Moutet in the opening round. In boxing, Nikhat Zareen beat Maxi Kloetzer in the Round of 32. Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji failed to make their way into the second round after losing to Gael Monfils and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
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