Olympics 2024, Day 4 highlights: Neeraj Chopra arrives in Paris, boxer Amit Panghal bouts out; Satwik-Chirag top Group C

Olympics 2024, Day 4 highlights: Neeraj Chopra arrives in Paris, boxer Amit Panghal bouts out; Satwik-Chirag top Group C

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Thank you for reading HT's live blog of the Paris Olympics 2024. Ace shuttler PV Sindhu will be in action on Day 5 as the two-time Olympic medallist is up against Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in the women's singles tournament. Superstar Lovlina Borgohain will take on Sunniva Hofstad in the women's 75kg round of 16 bout. You can also catch HT's comprehensive coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics here.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update - India's Preeti Pawar took Colombia’s Yeni Marcela to the extremes in the deciding round. However, the late flourish of the Indian boxer was not enough as Marcela defeated Preeti 4-1 to enter the quarter-finals. Three losses for Indian boxers on Day 4! India are placed 33rd with two medals in the Paris Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update - Boxer Preeti Pawar has managed to keep herself alive in the women’s 54kg round of 16 clash at the Paris Games 2024. Pawar has bagged the second round against Colombia’s Yeni Marcela. The Indian boxer has earned three tens from the judges. However, the 20-year-old is still behind in overall scoring.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update - Bad news for India! Boxer Preeti Pawar is trailing after the first round against Colombia’s Yeni Marcela. Out of the five judges, Castaneda earned ten points from four in the opening round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update - Inspired by veteran wrestler Sakshi Malik, young boxer Preeti Pawar is in red for her women’s 54kg round of 16 clash against Colombia’s Yeni Marcela. Match referee has given a thumbs up: Here we go, folks!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update - Indian boxer Preeti Pawar has arrived at the famous venue for her bout against Yeni Marcela Arias of Colombia. We are moments away from the start of the 54kg round of 16 clash at the Paris Games 2024. Stay tuned folks!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Indian boxer Preeti Pawar will meet Yeni Marcela Arias of Colombia in the women's 54kg round of 16 clash at the Paris Games 2024. Indian boxers Jaismine Lamboria and Amit Panghal have already bowed out of the Summer Games on Day 4.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update - Top seed Iga Swiatek has made it to last eight of the tennis tournament at Roland. Swiatek defeated Xiyu Wang of China Wang 6-3, 6-4 in the third round on the Court Phillipe Chatrier. Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber of Germany also made it to the quarter-finals along with US eighth seed Danielle Collins and China's Zheng Qinwen.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Shooter Manu Bhaker claimed two medals in the same Olympics to enter her name in history books. The 22-year-old had a special message for Team India fans ahead of her third event at the Paris Games. "I hope the love stays. I will definitely try my best. I hope people are not disappointed or anything," she said after her unforgettable performance at Chateauroux's shooting range. "I will see how my performance goes," she added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Stacy Waaka dived into the corner to seal New Zealand's back-to-back Olympic women’s rugby sevens titles. The Kiwis bagged a 19-12 win over Canada in front of more than 60,000 spectators at Stade de France. The USA edged Australia 14-12 to win bronze for its first Olympic medal in rugby sevens.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: While Morocco reached the quarter-finals with a crushing 3-0 win over Group B rivals Iraq in Nice, Spain failed to take the top spot in Group C after a 2-1 loss to Egypt in Bordeaux. Argentina advanced in second by defeating Ukraine 2-0 in the men's football tournament at the Paris Games 2024. Dominican Republic were eliminated from their first Olympic tournament after 1-1 draw with Uzbekistan.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Simone Biles was at her show-stopping best as the USA superstar had a total of 171.296 to finish clear of Italy and Brazil. Biles led the USA to a dominant victory in the women's gymnastics team final.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Heartbreak for Dhiraj Bommadevara! Both archers fired a 10 but Eric Peters sealed the win as the shoot-off was close to the centre following a 5-5 end. Dhiraj loses the men’s 1/16 elimination round in a shoot-off.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Canada's Eric Peters stages an epic comeback against Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara. We are heading to a shoot-off in search of a winner.

Dhiraj - 10, 10, 9

Peters - 10, 10, 10

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Dhiraj Bommadevara extended his lead to 5-3 over Canada's Eric Peters in the 4th end. Dhiraj had three 10s against the Canada star. Peters also fired three 10s in the 4th end.

Dhiraj - 10, 10, 10

Peters - 10, 10, 10

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Archer Dhiraj Bommadevara fired two 10s and one 9 in the next end. Canada's Eric Peters scored back-to-back 9s against the Indian archer. Dhiraj leading Peters 4-2 after three ends.

Dhiraj - 10, 9, 10

Peters - 9, 9, 9

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Archer Dhiraj Bommadevara has failed to extend his lead in the second end. Canada's Eric Peters has bounced back in the 2nd end. Peters 2-2 Dhiraj after 2nd end.

Dhiraj - 9, 9, 10

Peters - 9, 10, 10

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Archer Dhiraj Bommadevara is up against Canada's Eric Peters in the men's 1/16 elimination round. Dhiraj fired two 9s and a ten while Peters had three 9s in the first end. Dhiraj takes a 2-0 lead over the Canadian.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: King of Clay Rafael Nadal and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz continued their quest for an Olympic gold medal together for Spain at the Paris Games 2024. The Spanish duo defeated Wesley Koolhof and Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 6-7(2), (10-2) to reach the quarter-finals of the doubles tennis tournament in Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara is up against Eric Peters of Canada in the men's individual 1/16 elimination round. The winner will enter the last 8 of the men’s competition. Indian archer Bommadevara defeated Adam Li 7-1 in the men’s 1/32 elimination round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz have fired the first five points in the thrilling tie-breaker against Netherlands’ Tallos Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof. Nadal and Alcaraz lead the Dutch duo 5-1 in the tie-breaker.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Dhiraj Bommadevara has entered the next round of the men's archery series. Dhiraj fired two 9s and a ten to beat Czech Republic’s Adam Li (10, 8, 8) in the final end. Dhiraj gets the better of Adam 7-1 in the men’s 1/32 elimination round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: After drawing 1-1, India's Dhiraj Bommadevara has taken a 3-1 lead over Adam Li from the Czech Republic in the archery men’s 1/32 elimination round.

Dhiraj - 9, 10, 10

Adam - 8, 9, 9

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Archer Dhiraj Bommadevara is up against Adam Li from the Czech Republic in the archery men’s 1/32 elimination round. In the first set, the Indian archer has scored a 9 and 10. Adam has two 10s to his name in the first set.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz have pocketed the first set against Netherlands’ Tallos Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof. The Spanish duo bagged the first 6-4 at the Roland-Garros.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Brazil's Gabriel Medina reigned supreme over giant blue barrel to record the highest score of the Olympic surfing competition. Medina had the wave of the Summer Games in his round-five heat against Japan's Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi. He also helped a Paris photographer produce one of the most iconic photos from the Games!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova outclassed fourth-seed Jasmine Paolini in three sets 7-5 3-6 7-5 to enter the quarter-finals of the women's tennis tournament at the Paris Games. This is the second high-level defeat in the Paris Olympics after American Coco Gauff suffered an early exit.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Indian boxer Jaismine Lamboria has bowed out of the Paris Games. Phillipines’ Nesthy Petecio has got the better of the Indian boxer 5-0 in the three-round bout.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: India's Jaismine is facing Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio in women’s boxing round of 32 match. Four of five judges gave ten points to Petecio in the 1st round. In the second round, All five judges gave a 10 to Philippines’ Petecio. Jaismine on the cusp of an exit from the Games in the women's 57 kg round of 32.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: After scripting history at the Paris Games with back-to-back medals, Manu Bhaker has dedicated her success to her coach Jaspal Rana. India's shooting duo of Manu and Sarabjot Singh got the better of South Korea's Lee Wonho and Oh Ye Jin 16-10 in the bronze medal play-off match on Day 4 of the Summer Games. Earlier, Bhaker opened India's medal account with a bronze in air pistol event.

"I have three events in the Olympics, and for every Olympics, I try my best to make every event as good as possible. Even in training, every athlete puts a lot of effort into training. So, I make sure that all the events are equally balanced and that I am able to deliver an equal amount of hard work in both events. So, I would say that because of that and plus definitely the strategic planning of my coach, Jaspal sir, I would dedicate him also like a major chunk of the success because of his planning and everything and then definitely the policies made by the federation and all which were very inclusive of me being a like double event shooter," Manu said.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Defending Olympic champion Alexander Zverev marched into the third round of the men's singles. Germany's Zverev defeated Czech player Tomas Machac 6-3 7-5. Zverev also reached the French Open final this year. Later at night, pain's dream team Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will take centre stage.

Indian badminton stalwart Ashwini Ponnappa confirmed that she has played her last Olympics. Ponnappa and her partner Tanisha Crasto recorded a third straight loss in the women's doubles competition of the Paris Games. "This will be my last, but Tanisha has a long way to go," the 34-year-old Ashwini said after the match. While trying to hold back tears, Ashwini admitted that preparing for the Games "takes a toll emotionally and mentally". "It takes a toll emotionally and mentally, I can't go through this again. It is not easy, you can take all these if you are a little younger. Having played for so long, I can't take it anymore," she added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Update: Ace archer Bhajan Kaur stormed into the round of 16 after defeating Poland's veteran Wioleta Myzsor in the women's individual recurve archery on Day 4 of the Paris Games 2024. Bhajan ousted Myzsor with a 6-0 win in the round of 32 clash. Ankita Bhakat was defeated by 41-year-old Poland archer Myzsor. Myzsor knocked Ankita out of the event with a 6-4 win.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ibrahim Adel scored both goals as Egypt defeated Spain 2-1 to enter the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic football in Paris. Samu Omorodion pulled one back late on but Spain ended up losing the match by a goal. Egypt are led by former Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny. They will play their quarter-final on Friday in Marseille against the runners-up in Group D. Did you know? Egypt lost in the quarter-finals three years ago to Brazil. Spain have also made it to the last-eight tie. The 2010 FIFA World Cup winners will be in Lyon against the winners of Group D.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Israeli and Palestinian judoists fought and lost to separate opponents. After the defeat, the two athletes gave different messages that highlighted how personal it was for competitors. "I think here at the Olympics, we are here to make peace, but if you are making war in our country and want to make peace here, it's like you have two faces," said Feras Badawi, who is one of eight Palestinian athletes at the Summer Games.

Badawi added that he could never compete against Israeli athletes or shake their hands amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Israeli judoka Gili Sharir also reflected on her defeat to French Olympic champion Clarisse Agbegnenou. "We can't ignore what's going on, we can use it to our advantage. I believe in Israel, I love Israel and it was an honour for me to fight with the Israeli flag on my chest," Sharir added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The 2024 edition of the Olympic Games is underway in Paris. The United States led the medal standings after the third day of the Summer Games with host France placed second. India doubled its medal tally with Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh winning the bronze in shooting.

Check out the complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners:

SHOOTING

MIXED TEAM 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec, Serbia

Silver: Ilayda Tarhan and Yusef Dikec, Turkey

Bronze: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh, India

MEN'S TRAP

Gold: Nathan Hales, Great Britain

Silver: Qi Ying, China

Bronze: Jean Pierre Brol, Guatemala

TABLE TENNIS

MIXED DOUBLES

Gold: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, China

Silver: Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong, North Korea

Bronze: Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin, South Korea

Monday, July 29

ARCHERY

MEN'S TEAM

Gold: South Korea

Silver: France

Bronze: Turkey

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

MEN’S TEAM

Gold: Japan

Silver: China

Bronze: United States

CANOE SLALOM

MEN'S CANOE SINGLE

Gold: Nicolas Gestin, France

Silver: Adam Burgess, Britain

Bronze: Matej Benus, Slovakia

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY

Gold: Tom Pidcock, Britain

Silver: Victor Koretzky, France

Bronze: Alan Hatherly, South Africa

DIVING

MEN’S SYNCHRONIZED 10M PLATFORM

Gold: Lian Junjie and Yang Hao, China

Silver: Tom Daley and Noah Williams, Britain

Bronze: Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray, Canada

EQUESTRIAN

EVENTING TEAM

Gold: Britain

Silver: France

Bronze: Japan

FENCING

WOMEN'S SABER INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Manon Apithy-Brunet, France

Silver: Sara Balzer, France

Bronze: Olga Kharlan, Ukraine

MEN'S FOIL INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Cheung Ka Long, Hong Kong

Silver: Filippo Macchi, Italy

Bronze: Nick Itkin, United States

JUDO

WOMEN'S 57KG

Gold: Christa Deguchi, Canada

Silver: Mimi Huh, South Korea

Bronze: Sarah Leonie Cysique, France and Haruka Funakubo, Japan

MEN’S 73KG

Gold: Hidayat Heydarov, Azerbaijan

Silver: Joan-Benjamin Gaba, France

Bronze: Soichi Hashimoto, Japan and Adil Osmanov, Moldova

SHOOTING

WOMEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE

Gold: Ban Hyo-jin, South Korea

Silver: Huang Yuting, China

Bronze: Audrey Gogniat, Switzerland

MEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE

Gold: Sheng Lihao, China

Silver: Victor Lindgren, Sweden

Bronze: Miran Maricic, Croatia

SKATEBOARDING

Gold: Yuto Horigome, Japan

Silver: Jagger Eaton, United States

Bronze: Nyjah Huston, United States

SWIMMING

WOMEN’S 100M BREASTSTROKE

Gold: Tatjana Smith, South Africa

Silver: Tang Qianting, China

Bronze: Mona McSharry, Ireland

WOMEN’S 200M FREESTYLE

Gold: Mollie O'Callaghan, Australia

Silver: Ariarne Titmus, Australia

Bronze: Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong

WOMEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Silver: Katie Grimes, United States

Bronze: Emma Weyant, United States

MEN’S 100M BACKSTROKE

Gold: Thomas Ceccon, Italy

Silver: Xu Jiayu, China

Bronze: Ryan Murphy, United States

MEN’S 200M FREESTYLE

Gold: David Popovici, Romania

Silver: Matthew Richards, Britain

Bronze: Luke Hobson, United States

Sunday, July 28

ARCHERY

WOMEN'S TEAM

Gold: South Korea

Silver: China

Bronze: Mexico

CANOE SLALOM

WOMEN'S KAYAK SINGLE

Gold: Jessica Fox, Australia

Silver: Klaudia Zwolinska, Poland

Bronze: Kimberley Woods, Britain

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY

Gold: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, France

Silver: Haley Batten, United States

Bronze: Jenny Rissveds, Sweden

JUDO

WOMEN’S 52KG

Gold: Diyora Keldiyorova, Uzbekistan

Silver: Distria Krasniqi, Kosovo

Bronze: Larissa Pimenta, Brazil and Amandine Buchard, France

MEN’S 66KG

Gold: Hifumi Abe, Japan

Silver: Willian Lima, Brazil

Bronze: Gusman Kyrgyzbayev, Kazakhstan and Denis Vieru, Moldova

SHOOTING

MEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Xie Yu, China

Silver: Federico Nilo Maldini, Italy

Bronze: Paolo Monna, Italy

SWIMMING

MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Léon Marchand, France

Silver: Tomoyuki Matsushita, Japan

Bronze: Carson Foster, United States

WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY

Gold: Torri Huske, United States

Silver: Gretchen Walsh, United States

Bronze: Zhang Yufei, China

SHOOTING

WOMEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Oh Ye-jin, South Korea

Silver: Kim Ye-ji, South Korea

Bronze: Manu Bhaker, India

SKATEBOARDING

WOMEN’S STREET

Gold: Coco Yoshizawa, Japan

Silver: Liz Akama, Japan

Bronze: Rayssa Leal, Brazil

Saturday, July 27

CYCLING

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

Gold: Remco Evenepoel, Belgium

Silver: Filippo Ganna, Italy

Bronze: Wout van Aert, Belgium

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

Gold: Grace Brown, Australia

Silver: Anna Henderson, Britain

Bronze: Chloe Dygert, United States

DIVING

WOMEN'S SYNCHRONIZED 3M SPRINGBOARD

Gold: Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, China

Silver: Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, United States

Bronze: Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen, Britain

FENCING

WOMEN’S EPEE INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Vivian Kong, Hong Kong

Silver: Auriane Mallo-Breton, France

Bronze: Eszter Muhari, Hungary

MEN’S SABER INDIVIDUAL

Bronze: Luigi Samele, Italy

JUDO

WOMEN 48KG

Gold: Natsumi Tsunoda, Japan

Silver: Baasankhuu Bavuudori, Mongolia

Bronze: Shirine Boukli, France, and Tara Babulfath, Sweden

MEN 60KG

Gold: Yeldos Smetov, Kazakhstan

Silver: Luka Mkheidze, France

Bronze: Ryuju Nagayama, Japan and Francisco Garrigos, Spain

RUGBY SEVENS

Gold: France

Silver: Fiji

Bronze: South Africa

SHOOTING

10M AIR RIFLE MIXED TEAM

Gold: Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao, China

Silver: Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun, South Korea

Bronze: Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev, Kazakhstan

SWIMMING

MEN’S 400M FREESTYLE

Gold: Lukas Maertens, Germany

Silver: Elijah Winnington, Australia

Bronze: Kim Woo-min, South Korea

MEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: United States

Silver: Australia

Bronze: Italy

WOMEN’S 400M FREESTYLE

Gold: Ariarne Titmus, Australia

Silver: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Bronze: Katie Ledecky, United States

WOMEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: Australia

Silver: United States

Bronze: China

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Superstar Simone Biles leads the US women's team into the gymnastics team final today at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The US side is heavily favoured to win gold after finishing runner-up to Russia in 2021.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The International Olympic Committee has come out in support of two boxers in the women's competition at the Paris Games who failed gender eligibility tests in 2023. Imane Khelif from Algeria will be in action on Friday in the women's under 66 kg category. Lin Yu Ting from Taiwan has a first bout in the under 57kg division on Saturday."Everyone competing in the women's category is complying with the eligibility criteria," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. "They are women in their passports and it's stated that is the case, and they are female. These athletes have competed many times before for many years. They haven't just suddenly arrived," he added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Coco Gauff wanted the introduction of video replays at Roland Garros after the US superstar suffered an early exit from the singles tennis tournament on Tuesday. Vekic outclassed Gauff 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals. Gauff became embroiled in a tearful, bitter dispute with the match umpire. Even though the 20-year-old wept and pleaded her case, the point and break was awarded to Vekic."There's been multiple times this year where that happened to me. I feel like in tennis, we should have a VR (video review) system because these points are big deals. And, yeah, usually afterwards, they apologise, so it's kind of frustrating when the sorry doesn't help you once the match is over," Gauff added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ashok Kumar, the vice-chancellor of the Sports University of Haryana, has revealed that star shooter Manu Bhaker will become the brand ambassador of the institution. Bhaker made history on Tuesday when the Indian shooter bagged her second bronze medal at the Paris Games 2024. Bhaker and her partner Sarabjot Singh secured bronze in the 10 m air pistol mixed team event. Bhaker had also won bronze in the women's individual 10 m air pistol event. "We will make her the ambassador of our institution. It will bring a lot of motivation and energy to our players and girls," Ashok added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Canyon Barry is a part-time basketball player but his full-time job can surprise everyone at the Games Village in Paris. The full-time scientist is a system engineer for a defence and space contractor. Barry will take the court for the 3x3 gold medal. He has an undergraduate degree in physics and a master's degree in nuclear engineering. He is the son of Hall of Famer and NBA champion Rick Barry.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Patrick Chinyemba had the dance moves to show up against Amit Panghal. The Indian boxer fought hard in the deciding round but he fails to stage a comeback as the third seed was declared the winner of the bout. Chinyemba gets the better of Panghal 4:1 in points in the boxing men’s 51kg round of 16 bout.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Boxer Amit Panghal has lost the 2nd round to Zambia’s Patrick Chinyemba in the round of 16 phase of the men's boxing event. The World No.3 bagged ten points from three judges. Can Amit stage a fightback in the next round?

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India’s Amit Panghal is up against third-seed Patrick Chinyemba of Zambia in the round of 16 phase of the men's boxing event. In a split verdict, Panghal is behind in the men's 51kg round of 16 bout. In the 1st round, two judges award him a ten. However, the three others awarded the Zambian ten points.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Several badminton shuttlers are finding it difficult to see the shuttlecock while playing at the Paris Games. For the unversed, the shuttlecock or birdie can move faster than projectiles in any other racket sport. In usual badminton tournaments, spectators are kept in the dark and a spotlight shines on the court for the players. This has not been the case in Paris. The atmosphere at Porte de La Chapelle Arena is generally loud, full of full of thunderous chants, and drum rolls and on occasions, fans also make waves at the venue. Players who featured at the Tokyo Games under quieter COVID conditions are used to playing in darker arenas.

"What a beautiful arena - it was fantastic to see red shirts and flags and stuff, it was phenomenal. It's nice that it's bright on the spectator," said Anders Antonsen, who played his first Olympic game in Tokyo. He is also the world number three men's singles player. "But it's also confusing, actually, to see the shuttlecock sometimes because there's so many different colours right behind. In terms of having a clear vision on the shuttle, I would prefer it to be dark. But it's also very beautiful to be able to see them."

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Match point for Australia! Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are behind 10 points in game 2! Big win for Australia - Ponnappa and Crasto have extended their winless run. Australia beat India 21-15, 21-10 in the women’s doubles Group C match at the Paris Games. Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu wrapped up the contest in 38 minutes.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Only seven points scored by Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto as Australia are closing on to wrap up the second game. Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu are leading India 16-7 in game 2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are struggling for points in the second game of the doubles contest. Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu have taken an early lead in the second game. India trail Australia 6-11 in Game 2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Five game points for Australia! Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu are leading the way against Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto. Brilliant placement and Australia have taken the opening game against India.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: In women's archery individual, India's Bhajan Kaur advances to the pre-quarterfinals after blowing away Poland's Wioleta Myszor 6-0. Myszor had beaten Ankita Bhakat in the round-of-64 match.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto have made sure the healthy lead is cut short by a point. Another point in the bag! It’s 8-8 in game 1.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: In the women's archery individual series, India's Bhajan Kaur is off to a good start in her Round of 32 match against Poland's Wioleta Myszor. She leads 4-0 after winning the first two sets.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are in mixed doubles action against Australia. The Indian duo is taking Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu in their group game. Australia have taken 2-1 lead over India game 1.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Match point for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty! Satwiksairaj serving and Shetty with a great reach, another error forced, another win in the bag. The Indian duo has won the Group C with the win. The Asian Games champions ended the contest in 40 minutes. A 21-13, 21-13 win over Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian has also extended their unbeaten run at the Paris Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are only 5 points away from match point in game 2. Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian have staged a comeback as the lead is now reduced to three points.Back-to-back points for the World No.3 and India lead Indonesia 18-12.

In the women's archery individual series, India's Bhajan Kaur makes a strong return to take the next three sets and win the match against Syfia Kamal of Indonesia 7-3. Bhajan advances to the round of 32.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are leading by two points in game 2—brilliant defence work by Chirag - another point in the bag for the Indian duo. Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian bounced back to take the next point. Indian duo forces an error! Once again it’s a two-point game.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian of Indonesia are trailing 5-3 in the second game against India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The Indian duo has already bagged the first game. The World No.3 are favourites to claim the second game too!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: In the women's archery Individual series, India's Bhajan Kaur trails 1-3 in the round-of-64 match against Syfia Kamal of Indonesia. The first set was a tie, while the Indonesian took the second set.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had seven match points before the Indian dup wrapped the opening game in their favour. The world number three have taken the first game 21-7 inside 16 minutes. Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian of Indonesia are feeling the heat; into the second game, we go folks!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India's Ankita Bhakat loses to Poland's Wioleta Myszor (4-6) in women's singles archery round-of-64 match to bow out of Paris Olympics

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The Badminton duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have taken a 4-point lead over Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian of Indonesia. Asian Games champions Satwik-Chirag have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Indian archer Ankita Bhakat is taking on Wioleta Myzsor in the round of 32 clash. In the first set, archers fired three arrows. The archer with the highest total gets to win the set.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Indian archer Ankita Bhakat will be in action soon for the women's individual 1/32 elimination round. Bhakat's Round of 64 will be followed by Bhajan Kaur. The duo need a win to play the round of 32 matches today in Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India's golden boy, Neeraj Chopra, has arrived in Paris for the Summer Games. With the Paris 2024 Olympics in full swing, Neeraj has touched down in France as the javelin superstar will defend his gold medal in men's event. "Namaskar, Paris! Excited to finally reach the Olympic Games village. #Paris2024," Chopra said.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Three years after the Tokyo Olympics were held with no fans, the COVID-19 virus is still forcing athletes to withdraw from events in the Paris Games. Australian swimmer Lani Pallister who was a medal hope, has tested positive for COVID-19. British swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive a day after he narrowly missed out on 100 metres breaststroke gold. Multiple Australian women's water polo players have also tested positive for COVID-19 in Paris. "We have a protocol (that) any athlete that has tested positive has to wear a mask and we remind everyone to follow best practices but in terms of monitoring COVID, cases are quite low in France," said Anne Descamps, who is the Paris 2024 chief communications director.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: GOAL for India against Ireland in the 1st quarter! Leading India from the front, skipper Harmanpreet Singh has opened the scoring for the Indian men’s hockey team against Ireland. The Indian skipper converted the 1st quarter penalty to put India 1-0 ahead of Ireland.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: In a massive blow to Olympic organisers, the men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics was called off just hours before the start after last-minute water quality tests. The men's triathlon has now been rescheduled to take place on Wednesday. "We are all disappointed because we are not able to follow strictly what was planned," World Triathlon president Marisol Casado said.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Up next, the Indian men's hockey team is in action at the Paris Games 2024. Harmanpreet Singh and Co. will look to get back to winning ways after playing out a draw against Argentina. India have a dominant record with four wins over Ireland. It's a do-or-die clash for Ireland.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: According to Outsports, The Paris Olympics shattered a record by having 193 openly LGBTQ athletes competing in the Summer Games. The count surpassed the 186 athletes at the COVID-19-delayed Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Australia's Lani Pallister has withdrawn from women's 1,500 metres freestyle after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Paris Olympics. Pallister was a medal hope for Australia in the event. The 1,500 heats start on Tuesday morning at La Defense Arena. Earlier, Briton Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID-19.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: With a total of 50, India's Shreyasi Singh is placed 24th in the standings. Rajeshwari Kumari has 42 to her name after the second round. Spain’s Marr Magrina Molne is still at the top in the trap women's qualification.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Spain's Marr Magrina Molne is leading the way in the trap women's qualification. She registered 25 in 1st round and repeated the same performance (25) in the next. Italy's Maria Silvana Stanco and Jessica Rossi are closely following her on day 1 of the qualification.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India's Shreyasi Singh has taken the 22nd spot. She opened the 1st round with 22. She has the exact same number (22) in the second round of the trap women's qualification. She is followed by Rajeshwari Kumari, who was 22 in round 1. She is at 22 in the second round of the ongoing event.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Both Indian shooters are finding it hard to enter the top 10 of the trap women's qualification at the Chateauroux Shooting venue in Paris. Shooters Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari are occupying the 24th and 28th spots, respectively, in the second round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari are in action for India in trap women's qualification. Rajeshwari is ranked 21st and Shreyasi is placed 23rd in the current standings of the 1st round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Just sometime ago, Manu and Sarabjot defeated South Korea's Lee and Jin 16-10 in the bronze medal play-off in the 10m air pistol mixed team event. The result saw India's medal tally go to 2, with Bhaker getting an individual bronze earlier.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Next up, we have hockey at 4:45 PM IST as India men's team take on Ireland. Meanwhile, archery will start at 5:15 PM IST. Badminton will also take place 5:30 PM IST onwards!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Taking to X, PM Modi wrote, "Our shooters continue to make us proud! Congratulations to @realmanubhaker and Sarabjot Singh for winning the Bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the #Olympics . Both of them have shown great skills and teamwork. India is incredibly delighted."

"For Manu, this is her second consecutive Olympic medal, showcasing her consistent excellence and dedication. #Cheer4Bharat," he added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: After their bronze medal win, Manu and Sarabjot were extremely euphoric. "I'm feeling really proud and there is lot of gratitude, thanks for all the blessings," said Manu.

"Actually we can't control (what the rivals will do), we can do what is in our hand, me and my partner thought let's just try our best and we will keep fighting till the end," she added.

Meanwhile, Sarabjot said, "I'm feeling good, the game was very tough and there was a lot of pressure, I am very happy."

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Balraj finishes in fourth position, he won't go through to the next round!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The men's singles sculls quarter-final begins and India's Panwar is in action!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Prithviraj has shot 23 off 25 shots in round 4 and is 26th in the standings!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Wewill soon have Balraj Panwar in action in the men's singles sculls quarter-finals.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Shreyasi is 23rd, shooting 22 off 25 shots in round 1. Meanwhile, Rajeshwari gets 22 off 25 shots and is 21st.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India have done it! Manu shoots 9.4, Sarabjot gets 10.2, 19.6 for India. 18.5 for South Korea and India get the bronze!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Series 12 and South Korea are back! Manu shoots 10.6 and Sarabjot gets 10.2, 20.8 for India. Lee shoots 10.2, Jin gets 10.8, 21.0 for South Korea!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Match point for India after Shot 10! India are one series away from a bronze medal! Sarabjot shoots 9.7 and Manu shoots 9.6, 19.3 for India. 19.8 for SOuth Korea, Lee gets 9.0 and Jin makes it 10.8. South Korea fightback!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: MANU IS BACK! 10.0 in shot 9 and Sarabjot excels with 10.5, puts India at 20.5!

Lee shoots 9.7 and Jin gets a good 10.7, South Korea make it 20.4!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: OH NO! Manu gets it wrong in the eighth shot! Shoots 8.3 and Sarabjot gets 10.2. India are 18.5. Lee shoots 10.4 and Jin registers 10.3 to make it 20.7 for South Korea. Another crucial set for them!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Brilliant by Manu in the seventh shot! She gets 10.6 and Sarabjot shoots 9.4 as India get 20.0. Lee's 9.9 and Jin's 9.8 makes it 19.7 for South Korea.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The sixth shot sees South Korea fightback! Four points behind India!

Manu shoots 10.0, Sarabjot gets 10.2 as India put up 20.2. Lee's 9.8, Jin's 10.8 sends South Korea to 20.6.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Round 5 sees India get 20.1, compared to South Korea's 19.5.

Manu is in majestic form, shoots 10.5, Sarabjot gets 9.6. Meanwhile, Lee shoots 9.8, and Jin has 9.7.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India shoot better in the third round too! Manu gets 10.4 and Sarabjot gets 10.4. Lee gets 9.1 and Jin gets 10.7. India bag 20.8, compared to South Korea's 19.8.

In the fourth round, Manu's 10.7, Sarabjot's 10.0 sends India to 20.7. Lee gets 9.9, Jin bags 10.6 and South Korea make it 20.5.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Manu shoots 10.2, followed by 10.7. Sarabjot gets 8.6, followed by 10.5. Lee starts with 10.4, and then 10.0. Jin get 10.1 and 9.9. India have a total of 21.2 in this round, more than South Korea's 19.9.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The action begins! Manu-Sarabjot vs South Korea's Lee and Jin, for the bronze medal!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Less than 10 minutes to go for the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match between India's Manu-Sarabjot and South Korea!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Round 1 is ongoing and Shreyasi has got 11 in 13 shots until now! She is currently 13th. Rajeshwari hasn't started yet!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Women's trap qualification has begun! For India, we have Shreyasi and Rajeshwari in action!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: There will be plenty of focus on Panghal's 51kg round of 16 bout in the evening. He is expected to win and is a medal contender for India!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Stay tuned folks! Shooting is set to start soon! The start time for both men's and women's trap qualification is 12:30 PM IST! Meanwhile, Manu-Sarabjot's bronze medal clash is for 1:00 PM IST!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The men's triathlon has been postponed due to pollution levels in the Seine.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Monday, July 29

ARCHERY

MEN'S TEAM

Gold: South Korea

Silver: France

Bronze: Turkey

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

MEN’S TEAM

Gold: Japan

Silver: China

Bronze: United States

CANOE SLALOM

MEN'S CANOE SINGLE

Gold: Nicolas Gestin, France

Silver: Adam Burgess, Britain

Bronze: Matej Benus, Slovakia

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY

Gold: Tom Pidcock, Britain

Silver: Victor Koretzky, France

Bronze: Alan Hatherly, South Africa

DIVING

MEN’S SYNCHRONIZED 10M PLATFORM

Gold: Lian Junjie and Yang Hao, China

Silver: Tom Daley and Noah Williams, Britain

Bronze: Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray, Canada

EQUESTRIAN

EVENTING TEAM

Gold: Britain

Silver: France

Bronze: Japan

FENCING

WOMEN'S SABER INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Manon Apithy-Brunet, France

Silver: Sara Balzer, France

Bronze: Olga Kharlan, Ukraine

MEN'S FOIL INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Cheung Ka Long, Hong Kong

Silver: Filippo Macchi, Italy

Bronze: Nick Itkin, United States

JUDO

WOMEN'S 57KG

Gold: Christa Deguchi, Canada

Silver: Mimi Huh, South Korea

Bronze: Sarah Leonie Cysique, France and Haruka Funakubo, Japan

MEN’S 73KG

Gold: Hidayat Heydarov, Azerbaijan

Silver: Joan-Benjamin Gaba, France

Bronze: Soichi Hashimoto, Japan and Adil Osmanov, Moldova

SHOOTING

WOMEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE

Gold: Ban Hyo-jin, South Korea

Silver: Huang Yuting, China

Bronze: Audrey Gogniat, Switzerland

MEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE

Gold: Sheng Lihao, China

Silver: Victor Lindgren, Sweden

Bronze: Miran Maricic, Croatia

SKATEBOARDING

Gold: Yuto Horigome, Japan

Silver: Jagger Eaton, United States

Bronze: Nyjah Huston, United States

SWIMMING

WOMEN’S 100M BREASTSTROKE

Gold: Tatjana Smith, South Africa

Silver: Tang Qianting, China

Bronze: Mona McSharry, Ireland

WOMEN’S 200M FREESTYLE

Gold: Mollie O'Callaghan, Australia

Silver: Ariarne Titmus, Australia

Bronze: Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong

WOMEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Silver: Katie Grimes, United States

Bronze: Emma Weyant, United States

MEN’S 100M BACKSTROKE

Gold: Thomas Ceccon, Italy

Silver: Xu Jiayu, China

Bronze: Ryan Murphy, United States

MEN’S 200M FREESTYLE

Gold: David Popovici, Romania

Silver: Matthew Richards, Britain

Bronze: Luke Hobson, United States

Sunday, July 28

ARCHERY

WOMEN'S TEAM

Gold: South Korea

Silver: China

Bronze: Mexico

CANOE SLALOM

WOMEN'S KAYAK SINGLE

Gold: Jessica Fox, Australia

Silver: Klaudia Zwolinska, Poland

Bronze: Kimberley Woods, Britain

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY

Gold: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, France

Silver: Haley Batten, United States

Bronze: Jenny Rissveds, Sweden

JUDO

WOMEN’S 52KG

Gold: Diyora Keldiyorova, Uzbekistan

Silver: Distria Krasniqi, Kosovo

Bronze: Larissa Pimenta, Brazil and Amandine Buchard, France

MEN’S 66KG

Gold: Hifumi Abe, Japan

Silver: Willian Lima, Brazil

Bronze: Gusman Kyrgyzbayev, Kazakhstan and Denis Vieru, Moldova

SHOOTING

MEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Xie Yu, China

Silver: Federico Nilo Maldini, Italy

Bronze: Paolo Monna, Italy

SWIMMING

MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Léon Marchand, France

Silver: Tomoyuki Matsushita, Japan

Bronze: Carson Foster, United States

WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY

Gold: Torri Huske, United States

Silver: Gretchen Walsh, United States

Bronze: Zhang Yufei, China

SHOOTING

WOMEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Oh Ye-jin, South Korea

Silver: Kim Ye-ji, South Korea

Bronze: Manu Bhaker, India

SKATEBOARDING

WOMEN’S STREET

Gold: Coco Yoshizawa, Japan

Silver: Liz Akama, Japan

Bronze: Rayssa Leal, Brazil

Saturday, July 27

CYCLING

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

Gold: Remco Evenepoel, Belgium

Silver: Filippo Ganna, Italy

Bronze: Wout van Aert, Belgium

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

Gold: Grace Brown, Australia

Silver: Anna Henderson, Britain

Bronze: Chloe Dygert, United States

DIVING

WOMEN'S SYNCHRONIZED 3M SPRINGBOARD

Gold: Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, China

Silver: Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, United States

Bronze: Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen, Britain

FENCING

WOMEN’S EPEE INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Vivian Kong, Hong Kong

Silver: Auriane Mallo-Breton, France

Bronze: Eszter Muhari, Hungary

MEN’S SABER INDIVIDUAL

Bronze: Luigi Samele, Italy

JUDO

WOMEN 48KG

Gold: Natsumi Tsunoda, Japan

Silver: Baasankhuu Bavuudori, Mongolia

Bronze: Shirine Boukli, France, and Tara Babulfath, Sweden

MEN 60KG

Gold: Yeldos Smetov, Kazakhstan

Silver: Luka Mkheidze, France

Bronze: Ryuju Nagayama, Japan and Francisco Garrigos, Spain

RUGBY SEVENS

Gold: France

Silver: Fiji

Bronze: South Africa

SHOOTING

10M AIR RIFLE MIXED TEAM

Gold: Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao, China

Silver: Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun, South Korea

Bronze: Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev, Kazakhstan

SWIMMING

MEN’S 400M FREESTYLE

Gold: Lukas Maertens, Germany

Silver: Elijah Winnington, Australia

Bronze: Kim Woo-min, South Korea

MEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: United States

Silver: Australia

Bronze: Italy

WOMEN’S 400M FREESTYLE

Gold: Ariarne Titmus, Australia

Silver: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Bronze: Katie Ledecky, United States

WOMEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: Australia

Silver: United States

Bronze: China

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Day 4 will start with men's trap qualification, where Prithviraj will continue from yesterday! It is scheduled for 12:30 PM IST, and the women's trap qualification will begin at the same time. Shreyasi and Rajeshwari will take part in women's trap. Meanwhile, Manu-Sarabjot will participate in 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal clash, scheduled for 1:00 AM IST.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India's medal tally is currently at 1, with Bhaker getting a bronze on Monday. We missed out on two shooting medals yesterday, but Bhaker has the chance to make it two bronze today!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Indian archers are out of team events! But they have a shot at redemption in the individual events. Today, Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur will feature in the women's individual 1/32 elimination round. Meanwhile, Dhiraj will be in action in the men's individual 1/32 elimination round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Satwik-Chirag have already reached the next round, but have their final group game, which is merely a formality. They face Indonesia's Fajar and Ardianto. Meanwhile, Ponnappa-Crasto's campaign hangs by a thread, and they have their final group game today, which is a must-win game and they also will be relying on other results!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The men's hockey team will be up against Ireland in their third group game. In their previous game, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Argentina, with Harmanpreet Singh scoring a late goal!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: There second-half will see plenty of boxing action. Panghal will be up against Zambia's Chinyemba in the men's 51kg round of 16. Meanwhile, Jasmine's women's 57kg round of 32 bout will be vs Philippines' Petecio. Also, Preeti will be facing Colombia's Arias in the women's 54kg round of 16 bout.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Manu-Sarabjot came third in the 10m air pistol qualification round, with 580-20x points, and have their bronze medal today, against South Korea. They will be looking to increase India's medal tally, which stands at 1, when Manu got a bronze on Monday!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Hello and good morning everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of Day 4 of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024! There will be plenty of pivotal moments for India today! First, we will have Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh feature in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match. We will also see Amit Panghal and other Indian boxers in action today! Stay tuned folks!

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