Olympic Games Paris 2024 Highlights Day 3: Shooters Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh To Go For Bronze, Manika Batra Makes History

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3: Thank you!

That’s a great way to end the day. Tomorrow all eyes will be on Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh in the bronze medal match of 10m air pistol mixed team event. Do join us for the live coverage!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Manika makes history

HISTORY!

Manika Batra is the first Indian table tennis player to enter the Round of 16 in Olympics. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Manika Wins

Manika Batra has done it in style. She defeats the French 12th seed in straight games to enter the Round of 16. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Manika takes the third game

Manika is now just one game away from entering the Round of 16. Manika has been so dominating that Prithika had to take time-out and re-strategises. Manika is supremely confident with her returns as she pockets the third game 11-9. Prtihika put up a fight after Manika took a 10-5 lead. The French player won three straight points but the Indian closed out the game. 

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Manika 2 games up

And there you go! Manika has it easy in the latter stages of the second game after Prithika Pavade put up a fight in the early stages. Manika set up her French rival nicely and got the points. She wins the game 11-6

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Manika wins first game

Manika Batra pockets the first game in style with a solid return. The scoreline is 11-9

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Even contest

Manika and Prithika are fighting it out in the middle. The biggest lead so far for the players have been just one point in the first game. They are level 9-9 now.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Tough Task

Prithika was born in Pondicherry and is representing France at the Olympics. Prthika is 12th seeded while Manika is 18th seeded. This is going to be a tough challenge for Manika  

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Manika Batra’s match coming up

Manika Batra’s match against France’s Prithika Pavade coming up! It’s a Round of 32 match

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Covid Strikes Olympics

Adam Peaty tested positive for Covid at the Paris Olympics on Monday, the British team said, a day after winning silver in the 100m breaststroke despite apparently feeling under the weather.

The decorated 29-year-old “is hopeful to be back in competition for the relay events later in the swimming programme”, according to a Team GB statement.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Korea Shine In Archery

South Korea have done. Their men’s archery team beat hosts France to clinch the gold. Turkey beat China to clinch the bronze medal.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Bopanna retires

Rohan Bopanna has announced that the Paris Olympics was his last event in India colours. “This will definitely go down as my last event for the country. I totally understand where I am and now, I am just going to be enjoying the tennis circuit as long as that goes,” Bopanna said, ruling himself out from the 2026 Asian Games in Japan.

Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji lost to the French duo of Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Gael Monfils in the men’s doubles first round under lights at court 12 on Sunday night.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Djokovic beats Nadal

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal at the Olympic Games on Monday, claiming a 6-1, 6-4 victory in the pair’s 60th and potentially last meeting. It was 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic’s 31st win in a rivalry which began on the same Roland Garros clay courts in 2006.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India go down fighting

That is the end of India’s campaign in team archery as the men’s team lose to Turkey in the quarterfinals. Not a great show from the archers as India finish the day with no medals.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India fight back

India take the third set 55-54 and this is exactly the fightback that they needed. A solid shot from the three archers and India stay alive in this encounter.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India lose 2nd set

Second set also goes in Turkey’s favour and this is a big problem for India. Turkey win the second set 55-52 and India will need to fight back fast in order to keep their campaign alive.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India in deep trouble

It is time for the second set and India are already behind after the first rotation. 27-25 in favour of Turkey and this is not looking good for Team India at all.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India lose first set

India are off to a bad start in the men’s archery quarterfinals as they lose the first set 57-53 against Turkey.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India continue to fight

8, 9, 10 – Solid fightback by India and Turkey need 25 in the final rotation to win the first set.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India trail in archery

End of first rotation for both sides and Turkey lead 29-26 against India.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Decent start

9, 10, 7 – 26 for India in the first rotation. A good start but it will all depend on Turkey.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Time for archery quarters

Time for the men’s archery quarterfinals! India face Turkey and all eyes will be on Dhiraj Bommadevara who excelled in the ranking round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Archery action up next

The Indian men’s archery team featuring Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav will be in action next as they face Turkey in the quarterfinals.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Lakshya Sen wins

Lakshya Sen has done it! A dominant display against Julien Carraggi of Belgium as the Indian youngster clinches the encounter 21-19, 21-14.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Major controversy

Iraq’s top churches have joined international religious bodies in condemning a controversial segment of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, which many interpreted as a reference to the Bible’s Last Supper. “What happened at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is shameful and a mockery of the Christian religion,” Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic church said in a statement Sunday. The contentious scene in Friday’s parade in Paris involved dancers, drag queens and a DJ in poses that resembled depictions of the Last Supper, the final meal Jesus is said to have taken with his apostles.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Lakshya in control

Lakshya Sen has been impressive in the second game till now and his opponent is finding it quite difficult to come up with any answer. 11-4 at the break and he is very close to a brilliant win.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Lakshya wins first game

Lakshya Sen wins the first game 21-19 against Julien Carraggi of Belgium. This is an important match in his race to qualify for the next round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India 1-1 Argentina in men’s hockey

The match ends in men’s hockey and India scored very late to clinch a 1-1 draw against Argentina. The Indian men’s hockey team trailed for quite some time but skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored late from a penalty corner to earn a very valuable point.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Satwik-Chirag in quarters

The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have qualified for the badminton men’s doubles quarterfinals despite not playing their match on Monday. They will now face Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto but it will be a dead rubber.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Ramita looking at positives

Indian shooter Ramita Jindal found the final of the Women’s 10m Air Rifle at the Paris Olympics fun to participate in and very exciting as she finished seventh in her first appearance in the mega event. Ramita ended her campaign in the Paris Olympics with seventh place in the final with a score of 145.3. In a shoot-off in Stage 2 of the final, She recorded a 10.5 while her French opponent, Oceanne Muller shot 10.8. The shooter from Kurukshetra said she is taking lots of learning and confidence from her performance in the quadrennial showpiece.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: End of 3rd quarter in hockey

The third quarter comes to an end in men’s hockey clash – It is India trailing 0-1 against Argentina. The Indian players have worked hard but the goal has continued to elude them.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Nadal vs Djokovic Clash

Time for Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal clash. Djokovic is ahead of Nadal 30-29 in their rivalry but the Spaniard has had an undeniable edge on the clay in the French capital down the years.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: India trail at halfway mark

India trail 0-1 against Argentina in their men’s hockey Pool B match with the goal coming in the second quarter. However, India registered a massive comeback in their previous match and this will be extremely tough.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Next major event for India

The Indian men’s team consisting of ace archers like Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai will face either Colombia or Turkey in the quarterfinal today. If India win, the trio would march into the medal rounds. The match begins at 5:45 PM IST.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Heatwave warning issued

France’s meteorological agency has issued a weather warning for Paris and the surrounding areas with storms and highs of 35 degrees Celsius expected on Tuesday as the capital hosts the Olympic Games. The agency put in place a “yellow alert” — the second of four levels — as a heatwave arrives from southern France. The alert was issued in particular because “very hot” conditions across Paris were forecast to linger overnight, with the mercury not expected to drop below 22C between Tuesday and Wednesday.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Time for hockey action

It is now time for men’s hockey as India face Argentina in a crucial Pool B encounter. India started their campaign with a 3-2 victory over New Zealand.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Babuta’s disappointment

Arjun Babuta buckled under pressure and finished fourth in the men’s 10m air rifle competition after coming close to winning a medal in his maiden Olympics. Babuta shot a total of 208.4. A 9.5 in response to Croatia’s Miran Maricic’s 10.7 put paid to his hopes of finishing on the podium.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Tom Daley’s fifth Olympic medal

Britain’s Tom Daley was dethroned as Olympic champion on Monday but took silver with partner Noah Williams in the men’s synchronised 10m platform behind China’s Lian Junjie and Yang Hao. It was a fifth medal in five Olympics for 30-year-old Daley, who won gold with Matty Lee in the same event at the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Games three years ago.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Story till now

It has been a somewhat disappointing day for India till now. Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babita both missed out on individual medals while the team of Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema also failed to qualify for the 10m air rifle mixed team final. However, the one good news was the qualification of Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh in the mixed team bronze medal match.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3, Live Updates: Arjun misses out

Arjun Babuta misses out on the medal by just one position. With a score of 208.4, Babuta finishes fourth in the final and this will be a major heartbreak for him.