Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 2: Manu Bhaker Clinches Shooting Bronze, Rafael Nadal Sets Up Clash vs Novak Djokovic
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2: Shooter Manu Bhaker clinched India's first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024, striking bronze in Women's 10m Air Pistol final at the Chatearoux Shooting Center.
Olympics 2024 Day 2 Highlights: After shooter Manu Bhaker made history by clinching India's first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024, striking bronze in Women's 10m Air Pistol final, there was hope that the women's archery team will also enter the medal round. However, they lost to Netherlands in the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal also raised India's medal hopes by qualifying for the Men's and Women's 10m Air Rifle finals. On the international front, Rafael Nadal defeated Hungary's Marton Fucsovics to set up a clash with Novak Djokovic. (India's Day 2 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Day 2 of the Paris Olympics 2024:Â
- 00:31 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024: Thank youWith that we come to the end of this day for Indians. Manu Bhaker's bronze medal was the highlight of the day for India. Nikhat Zareen (boxing) and PV Sindhu (badminton) won their matches too. However, Indian women's archery team lost in the quarter-finals.
- 22:49 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Nadal Terms Djokovic Favourite"Situations are completely different for him, for me. He's being very competitive. I was not being very competitive for the last two years, so in that case, I think probably he is the clear favourite," said Nadal, who holds an 8-2 head-to-head advantage over the Serb at Roland Garros."I'm going to try my best to bring the best to the court and then let's see how far I can go and how many problems I can create for him."
- 22:48 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Nadal vs DjokovicRafael Nadal insists Novak Djokovic will be the favourite when they clash at the Paris Olympics, after the Spaniard battled to victory over Marton Fucsovics in the first round on Sunday. Nadal had left his participation in the singles in doubt until the last minute because of a thigh injury, and was made to work hard for his 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory.
- 21:42 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Nadal To Face DjokovicRafael Nadal set up an Olympic Games blockbuster against old rival Novak Djokovic on Sunday, justifying his last-minute decision to play despite injury concerns. Nadal, who has won 14 of his 22 Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros, defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round despite sporting strapping on his injured right thigh.
- 20:25 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Nadal also in actionMeanwhile, Rafael Nadal is having an interesting encounter against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics. After the Spanish great won the first set 6-1, he trailed 5-2 at one point. But, now Nadal have broken him and is serving to level the set.
- 18:38 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Remaining actionAfter this the events that remain for India are:BADMINTONMen's Singles (Group stage): HS Prannoy vs Fabian Roth (Germany)TENNISMen's Doubles (Round 1) - Rohan Bopanna/N Sriram Balaji vs Gael Monfils/Edouard Roger-VasselinTABLE-TENNISHarmeet Desai vs Lebrun Felix (FRA)
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- 17:18 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Swimming: Swimmers exitBad news from the pool. India's swimming campaign at the Paris Olympics came to an end with both Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu failing to progress to the semifinals of their respective events.Nataraj finished joint-second in the slower heat with a timing of 55.01s but the 23-year-old was 33rd in the overall standing for the 100m men's backstroke event. The 16 fastest swimmers from the heats qualify to the semifinals.The performance was far from Nataraj's personal best of 53.77s and was considerably slower than his season best time of 54.68s.
- 17:15 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Table Tennis: Manika advances!Manika Batra advances to the R32 of women's singles after beating Anna Hursey 4-1. Here's the winning moment:
Manika Batra wins the round-64 game pic.twitter.com/mcfbjJNPKb
— Alphanomics (@alphaanomics) July 28, 2024 - 17:10 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Tennis: Nagal levels it up!Sumit Nagal wins the second set 6-2 and levels the match against France's Corentin Moutet. We are off to the deciding set.
Paris Olympics: Sumit Nagal vs Corentin Moutet Round 1
— Indian Tennis Daily (ITD) (@IndTennisDaily) July 28, 2024
Sumit Nagal bounces back to clinch the second set 6-2#Olympics #PARIS2024 pic.twitter.com/9njHDJQHek - 16:50 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Table Tennis: Manika leads 2-0!
A very close game it was. But Manika Batra did well to close the game it with 12-10.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 28, 2024
She is leading now with 2-0. #Olympics #TableTennis - 16:36 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Table Tennis: Manika Batra in action!Paddler Manika Batra is action in women's singles table tennis. She takes on Great Britain's Anna Hursey.
And now , Manika Batra in action. Table Tennis - Women's Singles Round of 64. Lezzz goo.#TableTennis #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/uf5bPtYYc3
— Nishtha Prasad (@nishtha_prasad) July 28, 2024 - 16:20 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Boxing: Here's what Manu said!"It was a long due medal for India. I was merely a mode to do it. India deserves even more medals. We are looking forward to (winning) as many medals as posssible this time. Personally for me the feeling is surreal. I put in a lot of effort. Even till the last shot I was fighting with all energy that I had. This is a bronze. Maybe better next time," Manu Bhaker said after the win.
- 16:19 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Boxing: Nikhat Zareen wins her opening bout!Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen powered into the women's 50kg Olympics' pre-quarterfinals with a hard-fought victory over Germany's Maxi Karina Kloetzer. The 28-year-old, who is unseeded, prevailed by a 5-0 unanimous decision win against her German opponent.
- 16:18 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Job not done, feels Manu Bhaker!After winning the medal, Manu Bhaker expressed her delight. However, she insisted that the job is not done as she wants to do better in the other disciplines. She will be in action tomorrown in the Mixed 10m Air Pistol, as well as the Women's 25m Pistol on August 2.
- 16:15 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Manu Bhaker creates history!Manu shot 221.7 in the final to become the first Indian women's athlete to win a medal in shooting. Meanwhile, South Korea's Oh Ye Jin wins the gold with an Olympic record score of 243.2 points. Another Korean Ki Yejin takes the silver with 241.3 points.
- 16:14 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Sharath Kamal goes down!Heartbreaking loss for Achanta Sharath Kamal as he crashes out in Round of 64. He goes down to Slovenia's Deni Kozul in a seven-game thriller
Heartbreaking! Sharath Kamal couldn't make it! Tough game, fought well but failed to capitalize on the lead in Game 6.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 28, 2024
He is out of #Olympics. #TableTennis pic.twitter.com/Noy7NltG0d - 16:12 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Redemption story!
Manu Bhaker wins India's first medal at #Paris2024 and what a way to do so! From heartbreak at Tokyo to winning a Bronze at Paris, Manu Bhaker's redemption story has been wonderful to witness.
— India at Paris 2024 Olympics (@sportwalkmedia) July 28, 2024
A superb effort from her and here's hoping… pic.twitter.com/O7tqOuGFTa - 16:04 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: More medal hope for India as Arjun Babuta reaches final!
Arjun Babuta was absolutely brilliant today as he secured his place in the final of the men's 10m Air Rifle event through a top 8 finish in the qualification round.
— India at Paris 2024 Olympics (@sportwalkmedia) July 28, 2024
Arjun Babuta finished at 7 with a score of 630.1 and... pic.twitter.com/V9e8Cw388n - 15:58 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Medal alert!Shooter Manu Bhaker clinches India's first medal in Paris Olympics, strikes bronze in Women's 10m Air Pistol final
Manu Bhaker becomes the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the #Olympics pic.twitter.com/pvMCkESHEE
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) July 28, 2024 - 15:42 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Manu lies 3rd with 15 shots left!Manu Bhaker currently lies 3rd after Round 1.
Manu Bhaker | 3rd | 15 shots left.#Paris2024    #olympics
— cricket addict's (@cricket0addicts) July 28, 2024
with an aggregate of 70.8.
PV Sindhu
Nikhat Zareen