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:
- 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.
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- 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.
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