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Paris Olympics Day 2: Bhaker opens India’s account; Australia on top

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Paris Olympics Day 2- Catch Manu Bhaker’s bronze win and other highlights.

Manu Bhaker creates history for India

Manu Bhaker opened India’s medal account by winning bronze in 10m Air Pistol event on Paris Olympics Day 2. The final began with eight shooters getting 20 shots each. Then with every set of two shots, one shooter started getting eliminated. The first one to get eliminated was the leader from the qualifiers, Veronika Major. It was left with the final three- Ye-jin and Ye-ji from Korea and Manu Bhaker from India.

In the fight for the top two, Ye-ji shot 10.5 to Bhaker’s 10.3. Thus, Manu lost the second place to Ye-ji by the tiniest of margin.

Manu Bhaker became the first Indian woman to win a Shooting medal. She is the 5th Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal after Rajyavardhan Rathore (silver in 2004), Abhinav Bindra (gold in 2008), Vijay Kumar (silver in 2012) and Gagan Narang (bronze in 2012).

Indian Results- Paris Olympics Day 2

SHOOTING
Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Qualification) – Ramita Jindal – 631.5 points (5th, qualified for final)
Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Qualification) – Elavenil Valarivan – 630.7 points (10th)
Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Qualification) – Arjun Babuta – 630.1 points (7th, qualified for final)
Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Qualification) – Sandeep Singh – 629.3 points (12th)
Women’s 10m Air Pistol (Final) – Manu Bhaker – 221.7 points (Bronze Medal)
BOXING
Women’s 50kg (Round of 32) – Nikhat Zareen beat Maxi Carina Kloetzer (Germany) 5-0.
BADMINTON
Women’s Singles (Group Stage) – P.V. Sindhu beat Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq (Maldives) 21-9, 21-6.
Men’s Singles (Group Stage) – H.S. Prannoy beat Fabian Roth (Germany) 21-18, 21-12.
TABLE TENNIS
Men’s Singles (Round of 64) – Harmeet Desai lost to Felix Lebrun (France) 4-0.
Women’s Singles (Round of 64) – Manika Batra beat Anna Hursey (Great Britain) 4-1.
Women’s Singles (Round of 64) – Sreeja Akula beat Christina Kallberg (Sweden) 4-0.
Men’s Singles (Round of 64) – Sharath Kamal lost to Deni Kozul (Slovenia) 2-4.
TENNIS
Men’s Singles (First Round) – Sumit Nagal lost to Corentin Moutet (France) 2-6, 6-2, 5-7.
Men’s Doubles (First Round) – Rohan Bopanna/N Sriram Balaji lost to Gael Monfils/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 7-5, 6-2
ARCHERY
Women’s Team (Quarter Final) – India lost to Netherlands 6-0.

Other Results- Paris Olympics Day 2

Australia topped the standings after it won its fourth gold medal of the 2024 Games. South Korea, China and Japan are tied on three gold medals, while France is fifth with two gold medals.

On Day 2, legendary gymnast Simone Biles made her Olympic comeback. though she suffered a calf injury just before taking the floor qualifying competition.But she recovered and showed her brilliance to take USA to the finals by topping the table in the qualifying round.

Tennis star Rafael Nadal won his first round match against Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. He set up a massive clash in the next round against Noval Djokovic.

Medal Table- Paris Olympics Day 2

  Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 4 2 0 6
2 South Korea 3 2 1 6
3 China 3 1 1 5
3 Japan 3 1 1 5
5 France 2 2 2 6
6 USA 1 3 2 6
7 Kazakhstan 1 0 2 3
8 Belgium 1 0 1 2
9 Germany 1 0 0 1
9 Hong Kong 1 0 0 1
19 India 0 0 1 1
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