Paris Olympics'24 Day 4 Highlights: Manu wins another medal in mixed pistol event; Indian defeats Ireland in hockey

CHENNAI: The Day 4 of the Paris Olympics 2024 started off good for India with Manu Bhaker scripting history by becoming the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games along with Sarabjot Singh to clinch the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze on Tuesday.

Rower Balraj Panwar finished 5th in single sculls quarterfinals and is set to fight for 13-24 places.

Shooter Tondaiman finished with an overall score of 118 from a possible 125 shots across five rounds to finish 21 among 30 shooters, with the top six shooters qualifying for the finals.

The women's trap shooters, Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh were completely off target today and will play two more rounds of qualification on Wednesday before the top-six finalists are decided.

In Archery, Bhajan Kaur notched back-to-back victories in the women's individual event to advance to the pre-quarterfinals. Her compatriot Ankita Bhakat went down in the opening round against Myszor.

Coming to Badminton, The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the doubles event.

In women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto were defeated by Australian pair Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu.

In the field event, the Indian Hockey team retained their mojo and defeated team Ireland 2-0. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur scored back-to-back goals.

On Day 4 of the Paris Olympics, Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh will compete for a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event at 1 pm. Manu and Sarabjot finished third in the qualification whereas Rhythm and Arjun finished 10th.

On the other hand, at 2:10 pm, Balraj Panwar will participate in the quarterfinals of men’s single sculls. India's only representative for rowing qualified through the repechage round by finishing second and clocking 7:21.41s.

On Monday, Prithviraj Tondaiman languished at the bottom at the end of day 1 of qualification for the men's trap shooting event. The remaining two rounds of qualification will take place today at 12:30 pm.

Meanwhile, India’s Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari will feature in the women’s trap shooting qualification, which will be live at 12:30 pm.

After an equalling match with Argentina, the Indian hockey team will face Ireland in Men’s Pool B at 4:45 pm. India scored a goal in the final minutes of the fourth quarter match on Monday against Argentina.

At 5:14 pm, India’s archer Ankita Bhakat will be facing Poland’s Wioleta Myszor in the women’s individual 1/32 Elimination round. Also, India’s archer Bhajan Kaur will face Indonesia’s Syifa Nurafifah Kamal in the women’s individual 1/32 Elimination round at 5:27 pm. If qualified, Ankita and Bhajan will be live at 5:53 pm in the women’s individual 1/16 Elimination round.

Sir Caramello Old and Anush Agarwalla will begin their campaign today in the men's dressage event. 

Coming to badminton, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face Indonesia’s Alfian Fajar and Muhammad Riad Ardianto at 5:30 pm in men’s doubles. Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are competing against Australia’s Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu in the women’s doubles event at 6:20 pm. Ashwini and Crasto are coming in after a loss in Monday's match against Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan.

In another event at 7:16 pm, Indian boxer Amit Panglal will face Patrick Chinyemba of Zambia in men’s 51 kg in R16. At 9:24 pm, Indian boxer Jaismine Lamborie will compete against Phillipines’s Nesthy Petecio in women’s 57 kg in R32.

Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara will face Adam Li of Czechia in men’s recurve individual R32 at 10: 45 pm. If qualified, he will be playing in the R16 round at 11:25 pm.

The last match of the day will feature India's Preeti Pawar vs Yeni Marcela Arias (Colombia) in women’s 54kg in R16 in a boxing event at 1:20 am.

Indian tennis veteran Rohan Bopanna announces retirement from national team after an early exit from doubles tournament. 

Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh will compete for a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event at 1 pm.

Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari in action 

Each team in the medal round will be allowed to fire a single shot in 50 seconds. And the team which secures highest combined score at the end of each round will be given 2 points. 

If the score ties then the teams will split points. 

The first team to get 16 points win

* Each shooter will get five rounds of 25 each to fire and target will be 125.

* Event would take place for couple of days.

* Top 6 will enter into finals.

In first 10 shots Shreyasi singh misses out a clay target

Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh waves to the crowd after being introduced 

Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh are doing the routine practice shots 

India-    18.8

Korea-   20.5

India- 20.8

Korea- 19.8 

India- 20.8

Korea- 19.8

India-  20.7

Korea-  20.5

India - 20.1

Korea- 19.5

India- 20.2

Korea- 20.6  

India's Balraj Panwar will be action in other 30 minutes.

India- 20

Korea- 19.7

India- 18.5

Korea- 20.7

India - 20.5

Korea- 20.4

India - 20.8

Korea- 19.4

India- 19.3

Korea- 19.8

India - 20.8

Korea- 21

Shreyasi Singh in Round 1

Manu becomes the second Indian women to win two Olympic medals after PV Sindhu

Manu will contest the 25m pistol individual competition in the upcoming days!

India's Balraj Panwar will be competing in Men's Single Quarterfinals 4

Prithviraj Tondaiman climbs to 26th position. But still long way to go....

Damir Mikec and Zorana Arunovic from Serbia celebrates after winning gold 

India's Rajeshwari Kumar stands at 21

India's Shreyasi singh stands at 23

Balraj after 1000m

Balraj Panwar finishes fifth with a timing of 7:05.10s.

Balraj will now enter C/D Semifinals and get through the places between 13 - 24.

People celebrate at the academy of Abhishek Rana, coach of sports shooter Sarabjot Singh, after Singh won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event

India's Anush Agarwalla is ready with his horse 'SIR CARAMELLO OLD' for the Equestrian event.

Currently India's Shreyasi Singh stands at 24th place in Round 2.

India's Rajeshwari Kumari stands at 28th place in Round 2 

TOP 5

India currently stands at third place in the pool B 

India hockey line-up

Jarmanpreet Singh, Abhishek, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Amit Rohidas, Sukhjeet Singh.

Equal possession from the both the teams in the firsr quarter with still five minutes to go

Harmanpreet Singh didn't make mistake in the penalty and gave India an early advantage 

Ankita Bhakat will be in action for women's individual archery event in a couple of minutes

He does it again.... Harmanpreet gives India their second goal of the game. He successfully converted the penalty corner. 

This was Harmanpreet's fourth goal in Paris 2024

 India’s Prithviraj Tondaiman on Tuesday shot a perfect 25 in the last two rounds but finished 21st in the qualification round of men’s trap shooting event here.

India leads 2-0 against Ireland. 

After the second goal from the skipper Harmanpreet, India holds firm advantage going into the third quarter

ARCHERY SET 1: POL  2 - 0 IND

Set 1 scores    1    2    3   Total

India                9    8   9       26

Poland             9  10   9       27

At set 2 scores

                     1    2    3  Total

India            10   9   10    29

Poland          9    8     9    26

At set 3

               1     2    3   Total

India       9     9    10   29

Poland   10   9     8     27

At  set 4

                1      2     3   Total 

India        9     10   8      27

Poland    9      10   10    29

At Set 5

                  1    2   3   Total

India          9    9   9      27

Poland    10    9    9     28

India's duo Satwiksairag Ranireddy and Chirag Shetty wins the first set against Indonesia's Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto  

India 21 - 9 Indonesia

India's Bhajan Kaur is competing against Indonesia'a Syifa Nurafifah Kamal  (IND 1 - 1 INA)

At Set 1

                       1        2      3       Total

India                9      8       10          27

Indonesia        9       9      9            27 

At the Set 2

                       1        2      3     Total 

India               9       9       9      27

Indonesia       9        10     10        29

India still in lead despite Ireland getting two penalty corner chances which they missed to capitalise. Fourth and final quarter will begin shortly

At Set 3

                          1        2       3       Total

India                   9      10      10         29

Indonesia           9      10      8         27

At the Set 4

                       1      2     3   Total 

India                9     10   8      27

Indonesia        8      10    7    25

Set 5

                         1    2    3    Total

India                  9    9   10      28

Indonesia          8    9   8      25

India's Bhajan Kaur wins and qualifies for the round of 16

India wins the game against Indonesia

                                                                             GAME        SET  1          SET 2

IND * Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty    2                 21                21

INA * Fajar Alfian/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto     0                 13                13

Indian hockey team defeated Ireland 2-0 in pool B match 

Bhajan Kaur qualifies for round of 16, her next matchup timing and date is yet to be decided

India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto is competing against Australia's Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu in Women's Doubles.

Currently at 12th min, Ashwini/Crasto 12 - 12 Setyana/Angela

Match in progress

Australian pair Setyana and Angela wins the first set against Indian pair Ashwini and Crasto

                               GAME          SET 1    SET 2 

Ashwini/Crasto          0                  15           -

Setana/Angela           1                   21          -       

Indian archer Bhajan Kaur wins the match against Indonesia's archer Wioleta Myszor  in R16.

Amit Panghal will be in action within few minutes in the Men’s 51kg category Round of 16. He will be up against Patrick Chinyemba of Zambia.

Indian pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto was defeated by Australian pair Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu 

                                                                 Game         Set 1          Set 2

Ashwini Bonappa/Tanisha Crasto           0                15               10

Setyana Mapasa/Angela Yu                     2                 21               21

Amit in defensive mode in the start but did hand some punches 

Amit trails as he got only two 10s compared to his opponent who landed three 10s