Paris Olympics 2024 highlights, Day 2: HS Prannoy wins opener; Manu Bhaker wins Bronze

Olympics 2024 highlights: HS Prannoy has won his group K opener vs GER. Rafael Nadal's his 1st round match. Manu wins bronze in shooting. Check Paris 2024 highlights here

On the Day 2 of the Paris Olympics 2024, India finally got their first medal in Paris as Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol shooting final on July 28, while the women's team archery, consisting of Ankita, Deepika and Bhajan has been knocked out of the quarterfinals, losing 0-6 to Netherlands.

Paris Olympics 2024 MEDAL TALLY

In badminton, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy started their 2024 Paris Olympics on a winning note in women’s and men’s singles competitions. While shooting, Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta booked their place in the finals of the women’s and men’s 10m air rifle event. In table tennis, Achanta Sharath Kamal faced an upset, but Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra successfully booked their place in the women’s singles round of 32. 

One of India’s biggest medal prospects, Nikhat Zareen, also started her campaign on a winning note and punched her way into the round of 16 in the women’s boxing 50kg event. However, in swimming, Nataraj and Dhinidhi failed to qualify for the next round, while rower Balraj Panwar reached the quarterfinals in Men's Single Sculls (Rowing). India’s challenge in tennis men’s singles also comes to an end as Sumit Nagal lost in round 1 against France’s Corentin Moutet.

India's Day 2 schedule and results at Paris Olympics 2024

India's schedule and timetable on July 28 at Paris Olympics 2024
Events	India athlete's matches	Time	Result
Badminton
Women's Singles (Group stage)	PV Sindhu vs FN Abdul Razzaq (Maldives)	12.50 PM IST	Beat Maldives (21-9), (21-6)
Men's Singles (Group stage)	Prannoy HS vs Fabian Roth (Germany)	8.00 PM IST	Beats Germany (21-18), (21-12)
Shooting
Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification	Elavenil Valarivan and Ramita Jindal	12.45 PM IST	Elavenil Valarivan missed out by a whisker. Ramita Jindal qualified for the final by finishing fifth.
Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification	Sandeep Singh and Arjun Babuta	2.45 PM IST	Arjun Babuta qualifies for final
Women's 10m Air Pistol Final	Manu Bhaker	3.30 PM IST	Bronze Medal
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls (Repechage 2)	Balraj Panwar	1.18 PM IST	Qualifies for quarterfinal
Table tennis
Women's Singles (Round 2)	Sreeja Akula vs Christina Kllberg (Sweden)	2.15 PM IST onwards	Qualifies for R32
Women's Singles (Round 2)	Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey (Great Britain)	4:30 PM IST onwards	Qualifies for R32
Men's Singles (Round 2)	Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kozul (Slovenia)	3.00 PM IST onwards	Loses 4-2
Swimming
Men's 100m Backstroke (Heat 2)	Srihari Nataraj	3.16 PM IST	Fails to qualify
Women's 200m Freestyle (Heat 1)	Dhinidhi Desinghu	3.30 PM IST	Fails to qualify
Archery
Women's Team (Quarter-finals)	India (Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari) vs France/Netherlands	5.45 PM IST	Loses 6-0 to NED
Women's Team (Semi-finals)	India	7.17 PM IST onwards	N/A
Women's Team (medal rounds)	India	8.18 PM IST onwards	N/A

 

Paris Olympics 2024 live telecast

The telecast of India's Day 2 matches in the Paris Olympics 2024 will take place on Sports 18 1 HD/SD, Sports 18 2, Sports 18 3, VHI, MTV and colors channels.

India at Paris Olympics 2024 live streaming free

The Live streaming of India matches on July 28 at the Paris Olympics 2024 will be available on Jio Cinema app and website for free.