India at 2024 Olympics, Day 4 as it happened: Manu and Sarabjot win bronze; three boxers exit

That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of Day 4 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The day began positively for India, with Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh securing bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.

Bhaker made history by becoming the first individual from Independent India to win two Olympic medals in a single edition.

In badminton, Satwik-Chirag brought more good news, and the Indian men's hockey team clinched a comfortable 2-0 victory against Ireland, securing a quarter-final spot.

However, the day also saw heartbreak as Dhiraj Bommadevara narrowly missed out on a pre-quarterfinal spot in the men's individual archery event, and all three Indian boxers in action today ended their campaigns.

Day 5 holds the promise of new opportunities and hope.

Boxing, women's 54kg: Preeti has to bow out after a 2:3 split decision loss to Yeni Arias. A good effort from the 20-year-old Indian but the Colombian put in all her Olympics experience to prevail. That's three out of three losses for India in boxing today.

Boxing, women's 54kg: Preeti has managed to impress judges in the second round, taking it on three cards but it's still close. As long as Arias remains the aggressor, it is going to be tough to take her out. Preeti ought to go all out in the final round to take down the experienced Colombian.

Boxing, women's 54kg: Quite the start from Arias there! Goes right in with the punch. It's impressive energy from both the boxers and Preeti has the advantage of the reach but Arias takes Round 1 on four cards. Expected it to be closer but it seems like the Colombian has landed cleaner punches.

Boxing, women's 54kg: In action now is Preeti Pawar in the women's 54kg Round of 16 against Colombia's Yeni Arias who was a quarter-finalist in Tokyo. There has only been disappointment in the other two bouts involving Indians and this is a tough ask considering Arias' experience. But can Preeti spring up a surprise?

Simone Biles leads team USA to gold

Simone Biles led the United States to a dominant victory in the women's gymnastics team final on Tuesday, laying the ghosts of Tokyo to rest as she claimed a fifth career Olympic gold medal.

Three years after Biles battled a disorientating mental block in Tokyo, pulling out of the team final in which the United States settled for silver, she and teammates Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Sunisa Lee led wire-to-wire in reclaiming gold ahead of Italy, with Brazil taking bronze.

The Americans already had gold in hand when Biles electrified the Bercy Arena crowd with a gravity-defying floor routine that featured two of her signature skills – a double back flip with a half twist and the "triple-double" of two back flips with three twists.

The United States combined for the highest score on all four apparatus for a total of 171.296 points and a whopping 5.802-point margin over Italy.

Before we call it time for the updates today, we will have boxer Preeti Pawar who will be in action in boxing women’s 54kg Round of 16 shortly. Stay tuned!

Nadal, Alcaraz keep Olympic dream alive

Rafael Nadal kept alive his dream of a third Olympic gold on Tuesday, powering into the men's doubles quarter-finals alongside teammate Carlos Alcaraz.

The Spanish dream team, dubbed "Nadalcaraz", edged out Dutch pair Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof in their second-round clash in cloying heat, winning 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 10-2.

Nadal, 38, was dumped out of the singles by Novak Djokovic on Monday but emerged alongside his 21-year-old teammate to loud applause from the expectant crowd 24 hours later.

Archery, men’s individual: Both archers shoot a 10, but Peters’ arrow is closer to the centre than Dhiraj’s and the Indian loses 5-6 in what was a very closely contested Round of 32 match. Brilliant showing from the 22-year-old who will continue to compete in Paris in the mixed team event with Ankita Bhakat.

Archery, men’s individual: Oh wow! Peters shoots another perfect set, but Dhiraj can’t get the tie and we have a shoot-off!

Archery, men’s individual: WHAT A FOURTH SET! Both archers shoot the perfect set and shares the set point with Dhiraj leading 5-3.

Archery, men’s individual: A 10, 9, 10 from Dhiraj and the Indian again takes the lead in the match after winning the third set.

Archery, men’s individual: A set win for Peters by one point ties the score now at 2-all.

Archery, men’s individual: A bit of deliberation on Dhiraj’s last arrow but the Indian takes the first set by one point.

Archery, men’s individual: It’s time for Dhiraj Bommadevara’s Round of 32 match against the higher-ranked Eric Peters of Canada.

Hockey: With the top four teams from every pool moving to the next stage, India’s qualification to the knock-out rounds is more or less confirmed with two matches left against Belgium and Australia.

Archery, men’s individual: And a 9, 10, 9 is all Dhiraj needs to seal the deal by 7-1 and move into the round of 32. He will take on Eric Peters of Canada in the next round.

Archery, men’s individual: A third round of 9, 10, 10 from Dhiraj and he continues his consistent shooting in the match to take the third set 29-28 and lead 5-1.

Archery, men’s individual: Another 9, 10, 10 from Dhiraj and this time the Czech archer struggles with the Indian taking the second set 29-26 and leads 3-1.

Archery, men’s individual: A good start for Dhiraj who drops just one point, but the Czech archer matches him and both share the set points.

Archery, men’s individual: With the start that Bhajan Kaur got, one would be hoping that Dhiraj Bommadevara does something similar in his match against Adam Li of the Czech Republic.

Archery will be the event up next for India. Dhiraj Bommadevara, India’s best archer in the ranking round, will start his men’s individual campaign. He takes on Adam Li of Czech Republic in the first round at 10.46pm IST, followed by the Round of 32 if he wins.

Later, Preeti Pawar will be in action in boxing women’s 54kg Round of 16.

Boxing, women's 57 kg: Nesthy Petecio defeats Jaismine by a 5:0 unanimous decision. Much like most of the bout, Petecio dictated proceedings and made Jaismine chase. The Indian looked slightly clueless and while that is to be expected from a boxer with the calibre of Petecio, Jaismine will rue the mistakes she made. And just like that, another boxer is out of contention in Paris.

Boxing, women's 57 kg: Jaismine has the reach but Petecio definitely has the power. Jaismine hasn't been able to land clean punches and the judges remain unimpressed. Petecio leads on all five cards this time. She is set to close out in the final round.

Boxing, women's 57 kg: Petecio leads on four cards in the first round, thanks to a far more confident body language and footwork. It will take a lot for Jaismine to turn this around.

Boxing, women's 57 kg: In action now is Jaismine in the women's 57kg taking on Nesthy Petecio of Philippines. Petecio is a featherweight silver medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

‘Little Olympian’

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed she competed at the Paris Olympics, reaching the last 16 in her event and defeating a higher-ranked rival on the way, while seven months pregnant.

Hafez, a three-time Olympian from Cairo, ranked 26th, beat American fencer Elizabeth Tartakovsky in the sabre event before succumbing to Hayoung Jeon of South Korea in the quarter finals on Monday.

Triathlon postponed due to hazardous pollution levels

In a massive blow to Olympic organisers who have repeatedly vowed that the Seine would be safe to swim in, Tuesday's race was called off just hours before the start after last-minute water-quality tests.

A joint statement from Paris 2024 and World Triathlon blamed the spike in pollution levels on the heavy rain that drenched Paris on Friday and Saturday.

The men's triathlon has been rescheduled to Wednesday, immediately after the women's event.

Coco Gauff suffers tearful, controversial defeat to Donna Vekic

Croatia’s Donna Vekic shocked Coco Gauff 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals, but the match was overshadowed by a lengthy row between the US Open champion and the chair umpire.

Gauff made a fast start but squandered three set points before her Croatian opponent won the first-set tie-break.

The pair swapped breaks early in the second set but the match came to a standstill at the end of the sixth game as an emotional Gauff pleaded her case with the umpire.

At 30-40, Vekic hit a return deep to Gauff's forehand, which the American mishit into the net.

Vekic's shot was called out but the call was overruled by the chair umpire and the point was awarded to the Croat, giving her the break. Gauff argued her shot was compromised by the initial call.

Vekic, ranked 21, briefly lost her composure, slipping to 0-40 on her own serve before recovering to hold, and she broke again to seal victory.

Boxing: There are two more boxers in action later today. The next bout will see Jaismine take on Nesthy Petecio of Philippines in the women’s 57kg category. The Philippines is a featherweight silver medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. It’s a tough ask for the Indian. After midnight, Preeti will face Marcela Yeni Arias of Colombia in the women’s 54kg Round of 16. Again, a tough ask considering Preeti is relatively young in her career. After the disappointment following Amit Panghal’s loss, the mood in the Indian boxing is bound to be grim.

Boxing, men's 51 kg: Patrick Chinyemba defeats Amit Panghal by a 4:1 split decision. Unfortunately for Amit Panghal who came into it with the baggage of Tokyo, he is not able to turn it around in Paris. Chinyemba had the lead in the first two rounds and consolidated it with his quick footwork and fast punches even in the final round to take it on all five cards.

“This is the time for the performance,” is Neeraj Chopra’s message to fellow Indian athletes in Paris.

Boxing, men's 51 kg: Amit has landed the more powerful punches but Chinyemba has been more lively and busy. Despite Amit's high guard and defence, Chinyemba has managed to impress the judges more. He takes the round on three cards

Boxing, men's 51 kg: In action shortly will be Amit Panghal in the men's 51kg Round of 16 against Patrick Chinyemba. Panghal is a veteran of sorts but the Haryana boxing has immense pressure to exorcise the ghosts of Tokyo where he was handed a first round exit after being the top-seeded boxer. Can he turn it around in Paris?

Badminton, women's doubles: End of a horror campaign for Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto in Paris. They go down 15-21, 10-21 in their final match at the La Chapelle Arena to Australia's Mapasa/Yu.

The Indian pair failed to win even a single game at this Olympics, losing all three of their matches in straight games.

Badminton, women's doubles: This is not getting any better for Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto. They trail 6-11 in straight games, staring at a third consecutive loss

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, FT, PR Sreejesh: We wanted to get a clean sheet. The forwards did their job winning the stroke and getting us the lead. Ireland are not an easy team. Amit, Manpreet and Jarmanpreet did a very good job. The upcoming two matches [against Belgium and Australia] won’t be easy. Rather than worrying about who we are playing, I am focusing on how we play. We cannot give so many penalty corners against them because they have very good penalty corner batteries.

Badminton, women's doubles: A complete switch in momentum post the interval and Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto have completely lost the plot. Just four points for the Indians in that passage of play as they surrender the opening game 15-21.

Correction: The Indian men’s team will take on Belgium next on August 1.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, FT: Harmanpreet, speaking to the broadcaster, says the heat had an effect on both teams today. He says that in the second half, the plan was to go a bit easy because the heat was strong and Ireland will tire out when they attack. He agrees with former India captain Viren Rasquinha’s point that conceding 10 PCs will be dangerous against Australia and Belgium. Says the forwards created chances and won PCs. The players are doing their jobs but need to do better with finishing and linking up with fellow forwards. Harmanpreet is modest when pointed out that he is the top scorer in Paris with four goals saying that he is just fulfilling his responsibilities.

Badminton, women's doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto start slow, but they seem to have settled in now. The Indians lead 11-9 at the mid-game interval

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, FT: India weather the Irish storm late on to secure their second victory in Paris. The clean sheet being the icing on the cake. Ireland huffed and puffed in the second half and had a host of penalty corners but Sreejesh stood tall in the Indian goal. Two wins and a draw sees India top pool B with seven points. That might change with Australia and Belgium, who have won both their matches so far, playing each other later tonight. Up next for India are Australia.

Correction: Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat began their journey today in Round of 64 of the women’s individual archery event. Kaur has progressed to the Round of 16.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Superb save from Sreejesh to deny O’Donoghue. The ball is lost in the goalmouth melee before Jarmanpreet slaps it away.

Archery, individual event: And Bhajan Kaur does it – the 18-year-old moves into the Round of 16 with a sparkling 6-0 win over her Polish opponent Wioleta Myszor, beating her 28-22 in the third set.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Ireland use their referral after an attack ends on the edge of the circle. 59 second left on the clock. Ireland believe that the ball came off the back stick of Manpreet. The TV umpire agrees and there will be a PC.

Archery, individual event: Kaur continues to shoot consistently and almost gets a perfect set, but a 10,10,9 is enough to take a 4-0 lead in the match.

Badminton, women's doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are out on the court right after Satwik-Chirag. The Indians look to end their campaign on a high, taking on the Australian pair of Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Ireland stream forward once again. Sean Murray plays the ball to Michael Robson who slaps the ball at goal. Harmanpreet lunges forward and deflects the shot behind.

Archery, individual event: Under the blistering heat, Kaur maintains her cool to shoot 10,9,9 and takes the first set against Myszor.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Sreejesh makes a routine save off O’Donoghue. Ireland have just about five minutes left to get something from this match.

Archery, individual event: Bhajan Kaur will now take on Wioleta Myszor of Poland, who had earlier beat Kaur's compatriot Ankita Bhakat 6-4.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Harmanpreet sees his flick smothered and then cleared off the line behind even as Mandeep charged down on the defender. The umpire gives another PC but Ireland review. The replays show that the ball went behind off Mandeep’s stick. No PC for India. Harmanpreet goes to the umpire still asking for a PC saying that his flick hit an Irish foot. The umpire tells him to go away but the Indian captain does not and gets a green card. India also down to 10 players for 2 minutes.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty once again bulldoze their way through. Aggressive badminton throughout to beat Alfian/Adrianto 21-13, 21-13 in straight games. The Indians, who have already qualified to the quarter-finals, top Group C!

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Mandeep Singh is clattered off the ball as he makes his way into the circle from the goalline. PC for India. India will also have the numerical advantage for two minutes as Matt Nelson gets a green card.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Ooofff! Manpreet, India’s first rusher, catches Cole’s drag flick flush on his left knee. He was wearing a knee guard but that will still hurt. Ireland get the advantage but cannot make it count. Manpreet limps a bit but is good to go after a couple of stretches.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q4: Ireland begin the final quarter with a sojourn into the Indian circle. India get the ball away but Ireland use their review claiming there was a stick check by Vivek Sagar Prasad. Ireland get the PC.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continue to coast along. They take an 11-8 lead at the second mid-game interval

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, End of Q3: Ireland get a re-award after the flick hits Rohidas’ foot. The Indian defender does well again to block the effort as the clock runs down. But the umpire gives another PC. This will be the last move of the quarter and all the Irish players are on the edge of the circle for this one. Once again Rohidas with superb rushing to block the flick. The ball is still alive and is slapped towards the injector but it is too quick for him to deflect at goal.

Archery, individual event: A 9,9,10 is enough to see Kaur take the fifth and final set and win the match 7-3 to progress into the next round.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: Back to back PCs for Ireland. Sreejesh saves the first one with Sanjay whipping the second attempt off the line superbly. With 10.4 seconds left in the third quarter, Ireland get another PC.

Archery, individual event: Kaur may have thought the set was out of her hands with that 8, but then Kamal shooting a 7 saves her and gives the Indian a 5-3 lead in the match.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: Ireland with a big chance and they miss it! The Indian defence was all over the place and there was a 3v2 in Ireland’s favour. Sreejesh came off his line but the Irish forward scoops his ball over goal. Big let off for India.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: Jarmanpreet wins India a PC. The injection and trapping is not the best one with Harmanpreet’s effort blocked easily. The rebound goes to Rohidas who hits it towards Gurjant but the latter does not get his stick down in time to deflect the ball at goal.

Archery, individual event: It's the same set of scores but reversed in the third set as Kaur takes the two points after one 9 and two 10s.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: Back to back PCs for Ireland. Sreejesh makes a good save off Shane O’Donoghue but the ball rebounds dangerously high off him. Ireland bungle up their injection with the second PC. O’Donoghue tries to make something out of it and reverse hits at goal. It takes a touch of an Irish stick but the ball hits the back of the goal above the back board. The goal won’t stand.

Archery, individual event: More consistent from Kaur who shoots three 9s, but the Indonesian takes the second set 29-27 with two 10s.

Shooting, women's trap: Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh shoot an identical 68 out of 75 shots in opening day of the qualification. They are placed 21st and 22nd respectively and their final hopes already seem over,

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: Ireland use their referral seeking a PC or a stroke. The TV umpire says that there is reason to give a stroke but the ball was lifted dangerously to an Indian player prior to that foul so India give a free hit out and Ireland keep their review.

Archery, individual event: Both archers shoot 27 to share the spoils of the first set.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwik-Chirag increase the pace of the game post the interval. The Indonesians do not have any answers as the Indians breeze through to take the opening game 21-13.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: Manpreet Singh gives away a foul on the edge of the circle and Ireland have their first PC of the match. Sreejesh with a routine save with his boot to keep out Lee Cole’s drag flick.

Archery, individual event: Next up is 18-year-old Bhajan Kaur who is up against Indonesia’s Syifa Nirafifah Kamal.

Archery, individual event: Disappointment for Bhakat who was leading 4-2 at one point, but loses 4-6 to Myszor who shoots 10,9,9 in the final set and moves into the next round.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: The injection goes to Amit Rohidas this time but his drag flick is deflected off goal by the rusher. Hardik gets on the rebound and pings it back to Harmanpreet. The Indian captain slaps it goalwards but it hits an Irish foot. No PC though as the defender was being obstructed by an Indian player in front of him.

Archery, individual event: A brilliant response from Myszor who shoots 9,10,10 and takes the fourth set to level the scores at 4-all. There's one set remaining after which if scores are still tied, there will be a shoot-off.

Badminton, men's doubles: A tight start to the contest this between Satwik-Chirag and Alfian-Adrianto. The Indians have managed to eke out a slight 11-9 advantage at the mid-game interval

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: India break quickly with Sukhjeet with a superb run inside the circle. Harte makes a superb save but Lalit gets on the rebound and wins India a PC.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q3: India win possession quickly after Ireland get us underway. They are not rushing to lay siege to the Irish goal however. More content with keeping the ball nearly the halfway line and waiting for gaps to appear in the Irish press.

Archery, individual event: Solid set from Bhakat who shoots 9,9,10 but the Polish archer who began with a 10 ends with an 8 to give the Indian a 4-2 lead in the match.

Archery, individual event: Nearly perfect from Bhakat who shoots 10,9,10 and wins the second set. The scores are now tied at 2-all.

Badminton, men's doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are out at the La Chappele arena. A win against the Indonesian pair today will help the Indians top Group C. The Indians hold a 3-2 head to head record over Alfian and Adrianto, winning their last three encounters.

Archery, individual event: A solid start from Bhakat, but the Polish archer takes the first set 27-26.

Archery, individual event: Ankita Bhakat will kick off India's individual campaign against Wioleta Myszor of Poland, ranked 104 places below her.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, HT: A good half of hockey from India with many positives. A first penalty corner goal in Paris, forwards troubling the Irish defence and PR Sreejesh a mere spectator in the Indian goal. More of that in the second half please!

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q2: Good move from Lalit as he slips in the circle but still manages to find Sukhjeet while prone on the turf. Sukhjeet tries to shoot past a clutch of Irish bodies but cannot. The ball comes back to Lalit but he ends up giving a free hit.

Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who have already qualified to the quarter-finals, will be the first Indian shuttlers in action today. They are up against Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Adrianto.

Meanwhile, the women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto, who are out of contention from the knockouts, would look to end their campaign on a winning note as they take on Mapasa Setyana and Angela Yu.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q2: India sitting back now and Ireland finally able to attack consistently but they are unable to trouble the Indian defence.

Shooting, men's trap: After a disastrous Day 1 of qualification, India's Prithviraj Tondaiman is back with a bang. He shoots a perfect 25 out of 25 in both his remaining rounds, not missing a single target today. Tondaiman finishes with a score of 118, but it is not enough to advance to the final. The cut off is at 122. Tondaiman is eliminated.

Hockey, men’s team, India 2-0 Ireland, Q2: Harmanpreet scores again! India get two re-awards after Harmanpreet’s flicks are charged down by the rushers. At the third time of asking, his flick takes a massive touch off the first rusher and flies past Harte into the top corner. No chance of him saving that!

Hockey, men’s team, India 1-0 Ireland, Q2: A first PC of the quarter for India as Manpreet’s shot takes a touch off an Irish stick and goes towards goal. Harte makes the save but the ball bounces off him high onto his own defender.

Hockey, men’s team, India 1-0 Ireland, Q2: India use their referral asking for an Irish foot after Lalit Upadhyay’s shot was charged down. India lose their referral after the replays show that the ball came off an Irish stick and not a foot.

Archery, individual event: After the men's and women's team events, it's time for the individual rounds. First up is Ankita Bhakat who will take on Wioleta Myszor of Poland in the Round of 32 match. Bhajan Kaur follows her in her Round of 32 encounter against Indonesia’s Syifa Nirafifah Kamal.

Later on in the day, Dhiraj Bommadevara will face off against Li Adam of Czech Republic in his Round of 32 match.

Hockey, men’s team, India 1-0 Ireland, Q2: Ireland’s coach Neville Rothman giving his team a rousing pep talk on the dug out. Tells them they need to be marking the Indian players better and that they need to show they are better than what the last 15 minutes have shown.

Hockey, men’s team, India 1-0 Ireland, End of Q1: India end the first quarter on top trying to get another goal right at the death. The clock runs out on them however. A good quarter of hockey from India.

Hockey, men’s team, India 1-0 Ireland, Q1: Harmanpreet makes no mistake from the spot! Goes to David Harte’s left and finds the side net. Easy as you like it and India deservedly in the lead.

Hockey, men’s team, India 0-0 Ireland, Q1: Penalty stroke for India! Gurjant Singh pounces on a loose ball and leads the counter. He feeds it to Mandeep Singh who plays it back for Gurjant only for an Irish defender to clatter into him. The umpire points to the spot!

Hockey, men’s team, India 0-0 Ireland, Q1: Jarmanpreet Singh wins a free hit in the Indian third and then proceeds to give John McKee a shove on the back needlessly. Gets called over by the umpire and is given a stern warning.

Hockey, men’s team, India 0-0 Ireland, Q1: India have more possession and have threatened the Irish defence a couple of times now. Ireland, to their credit, have been disciplined in defence.

Hockey, men’s team, India 0-0 Ireland, Q1: Brilliant rushing from Matthew Nelson to charge down Harmanpreet’s drag flick. Hardik Singh gets on the end of the rebound and threads the ball to Mandeep Singh in front of goal. The forward tries to create space and shoot but finds it difficult to get past two Irish sticks. Ireland eventually get the free hit.

Hockey, men’s team, India 0-0 Ireland, Q1: Abhishek and Sukhjeet combine well and win India a penalty corner after 80 seconds. Fulton is happy on the sideline. Early chance for Harmanpreet to give India the lead.

Hockey, men’s team, India 0-0 Ireland, Q1: We are informed that it’s a bright and hot day at the Yves-du-Manoir. India are playing in their blue kit which is clashing against the blue turf. Given it is bright, the glare is too much even on our screen. Both sides played yesterday with India having the shorter turnaround of the two sides.

Hockey, men’s team, India vs Ireland: After a tough encounter against Argentina yesterday where they needed a late Harmanpreet Singh equaliser, India are back in action today when they face Ireland in their third pool B match. India are third in the pool with a win over New Zealand and a draw against Argentina. Should India win today, they could leapfrog one or both of Belgium and Australia who play each other later tonight.

A lot of action still to come today. The Indian men’s hockey team will take on Ireland in their group stage match at 4.45 pm. The archers will take to the range for the individual event starting at 5.14 pm. F

Former world No 1 men’s doubles badminton team Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action around 5.30 pm, while the boxers will enter the ring 7 pm onwards.

Stay tuned!

Equestrian, dressage individual: Anush Agarwalla, the first Indian to qualify in dressage for the Olympics, will be in action in Group E. The 2022 Asian Games medallist will be riding atop Sir Caramello Old at the Château de Versailles.

Shooting, men's trap qualification: Prithivraj Tondaiman has moved up to 25th position from his overnight 30th place, with a perfect 25 in the fourth round of qualification. His total stands at 93. There's one more round to go, after which the top six shooters will move into the final.

Rowing, men's singles sculls: Balraj Panwar finishes a disappointing fifth with a timing of 7:05.10s. He moves to semi-final C/D and is out of medal contention. He had to finish in top 3 of the six-man race

India now has two medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Both are bronze medals, and both had Manu Bhaker involved in it.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: INDIA WIN THE BRONZE MEDAL!

A 9.4 from Bhaker, but Singh shoots 10.2 and seals the deal for India who win the bronze medal match 16-10 and take home the medal.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: 21.0 to 20.8 and Korea continue to fight back as Bhaker and Singh both are slightly faltering. The score is now 14-10.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: A 9.7 from Singh and the Koreans take the 12th series and still stay in the fight. The score is now 14-8.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: The Koreans falter in the tenth series and India are now just two points away from a bronze medal win!

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: Oh that was incredibly close! Just 0.1 difference in the ninth series, but India take the two points to lead 12-6.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: The Koreans seem to be still hanging in the fight with a 20.7 to India's 18.5 and win the eighth series. Score now 10-6.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: A 9.4 from Singh, but Bhaker comes in clutch with a 10.6 and India take the seventh series to take the lead to 10-4.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: Korea get back into the match with a series win by 0.4 points after the coach's timeout.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: Steady shooting from Bhaker and Singh continuining to back her up as the Indians take the fifth series as well. A break now for the athletes who will get time to talk to their coaches and get some words of advice.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: Only 0.2 points difference between the two scores in the fourth series, but the Indians take Series 4 and lead 6-2.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: The individual silver medallist Oh Ye Jin shoots a 9 and gives the Indian duo the two points from the third series. India lead 4-2 with the first to 16 points winning the medal.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: Singh falters in the first series and the first two points go to Korea, but he recovers to help Bhaker take two points in the second series.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match: And we're ready with Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh in action against Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho of South Korea for the third spot on the podium.

Should Bhaker and Singh win the bronze medal, Bhaker will become the first Indian athlete after independence to win two Olympic medals in a single edition.

Shooting, men's and women's trap: Day 2 of the men's trap qualification round and the first day of the women's trap qualification round begin today. For India, Prithviraj Tondaiman ended Day 1 in 30th place after three rounds in the men's event. In the women's event, the country has Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari in representation. All shooters will have five rounds to secure a top six spot for the final.

Shooting: Warmup session is on

Shooting: Another big day of shooting for India. The day will begin with the men's and women's trap qualification events at 12.30 pm.

But Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh have a chance to win a second medal for India in Paris, when they compete in the mixed air pistol bronze medal match at 1 pm.

Men’s hockey: If you watch closely in the video below, at the three-second mark you can spot India coach Craig Fulton…when he was the coach of Ireland back in Rio 2016!

Satwik-Chirag through to quarters

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have become the first Indian men’s doubles pair to reach the quarter-finals in an Olympic Games. The duo will be in action today when they take on Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Adrianto with the winner topping the pool.

Lakshya Sen kept his hopes of advancing to the next round alive with a straight-games win over Julien Carraggi. The Indian will next face 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Jonatan Christie to decide who will be the sole shuttler from their pool to advance to the knockouts.

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“Whenever I met anyone from the Indian contingent – support staff or coaches or other shooters – I just cried. I could not stop my tears and I think it was important, I needed to let it flow.”

Arjun Babuta added his name to the long, unenviable list of elite Indian athletes who finished fourth in their respective events at the Olympic Games.

Hello and welcome to Scroll’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games!

On Day 4, Manu Bhaker, India’s first medalist at the Paris Olympics, will aim to boost her medal count today, teaming up with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed team event bronze medal match.

While Arjun Babuta’s campaign in the men’s 10m air rifle came to an agonising end with a fourth place finish yesterday, there is more shooting action to watch out for today.

Trap shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman in day 2 of the men’s trap shooting qualification, while Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh begin their campaign on day 1 of the women’s trap shooting qualification.

Later in the day, the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will strive to clinch the top spot in their group during their final match against Indonesia.

Alongside shooting and badminton, there is also plenty of Indian action expected in boxing and archery.

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Screenshots in blog courtesy Jio Cinema and 2024 Paris Olympics website.