India, Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Harmanpreet Singh and Co. take on Argentina. After a narrow escape against New Zealand, the Indian team will have to improve quickly in another tough Test.
A while back, Arjun Babuta unfortunately finished in fourth place in the 10m Men’s Air Pistol Final.
Manu Bhakar kept his chances of winning an unprecedented second Olympic medal alive when he and partner Sarabjot Singh competed in the 10m mixed team air pistol bronze medal match. A day after winning the historic bronze medal, Manu will be competing again, this time with Sarabjot in a bid to win a medal in the 3rd/4th place match against South Korea on Tuesday.
However, in the 10m women’s air rifle, Ramita Jindal finished in seventh place in the final. With the women’s archery team performing below expectations, it is now the turn of the third-seeded men’s team to put an end to India’s long journey to a medal in archery. They will face the winner of the Colombia-Turkey match in the quarter-finals.
Senior reporter Mihir Vasavda is in Paris to cover the Olympics. Click here to see the drama unfolding through Mihir’s eyes and words.
In badminton, Lakshya Sen will need to reset and start again as he takes on Julian Karaggi, but Ashwini and Tanisha have suffered two consecutive losses to top-ranked pairs that have all but wiped out their chances of reaching the quarter-finals. Satwik and Chirag will not play on Monday after their German opponents dropped out of the tournament due to an injury to Mark Lamsfuss.
Check out India’s events on the third day of the Paris Olympics below: