Good afternoon reader! The nail-biting finale for the 10m Air Rifle Women’s ended on a rather sad note for Team India after Ramita Jindal got knocked out of the final round! After India bagged its first medal yesterday, we look forward to winning more today as day three brings with it a chance to add two more medals to India’s kitty! Stay tuned to DH for latest updates from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Hello dear reader! Here is the schedule for today of all the events that Team India is set to participate in.
Following is India’s schedule at the Olympics here on Monday.
Archery
* Men’s team quarterfinals: Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Jadhav — 6:30pm
Badminton
* Men’s doubles (Group stage): Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel (Germany) — 12pm
* Women’s Doubles (Group stage): Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida (Japan) — 12:50pm
* Men’s singles (Group stage): Lakshya Sen vs Julien Carraggi (Belgium) — 5:30pm
Shooting
* 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh; Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema — 12:45pm
* Men’s Trap Qualification: Prithviraj Tondaiman — 1pm
* 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final: Ramita Jindal — 1pm
* 10m Air Rifle Men’s Final: Arjun Babuta — 3:30pm
Hockey
* Men’s Pool B Match: India vs Argentina — 4:15pm
Table tennis
* Women’s Singles (Round of 32): Sreeja Akula vs Jian Zeng (Singapore) — 11:30pm.
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Olympics-Shooting-South Korean Ban wins women’s 10 metre air rifle gold
South Korea’s Ban Hyo-jin won the women’s 10 metre air rifle gold at the Paris Olympics on Monday while China’s Huang Yuting claimed the silver and Switzerland’s Audrey Gogniat took bronze.
Ban, 16, topped Sunday’s qualification with an Olympic record total but her late wobble allowed Huang, 17, to draw level at 251.8, forcing a shoot-off between the teenagers.
Ban fired 10.4 to clinch the gold ahead of Huang, who shot 10.3.
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Published 29 July 2024, 02:39 IST
Hasibur Rahaman is a passionate sports journalist. He covers everything from cricket to field hockey, delivering up-to-the-minute updates and in-depth analysis of sporting events, both within India and on the international stage.
