NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker superior to the bronze medal match within the 10m air pistol combined group competitors to maintain on the right track to make extra Olympic historical past on a day when the lads’s hockey group escaped with a draw towards Argentina, Arjun Babuta fourth-place end broke hearts and archers did not ship but once more.
For the second consecutive day, Bhaker led the Indian contingent together with her stellar efficiency.
Bhaker, who had already secured a bronze medal within the 10m air pistol particular person occasion, teamed up with Sarabjot Singh to attain 580 and qualify for the bronze medal match. They are going to face the Korean group of Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho, who scored 579.
A second medal for India might have been potential on Monday if debutant Arjun Babuta had maintained his kind within the males’s 10m air rifle ultimate. Babuta was in competition for a bronze or perhaps a silver however finally completed in a disappointing fourth place.
“It was not my day. It is vitally onerous to take care of fourth. It’s the worst place to complete. It’s disheartening,” the 25-year-old Babuta did not conceal his ache.
“There are lot of ideas happening and I really feel I’ve to combat them with counter ideas. Ultimately I’ve to inform myself that I gave my 100%…One may be by no means prepared for a fourth place end,” he added.
In distinction to Babuta’s shut miss, Bhaker, who grew to become the primary Indian lady shooter to win an Olympic medal together with her bronze, will compete with Sarabjot for a third-place end within the combined group occasion.
Within the ladies’s 10m air rifle competitors, Ramita Jindal secured a seventh-place end, not coming near medal competition.
Prithviraj Tondaiman completed on the backside within the shotgun entice qualification rounds, positioned thirtieth with a rating of 68 out of 75.
As per the present standings, India is tied at twenty third place within the medal tally with one bronze.
Main the highest three positions are China, Korea, and Australia.
Lakshya on the right track in badminton courtroom
After his preliminary victory was ‘deleted’, Lakshya Sen on Monday triumphed over Belgium’s Julien Carraggi in straight video games throughout a males’s singles group match. Sen, a 22-year-old Olympic debutant, defeated Carraggi 21-19, 21-14 in a match that lasted 43 minutes.
Sen’s earlier win towards Tokyo Olympics semifinalist Kevin Cordon was earlier faraway from the information as a result of the Guatemalan needed to withdraw from the Olympics attributable to a left elbow harm.
Sen is about to face Jonatan Christie of Indonesia, the third seed and present world quantity three, in his ultimate group match on Wednesday. Christie holds the title of reigning Asian champion.
The upcoming match will decide which of the 2 gamers progresses within the competitors, as just one participant from every of the 16 teams will qualify for the pre-quarterfinals.
Hockey group escapes with draw towards Argentina
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh transformed a last-minute penalty nook to make sure India held former champions Argentina to a 1-1 attract a Pool B match. Regardless of losing 9 penalty corners, India discovered the web simply earlier than the ultimate hooter.
Lucas Martinez initially put Argentina forward with a subject purpose within the twenty second minute.
Within the thirty sixth minute, Maico Casella missed a penalty stroke for Argentina, a pricey error they’d later remorse.
Harmanpreet, who had earlier struck towards New Zealand within the opener, emerged because the savior as soon as once more by scoring the essential purpose a minute earlier than the ultimate hooter.
Horror run continues for archers
After Sunday’s horror exit of the ladies’s archery group, the lads’s group additionally upset on Monday.
Veteran Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav got here up woefully brief towards a fired up younger Turkish group to be knocked out 2-6 within the quarterfinals of the lads’s group occasion.
India’s success hinged on whether or not Tarundeep might present the best way and the younger Bommadevara and Jadhav have been able to rise to the problem. However nothing of that kind occurred.
The ultimate scoreline learn, 53-57, 52-55, 55-54, 54-58.
Bopanna calls it quits from nationwide obligation
Veteran Rohan Bopanna introduced his retirement from representing India after dropping within the opening spherical of the lads’s doubles occasion in Paris. The doubles speciallist stated that this is able to be his ultimate occasion for the nation.
“This can positively go down as my final occasion for the nation. I completely perceive the place I’m and now, I’m simply going to be having fun with the tennis circuit so long as that goes,” Bopanna stated, ruling himself out from the 2026 Asian Video games in Japan.
For the second consecutive day, Bhaker led the Indian contingent together with her stellar efficiency.
Bhaker, who had already secured a bronze medal within the 10m air pistol particular person occasion, teamed up with Sarabjot Singh to attain 580 and qualify for the bronze medal match. They are going to face the Korean group of Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho, who scored 579.
A second medal for India might have been potential on Monday if debutant Arjun Babuta had maintained his kind within the males’s 10m air rifle ultimate. Babuta was in competition for a bronze or perhaps a silver however finally completed in a disappointing fourth place.
“It was not my day. It is vitally onerous to take care of fourth. It’s the worst place to complete. It’s disheartening,” the 25-year-old Babuta did not conceal his ache.
“There are lot of ideas happening and I really feel I’ve to combat them with counter ideas. Ultimately I’ve to inform myself that I gave my 100%…One may be by no means prepared for a fourth place end,” he added.
In distinction to Babuta’s shut miss, Bhaker, who grew to become the primary Indian lady shooter to win an Olympic medal together with her bronze, will compete with Sarabjot for a third-place end within the combined group occasion.
Within the ladies’s 10m air rifle competitors, Ramita Jindal secured a seventh-place end, not coming near medal competition.
Prithviraj Tondaiman completed on the backside within the shotgun entice qualification rounds, positioned thirtieth with a rating of 68 out of 75.
As per the present standings, India is tied at twenty third place within the medal tally with one bronze.
Main the highest three positions are China, Korea, and Australia.
Lakshya on the right track in badminton courtroom
After his preliminary victory was ‘deleted’, Lakshya Sen on Monday triumphed over Belgium’s Julien Carraggi in straight video games throughout a males’s singles group match. Sen, a 22-year-old Olympic debutant, defeated Carraggi 21-19, 21-14 in a match that lasted 43 minutes.
Sen’s earlier win towards Tokyo Olympics semifinalist Kevin Cordon was earlier faraway from the information as a result of the Guatemalan needed to withdraw from the Olympics attributable to a left elbow harm.
Sen is about to face Jonatan Christie of Indonesia, the third seed and present world quantity three, in his ultimate group match on Wednesday. Christie holds the title of reigning Asian champion.
The upcoming match will decide which of the 2 gamers progresses within the competitors, as just one participant from every of the 16 teams will qualify for the pre-quarterfinals.
Hockey group escapes with draw towards Argentina
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh transformed a last-minute penalty nook to make sure India held former champions Argentina to a 1-1 attract a Pool B match. Regardless of losing 9 penalty corners, India discovered the web simply earlier than the ultimate hooter.
Lucas Martinez initially put Argentina forward with a subject purpose within the twenty second minute.
Within the thirty sixth minute, Maico Casella missed a penalty stroke for Argentina, a pricey error they’d later remorse.
Harmanpreet, who had earlier struck towards New Zealand within the opener, emerged because the savior as soon as once more by scoring the essential purpose a minute earlier than the ultimate hooter.
Horror run continues for archers
After Sunday’s horror exit of the ladies’s archery group, the lads’s group additionally upset on Monday.
Veteran Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav got here up woefully brief towards a fired up younger Turkish group to be knocked out 2-6 within the quarterfinals of the lads’s group occasion.
India’s success hinged on whether or not Tarundeep might present the best way and the younger Bommadevara and Jadhav have been able to rise to the problem. However nothing of that kind occurred.
The ultimate scoreline learn, 53-57, 52-55, 55-54, 54-58.
Bopanna calls it quits from nationwide obligation
Veteran Rohan Bopanna introduced his retirement from representing India after dropping within the opening spherical of the lads’s doubles occasion in Paris. The doubles speciallist stated that this is able to be his ultimate occasion for the nation.
“This can positively go down as my final occasion for the nation. I completely perceive the place I’m and now, I’m simply going to be having fun with the tennis circuit so long as that goes,” Bopanna stated, ruling himself out from the 2026 Asian Video games in Japan.
