India at 2024 Olympics, Day 2 as it happened: Manu Bhaker wins bronze; women’s archery team lose
Recap of the main events from Day 2 of the Paris Olympics 2024.
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That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of Day 2 of the 2024 Paris Olympics Games.
What a day it has been! Manu Bhaker put India on the medal table with a bronze in the women’s individual 10m air pistol event. It was a win that made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting, and the first Indian shooter since London 2012 to climb on the podium.
Bhaker will be back again tomorrow, as four medals are possible for India to win on Day 3 of the Games. Ramita Jindal will compete in the women’s 10m air rifle final, while Arjun Babuta will fight for a podium spot in the men’s air rifle event.
The men’s archery team will also be in medal contention.
Day 2 however, did also have a few misses – none, perhaps, more disappointing than the women’s archery team’s exit in the quarter-final stage.
And in the last event of the night that featured Indians, Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji’s loss in the first round of the men’s doubles tennis event meant India’s campaign in the sport ended early.
Still a long way to go in this Olympic Games, with plenty of positives still to come.
Join us tomorrow for live action from Day 3.
Day two and...
