India at 2024 Olympics, Day 7 Live: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh in action; men’s golf round 2 begins

Shooting, women's 25m pistol qualification precision: Esha Singh shoots 95 in the first series out of 100. This puts her 12th currently. Two more series of ten shots each left in the day for the Asian Games medallist.

South Africa's Olympic breaststroke star Tatjana Smith retires

South Africa's Tatjana Smith confirmed her retirement Thursday after winning Olympic silver in the 200m breaststroke, saying she may not even “look at the pool for the next 10 year.”

The 27-year-old came to Paris as the defending champion but was edged into silver by American Kate Douglass.

Smith won the 100m breaststroke title earlier this week and said it was time to hang up the goggles.

(with inputs from AFP)

???????? Congratulations Tatjana Smith on an incredible career at the #Olympics. You'll go down as one of the greatest of all time. #GoldenMoments pic.twitter.com/IZOupMrDib— CoronaAfrica (@CoronaAfrica) August 2, 2024

Shooting, men's skeet qualification: Anant Jeet Singh Naruka will be competing against 29 competitors for the top 6 spots in the qualification event. The qualifiers start at 1 pm.

Shooting, women's 25m pistol qualification precision: Interesting to note that India's Rhythm Sangwan holds the women's qualification world record in the event, but she is not competing today.

Sangwan had missed out on a place in the team, finishing behind Bhaker and Singh in the trials. She was...

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