So, it can be said technically the day 3 of the Paris Olympics 2024 has come to and end. Not the best day for India as they have suffered multiple heartbreaks. First Ramita Jindal finished at 7th place and then Arjun Babuta narrowly missed on the medal finishing in 4th place. A forgettable performance from the men's archery team followed. Prithviraj Tondaiman's position in Trap shooting doesn't look promising going on Day 2 and Men's Hockey team dropped points against Argentina. The positives were Manu Bhaker eyeing another medal as she qualified to the finals of the mixed team air pisto event with Sarabjot Singh, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's quarterfinal qualification and Lakshya Sen's win against Julien Carraggi. China, South Korea and Japan are in a close tussle at the top of the medal tally with South Korea leading as of now. Take a look at the updated Paris Olympics 2024 medal tally after Day 3, here.
Japan excelled at the Skate Board Street event, winning three medals including two gold from a possible six. Yesterday at the Women's event, Japan finished first and second while today Yuto Horigome added another gold. USA won two medals and Brazil bagged one at the Paris Olympics 2024 Skate Board Street events.
Now we move to surfing. From courts to field it's time for some action in water. The surfing event is live now with both men and women surfers will take the spotlight. The men will surf first with the first heat in the water within the hour.
Close to the conclusion of the third day, South Korea leapfrogged to the top position while China dropped to the third position. Japan is still second with 11 medals. South Korea has nine medals with five gold, three silver and one bronze medal. India slipped to 24th position after failing to add a medal today.
Team Artistic Events are live now starting with Men's category. Its China and Japan start on floor, Great Britain and Ukraine on pommel horse, the USA and Italy on still rings, and Switzerland and Canada on the vault. Brace yourself for a wonderful show by top-level athletes.
Although it was a one-sided affair on paper, on-court action was completely entertaining. Rafael Nadal gave a tough fight, playing hard on his favourite clay court, but it was Novak Djokovic's day as he registered a 6-1,6-4 victory over the Spaniard.
Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Pravin Jadhav rarely hit perfect 10 scores and managed to win just two sets. the team crashed out of the quarterfinals. This marks the end to the men's archery team event at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav and Dhiraj Bommadevara will be in action for the men's quarterfinal match against Turkey.
Lakshya Sen won the all-important second match in the Badminton men's singles event. He defeated Julian Carraggi in straight sets with a 21-19, 21-14 scoreline.
Fans were eagerly waiting for the 'biggest match' in the men's singles event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal is live now with the Serbian star holding a 5-0 lead in the first set. Can 'Rafa' come back from this?
It was surely a happening day for quite a lot of countries as they went on to win their first medals of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. India's Manu Bhakar became the first female shooter to win a medal for India in the Olympic Games. Manu Bhakar secured a bronze medal in the 10m women's air pistol. Mohamed El-Sayed won a bronze for Egypt as their first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Manu Bhaker Opens Up After Winning Bronze Medal in Paris Olympics 2024, Says 'Took Me a Long Time to Get over Tokyo; Feels Surreal Right Now'
An Olympic record was also broken. Leon Marchand broke a 16-year-old Olympic record of the swimming star Michael Phelps in the 400m individual medley event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Leon Marchand touched the finish line with a time of 4:02.95 breaking the Olympic record of 4:03.84 set by Michael Phelps in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. France's Leon Marchand won the gold medal in the 400m individual medley event and the home crowd was in joy after seeing Leon Marchand win. Paris Olympics 2024: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty’s Second Round Match Cancelled, Face Indonesian Pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in Must-Win Match.
History was made when for the first time a set of mixed-gender umpires took charge in a hockey match in the Olympics. It is for the first time that the mixed-gender umpires will be present at the Olympics hockey. Sean Rapaport and Irene Presenqui made history as they became the first set of mixed-gender umpires for Olympic hockey. The hockey matches outside the Olympics do feature mixed-gender umpires in Olympic history this was the first time. The football matches were also very intense on day 2 and are expected to be tougher as the Paris Olympics 2024 gets going. Australia Women and Zambia Women produced an 11-goal thriller match in which Australia women's football team prevailed and it ended in a heartbreak for the Zambia women's football team.