Paris Olympics 2024 Highlights Day 3: Look Back at Major Headlines, Match Results, Updated Medals Tally
On day 3, things are going to get more intense as Ramita Jindal is going to take charge for India in the women's 10m air rifle event final. Arjun Babuta, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto and more will be headlining Team India.
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.
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?
Harmanpreet Singh delivered again. India's captain scored with just over two minutes remaining in the match. The final score at the Field Hockey event is India 1-1 Argentina.
Lakshya Sen kick-started India's winning run at the badminton events in the Paris Olympics 2024. He will be in action again. His match against Belgian star Julian Carraggi is scheduled at 05:30 PM IST.
Midway into Day 3 at the Paris Olympics, China has the top spot in the medals tally with eight medals (4 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze) while Japan slipped to second position with seven medals ( 4Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze), South Korea is on third spot with performance similar to the Japanese team. Meanwhile, India failed to add to their medal count and now stands at 22nd Position.
After two back-to-back heartbreaks in a shooting event, all eyes will be on Men's Trap Competition wherein star shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman is still in action.
Qualified for the Men’s 10M Air Rifle final event at the Paris Olympics 2024, Arjun went all in for a medal in the final event. Sadly he finished fourth with 208.4 score.
India's Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto have been eliminated from Paris Olympic Games 2024. Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto fell pray to Japan's pair of Chiharu Shida-Nami Matsuyama. Team Japan won the match by a scoreline of 21-11, 21-12 over Team India.
Manu Bhakar-Sarabjot Singh completed their qualification after they scored 580 points in the 10m air pistol mixed team event. Manu Bhakar and Sarabjot Singh are all set to battle against South Korea for a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the Paris Olympics 2024.
India's hopes for winning their second medal have been delayed as Ramita Jindal has been eliminated after finishing 7th in the women's 10m air rifle medal event at the 2024 Paris Olympics 2024.
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.
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