India at Paris 2024 - What to look forward to on Day 4 30-July-2024

Archery - India lost to Turkiye in quarters. 

Hockey  Indian men drew 1-1 with Argentina

Badminton - Satwik and Chirag had a walk over as  Germany's Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel withdrew. Lakshya defeated  Belgium's Julien Carreggi in straight games and Ashwini & Christina lost to Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chihara Shida in straight games

Shooting - Air Pistol mixed team  Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh finished 3rd and will play for Bronze medaland Rhythm Sangwan & Arjun Cheema finished 10th

1pm - mens trap. Prithviraj Thondaiman is currently last end of day 1

1pm : Ramita finished 7th in 10m Air Rifle finals... At one point she was as high as 2nd

3:30 pm - Arjun Babuta finished 4th 10m Air Rifle event in finals. He was in medal contention for long before losing out

Table Tennis - Manika Batra defeated Prithika Pavade of France in the round of 32 in straight games 

Overall not a great day

Day 4 30-Jul

Archery : Ankita and Bhajan Kaur will be in action from 5:15 pm in their round of 64. Dhiraj will be in action at 10:45 pm in his round of 64 match. In case they win that match they will proceed to the next round which will be immediately after the round of 64 match

Hockey 4:45 pm Indian men will take on Ireland

Equestrian : Anush Agarwala will be in action the Dressage day 1 event at 2:30 pm

Rowing : Balraj Panwar will be in action at 2:10pm in the quarters of men's single sculls

Badminton - Satwik and Chirag will face Indonesia's Alfian and Ardianto at 5:30 pm and Ashwini & Christina will face Australia's Mapasa  and Yu at 6:20pm

Boxing : Amit Panghal will be in action against Zambias Patrick Chinyemba at 7:16pm. Jasmine will take on Philippines' Nesthy Peticio at 9:24 pm. Preethi will take on Colombia's Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda at 1:22 am.  

Shooting - We have the Air Pistol mixed team bronze medal match at at 1pm - Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh 

12:30pm - Day 2 of mens trap. Prithviraj Thondaiman will be in action

12:30pm - Day 1 of womens trap. Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari will be in action

Medal possibilities - Shooting pistol mixed team bronze 

India at Paris 2024 - What to look forward to on Day 3 29-July-2024

Archery - Women's team lost to Netherlands 6-0. Except Ankita Bhagat rest two were not firing well.

Badminton - Sindhu won in straight games against  ABDUL RAZZAQ Fathimath Nabaaha of Maldives. Prannoy defeated Germany's Fabian Roth in straight games

Boxing - Nikhat defeated Germany's Maxi Carina Kloetzer in the first round match. It was an interesting close contest, even though Nikhat won by an unanimous 5-0 decision. 

Rowing - Panwar finished second repachage rounds.. He is through to the quarters. I was wrong in saying that his medal contention was over. He still has to finish in top 3 in his quarters to proceed to semis. 

Swimming - Both our swimmers were in action. Srihari iwas way outside his PB  and the 14 year old Dinidhi was just outside her national record time in the 200m freestyle (3:30pm). As expected both didn't progress beyond the heats.

Shooting -  Manu Bhaker won the first medal for India in shooting. She was in contention for silver till her last shot but finished with Bronze. She looks to have moved on from her disastrous outing in Tokyo. 

In 10m Air Rifle qualifications Ramita and Arjun Babuta have qualified for the finals. Elavenil and Sandeep didn't progress. 

Tennis - Men's Double first round Bopanna and Balaji Sriram lost to Edouard Roger & Gael Monfils in straight sets. 

Table Tennis - Sreeja Akula defeated Christina Kallberg of Sweden in the first round

Sharat Kamal lost to Deni Kozul of Slovenia in the first round

Manika Batra defeated Anna Hursey of GB in the first round

Harmeet Desai lost to France Felix Lebrun in straight games

I expected all 3 to progress but Sharat lost. 

Day 3

Archery - We have the men's team event day. We are in the Quarters and will face the winner of Colombia vs Turkiye match at 6:31pm. Semis that will be at 7:17pm. 

Hockey 4:15 pm Indian men will take on Argentina

Badminton - Satwik and Chirag will face Germany's Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel at 12 noon. Lakshya will face Belgium's Julien Carreggi at 5:30 pm and Ashwini & Christina will face Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chihara Shida at 12:50pm

Shooting - We have the Air Pistol mixed team qualification at 12:45 - we have two teams Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh and Rhythm Sangwan & Arjun Cheema 

1pm - Day 1 of mens trap. Prithviraj Thondaiman will be in action

1pm : Ramita will be in action in finals of 10m Air Rifle 

3:30 pm - Arjun Babuta will be in action in the finals of 10m Air Rifle event 

Table Tennis - Manika Batra will play Prithika Pavade of France in the round of 32 at 12:30 am (past midnight) 

Medal possibilities - Men's team in Archery and Arjun and Ramita in Air rifle

India at Paris 2024 - What to look forward to on Day 2 28-July-2024

Day 1 was a mixed day for us. I was expecting the mixed team to make progress from the qualifying in the 10m Air Rifle event but didn't happen. Ramita and Arjun finished 6th and Elavenil and Sandeep finished 12th. 

In the 10m Pistol men's both Arjun Cheema and Sarabjot finish 18th and 9th in the Qualifying.

In the 10m Pistol women's Manu Bhaker finished 3rd and has qualified for the finals but Rhythm finished 15th.  

Hockey - India defeats New Zealand 3-2 in the first game. 

Rowing - Balraj Panwar finished 4th and moves to the repachage rounds.

Boxing -  Preethi Panwar in the 54kg round of 32 defeated Vietnam's Vo Thi Kim Anh 5-0 on points

Table Tennis - Harmeet Desai defeated Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman in the first round 4-0

Tennis - Men's Double first round Bopanna and Balaji Sriram vs Edouard Roger & Gael Monfils was cancelled due to rains

Badminton - Lakshya Sen defeated Kevin Cordon of Guatamela in the Group stage game in straight games

Satwik & Chirag defeated Lucas Corvee & Ronan Labar in the Men's doubles Group stage game in straight games

Tanisha & Ashwini lost to Kim So Yeong & Kong Hee Yong of Korea  in straight games

Day 2 

Archery - We have the women's team event day. We are in the Quarters and will face the winner of France vs Netherlands match at 5:45pm. We will face mostly Korea if we move to the semis that will be at 7:17pm. Can we win our first Archery medal? That has been a wish for quite a few years right from the days of Limba ram

Badminton - Sindhu will start her campaign with ABDUL RAZZAQ Fathimath Nabaaha of Maldives at 12:50pm. Prannoy will take on Germany's Fabian Roth at 8pm

Boxing - Nikhat will take on Germany's Maxi Carina Kloetzer at 3:50pm in the first round match 

Rowing - Panwar will be competing in the repachage rounds.. This is only for finishing order.. medal changes are gone as soon as he finished 4th in his heat

Swimming - Both our swimmers will be in action. Srihari in the 100m Backstroke heats (3:13pm) and the 14 year old Dinidhi in the 200m freestyle (3:30pm). Don't think either will progress beyond the heats. 

Shooting -  Manu Bhaker will be in the finals at 3:30 pm 

We have 10m Air Rifle qualifications for women and men at 12:45 and 2:45 pm respectio- Elavenil, Ramita, Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta will be in action

Tennis - Men's Double first round Bopanna and Balaji Sriram vs Edouard Roger & Gael Monfils hich was cancelled yesterday will be played today... Mostly after midnight. Sumit Nagal will take on Corentin Moutet of France at 3:30 pm

Table Tennis - Sreeja Akula will play Christina Kallberg of Sweden in the first round at 2:15 pm 

Sharat Kamal will play Deni Kozul of Slovenia in the first round at 3 pm

Manika Batra will play Anna Hursey of GB in the first round at 4:30 pm

All 3 should progress  

Medal possibilities - Women's team in Archery and Manu Bhaker

India at Paris 2024 - What to look forward to on Day 1 27-July-2024

 Even though today is the official start of the competitions, Indians have started competing since day before yesterday. Archery ranking round was held and Indians - Men's, Women's and Mixed teams are directly through to the Quarters. 

Today all events starts at noon India time. 

Shooting - 

We have 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event. We have two teams competing. There are a total of 29 teams and we have Elavenil and Sandeep Singh Ramita and Arjun competing. Elavenil and Sandeep should have a good chance of progressing to the finals. Which is at 2 pm India time. 

Followed by 10m Air Pistol Men's Qualification at 2pm - Arjun Cheema and Sarabjot Singh

Followed by 10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification at 4pm - Manu Bhakar and Rhythm Sangwan

I am expecting at least 2 finalist from the three event.  

Rowing - Balraj Panwar will be competing in the Single sculls heats. Top 3 from each heat will move to quarters. And he didn't as he finished 4th

Boxing - We have Preethi Panwar in the 54kg round of 32 at 12:02 am against Vietnam's Vo Thi Kim Anh. 

Hockey - Men's grounp stage match against New Zealand at 9pm. Need to have a winning start

Table Tennis - Harmeet Desai against Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman at 7:15 pm

Tennis - Men's Double first round Bopanna and Balaji Sriram vs Edouard Roger & Vasselin of France at 3:30 pm 

Badminton - Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon of Guatamela at 7:10 pm Group stage

Satwik & Chirag vs Lucas Corvee & Ronan Labar at 8pm Men's doubles Group stage

Tanisha & Ashwini vs Kim So Yeong & Kong Hee Yong of Korea at 11:50pm - Women's doubles Group stage

Outside of Indian participation looking forward to some great competition in the Swimming pool..