Paris: Indian shooters Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta along with the men’s archery team will aim to add to country’s medal count at the ongoing Paris
Paris: Indian shooters Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta along with the men’s archery team will aim to add to country’s medal count at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday.
On Sunday, Ramita made it to the final of the women’s 10 m air rifle event after a fifth place finish during the qualification round, while Arjun came at seventh in the men’s event. The top eight players from both the qualification rounds made it to the finals which are scheduled for today, as per Olympics.com.
India’s first medal was earned by 22-year-old Manu Bhaker, who secured country’s first-ever shooting medal by a woman by getting a bronze medal in the 10 m air pistol final on Sunday. She will once again be in action during the 10 m air pistol mixed team competition qualification rounds along with Sarabjot Singh from 12:45 PM onwards.
Also, the men’s archery team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav will be taking on Turkiye or Colombia in the quarterfinals at 6:31 PM. The medal rounds of this category will take place today itself.
Besides archery and shooting, some of the country’s top athletes will be in action in hockey, badminton and table tennis.
The Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Indian men’s hockey team, ranked sixth in the world, will be locking horns against world number seven Argentina at 4:15 PM.
