Paris Olympics Day 3: Catch the latest updates and highlights as India’s Arjun Babuta finished fourth.
Shooter Arjun Babuta had a heartbreak on Paris Olympics Day 3 as he finished fourth in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle. Croatia’s Miran Maricic made the medal cutoff with a score of 209.8 while Babuta finished with a total of 208.4.
Earlier, Ramita Jindal, bronze medallist at the Asian Games 2023, finished seventh in the women’s 10m Air Rifle final with a score of 145.3.
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh finished third in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed event to qualify for the bronze medal match. They will play for the third position today against South Korea’s Oh Ye Jin and Wonho Lee.
Among other notable Indian performances on Paris Olympics Day 3, Manika Batra qualified for the Round of 16 in the Table Tennis Women’s Singles event.
Indian Results- Paris Olympics Day 3
SHOOTING
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team (Qualification) – India 1 (Manu Bhaker/Sarabjot Singh) – 580-20x (Qualified for Bronze Medal Match)
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team (Qualification) – India 2 (Rhythm Sangwan/Arjun Singh Cheema) – 574-14x (10th)
10m Air Rifle Women’s (Final) – Ramita Jindal – 145.3 (7th)
10m Air Rifle Men’s (Final) – Arjun Babuta – 208.4 (4th)
BADMINTON
Men’s Doubles (Group Stage) – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel (Germany) – (Cancelled)
Women’s Doubles (Group Stage) – Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Nami Matsuyama (Japan) 11-21, 12-21
Men’s Singles (Group Stage) – Lakshya Sen beat Julien Carraggi (Belgium) 21-19, 21-14
HOCKEY
Men’s Pool B – India drew with Argentina 1-1
ARCHERY
Men’s Team (Quarterfinal) – India (Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Jadhav) lost to Turkiye 2-6
TABLE TENNIS
Women’s Singles (Round of 32) – Manika Batra beat Prithika Pavade (France) 4-0
TENNIS
Men’s Doubles (1st Round) – Rohan Bopanna/N. Sriram Balaji lost to Gael Monfils/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 5-7, 2-6
Medal Table- Paris Olympics Day 3
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | China | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | USA | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Other Results- Paris Olympics Day 3
At Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal was defeated marking an end of his reign on the clay court. He was outclassed by Novak Djokovic 1-6, 4-6.