India at Olympics 2024, Day 1 as it happened: Manu Bhaker in 10m pistol final; Satwik-Chirag win

That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of Day 1 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games!

What an eventful day it has been! There were some hits, and some brutal misses.

Sarabjot Singh, by the narrowest of margins, missed out on making it to the final of the men’s 10m air pistol event. But Manu Bhaker has risen from the ashes of the Tokyo debacle to storm into the women’s 10m air pistol final – she will compete for the medal tomorrow.

In badminton, Lakshya Sen and the men’s doubles team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty marched onto impressive wins, but Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa were dealt a heavy defeat in the women’s doubles event.

Meanwhile, the Indian men’s hockey team came up with a late winner in an entertaining and nervy 3-2 win over New Zealand.

Tomorrow promises to be another big day in the Olympic Games for the Indians. The swimmers will be in action, and so will the likes of Achanta Sharath Kamal, PV Sindhu, Nikhat Zareen and more.

There are also medals up for grabs with Bhaker competing for a podium place, and women’s archery team, Ankita Bhakat, Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur.

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