Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, 29th July: Manika Batra Becomes First Indian to Reach TT Pre-Quarters; Indian Men's Archery Team Loses to Turkey in Quarters

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, July 29: Live Coverage folds for Day 3

The Paris Olympics Live Coverage for Day 3 folds on a high note after the disappointment of watching at least three medals slip out of our hands in the events earlier.

India will be harbouring hopes for another medal tomorrow as Manu Bhaker will be aiming for another bronze when she teams up with Sarabjot Singh in the third-place match againstSouth Korea's Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho.

Follow the detailed action of that contest from 12:30 PM IST tomorrow on myKhel and keep following our website for elaborated coverage of the Paris Olympics and other ongoing events. Goodbye for now!

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Paris Olympics 2024 Live

Indian fans had to wait long until half past midnight and Manika Batra makes it all worth it with a stunning table tennis display against a rival 10 places above her on the ranking echelons!

Manika Batra shows the nation that she must be considered a dark horse to the medal as she becomes the first Indian player to reach the round of 16 at the Paris Olympics! Take a bow Indian TT Queen!

Paris 2024 Live, July 29: Manika, The Indian TT Queen has return!

Manika Batra 2.0 sails into the pre-quarterfinals by defeating her higher-ranked opponent Prithika Pavade in straight sets!

From the lows of Commonwealth Games 2022 when it looked her best had come and gone, Manika Batra re-establishes herself as the Indian Table Tennis Queen by defeating France's No. 1 player in front of her home fans!

Final Score: Manika vs Prithika -11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 3-0, 11-7 (4-0)

Olympics 2024: Manika Batra vs Prithika Pavade

Manika has certainly crept under the skin of her opponent as Prithika could be heard yelling in frustration for not getting her shots right!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 3-0, 5-2 (3-0)

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, July 29: Fourth set begins!

Manika starts the fourth set with more confidence as she takes three points on the go to open up a lead early!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 3-0 (3-0)

Paris Olympics Table Tennis Live: Manika in full flow!

What a stunning show by Manika! The Indian paddler wins the third set 11-9 despite a mini-comeback by Prithika that lasted four points! Her determination eventually prevails as she reacts under high pressure to churn out the set-winning point! She is now a set away from reaching pre-quarters

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 11-6, 11-9 (3-0)

Paris 2024 TT Live: Manika running away with third set!

Manika Batra is in a hurry with the third set as her twiddles. The pace of it is troubling Prithika, who gave a look of confusion after failing to time her last return!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 11-6, 7-3 (2-0)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Manika starts 3rd set quick!

Manika Batra pulls away a 3-0 point lead early in the second lead with quick points! The Frenchwoman decides to take a one-minute timeout right after!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 11-6, 3-0 (2-0)

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, July 29: Manika opens up lead!

Manika Batra on a roll! The Indian paddler picks five points on the go to seal the second set! Prithika is under pressure despite having home support!

Manika needs to win two more sets to win this round of 32 match!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 11-6 (2-0)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Pritthika fights back!

Pritthika reminds Manika Batra that the Frenchwoman is no pushover as she wins points in a clump to level the score in the second set!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 5-5 (1-0)

Olympics 2024: Manika dominates second set!

Manika is dominating the second set too as she roars in determination every time she picks a point. This is getting intense!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9, 3-1 (1-0)

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, July 29: Manika wins first set!

Stunning forehand winner by Manika Batra to seal the first set! The Indian World No. 28 shows her temperament to pick two points on the go!

Manika vs Prithika - 11-9

Paris Olympics TT Live

Things are getting interesting in this set as both players are still playing see-saw battle! Prithika looks to pull away but Manika is winning the long rallies well with clever use of her bat's pimple!

Manika vs Prithika - 9-9

Paris 2024 TT Live: Apologies for delay

Apologies for the delay due to a technical issue! The match is already underway in the first set and the scores are tied at 6-6 as both players are fighting it tooth and nail for every point!

Manika 6-6 Prithika

Paris Olympics 2024 Live

Hello and welcome back to the Live coverage of the last action of the day at the Paris Olympics. We are back in time for Manika Batra's table tennis singles match. She faces France's World No. 18 Prithika Pavade in round of 32 match

Paris Olympics Shooting Update

Men's trap shooting: Prithviraj Tondaiman is ranked last at 30th at the end of the qualification round on Day 1. The Indian shotgun shooter will look to make a comeback with two rounds remaining tomorrow.

Paris 2024 Live

With that defeat and a disappointing one as another medal hope for the day ends, India's action for the day is now limited to just one event.

Manika Batra will play her table tennis women's singles match against France's World No. 18 Prithika Pavade at 12:30 AM IST!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: India lose to Turkey!

A poor seven-pointer by Dhiraj Bommadevara of the last shot proves too costly! Turkey's Mete Gazoz, on the other side, fires a 10 of his last shot to seal a 58-54 set win and a 6-2 win in the quarterfinals! the win

IND vs TUR: 53-57, 52-56, 55-54, 54-58 (2-6)

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, July 29: India make it 4-2!

India are back in the game! They win the third set 55-54 following a nerve-wracking set that saw Turkey shooting 9 while needing a 10 to win the match!

IND vs TUR: 53-57, 52-56, 55-54 (2-4)

Paris 2024 Live, July 29: Turkey take 4-0 lead!

Another set slips out of India's hand! Indian archers are struggling to hit the bull's eye while the Turkish team is showing tremendous consistency!

IND vs TUR: 53-57, 52-56 (0-4)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: 2nd set in progress

India trail by two points at the halfway stage of the second set as Indian archers shoot a sequence of 8,9,8

IND vs TUR: 53-57, 25-27 (0-2)

Olympics 2024: Turkey wins first set!

Turkey take the first set 57-53 and take a lead of 2-0!

IND vs TUR: 53-57 (0-2)

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, July 29: Archery Men's team quarterfinal

The action is all set to begin as players have lined-up!

Paris Olympics Archery Live: Men's Archery Team Match Rules and Regulation

Let's take you through the rules

• Each team will fire six arrows per set (two from each archer) with max 60 points (10 points per arrow) on the offer from 1 set
• The team with the most points at the end of a set will get 2 points
• The team to reach six points first will win the match!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Archery

We move our focus to Archery as the Men's Archery team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav take on heavyweights Turkey in the quarterfinal at 6:31 PM IST!

Paris 2024 Live, July 29: Group L

Lakshya Sen is second in the group following that win but the group details are irrelevant at the moment as his tie against Jonatan Cristie will decide if he will progress to the round of 16 or not!

Sen will be up against the Indonesian badminton star on July 31 afternoon!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Lakshya Sen Wins!

Lakshya seals a straight-game win over Julien Carraggi 21-19, 21-12 to repost his debut win at the Paris Olympics after his last win was deleted by BWF!

We will take a look at the updated points table of Group L next1

Olympics 2024: Lakshya Sen vs Julien Carraggi

Lakshya Sen continues to lead 18-12 in the second game. His pace has proven too much for Carraggi, who is struggling to keep up with Sen's quick returns.

Earlier, Sen delivered a stunning airborne cross-court smash to extend his lead to 15-10, but Carraggi managed a brief comeback, narrowing the gap to 14-10.

Sen quickly regained control, scoring two back-to-back points to make it 17-10, ensuring Carraggi stayed away from his lead. Now at 18-12, Sen is in a strong position as the match progresses.

Lakshya vs Julien: 21-19, 18-12 (1-0)

Paris 2024 Olympics Live, July 29: Lakshya Sen Cruising to a win

Lakshya Sen is dictating the pace of the match and is forcing Carraggi to make errors, extending his lead to 14-9. Earlier, at 11-5, Sen played a shot right on the line, allowing Carraggi to take control of that point and reduce the lead to six points.

Carraggi managed to close in further at 12-7, but an upset still looks unlikely as Sen maintains his advantage

Lakshya vs Julien: 21-19, 14-9 (1-0)

Paris Olympics Badminton Live

Lakshya Sen is in firm control of the second game against Julien Carraggi, now leading 11-4. The game saw a shift at 4-2 when Sen made an impressive dive to return a cross-court shot, causing Carraggi to make an error. Sen continued to build on his momentum, pushing the score to 7-2 with Carraggi committing consecutive mistakes.

Although Carraggi managed to claw back two points, making it 8-4, Sen quickly regained his composure. At 9-4, Carraggi's backhand returns went long, gifting another point to Sen. With a seven-point lead at 11-4, Sen is closing in on a straight-game win.

Lakshya vs Julien: 21-19, 11-4 (1-0)