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India at Paris Olympics 2024: India beat NZ in hockey; Manu qualifies for 10m pistol final; Lakshya, Sat-Chi win

Manu Bhaker finished 3rd in the qualification of the women's 10m pistol event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Here's how day 1 of the Paris 2024 Olympics panned out for India, in reverse chronological order:

Badminton: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto lost to South Korea's Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong.

Boxing: Preeti Pawar beat Vo Thi Kim Anh of Vietnam in women's 54kg round-of-32.

Hockey: India beat New Zealand 3-2 in their group opener.

Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty off to a winning start 21-17, 21-14 against Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar of France.

Badminton: Lakshya Sen beats Guatemala's Kevin Cordon 21-8, 22-20

Table tennis: Harmeet Desai is through to the main round of men's singles after beating Jordan's Zaid Yaman in the preliminary round.

Shooting: Manu Bhaker was outstanding in the women's 10m pistol qualification where she finished third awith a score of 580 and qualified for the final, which will take place on Sunday. The other Indian in fray, Rhythm Sangwan finished 15th after a score of 573 and misses the final.

Shooting: India's 10m air rifle mixed teams didn't make it to the medal rounds. Ramita Jindal-Arjun Babuta were the best performing pair but they finish sixth -- only four make it to the medal round. The other Indian pair Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh finish 12th.

Rowing: Men's singles sculls - Balraj Panwar finishes fourth heats, will be in action in repechage on Sunday.

Shooting: A whisker away - Sarabjot Singh missed out by an inner 10, finishing 9th (577, 16X) losing out to Robin Walter of Germany (577, 17X) in the qualification of the men's 10m pistol, while compatriot Arjun Singh Cheema finished 18th with 574.

Tennis: Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji's men's doubles match vs Gael Monfils and Eduoard Roger-Vasselin of France postponed to tomorrow due to incessant rain.

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