Shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh bagged the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match. This is India’s second bronze medal in the Paris Olympics after Bhaker became India’s first woman shooter to win a bronze.
Meanwhile, the men’s Olympic triathlon planned for today has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place.
Manika Batra became the first Indian table tennis player to reach the round of 16 in an Olympic singles competition. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, making their second Olympic appearance, secured India’s first men’s doubles quarterfinal position in badminton. Men’s singles player Lakshya Sen prevailed in his match to advance to the quarterfinals.
In badminton, Lakshya Sen won his match after men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty qualified for the quarterfinals.