Indian athletes, who won medals in the Paris Olympics on 27th July, could not win a single medal on 28th July. Indian fans had high expectations in shooting and archery but Arjun Babuta came very close to getting the country's second medal in shooting but unfortunately missed it by finishing fourth. After this, the performance of the men's team in archery was also quite disappointing. However, in badminton the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty created history. In such a situation, let us know how India performed on 28th July.
Shooting
Manu gives India hope for another medal
On July 28, young shooter Manu Bhakar again raised hopes of a medal with her brilliant performance. Manu Bhakar, along with Sarabjot Singh, also qualified for the bronze medal match in the mixed team qualification of the 10-meter air pistol.
Arjun Babuta'a heartbreak
Apart from Manu Bhakar and Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Babuta missed the bronze in the 10-meter air rifle by a small margin. Babuta finished in fourth place with a score of 208.4 and in the women's 10-meter air rifle qualification round, Ramita Jindal finished seventh and could not qualify for the medal competition.
Hockey
India avoid big loss against Argentina
After defeating New Zealand in the first match of the Paris Olympics, the Indian hockey team narrowly escaped defeat against 2016 Rio Olympic champion Argentina and played a 1-1 draw. For India, their captain Harmanpreet Singh saved the team from defeat by scoring a goal in the last minute. Now the Indian hockey team is in third place with four points from two matches, one win, and one draw.
Badminton
Lakshay Sen's big win
In badminton, Lakshya Sen recovered from a slow start to defeat Belgium's Julien Carragee 21-19, 21-14 in straight sets in Group L of men's single competition. Lakshya had defeated Kevin Corden in his first match of the group on Sunday but all his results were 'deleted' after the Guatemalan player withdrew from the competition due to an elbow injury. In this way, there is now a challenge between only three players in Group L, whereas earlier four players were staking their claim.
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Ponnappa-Crasto got second defeat
The pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are on the verge of elimination with second consecutive defeat after losing to Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in badminton women's doubles. In a match that lasted 48 minutes, the world number four pair tasted defeat by 21-11, 21-12.
Satwik-Chirag create history
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty created history in the badminton men's doubles event. The pair of Reddy and Shetty had defeated the French pair in their first match. As soon as the same pair lost in front of Indonesia. At that very moment, the Reddy-Shetty pair gained the upper hand and became India's first shuttler pair to reach the quarterfinals of the badminton men's doubles Olympic event.
Archery
After the women's archery team, the men's team also disappointed and was eliminated from the quarterfinals. The trio of the Indian men's team (Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Praveen Jadhav) had to face defeat by Turkey 2-6 in the quarter-finals on Monday. With this, India's challenge in the team archery competition ended.
Table Tennis
Manika Batra qualifies for round-of-16
In the match played at 12.30 am on 29th July, India's table tennis star Manika Batra faced 19-year-old Prithika Pavde of host France. In the round of 32 match, Manika defeated Prithika of France 4-0 (11-0). -9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7) and qualified for the quarterfinals. Earlier, Manika had defeated Anna Hersey of Great Britain 4-1 in the first match of the round of 64. She became the first Indian table tennis player to qualify for the Olympics round-of-16 stage.
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