That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of Day 3 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

This was a day filled with heart-break for Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal in shooting, but there is also the promise of another possible medal in the sport. Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh made it to the bronze medal match in the mixed air pistol event, and will compete against the South Korean team for the spot on the podium tomorrow.

There as some disappointment as well, with the men’s archery team crashing out in the quarter-final stage, but they will hope to redeem themselves when the individual events begin on Tuesday.

Join us tomorrow for live action from Day 4.

Table Tennis, women's singles: Manika Batra has done it. She has gone one step further from Tokyo. She is the first Indian paddler to reach the Round of 16 at the Olympic Games. Batra takes down home favourite Prithika Pavade 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 in straight games.

Table Tennis, women's singles: Manika Batra continues to roll on. Prithika Pavade saves four game points in the third game, but Batra converts the next. She wins it 11-9 and now has a 3-0 lead. Just a game away from a historic win is Batra.

Table Tennis, women's singles: With the entire Indian contingent to back her up from the stands, Batra is shutting up the partisan French crowd. She takes the second game 11-6 and leads 2-0.

Table Tennis, women's singles: A hard fought start to the contest between Manika Batra and Prithika Pavade. The Indian holds her nerve to emerge on top 11-9. Good start

Table Tennis, women's singles: Manika Batra will take on France's Indian origin paddler Prithika Pavade in the Round of 32 at 12:30am IST. The 19-year-old Pavade is ranked 18th in the world – ten spots above the Indian.

Batra had bowed out in the Round of 32 three years back during the Tokyo Games. Can she go one step further this time around?

Badminton, women’s doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are officially out of the Paris Games. The Australian pair of Setyana Mapasa and Yu Angela went down to South Korea’s Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong, meaning that the latter too has four points now along with the Japanese pair of Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida.

The Indians can’t reach four points even if they win against the Australian pair on Tuesday.

Badminton, men’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have qualified for the quarter-finals. This comes after the French pair of Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar lost to Muhammad Rian Adrianto and Fajar Alfian in their second round robin match.

Tennis, men’s singles: And so ends Rafael Nadal’s singles career on Court Philippe Chatrier at the hands of one of his long-time rivals Novak Djokovic who beats him 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 43 minutes.

But there’s still hope of a final Olympic medal with Nadal in the second round of men’s doubles alongside heir apparent Carlos Alcaraz.

Archery, men’s team quarter-final, India 2-4 Turkey: Rai and Jadhav finally shooting consistently as India shoot two 10s and three 9s from their first five arrows. However, Dhiraj shoots a wide seven to end the set. Turkey hold their nerves and shoot 29 with their final three arrows close out a 6-2 win. Two disappointing days in a row for the Indian archery contingent. Now there is a risk of these defeats bringing the morale of the archers down as they prepare for the mixed team and individual events.

Archery, men’s team quarter-final, India 2-4 Turkey: Turkey give India a lifeline! They fail to seal the win in the last arrow and the magnifying glasses are out and India eke out a 55-54 win!

Archery, men’s team quarter-final, India 0-4 Turkey: Another poor start for India as they start with 8, 9, 8. Turkey respond with three nines. India inconsistent as they end with 52 as Turkey comfortably claim the second set 55-52.

Archery, men’s team quarter-final, India 0-2 Turkey: Rai starts with a 9 and Jadhav follows it up with a 10. Dhiraj, however, shoots a 7. Turkey respond with 10, 9, 10. In the second series Dhiraj shoots. 10 but Rai and Jadhav shoot a 9 and an 8. A very scattered grouping from the Indian trio. Turkey, on the other hand, are simply superb and take the first set 57-52

Badminton, men's singles: Wednesday. July 31. Lakshya Sen vs Jonatan Christie. This battle will now decide, who gets out of Group L and moves to the knockout stages.

Sen has not won since February 2020, but has run in close on multiple occasions. Should be a very interesting clash.

Archery, men’s team quarter-final, India vs Turkey: It was a disappointing day for the Indian archery contingent yesterday as they crashed out in the women’s team quarter-finals with a below-par performance.

Today it is the men’s team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav who will be hoping to win India’s first Olympic medal in the sport. And it is a tough clash against Turkey in the quarter-finals. Turkey are led by Tokyo individual gold medallist Mete Gazoz Turkey come with momentum on their side after beating Colombia in the previous round in a tense shoot off with Gazoz shooting a clutch 10 with just a second left on the clock.

Badminton, men's singles: Just what was expected. Lakshya Sen smelled blood and he went all out. Julien Carraggi did pose some troubles in the second game as well, but the Indian goes past 21-19, 21-14 in 43 minutes.

End of the road for the Belgian in Paris.

Badminton, men's singles: The pressure in on Julien Carraggi and he is crumbling. Multiple errors trying to force things and Sen has a healthy 11-4 advantage. A straight games win for the Indian?

Dilip Unnikrishnan on hockey: There is relief to come away with a point. Better late than never. It was an important match for us. The team is playing very good with and without the ball. We are creating more chances but we can improve our play in the circle. We need to be better at converting chances. New Zealand and Argentina had good rushers as do we. We need to come up with a better plan to get past them and score some more. We know there is no easy team here and we know Ireland have played well recently.

Tennis, men’s singles: Novak Djokovic wins the first set 6-1 against Rafael Nadal.

Badminton, men's singles: Lakshya Sen fights his way through to take the first game 21-19. Carragi looked formidable throughout, but just about lost his steam towards the end as the Indian raised the intensity. Sen would probably look to lift the shuttle a bit less, with the Belgian mostly being spot on with his smashes and placements.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-1 Argentina, FT: India deserved the point in the match given the number of chances they created. Argentina scored against the run of play but India upped the ante in the second half. They once again required Harmanpreet Singh to rescue them. It will be a quick turnaround for India as they will take on Craig Fulton’s former team Ireland in about 24 hours. It will not be an easy match for India given the Irish had beaten Belgium twice in the Pro League a month ago and gave Australia a tough fight in a 1-2 loss.

Badminton, men's singles: It took a long time, but Lakshya has finally drawn level at 18-18. Carragi still posing some tough questions, but the Indian seems to be growing in confidence.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-1 Argentina, FT: India with one last attack but Argentina keep them at bay. And there goes the hooter! India with an incredible late comeback to come away with a point against Argentina. Not the prettiest of matches and you could say that India should have won the match if not for Argentina’s scruffy goal.

Hockey, men’s event, India 1-1 Argentina, Q4: And there’s the goal India were after! And who else but skipper Harmanpreet! He had three cracks from back-to-back PCs and at the third time of asking, finds a way past Santiago via a helpful touch off an Argengtine player. Game on!

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q4: Lucas Martinez with a superb double block on the line! He blocks Harmanpreet’s flick and then saves Hardik’s attempt with his body. The TV umpire was referred to see if there was a case for a stroke. Santiago was behind Martinez and so it will be an Indian PC.

Badminton, men's singles: Not an ideal start for Lakshya Sen, who seems to be very scratchy. Julien Carragi has once again started well and leads 11-8 at the mid-game interval. His cross court shots and deceptions have Sen doubting himself.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q4: Drama! Prasad, in the circle, takes down an aerial ball but the free hit is given to Argentina. India refer saying that Prasad was not given five metres. The TV umpire says that India should be given a stroke which catches the two on-field umpires by surprise. They have a chat and agree that India should get a PC and not a stroke.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q4: Argentina have possession of the ball deep in the Indian half despite being one outfield player down. Gurjant Singh puts in a good tackle and Indian launch the counter. The ball is moved to Abhishek who unleashes powerful reverse hit but Santiago gloves it above his head comfortably. Less than three minutes left.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q4: Argentina get behind the Indian press with a long ball with Rohidas unable to bring it down. Agustin Mazzilli was unmarked in front of goal but the ball from Bautista Capurro is behind him. India take off Sreejesh for an extra outfield player for the last four minutes.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q4: India unable to thread the final pass here. Manpreet fails to trap the ball cleanly to end a promising Indian move. A minute later, Sukhjeet went on a nice run down the left before laying it back to Vivek Sagar Prasad who slapped a ball towards the circle. Gurjant Singh however, plays the ball onto his foot. Just under seven minutes left in the match now.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q4: Sloppy from Harmanpreet first and then Rohidas to give away possession cheaply. Argentina pressing India high up and doing well to keep them away from their circle.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q4: A pivotal 15 minutes coming up for India now. Lose and they will have a battle on their hands to finish third or second in the pool and avoid the big hitters from pool A.

Badminton, men's singles: Carragi is ranked 52nd in the world, but can't be taken lightly. He took a game off Jonatan Christie on Saturday and seems to be in a good touch. Sen, though, has beaten the Belgian twice in two matches.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q3: Santiago with another good save to deny Sukhjeet. The ball was smashed in from the left. Shamsher was primed to have a go at it but left it from Sukhjeet who kept his defender at bay to create space and shoot but Santiago had come out to smother the shot.

Badminton, men's singles: Hours after his opening game win against Kevin Cordon was "deleted," Lakshya Sen returns to action. He is slated to take on Julien Carragi of Belgium at 5:30pm IST. A must win clash for the Indian.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q3: Good pressing from Hardik Singh to hurry Santiago Tarazona in possession and the Argentine ends up hitting the pass with his back stick to concede a PC! Harmanpreet’s drag flick is superbly put behind the first rusher Habif.

No two players have met this often in tennis. Between them, they have won 46 men’s singles Grand Slam titles.

For a record extending 60th time, and possibly the last, here’s Rafael Nadal versus Novak Djokovic.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q3: Two PCs in a row for Argentina. Rohidas blocks the first one. Domene then sends his drag flick from the re-award wide of the left corner.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q3: Beautiful play from Abhishek once again. Brings down an aerial on the right wing, prods the ball past his marker to Gurjant. He gets it back from Gurjant, goes to his reverse stick but his shot is blocked. The umpire gives Argentina a free hit out for a foot from Abhishek.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q3: Penalty stroke to Argentina! Rohidas gave away a PC and Della Torre’s drag flick was straight at Jarmanpreet on the line and the umpire gives a stroke. Chance for Argentina to put the match to bed. Maico Casella Schuth steps up… and he misses! Goes for the right bottom corner but sends it wide. Sreejesh and Jarmanpreet are pumped. Huge let off for India.

Tennis, men’s singles: For the 60th time, it is Novak Djokovic versus Rafael Nadal

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q3: Superb positioning from Santiago in the Argentine goal! Manpreet fires in a superb pass towards Sukhjeet who deflects it towards goal. Santiago was in the right place to make the save with his leg.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, HT: A frustrating half for India comes to an end. India will unhappy to have not scored from the four penalty corners they won. Expect India to be more attacking in the second half but that would mean Argentina will have more opportunities to counter attack.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q2: Jarmanpreet gets on the end of an aerial in the circle and has space to have a crack at goal. Only manages to connect with air and the chance goes begging.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q2: Harmanpreet was having a chat with the umpire after the goal but don’t think there was anything wrong with the goal. Sreejesh was visibly frustrated and angry at himself. Will be kicking himself for giving away such a soft goal.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-1 Argentina, Q2: Argentina take the lead against the run of play! Good work by Domene on the right wing where gets pas Jarmanpreet Singh and Rohidas before reversing it to Lucas Martinez. It was a scuffed shot from the Argentinian. PR Sreejesh dived at the ball but ends up deflecting it into his own goal!

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q2: Harmanpreet’s drag flick is kicked away by Santiago. Rohidas gets on the rebound and wins another PC. This time Harmanpreet is thwarted by rusher Thomas Habif. A third PC for Harmanpreet to try and score. This time Santiago kicks it away with his right boot. Indian are 0/4 from PCs so far.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q2: Harmanpreet with a quick pass to Raj Kumar Pal in the circle and the latter wins India’s second PC.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q2: Sukhjeet and Abhishek, who have been two of India’s in-form players this year, will be key to India’s chances of a podium finish in Paris. They have been bright in the two matches they have played so far and need to be consistent. Sukhjeet tries to deflect Harmanpreet’s slap onto Abhishek’s path but Abhishek does not read the play.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q1: Argentina win their first PC of the match but Tomas Domene’s drag flick flies past the post. At the other end, Sukhjeet Singh goes on a good run along the goalline but commits a foul after offloading the ball.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q1: Abhishek strikes the crossbar! What a move from the forward playing in his debut Olympics. He squirrelled into the circle between a host of defenders. From an acute angle, he fires a reverse hit shot which rockets past a statuesque Tomas Santiago and bounces off the crossbar.

Shooting, men's trap qualification: Prithivraj Tondaiman is in 18th placed in the 30-man trap qualification round. He has scored 47 out of a possible 50.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q1: There is no Harmanpreet on pitch for this PC. It will be Sanjay on the first battery and Amit Rohidas on the second. The injection goes to Sanjay whose drag flick is blocked by the first rusher.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q1: India pinging aerial passes all over the Argentinian half trying to inject some pace into the match. Argentina defend well. And there is the error! Argentina restart from their own circle but the defender lets the ball away from him. Mandeep Singh pounces on the mistake and wins a PC!

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q1: Both teams content with taking their time to find the right pass and unwilling to take any risks. You get the feeling that one goal might just be enough to decide this match.

Hockey, men’s event, India 0-0 Argentina, Q1: A slow start to the match so far. Argentina have had the only circle entry in the opening three minutes. India taking their time to get a read on their opponent’s plans.

Hockey, men’s event, India vs Argentina: India began their campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 win over New Zealand. On the day, it looked like India escaped with a win but subsequent matches in pool B have put India’s win in good light. Defending champions Belgium just about managed to beat New Zealand 2-1. Australia similarly just about managed to beat Ireland 2-1. Argentina come into this match after a narrow 1-0 loss to Australia. Expect another tough contest for Harmanpreet Singh and Co today.

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: And that is an agonising fourth place finish for Arjun Babuta who was once 0.1 points behind the current leader Sheng Lihao. A 9.5 in his final shot and misses out on the podium with a final score of 208.4

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: Babuta swiftly drops out of the top 3 after 18 shots with a 10.5 and 10.1 and slips to fourth place.

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: Babuta briefly loses his second place to Lindgren after shot 15, but then ends up tying with the Swede with both on 167.8 after shot 16.

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: A fumble from Babuta in shot 13 as he shoots a 9.9 to increase the gap to Sheng by 1 point. But then recovers in shot 14 and shoots 10.6 to maintain his second position and a 0.5 gap to Victor Lindgren in third place.

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: After Shot 11 and 12, Babuta has now closed to world record holder and current leader Sheng Lihao of China by just 0.1 points.

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: Good going from Babuta who surges into third place with an overall total of 105.0, a difference of 0.1 to current second place holder Marin Maricic of Croatia.

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: A good first five shots from Babuta as he goes to fourth place with a total of 52.4, just 0.1 points difference from Victor Lindgren of Sweden.

Shooting, men's 10m air rifle final: Arjun Babuta is the third shooter up for a medal in the sport and will be hoping to replicate the feat of one Abhinav Bindra from Beijing 2008. As was the case in the women's final, each shooter will first shoot 10 times across two series. After that, the lowest ranked shooter will be eliminated after every two shots.

Archery: The Indian men’s archery team will play Turkey in the quarter-final at 6.30 pm. Turkey beat Colombia earlier today to set up a clash against the Indians.

Badminton, women's doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto would need the Australians to beat South Korea's Kim/Kong and then beat the Australians themselves to stand any chance of making through to the quarter-finals. Looks highly unlikely.

Badminton, women's doubles: The writing was on the wall. Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto do down 11-21, 12-21 in straight games to fourth seeds Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan for a second consecutive loss. This should be the end of the road for the Indians in Paris, though they have a match left.

Badminton, women's doubles: No end for Ponnappa/Crasto's misery at the La Chapelle Arena. They trail 2-11 at the second mid game interval

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed qualification: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh finish third to qualify for the bronze medal match with a score of 580. Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Cheema, however, dropped to tenth with a 576. A chance to secure yet another medal for Manu.

Shooting, women's 10m air rifle final: Oceanne Muller scores a 10.8. Ramita Jindal score 10.5. The Indian's campaign ends in seventh place. She still has a smile on her face, and why not. This was an impressive performance nonetheless.

Shooting, women's 10m air rifle final: WE HAVE A SHOOTOFF! Ramita Jindal and Oceanne Muller of France are tied on 6th place with 145.3 each. The duo will now shoot one shot each. The highest shot stays.

Badminton, women's doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto continue to struggle. The Indians concede the opening game 11-21.

Shooting, women's 10m air rifle final: Ramita Jindal survives the first elimination. She's on 124.7, but now moves up to sixth place, 0.2 ahead of USA's Sagen Maddalena.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed qualification: Manu and Sarabjot maintain their hold on the fourth spot after Series 2 scoring 195 while Rhythm and Arjun drop to eighth with a score of 192 after Series 2.

1 more series to go.

Shooting, women's 10m air rifle final: That 9.7 in the last shot has taken Ramita Jindal down to seventh place with a total of 104.0, but she's 0.1 behind No 6, and 0.3 behind No 5.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed qualification: Good start from both the Indian teams as they get into the Top 5. While Manu and Sarabjot are placed at 4 with a score of 193, Rhythm and Arjun are placed at 5 with 194 after Series 1.

2 more series to go.

Shooting, women's 10m air rifle final: Ramita Jindal starts with a total of 52.5 in her first series of five shots. She's currently in fourth place, 0.3 behind third place and 0.2 ahead of the fifth placed shooter.

Badminton, women's doubles: Not the best of starts for Ponnappa and Crasto as they trail by a massive 8 points at the mid-game interval. They seem to have no answers to the fourth seeded Japanese and trail 3-11.

Shooting, women's 10m air rifle final: Ramita Jindal will be competing for a spot on the podium. Each shooter will shoot 10 times across two series. Thereon, the lowest ranked shooter will be eliminated after every two shots.

Badminton, women's doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are back for their second group stage match after a loss to the Korean pair on Saturday. They are up against the higher ranked Japanese pair of Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida this time around. A must-win battle for the Indians.

Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed qualification: Two Indian teams will be competing out of 17 pairs in the qualification event. While Manu Bhaker will pair up with Sarabjot Singh, Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Cheema make up the second team. Each shooter will get 300 shots over three series, with the total team tally deciding the ranking. The top four teams move into the medal round.

Shooting: Busy day today for Indian shooting with four medals up for grabs. Two Indian teams – including Manu Bhaker – will compete in the air pistol mixed team qualification event, while Prithviraj Tondaiman starts in the men's trap qualifiers.

At 1pm, Ramita Jindal will compete in the women's 10m air rifle final, before Arjun Babuta competes for a medal in the men's event at 3.30 pm.

Adam Peaty denied third straight gold in photo finish final

Adam Peaty was denied a third straight 100m breaststroke gold medal by Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi Sunday in a thrilling final. The final was billed as a showdown between Peaty and Chinese world champion Qin Haiyang, but Martinenghi came out on top with a timing 59.03secs.

Peaty and American Nic Fink both clocked 59.05 to share second place with Qin fading to seventh after leading at the turn.

The shock win shattered Peaty's hopes of matching American legend Michael Phelps as the only men to win three consecutive Olympic titles in the same event.

"It's been a very long way back," said Peaty, who stepped away from the sport in recent times to deal with depression, among other issues.

"It doesn't matter what the time is, to me I've already won. It took so much to get here. In my heart I have won, these are happy tears," he added, sobbing.

Withdrawals from the men’s singles and men’s doubles events have put the campaigns of Lakshya Sen and the pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in two contrasting lights.

With Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon pulling out due to injury, Sen’s win against him has been deleted and the points don’t count anymore. However, Rankireddy and Shetty were scheduled to play the German pair of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Siedel, before which Lamsfuss pulled out as well due to injury.

While the third-ranked doubles seeds now have one more match left, Sen has two matches to play – one later today against Belgium’s Julian Carraggi and then against Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie. Carraggi and Christie have both played each other, with the latter winning.

Simone Biles makes stunning return to Olympics

Simone Biles battled a left calf pain to make a stunning return to the Olympics to get her multiple-medal bid off to a strong start.

Biles topped the qualifying standings in all-around, vault and floor exercise, was second on beam behind China's Zhou Yaquin and just missed out on a place in the uneven bars final.

The United States, who could only win silver in Tokyo 2020, topped the team standings on 172.296 points.

Hollywood A-listers Tom Cruise, Jessica Chastain and Greta Gerwig were in attendance along with rapper Snoop Dogg to watch Biles’s return

Biles withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games as she battled the disorientating mental block that gymnasts call "twisties".

In case you missed it…

Manu Bhaker opened India’s medal account in Paris yesterday with a splendid performance in the women’s 10m air pistol to win bronze.

Shahid Judge wrote about the redemption arc that played out at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre which also saw Bhaker become the first Indian female shooter to win an Olympic medal.

Hello and welcome to Scroll’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games!

India opened their account at the Paris Olympics after Manu Bhaker won bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event on Sunday.

Bhaker will be aiming to add to her tally today when she will team up with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed team event. India could win two medals in the event with the pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Cheema also competing.

Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta will then compete for medals in the women’s and men’s 10m air rifle finals respectively. India could then end their day with another medal with the men’s archery team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai in action.

It could end up being the most successful day for India in Olympic history or will end up in heartbreak!

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