Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Indian Athletes Aim For Glory In Shooting, Hockey, Badminton & Boxing

<p><strong>Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates:</strong> The biggest sports event in the world is underway and a spectacular opening ceremony marked the start of the Olympic Games in Paris on July 26 (Friday). Welcome to the live coverage of the Paris Olympics 2024 as ABP Live is here to bring you all the major updates from the live action in Paris.&nbsp;</p> <p>The focus shifts to the athletes on Saturday, July 27, with medals up for grabs. India aims to secure their first medals in shooting, with the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification and medal matches scheduled for July 27 (Saturday).</p> <p>Ramita Jindal/Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan/Sandeep Singh will kick off their campaigns in the 10m air rifle mixed team event with the qualification rounds starting at 12:30 PM IST at the National Shooting Center in Chateauroux.</p> <p>Rower Balraj Panwar will kick off India's participation on Saturday, with events starting at 12:30 PM IST. Later in the evening, India's hockey team will begin their group-stage campaign against New Zealand. In badminton, Lakshya Sen, the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, along with the women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto, will compete in their first group-stage matches.</p> <p>In tennis, veteran Rohan Bopanna will start his campaign alongside Sriram Balaji. The Indian duo faces a challenging first-round match in men's doubles against local favourites Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul of France. Meanwhile, Harmeet Desai will compete in the men's singles table tennis event.</p> <h2><strong>India&rsquo;s Paris Olympics Full Schedule For July 27 (Saturday)</strong></h2> <p><strong>12:30 pm IST</strong></p> <p><strong>Rowing:</strong> Men's singles sculls heats - Panwar Balraj</p> <p><strong>Shooting:</strong> 10m air rifle mixed team qualification - Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal</p> <p>Note: Top 4 teams out of 28 teams qualify for Gold and Bronze Medal matches.</p> <p><strong>2 pm IST</strong></p> <p><strong>Shooting Medal Matches:</strong> 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches (If qualified)</p> <p><strong>Shooting:</strong> 10m air pistol men's qualification - Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh</p> <p><strong>3:30 pm IST</strong></p> <p><strong>Tennis:</strong> Men's doubles first-round match - Rohan Bopnna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France)</p> <p><strong>4 pm IST</strong></p> <p><strong>Shooting:</strong> 10m air pistol women's qualification - Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan</p> <p><strong>From 7:15 pm IST</strong></p> <p><strong>Table Tennis:</strong> Men's singles preliminary round - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan)</p> <p><strong>From 7:10 pm IST</strong></p> <p><strong>Badminton Group Stage</strong></p> <p><strong>Men's singles group match:</strong> Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) (7:10pm IST)</p> <p><strong>Men's doubles group match:</strong> Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar (France) (8pm IST).</p> <p><strong>Women's doubles group match:</strong> Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) (11:50pm IST)</p> <p><strong>9 pm IST</strong></p> <p><strong>Hockey -</strong> India vs New Zealand Group-stage match</p> <p><strong>12:05 am IST (Sunday)</strong></p> <p><strong>Boxing:</strong> Women's 54kg opening round bout - Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim anh Vo (Vietnam).</p>

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