Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Highlights: Manika Batra makes history; Arjun Babuta misses out on medal

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: China's Lihao Sheng wins gold in the men's 10m air rifle by shooting an Olympic record 252.2. Swedish world champion Victor Lindgren takes the silver with 251.4 and Miran Maricic of Croatia wins bronze with 230.0.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Oh just when he could have used a good shot, Babuta suffers the worst of the day. He shoots 9.5 and that is that for him.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: We are now down to the final four shooters. He has got 188.4 but Swedish world champion Victor Lindgren has jumped up to fourt. Maric is third.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Babuta gets 10.7 for shot 17 and that keeps him second. It is very, very close though and one slip up can lead to Babuta falling all the way out of the medal spots. For now, he is second behind the brilliant Lihao after 17 shots.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Babuta had briefly got very close to the gold medal spot when he shot an extraordinary 10.8 for his 12th shot. However, a 9.9 after that, led to him slipping back to third.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: This is starting to look quite good indeed folks. Arjun has 105.0 points on board, above him is Miran Miricic of Croatia with 105.1 and Sheng Lihao of China with 105.8 is on top.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: His shots read 10.7, 10.2, 10.5, 10.4 and 10.6 and that gives him 52.4 on board. Remember this is Stage 1. Two series of 5 shots to begin with, 10 shots in total. Then we move to Stage 2 where elimination begins.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: It was a sinking ship and it would have taken a miracle for Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto to turn it around. They lose lose 21-11, 21-12 to Japan's Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida in women's doubles group match.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Allright here we go then, India's Arjun Babuta is gunning for the country's second medal in Paris. The shooters are being introduced Chateauroux Shooting Centre and Arjun does draw the biggest cheers.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Prithviraj is currently 18th and after a poor start, he got a perfect 25 in the second series. He needs to get 25 in the next three rounds to remain in top-six contention.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: On 29 July 1980, India men's hockey reigned supreme at the Moscow Olympics and clinched a gold medal! It was 44 years ago, and today India face Argentina in their group stage match. Different eras, but this Indian men's team is also equally capable and are serious gold medal contenders in Paris 2024!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Ponnappa-Crasto's campaign hangs by a thread right now! They were thrashed by Japan's Nami-Shida and it was their second-straight loss. They haven't won a match ue They face Australia's Mapasa-Yu in their next match, and it is a must-win encounter in their final group fixture. But they also need other results to go their way!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Round 2 is ongoing and Prithviraj is in 22nd position, with nine shots fired in round 2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: We also have the 10m air rifle men's final in sometime, with Arjun Babuta representing India. It is scheduled for 3:30 PM IST. Meanwhile, the men's hockey team face Argentina at 4:15 PM IST.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: We have already had plenty of action today! First, Ramita missed out on a medal, finishing seventh in the women's 10m air rifle final. Meanwhile, Manu-Sarabjot qualified for the bronze medal match in the mixed team air pistol event! In badminton, we saw Ponnappa-Crasto lose in their second group match!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Prithviraj is 17th after Round 1. He misses three out of his alloted 25 shots! There will be four more rounds nos!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Ponnappa-Crasto lose to Japan's Nami, Shida. The Japanese pair win 21-11 21-12, wrapping it up in ease! Second straight loss and their campaign hangs by a thread

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Prithviraj is representing India in the men's trap qualification event! The top-eight athletes will qualify for the final!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: That's it for Ramita! A brave performance and she started off good, and was in the top-four, but slowly drifted away and finished in seventh position with a total of 145.3 points. She exits!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Manu-Sarabjot finished in third position! They will fight for bronze! Rhythm-Arjun miss out, finish in 10th!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Ponnappa-Crasto lose Game 1, 11-21! They seem totally inferior to Japan's Nami and Shida. Game 1 was wrapped up in 20 minutes!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: After Stage 1, Ramita is seventh, she got 52.5 in series 1 and 104.0 in series 2 of stage 1. Stage 2 starts now! She will need to fightback!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Series 3 is ongoing! Bhaker-Sarabjot got 195 in Series 2, and are currently fourth in the standings. Meanwhile, Rhythm-Arjun got 182 in the second series and are eighth in the standings.

The top-four teams will be picked from this qualification round. Gold and silver medal matches will be between first and second positions. Bronze medal match will be between 3rd and 4th.

After Series 1 in Stage 1, Ramita is currently fourth! She got a total of 52.5 points in the first series. Series 2 of Stage 1 is coming up now!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3 Live Updates: Ponnappa-Crasto are trailing 3-11 in Game 1 against Japan's Matsuyama and Chlharu. They need to fightback, otherwise it could turn out disastrous for the Indian pair!