Paris Olympics 2024 highlights: Dhiraj Bommadevara finishes 4th; Indian archers upstage China to enter quarterfinals

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Bhajan Kaur has made a comeback. From being 52nd in the initial stage, she has climbed to the 23rd spot. A top 20 finish is on the cards for her. Team India is ranked third with 828 points. South Korea is leading the charts with 854 points. China is second with 845 points.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Leading India from the front, Ankita Bhakat has been shifted to rank 10 after the fifth end. She has 55 points. Bhajan Kaur, who is placed 23rd, has 58 points. Deepika Kumari is 10 places behind Bhajan with 56 points.

1. Ankita Bhakat - 55 points (X, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8) (agg: 280)

2. Bhajan Kaur - 58 points (10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) (agg: 276)

3. Deepika Kumari - 56 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8) (agg: 272)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ankita Bhakat has slipped to 8th in the 4th end. She has 55 points to her name while Bhajan Kaur has 57 points in the same end. Bhajan is positioned 31st in the standings, Deepika Kumari has 56 points and she is placed 38th in the revised standings.

1. Ankita Bhakat - 55 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) - 8th place (agg: 225)

2. Bhajan Kaur - 57 points (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9) - 31st place (agg: 218)

3. Deepika Kumari - 56 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9) - 38th place (agg: 217)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: We have a South Korea 1-2 after the first 18 arrows! Lim Sihyeon, who has won four of her first six World Cup stages, has managed to draw a slender lead over compatriot Suhyeon Nam after the first 3 ends. Sihyeon (176) and Suhyeon (172) are leading the way in Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ankita Bhakat is seventh in the rankings with 59 points. Deepika Kumari is busy climbing rankings and a 54-point tally has placed her 39th. Bhajan Kaur is two spots behind Deepika.

Scores after the 3rd set:

1. Ankita Bhakat - 59 points (X, X, 10, 10, 10, 9) - 7th place (agg: 170)

2. Deepika Kumari - 54 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) - 39th place (agg: 161)

3. Bhajan Kaur - 56 points (X, X, X, 9, 9, 8) - 41st place (agg: 161)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: In the second set, Ankita Bhakat (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9) sealed 12th place with 57 points. Deepika Kumari (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) has 56 points to her name and she is placed 36th. Bhajan Kaur, who had a slow start, is placed 50th. Kaur (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) has 54 points.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Sihyeon Lim bagged the pole position after the 1st set. Sihyeon Lim - 59 points (X, X, X, X, 10, 9)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Ankita Bhakat has bagged 54 points is placed 22nd. Deepika Kumari is ranked 51st while Bhajan Kaur is just a place behind.

1. Ankita Bhakat - 54 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) - 22nd place

2. Deepika Kumari - 51 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 8, 6) - 51st place

3. Bhajan Kaur - 51 points (9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 7) - 52nd place

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The targets have been assigned. Deepika will be shooting at 10A, Bhakat on 11A and Bhajan on 12A. The Indian archers will be facing American archers in the qualification round, an arrangement purely for ranking purposes. Deepika is facing Casey Kaufold, Bhajat is against Jennifer Mucino and Bhajan is against Catalina Gnoriega.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The archery events are being held at the Esplanade des Invalides, which is a part of the iconic Les Invalides complex of buildings in Paris. Here is how it is described in the Olympics website: Hôtel des Invalides was built during the reign of Louis XIV in 1687 as a military hospital and retirement home for war veterans. Today, this world-renowned building includes French military history museums and monuments, as well as the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte. Directly opposite, the elegant Pont Alexandre III bridge links the site to the Grand Palais on the right bank of the Seine.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Three Indian shooters will be making their Olympic debut today. 22-year-old Dhiraj Bommadevara made his international debut in 2017 and won gold at the World Archer Youth Championships in 2021. In 2023, he was part of men's team that won silver at the 2023 Asian Games. Bommadevara earlier won the men's team gold at the World Cup in Shanghai, India's first in 14 years.

Ankita Bhakat, 26, qualified for the Games quarterfinals of the Final World Archery Olympic Qualifier 2024. She shot to prominence when she won gold in the mixed team event at the 2017 youth archery World Championships. Ankita was also part of the Indian women's team that won bronze at the Asian Games.

18-year-old Bhajan Kaur sealed her place at the Paris Olympics by winning gold at the at the final Olympic qualifier in Antalya, Turkey last month. She had earlier been part of the women's team that won bronze at the 2023 Asian Games and also won bronze at the youth World Championships in 2023.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Today's event will decide the seedings for the individual and team events both, which means that how the archers fare today could have a big say on their chances of winning a medal.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Tarundeep Rai and Deepika Kumari will be making their fourth appearances at the Olympics today. Deepika took a break in late 2022 and early 2023 upon becoming a mother. She was in a race against time to make it to the Olympics but a strong showing upon her comeback helped her qualify for Paris. This included an extraordinary comeback to win silver at World Cup Stage-1 in Shanghai in April this year, less than 16 months after giving birth.

40-year-old Tarundeep has admitted that this Olympics is a "now-or-never situation". Tarundeep has two silver at the World Championships (2005, 2019), nine World Cup medals, including three gold, a silver and a bronze in Asian Games, two silver and a bronze in Asian Championships. The only trinket missing from his cabinet, is the one that has the Olympic rings engraved on it. The Sikkimese veteran was part of the Indian teams at the 2004 Athens, 2012 London and 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Read more about the Indian archers in action today HERE.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: It is quite a straightforward affair. From 1pm IST starts the women's individual ranking event. The men's ranking event starts from 5.45pm IST.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: This is the first time since London 2012 that Indian archers have managed to clinch all six available quotas at the Olympics. Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur will be in action for India first in the women's individual ranking round. The men's round later in the day will, feature veteran Tarundeep Rain, Pravin Jadhav and Dhiraj Bommadevara.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: "I declare open the Games of Paris celebrating the 33rd Olympiad of the modern era."

There are still more than 24 hours for us to hear these words, which the head of state of the host nation has traditionally spoken in different languages to formally declare the Olympics open, but the Games normally begin about a couple of days before the opening ceremony. India's campaign hence starts today, despite the opening ceremony being tomorrow. There is only one event: the individual ranking rounds for archery. It is the first time since London 2012 that India have a full quota of six archers at the Olympics. There are the veteran Tarundeep Rai and the spiritual leader Deepika Kumari, both of who are into their fourth appearance at the Olympics. There is Praveen Jadhav who is making his second Olympic appearance and then, the Olympic debutants in Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Dhiraj Bommadevara. Stay tuned for more updates