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

Thank you for reading HT's live blog of the 2024 Paris Olympics. No Indian will be in action on Friday (July 26) as the entire contingent of athletes is set to take part in the opening ceremony of the Paris Games. Veteran table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal is India’s flagbearer at the Paris Games. Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is the co-flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara guided the men's team to the third position in the recently concluded ranking round at the Paris Olympics. Earlier, Ankita Bhakat seeded 11th in the women's archery series to secure the fourth spot in the team standings. Ankita and Dhiraj have also secured the 5th seed in the mixed team event of the archery series.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Indian men's team will meet Turkiye or Colombia in the quarter-finals of the archery series at the Paris Games. India will also avoid facing Republic of Korea in the semi-final stage of the men's competition at the Summer Olympics. Archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat seeded 5th in the mixed team event of the archery series. As per the round of 16 draw, India will meet Indonesia for a place in the quarter-finals.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara finished 4th in the men's archery series of the Summer Games. Dhiraj bagged 681 points as India finished third in the men's standings to enter the quarter-final stage of the Paris Games. Tarundeep Rai scored 674 points to take the 14th spot. Pravin Jadhav picked up 658 points to settle for the 39th spot. India scored 2013 points to bag the third spot. Korea topped the standings while hosts France finished second. China finished the ranking round behind India to make the quarterfinalists.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara have qualified for round of 16 phase in mixed archery team event. Bhakat scored 666 points to finish 11th in the women’s archery competition. Hours after India women made it to the quarter-finals, Dhiraj smashed 681 points as the men's team finished 3rd to seal a place in the last 8 of the Summer Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Dhiraj Bommadevara has been India's go-to man in the archery series at the Paris Games. The top-seeded Indian showed his class to help India enter the quarter-final stage of the Summer Games. In the 12th and final end of the men's archery series, the Indian archer scored 59 points to finish 4th in the final standings. Tarundeep Rai scored 56 points to finish 14th. Pravin Jadhav scored 55 to take the 39th spot.

India’s scores after 12th and final end:

1. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 59 points (X, X, 10, 10, 10, 9) - 4th place (agg: 681)

2. Tarundeep Rai - 56 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9) - 14th place (agg: 674)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 55 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 39th place (agg: 658)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Dhiraj Bommadevara scored one point less than Tarundeep Rai in the 11th end. However, the leading Indian archer has taken the 5th spot in the standings. Bommadevara scored 56 points while Tarundeep bagged 57. Rai is ranked 14th with one more end remaining in the men's archery series. Pravin Jadhav picked up 53 points to take 38th place.

India's scores after 11th end:

1. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 56 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) (agg: 622)

2. Tarundeep Rai - 57 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9) (agg: 618)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 53 points (X, X, 9, 9, 8, 7) (agg: 603)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Dhiraj Bommadevara putting up a show for India. The top-ranked Indian archer has climbed to the 6th spot at the 10th end. However, Tarundeep Rai is out of the top 10 after the 10th end. Dhiraj scored 58 points, Tarundeep earned 54 and Pravin Jadhav also bagged the same number (10).

India's scores after 10th end:

1. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 58 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 6th place (agg: 566)

2. Tarundeep Rai - 54 points (X, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 13th place (agg: 561)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 54 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 34th place (agg: 550)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: This is brilliant stuff! Dhiraj Bommadevara (8) and Tarundeep Rai (10) have entered the top 10 of the men’s rankings. Bommadevara fired 59 points while Tarundeep scored 57 in the 9th end. Pravin Jadhav scored 58 points as the Indian archer is placed 39th.

India’s scores after the 9th end:

1. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 59 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9) - 8th place (agg: 508)

2. Tarundeep Rai - 57 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9) - 10th place (agg: 507)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 58 points (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 39th place (agg: 496)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India have taken the third spot as the Indian archers are ahead of their Chinese Taipei opponents. With India securing the third place, the Indian archers can enter the quarterfinals of the Paris Games

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Tarundeep Rai has scored 58 points and the ranked 10th Indian is followed by Dhiraj Bommadevara, who scored 54 points. He is ranked 12th in the current standings. Pravin Jadhav scored 55 points to take the 39th spot. Impressive start to the second half by India!

India’s scores after 8th end:

1. Tarundeep Rai - 58 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) (agg: 450)

2. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 54 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9) (agg: 449)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 55 points (X, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8) (agg: 438)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Dhiraj Bommadevara is placed 12th now! Tarundeep Rai has taken the 10th spot in the men's standings. Dhiraj has scored 449 points overall while Tarundeep's tally reads 450.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Archer Dhiraj Bommadevara entered the top 10 in the 7th end! Dhiraj fired the maximum points for India. The Indian archer scores 58 in the 7th end. Tarundeep Rai scored 55 points as he is placed 15th. Pravin Jadhav is 38th with 55 points.

India’s scores after 7th end:

1. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 58 points (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 10th place (agg: 393)

2. Tarundeep Rai - 55 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) - 15th place (agg: 392)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 55 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 38th place (agg: 383)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Je Deok Kim and Woojin Kim have amassed 400 points each at the half-way mark of the men's archery series. The South Korean duo is followed by compatriot Wooseok Lee, who is one short of 400 points. A total of 42 shots have been taken out of 72. Into the seventh end we go!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Archers Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Pravin Jadhav have taken India to the sixth spot at the halfway mark of the men's archery series. Indian archers have scored 1000 points in the men's event. Korea are leading the standings with 1032 points. Olympics hosts France are second while Italy have bagged the third spot at the mid-way mark.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav scored 56 points each at the final end of the 1st half. We are halfway through the men’s archery series at the Paris Summer Games. Tarundeep is the top-ranked Indian after 6 ends. The 14th-placed Indian is followed by Bommadevara, who is ranked 24th in the men’s standings. Jadhav has made a slow start as he is featuring in the 37th spot

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Tarundeep Rai gets to the 14th position with an aggregate score of 337. Dhiraj Bommadevara matched Rai’s points tally as the Indian archer took the 24th spot. Pravin Jadhav also had a similar outing in terms of points. All Indian archers fired 56 points in the 6th end!

India’s scores after 6th end

1. Tarundeep Rai - 56 points (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 14th place (agg: 337)

2. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 56 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 24th place (agg: 335)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 56 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 37th place (agg: 328)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: A comeback on the cards? Tarundeep Rai has bagged the 15th spot at 5th end. The Indian archer earned the maximum points (58) to finish above Dhiraj Bommadevara (57) and Pravin Jadhav (55) at the end. Bommadevara occupies the 25th place while Jadhav is ranked 43rd.

India’s scores in 5th end:

1. Tarundeep Rai - 58 points (X, X, 10, 10, 9, 9) - 15th place (agg: 281)

2. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 57 points (X, X, X, 10, 9, 8) - 25th place (agg: 279)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 55 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 43rd place (agg: 272)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Tarundeep Rai is out of the top 10 race momentarily as the ace archer has drifted away to the 23rd spot. Rai scored 53 points - three less than top-seeded Indian Dhiraj Bommadevara, who is ranked 27th in the current standings. Pravin Jadhav is 43rd with 54 points to his name.

India’s scores in 4th end:

1. Tarundeep Rai - 53 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7) - 23rd place (agg: 223)

2. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 56 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 27th place (agg: 222)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 54 points (X, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8) - 43rd place (agg: 217)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India’s Tarundeep Rai scored the most in the 3rd end as the archer retained the 16th place with a score of 57. Tarundeep is joined by Dhiraj Bommadevara in the top 35 as the highest-seeded Indian is ranked 33rd in the men’s series of the Paris Games. Pravin Jadhav has made a slow start. The Indian archer has 53 points to his name. He is placed 42nd in the men’s rankings.

India’s scores in 3rd end:

1. Tarundeep Rai - 57 points (X, X, 10, 9, 9, 9) - 16th place (agg: 170)

2. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 56 points (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) - 33rd place (agg: 166)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 53 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8) - 42nd place (agg: 163)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India have taken the spot 6th spot with 333 points after 12 firing shots. South Korea are leading the standings with 343 points. Lee Wooseok and Kim Je Deok have bagged the top two spots in the men's standings. India’s Tarundeep is still placed 16th in the men’s rankings.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: The second end is history in Paris. Tarundeep Rai has climbed up the rankings as the veteran archer is placed 16th in the revised standings. Tarundeep amassed the most points (58) among his Indian teammates. He is followed by Dhiraj Bommadevara, who bagged 53 points to take the 36th spot. Pravin Jadhav scored 55 points to seal the 37th place.

India’s scores in 2nd end:

1. Tarundeep Rai - 58 points (X, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9) (agg: 113)

2. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 53 points (9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8) (agg:

110)

3. Pravin Jadhav - 55 points (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9) (agg: 110)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Colombia's Arcila Santiago has fired the most 10's so far in the men's qualification series. The Colombian archer is tied with a score of 116 with France's Chirault Thomas and Mexican international - Nespoli Mauro. An eventful 1st end for the archers. As many as 12 arrows have been fired out of 72 in Paris!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: We are underway in the men's archery series at the Paris Summer Games. India's top-ranked archer, Dhiraj Bommadevara, has taken the 11th place by scoring 57 points. The Indian top seed is followed by Pravin Jadhav, who has 55 points and is ranked 30th. Veteran Tarundeep Rai is 33rd in the standings with 55 points.

India’s scores in 1st end:

1. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 57 points (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 8) - 11th place

2. Pravin Jadhav - 55 points (X, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 30th place

3. Tarundeep Rai - 55 points (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) - 33rd place

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: Lovlina Borgohain and Co. have arrived in Paris for the boxing tournaments at the Summer Games 2024. Borgohain, a bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, will be in action in the boxing events starting from July 27. "Avengers Assemble. Our Boxers in all readiness," the Boxing Federation of India said.