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shooting contingent's biggest-ever medal haul at the Olympics here, after drawing a blank in the previous two editions in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, definitely calls for celebration but the fraternity is treading cautiously with an eye already on the 2028 Los Angeles Games. All of India's medal at the Paris Olympics have come via shooting thus far and there is a slight possibility of increasing the medal count to four by the time the competition ends on Monday. The squad has also overcome the mental barrier that prevented Manu Bhaker and Co from excelling on the biggest stage. The highlight of the campaign has been Manu's two medals, the second one shared with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m pistol mixed team.

India's Manu Bhaker narrowly missed out on a podium finish, placing fourth in the women's 25m pistol final in the ongoing Paris Olympics. The 22-year-old Bhaker shot 28 in the eight-women final. She lost to Hungarian bronze medallist Veronika Major in the shoot-off. Bhaker's third-medal achievement was highly anticipated. She had already secured two bronze medals in — the 10m air pistol and the 10m air pistol mixed team events with partner Sarabjot Singh.

Manu Bhaker has still scripted history in Paris by becoming the first Indian player to play for three Olympic medals in one single Olympic edition and winning two. Prior to 25m event, the young shooter had won a bronze in the 10m air pistol shooting as well as another bronze in mixed 10 m air pistol shooting with Sarabjot Singh at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The essential achievement marks Bhaker's redemption story after she faced a disappointing setback with a malfunctioning pistol at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

To Lam, named Vietnam's top leader on Saturday, is a powerful former public security minister who has been swiftly elevated by a corruption crackdown that swept away other contenders. He was confirmed as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam after the death of his predecessor Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful leader in decades. In his first remarks as general secretary, Lam said his promotion was the result of «an urgent need to ensure the leadership of the party».

Indian Men's Hockey Team will lock horns with Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday. The Indian men's hockey team bounced back in the men's competition with a 3-2 win over Australia in their last Pool B match on Friday. It is their first victory against Australia in the Olympics since 1972 Munich games. India bounced back from a 1-2 loss to the defending champions, Belgium, in their previous game. With this victory, India finished second and will now face Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the ongoing marquee event.

If Manu Bhakur is able to win, the 22-year-old shooter can become the first Indian athlete to win three Olympic medals in an individual sport. Plus, she could become only the first from her nation to win three Olympic medals in a single edition of the games. All eyes will be on Manu Bhaker when she will be in action from 1 PM IST onwards in Chatearoux, whereas the nation will also pin their hopes on Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari to clinch a medal in archery after a close heartbreak on Friday.

track and field events scheduled for August 3, at the Paris Olympics kick off within a matter of hours now and fans cannot hold their excitement as the past day of action in track and field has been nothing short of exciting, seeing phenomenal runs, selections, shocks and heartbreaks.

Summer Olympics in Paris, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise came into close contact, only a few weeks after Kidman made an unusual public statement regarding her collaboration with her former spouse. The actress from Big Little Lies went to the Olympics with her two daughters, Faith Margaret and Sunday Rose, and her current spouse, Keith Urban. Kidman celebrated the Women's Gymnastics team final, when Team USA won the gold medal, with her family on July 30, 2024, as per the reports of Yahoo entertainment. Tom Cruise was present at the Olympic Games as well; on July 28, 2024, he went to the women's gymnastics qualifiers. He was seen yelling encouragement for gymnast Simone Biles. Given their recent history, their presence at the Games coincided closely, suggesting a tight avoidance.

The Web3 community has launched a number of projects to help bring The 2024 Olympics to life digitally.

PARIS—Her parents are doctors. So are her siblings. Lee Kiefer is studying to be one, too.

Paris Olympics 2024 has become a news fest, riddled with major controversies and incidents that have started off, right from the point athletes stepped into the Olympic Village, followed by the opening ceremony, and now some more issues around respective events at the Olympics, that may have some eyebrow-raising rules and regulations.

Imane Khalif has become the target of politicians, and rabble-rousers and has become the focus of one of the most polarised cultural debates — the inclusion of trans people in sports. After the Algerian boxer defeated her Italian counterpart, Angela Carini in the boxing ring at the Paris Olympics, her victory sparked a global outrage as she was assumed to be a trans woman. Khelif emerged victorious when Carini conceded merely 46 seconds into their welterweight match after enduring several blows to the face. Following Carini's Round of 16 bout in Paris, the Italian Prime Minister criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC), stating, «Given the testosterone levels in the Algerian athlete's blood, it’s evident that the competition was unfair from the beginning.» In a social media post, American politician Donald Trump promised to ban men from women's sports.

Paris Olympics 2024 within a matter of a week but one certain incident caught the eye of the entire world when boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria knocked out her Italian opponent within a matter of 46 seconds. Right after this knockout, there were cries of unjust and unfair means being used, with Khelif's sexual identity coming into question.

IOC has called AI a ‘game changer in sport’. How is AI being used at the Olympics? ET explains: How are the Paris Olympics using AI? To safeguard athletes from cyber abuse, AI is being deployed to monitor hundreds of thousands of social media accounts and flag abusive messages.

Paris Olympics 2024 schedule for August 2, which is the seventh day of the sporting action, will be one of the most intense few hours. This is because as many as 23 gold medals lie in wait for the countries gunning for the top prize at the respective medal events. Be it the BMX racing finals or judo, there are some major surprises, shocks, and dominance lying in wait for all Olympic viewers on Day 7.

Italian female boxer Angela Carini has spoken for the first time after her opponent and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's 46-second win in a 66-kilogram fight at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday. Carini revealed that she didn't give up but a punch hurt her badly. Subsequently, she decided to leave with her «head held high». 25-year-old Italian boxer retired hurt and shrugged off attempts by Khelif to shake her hand, before collapsing to her knees and sobbing uncontrollably in the middle of the ring.

Olympics 2024 schedule for football shows that the United States will take on FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finalist Morocco in a mouth-watering soccer match at quarterfinals stage on Friday, August 2. Olympics 2024 soccer match between Team USA and Morocco is scheduled to kick off at 9 am (ET) at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Friday. Viewers in the US can watch the United States and Morocco's soccer game on Peacock. Morocco is likely to win the Olympics 2024 football quarterfinals against Team USA.

PARIS : France spent $1.5 billion to turn the Seine, the famously filthy river that flows through the heart of Paris, into a body of water that human beings could enter without contracting illness. Olympic organizers envisioned a postcard scene, with athletes swimming in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and the golden dome of Les Invalides. Now, after years of debate, countless E.

PARIS—Harvard is known for producing American presidents, Nobel Prize winners and people who love to remind you that they went to Harvard. It’s not known for churning out the world’s greatest athletes. In fact, Harvard is about as much of a factory for American sports talent as the Sorbonne.

Seine River, the women's and men's Olympic triathlon races will go forward Wednesday with a swim in the famed Paris waterway. The decision to go ahead with the Seine swim for the triathlon competitions is a big win for the city, Olympics organizers and the athletes. Officials undertook an ambitious plan, including 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in infrastructure improvements, to clean up the long-polluted Seine and have been steadfast in their insistence that the swimming portion of the triathlon and the marathon swimming events next week could safely be held in the river.

COVID-19 pandemic, the virus has forced athletes to withdraw from events and has others donning masks once again at the Paris Games.Several athletes have tested positive, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister who was a medal hope in the women’s 1,500 metres freestyle but had to withdraw from the event. Pallister has been instructed to isolate in her room.A team spokeswoman said the decision had been made to save Pallister’s energy for the 4x200m freestyle relay which starts on Thursday.British swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive a day after he narrowly missed out on 100 metres breaststroke gold, sharing silver with American Nic Fink.“I’ll now be focusing on a fast, full recovery to give my best in the team relays later in the week,” the 29-year-old Peaty posted on Instagram.“Adam’s okay, he’s not dying.