India At Olympics Day 3 Results In Full: Manu Bhaker Eyes Another Bronze, Archers Disappoint Again

Manu Bhaker was on course to make more Olympic history as she put herself in contention for an unprecedented second medal on a day when the men's hockey team managed an underwhelming draw, a fourth-place finish broke Indian hearts at the shooting range and the pampered archers simply capitulated. For a second day running, Bhaker was the star of the India show as she combined with Sarabjot Singh to make the bronze medal match of the 10m air pistol mixed team competition at Chateauroux's shooting range.

The two will be up against the Korean combination of Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho, who shot 579, in the bronze-medal match. Should they triumph, Bhaker will become the first Indian to win more than one medal in a single edition of the Games.

In another superlative performance, Manika Batra created history by becoming the first Indian table tennis player to reach singles pre-quarterfinals at the Olympic Games with a fluent 4-0 win over world number 18 and home favourite Prithika Pavade.

A second medal could have come on Monday itself had debutant shooter Arjun Babuta managed to hold his nerves in the 10m air rifle men's final. He looked good for a bronze or even a silver at one stage of the competition but settled for an agonising fourth-place finish after going haywire.

"It was not my day. It is very hard to deal with fourth. It is the worst place to finish. It is disheartening," the 25-year-old Babuta didn't hide his pain.

"There are lot of thoughts going on and I feel I have to fight them with counter thoughts. Eventually I have to tell myself that I gave my 100 percent...One can be never ready for a fourth place finish," he added.

In contrast, Bhaker, who became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal with her