2016 Olympics: India at Rio, Day 3

In his last appearance on the Olympic stage, which was his third final in five attempts, Abhinav Bindra came within 0.1 of winning a second medal at the pinnacle of world sport

In the end, he bowed out of the competition at fourth place in the final of the men's 10m air rifle with cumulative score of 163

Bindra's compatriot Gagan Narang squandered a brilliant start to exit the event

Indian men's hockey team's perennial habit of conceding late goals continued to haunt them as reigning double Olympic champions Germany scored seconds from the final hooter to steal a 2-1 win. Rupinder Pal Singh scored India solitary goal

The Indian defence, which had a good match and stood firm all throughout, fumbled in the final seconds as Christopher Ruhr scored the winner for Germany with a deflection from close range to dash the PR Sreejesh-led side's hopes

A dejected Sreejesh after the end of the match

Swimmer Shivani Kataria finished 28th out of 29 swimmers in the 200m freestyle finishing 2nd among 3rd in her heat.

Sajan Prakash finished 41st in terms of timing amongst 43 swimmers who participated in the 200m Butterfly heats

Manavjit Sandhu - who went to the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Games and has won at every major tournament barring the Olympics - moved from his overnight position of 17th to 11th and then shot a perfect fourth round of 25 to be placed at eighth. That improved to seventh, but in the end he trailed off to finish at 16th

India women hockey team fell short against Great Britain as they lost their second Pool B match 0-

After the win, Great Britain moved to the top spot in Pool B with six points, while India dropped down to fourth with one point. India face Australia in their next match on Wednesday