August 1, 2024, Paris Olympics: A busy day six for the Indian delegation, with up to 16 competitors competing in archery, athletics, boxing, badminton, golf, hockey, shooting, and sailing.
Swapnil Kusale, who finished seventh in qualification, will attempt to win India’s third medal when he competes in the finals of the 50m rifle three positions.
Athletics action starts with racewalkers Priyanka Goswami, Vikas Singh, and Akshdeep Singh attempting to earn a medal for India.
The Indian men’s hockey team is already through to the knockout stages and will play Belgium in a group-stage matchup at the top of the table.
Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra, shooters, compete in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification round.
In the round of 16 of the men’s and women’s singles events, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will compete.
As archer Pravin Ramesh Jadhav continues his campaign, boxer Nikhat Zareen is also in action.
Following Manu Bhaker‘s historic second medal with Sarabjot Singh the day before, no more medals were won on Wednesday.
India’s Paris 2024 Olympic Schedule for August 1st
- 11 AM: Athletics – Men’s 20km Race Walk (Akshdeep Singh, Vikas Singh, Paramjeet Bisht)
- 12:30 PM: Golf – Men’s Round 1 (Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubhankar Sharma)
- 12:50 PM: Athletics – Women’s 20km Race Walk (Priyanka Goswami)
- 1:00 PM: Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Final (Swapnil Kusale)
- 1:30 PM: Hockey – Men’s Group B (India v Belgium)
- 2:30 PM: Boxing – Women’s 50kg Round of 16 (Nikhat Zareen vs Wu Yu)
- 2:31 PM: Archery – Men’s Individual 1/32 Elimination (Pravin Ramesh Jadhav)
- 3:30 PM: Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women’s Qualification (Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil)
- 3:45 PM: Sailing – Men’s Dinghy Race 1|2 (Vishnu Saravanan)
- 4:30 PM: Badminton – Men’s doubles quarterfinals (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik)
- Not before 5:40 PM: Badminton – Men’s Singles Round of 16 (Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy)
- 7:05 PM: Sailing – Women’s Dinghy Race 1|2 (Nethra Kumanan)
- 10:00 PM: Badminton – Women’s singles Round of 16 (PV Sindhu vs He Bingiiao of China)
