Plenty will be on stake as the Paris Olympics action moves to the month of August and one medal will be at stake on the day as Swapnil Kusale who qualified for the finals of men’s 50m 3 positions after a dramatic end to the qualifications will fight it out for a spot at the podium and bag India’s 3rd shooting medal. Athletics action will also start from the day as long distance running will start from the day and four Indians will be in the fray.
Lakshya Sen will play HS Prannoy in round of 16 for a guaranteed spot to India in the round of 8 at Olympics. Golf action will also begin from the day and PV Sindhu will play her round of 16 clash against He Bing Jao of China.
Indian hockey team will face a stern test in Belgium in group B clash and Belgium is coming on the back of winning 6-2 against the mighty Australians and India need to pull up their socks to eke out a result. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh will have to ensure to convert penalty corners chances into goal and strikers need to find field goals to upset the defending Olympic champions.
11 AM: Athletics: Men’s 20km Race Walk Final(Akshdeep Singh, Vikas Singh, Paramjeet Bisht)
12 PM onwards: Badminton – Men’s Singles Round of 16 (Lakshya Sen)
12:30 PM Onwards: Golf – Men’s Round 1 (Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubhankar Sharma)
12:50pm Onwards: Athletics – Women’s 20km Race Walk (Priyanka Goswami)
1 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)
2:30 PM: Archery – Men’s Recurve Individual 1/32 Elimination (Pravin Ramesh Jadhav), Round of 16 (3.10, if qualified)
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)
TBD (After Race 2): Sailing – Men’s Dinghy Race 1|2 (Vishnu Saravanan)
7:05 PM: Sailing – Women’s Dinghy Race 1|2 (Nethra Kumanan)
TBD (After Race 2): Sailing – Women’s Dinghy Race 1|2 (Nethra Kumanan)
10 PM: Badminton – Women’s Singles Round of 16- PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jao(China)
