Official day 6 of the Olympics was a mixed one for Indian athletes as Ticket collector from Pune division- Swapnil Kusale won bronze medal in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions to become the first man from the country to bag the medal in this shooting discipline to take India’s medal tally to 3 medals. While there was good news from the men’s discipline, India failed to qualify for the finals in the women’s event where experienced Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra were in action.
The biggest heart break came from the badminton court as the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their quarter finals clash against Tokyo games bronze medallist pair of Soh and Chia and ace boxer Nikhat Zareen lost her round of 16 match. Two times Olympic medallist PV Sindhu also lost her pre quarter final clash against WR 9 He Bing Jao of China in straight games.
The focus now shifts onto the official day 7th of the competition and the biggest onus will be on the mixed archery team to end the disappointment of the archers and win a medal. The sole badminton representative from India- Lakshya Sen will square off in his quarter final clash against Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan. Indian hockey team will play its last group stage clash against the mighty Australian team. Here is the schedule of Indian athletes on 2 August 2024
Golf
Men’s Individual Finals (Round 2): Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar – 12.30 pm
Shooting
Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Precision: Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker – 12.30 pm
Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Rapiid: Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker – 3.30 pm
Men’s Skeet Qualification Day 1: Anantjeet Singh Naruka – 1.00 pm
Archery
Mixed Team 1/8 Eliminations (If qualified): India (Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat) vs Indonesia – 1.19 pm
Mixed Team Quarter-finals (If qualified): India (Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat) vs Indonesia – 5.45 pm
Mixed Team Semi-finals (If qualified): India (Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat) vs Indonesia – 7.01 pm onwards
Mixed Team Bronze medal match (If lost in semi-finals): India (Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat) vs Indonesia – 7.45 pm
Mixed Team Gold medal match (If qualified): India (Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat) vs Indonesia – 8.13 pm
Rowing
Men’s Single Sculls Finals (Final D): Balraj Panwar – 1.48 pm
Judo
Women’s +78kg Elimination round of 32: Tulika Mann vs Idalys Ortiz (Cuba) – 2.12 pm
Women’s +78kg Repechage contest (If qualified): Tulika Mann – 7.30 pm
Women’s +78kg Quarter-finals (If qualified): Tulika Mann – 3.30 pm onwards
Women’s +78kg Semi-finals (If qualified): Tulika Mann – 7.30 pm onwards
Women’s +78kg Bronze medal match (If lost in semi-finals): Tulika Mann – 7.45 pm
Women’s +78kg Gold medal match (If qualified): Tulika Mann – 8.15 pmSailingWomen’s Dinghy (Race 3): Nethra Kumanan – 3.45 pm
Women’s Dinghy (Race 4): Nethra Kumanan – 4.53 pm
Men’s Dinghy (Race 3): Vishnu Saravanan – 7.05 pm
Men’s Dinghy (Race 4): Vishnu Saravanan – 8.15 pm
Hockey
Men’s Tournament (Group stage): India vs Australia – 4.45 pm
Badminton
Men’s singles quarter-finals: Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei) – 6:30 pm
Athletics
Women’s 5,000m (Heat 1): Ankita Dhyani – 9.40 pm
Women’s 5,000m (Heat 2): Parul Chaudhary – 10.06 pm
Men’s Shot Put (Qualification): Tajinderpal Singh Toor – 11.40 pm
