India’s Day 2 schedule at Paris 2024 Olympics: Manu Bhaker, women’s archery team in medal contention; PV Sindhu and Nikhat Zareen begin their campaigns

ARCHERY

Women’s team event: QF to medal matches, From 5.45 pm IST

Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur

India’s wait for an archery medal has been long and painstaking but in Paris, the team events have shaped up well. First to go will be the women’s trio, who are in QF action and two wins away from a potential medal.

SHOOTING

10m Air Pistol Women’s Final: 3.30 pm IST

Manu Bhaker

After the heartbreak in Tokyo, Manu did well on Saturday to come through qualification and reach the final. On Saturday, she will face a tough ask in a loaded field to try and clinch a medal. Rifle shooters will be in qualification too.

10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification, Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita Jindal: 12.45 pm IST:
10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification, Sandeep Singh Arjun Babuta: 2.45 pm IST

BADMINTON

Group stage: From 12:50 pm IST

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy

India’s top-ranked singles shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy kickstart their group-stage campaigns. Both of them have received comfortable draws in the group stage and will look to start off without any hiccups.

Women’s singles Group M, PV Sindhu vs FN Abdul Razzaq: 12.50 pm IST approx
Men’s Singles, Group K, Prannoy HS vs Fabian Roth: 8.00 pm IST approx

BOXING

Women’s 50kg R32: 3.50 pm IST

Nikhat Zareen

Two-time World Champion Nikhat has been has been handed a tough draw but she begins with a winnable bout against Germany’s Maxi Carina Kloetzer. Tougher tests await but the Indian will want to get off to a good start.

ROWING

Men’s single sculls repechage round: 1:05 pm IST

Balraj Panwar

After just finishing outside the top three in Heat 1, Balraj will try to get back into the quarterfinals through repechage. Top two from each repechage race will remain in contention.

SWIMMING

Men’s 100m back, Women’s 200m free: 3.00 pm IST onwards

Srihari Nataraj, Dhinidhi Desinghu

India’s most recognised swimmer Srihari and the country’s youngest member of the contingent in Dhinidhi Desinghu will take to the pools and look to register their personal bests. They qualified through Universality quotas.

Men’s 100m Backstroke (Heat 2), Srihari Nataraj: 3.13 pm IST
Women’s 200m Freestyle (Heat 1): Dhinidhi Desinghu: 3.30 pm IST

TABLE TENNIS

Singles round of 63: From 2:15 pm onwards

Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai

The four Indian singles players selected for the Table Tennis event will all be in action in the individual events, round of 16. Sharath, who was the flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, and Manika will lead the charge.

Women’s Singles (R 64): Sreeja Akula vs Christina Källberg: 2.15 pm IST
Women’s Singles (R 64): Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey: 4 pm IST
Men’s Singles (R 64): Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kozul: 3 pm IST
Men’s Singles ( R 64): Harmeet Desai vs Felix Lebrun: 11.30 pm IST

TENNIS: TBD

International events to keep an eye on:

Skateboarding

Women’s Street Final: 8.30pm IST

The skateboarding women’s street final pits Brazil’s Rayssa Leal – who took home silver aged 13 in Tokyo – against the Japanese duo: narrow favourite Akama Liz, 15, and 14-year-old world number one Yoshizawa Coco.

Tennis

Men’s Singles 1st round: 3.30pm IST onwards

In what will be his last Olympics and probably his last tournament at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal will take on Marton Fucsovics in the first round of the singles tournament. There are fitness concerns about Nadal but if he wins this, he faces Novak Djokovic in the next round.

Basketball

Men’s Group Phase: USA vs Serbia: 8.45 pm IST

The USA men’s basketball team’s quest for a record-extending 17th gold medal at the Olympics will begin on Sunday against Serbia in their Group C encounter. LeBron James & Co. are expected to face a stiff challenge against a team that will be led by three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

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Swimming

Men’s 400m Individual Medley: Midnight (29 July)

France to finally end their wait for a swimming gold, with world record holder Leon Marchand out to win his pet event, the men’s 400m individual medley.

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