Paris 2024 Olympics, India’s Day 4 schedule: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh in bronze contention, hockey team back in action,

The Indian contingent couldn’t add to the medal tally on Day 3, with Arjun Babuta coming heartbreakingly close to one. On Day 4, all eyes will be on Manu Bhaker who will go for a 2nd medal at these Games, partnering Sarabjot Singh.

SHOOTING

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze Medal: 1 pm
Sarabjot Singh-Manu Bhaker

She made history as first Indian woman ever to win a shooting medal at Olympics. Manu will seek to go a step further and make it two but they face a tough test vs Korea in bronze medal match.

SHOOTING

With rifle-pistol events headlining the first few days, it will the turn for shotgun athletes to enter the fray. Trap men’s qualification will come to a close but Prithviraj isn’t in a great position to qualify after Day 1.

Trap Men’s Qualfication, Day 2 (Prithviraj Tondaiman): 12.30 pm IST (Final if qualified)
Trap Women’s Qualification, Day 1 (Shreyasi Singh, Rajeshwari Kumari): 12.30 pm IST

ROWING

Men’s single sculls QF: 1.40 pm IST

Balraj Panwar

After just finishing outside the top three in Heat 1, Balraj did well in the repechage race to finish 2nd and reach the main quarterfinals.

HOCKEY

Men’s Pool B, India vs Ireland: 4.45 pm IST

It was yet another thriller for the Indian hockey team as Harmanpreet Singh pulled off a late rescue act against Argentina. India will need to however improve their gameplay as they take on a gritty Ireland side.

ARCHERY

Women’s individual recurve, RD 64: 5.15 pm onwards
Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari

Once again at the Olympics, archery has led to more disappointment than joy. Now the attention switches to individual events. Ankita will face Bhajan if they both win their first-round matches.

Ankita Bhakat vs Wioleta Myszor: 5.14 pm IST (Rd 32 if win)
Bhajan Kaur vs Syifa Kamal: 5.27 pm IST (Rd 32 if win)
Dhiraj Bommadevara vs Adam Li: 10.46 pm IST (Rd 32 if win)

BADMINTON

Group stage:
Satwik-Chirag, Ashwini-Tanisha

A huge match is on the cards. Satwik-Chirag and Alfian-Ardianto have reached the quarterfinals but the winner of this match will take top spot in Group C. For AshTan, it is a consolatory final match.

Men’s Doubles Group C: Satwik-Chirag vs Alfian-Ardianto: 5.30 pm IST
Women’s Doubles Group C; Ashwini-Tanisha vs Mapasa-Yu: Not before 6.20 pm ISt

BOXING

Men’s & Women’s RD16 / RD32: 7.15 pm onwards

Boxing action clicks into top gear now as three pugilists take to the ring. Preeti will be fighting her 2nd bout but Amit and Jaismine are kicking off their campaigns.

Men’s 51kg R16, Amit Panghal vs Patrick Chinyemba: 7.16 pm IST
Women’s 57kg R32, Jaismine vs Nesthy Petecio: 9.24 pm IST
Women’s 54kg R16: Preeti Pawar vs Yeni Castaneda: 1.22 am IST (Wednesday)

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International events to watch for:

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

Women’s team all-round final: 9 pm

Simone Biles, the sport’s biggest star — one of Paris 2024’s biggest stars — will contend for gold in the women’s team all-round final after topping qualification.

TENNIS

Men’s and Women’s singles; Men’s doubles, R2: 3.30 pm onwards

Coco Gauff, Rafael Nadal-Carlos Alcaraz
Regular singles action at Roland Garros will continue with second seed Coco Gauff hoping to take her medal hopes further against Croatia’s Donna Vekic. Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will return for doubles action.

SWIMMING

Men’s 800m Freestyle: 12.32am (Wednesday)

Another record holder set to be in action. The short-course world-record holder in 800m freestyle, Daniel Wiffen, will be the odds-on favourite to be on the top step of the podium in the event. It would be Ireland’s first-ever gold.

TABLE TENNIS

Mixed doubles, gold medal match: 6 PM

Top-seeded Chinese pair, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, the two best singles players in the world will be huge favourites but you could never count of DPR Korea in this event.

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