Paris Olympics 2024: All you need to know about India's schedule on Day 7 with Manu Bhaker back in action

Paris Olympics 2024: All you need to know about India's schedule on Day 7 with Manu Bhaker back in action

Paris Olympics 2024: All you need to know about India's schedule on Day 7 with Manu Bhaker back in action

After a mixed day at the office on Thursday (August 1), the Indian contingent will be back in action on Friday as a host of star names take guard in search of medals. Day 6 sawSwapnil Kusale bag a bronze medal for India in shooting while three top medal prospects in badminton bowed out. On Friday, Manu Bhaker will be back in action while the India hockey team also takes to the field when they face Australia in their final pool match. Ahead of an action-packaged Day 7 here is all you need to know about Indian athletes who are in action.

Here's a look at India's schedule for August 2, Friday:

12:30 PM: Golf - Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar in men's individual round 2.

12:30 PM: Shooting - Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh in women's 25m pistol precision qualification.

1 PM:Shooting - Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in men's skeet qualification day 1.

1 PM:Archery - India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara take on Indonesia's Diananda Choirunsiaand Arif Pangestu in mixed team round of 16 match.

1 PM:Rowing - Balraj Panwar in men's singles sculls classification.

1:30 PM:Judo - Tulika Maan vs Idalys Ortiz in the women's +75 kg round of 32 match.

Maan is the only Indian judoka at the Paris 2024. She faces a tough opponent in her opening round - Ortiz is a Cuban judo legend, winning four Olympic medals in her career, winning gold back in London 2012.

3:45 PM: Sailing - Nethra Kumaran in women's dinghy race 3 and 4.

4:45 PM:Hockey - India vs Australia men's pool match.

The Indian men usually struggle against the Aussies but they would like to take the positives from their previous two matches and push for a win.

6:30 PM:Badminton - Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

7:05 PM:Sailing - Vishnu Saravanan in men's dinghy race 3 and 4.

9:40 PM:Athletics - Ankita and Parul Chaudhary in women's 5000m round 1.

11:40 PM:Athletics - Tajinderpal Singh Toor in men's shot put qualification.

Tajinderpal is a two-time Asian Games gold medallist. Here in this event, athletes meeting the qualification standard of 21.35m or at least 12 best performers qualify for the final.

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