New Delhi, India

The action continues in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 edition. So far, India have only two medals, both courtesy of Manu Bhaker (in mixed and women's shooting event). Day 6, i.e. on Thursday (Aug 1), will be one of the busiest days for the Indian contingent in the Paris Games with a chance to also bolster their medal tally. The likes of PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Swapnil Kusale, Nikhat Zareen, Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, etc., will be in action. 

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In badminton, many superstar shuttlers will feature in the Round of 16 in the singles category whereas Chirag-Satwik will face another challenge in the quarterfinals. Talking about boxer Nikhat, she will face a daunting task being up against Asian Games gold medallist China's Wu Yu in the ring in the women's 50 kg Round of 16 match. 

On the other hand, Swapnil Kusale will be featuring in his rifle final whereas Sift Kaur Samra will hunt a spot for the finals in her 50m rifle event. Golfers Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar will also be in action whereas Harmanpreet Singh-led men's hockey team will be up against Belgium in a crucial Pool B encounter.

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Here is all you need to know about India's Day 6 schedule along with timing, etc:

11:00 AM - MEDAL EVENT

Athletics: Men's 20km racewalk Final - Featuring Akashdeep, Vikash, Paramjeet Singh

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12:30 PM

Golf: Men's individual strokeplay Round 1 - Featuring Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar

12:50 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Athletics: Women's racewalk Final - Priyanka Goswami

1:00 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Shooting: Men's 50m rifle 3 position Final- Swapnil Kusale

1:30 PM

Hockey: Men's Pool B match - India vs Belgium

Table Tennis: Women's singles quarterfinals - Sreeja Akula (subject to qualification) 

2:30 PM

Boxing: Women's 50kg R16 - Nikhat Zareen

2:31 PM

Archery - Men's recurve individual R64 - Praveen Jadhav

3:10 PM

Shooting: Women's 50m rifle 3 position qualification - Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil

3:45 PM

Sailing: Men's dinghy ILCA 7 - Race 1 and 2 - Vishnu Saravanan

4:30 PM

Badminton: Men's doubles quarterfinals - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty

5:40 PM

Badminton: Men's singles Round of 16 - Lakshya Sen against HS Prannoy

7:05 PM

Sailing: Women's dinghy ILCA 6 - Race 1 and 2 - Nethra Kumanan

10:00 PM

Badminton: Women's singles Round of 16 - PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jaio