New Delhi: The second day of the Paris Olympics 2024 for India will be headlined by young shooter Manu Bhaker who successfully qualified for the final event of women’s 10m air pistol after finishing third in the qualification round on Sunday. This was probably the only silver lining for the Indian contingent on the opening day. Along with Bhaker, the India women’s archery team will also target medals, who, if qualified, can vie for a gold medal as well on the same day.
Although many athletes across other sports won their opening group stage fixtures like the Indian men’s hockey team and the famed badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the day started with the Indian shooters failing to rank higher in the leaderboard for the mixed team event. It was a dull performance in the men’s individual event as Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh couldn’t make it to the final rounds. Sarabjot missed the eighth and final qualifying position only by a missed inner-10.
The day moved forward with rower Balraj Panwar making it to the repechages of men’s singles sculls after finishing fourth in the heats. Manu made it to the finals and kept the hopes alive for her maiden Olympic medal. She has a chance to script history as she will become the first Indian female shooter to claim gold at the Olympics.
The Indian shuttlers (Lakshya Sen, Chirag-Satwik) took centerstage as they won their respective first group stage fixtures and the Indian men’s hockey team grabbed a momentous win against New Zealand as well. The day ended with boxer Preeti Pawar qualifying for the next round while the pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto faced a defeat in the women’s doubles group match.
Nonetheless on Day 2, India have a plethora of events coming up on their way and it will again start with the shooters who will be up in their individual qualification rounds. The day also has games scheduled for ace shuttler PV Sindhu, boxer Nikhat Zareen, and the Indian paddlers as well. The Indian swimmers will also be in action along with tennis stars Sumit Nagal, Rohan Bopanna, and N. Sriram Balaji.
India’s schedule for Day 2, Paris Olympics 2024
Shooting
– Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification: Elavenil Valarivan and Ramita Jindal (12:45 pm IST)
– Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification: Sandeep Singh and Arjun Babuta (2:45 pm IST)
– Women’s 10m Air Pistol Finals: Manu Bhaker (3:30 pm IST)
Badminton
– Women’s Singles (Group stage): PV Sindhu vs FN Abdul Razzaq (Maldives) (12:50 pm IST)
– Men’s Singles (Group stage): HS Prannoy vs Fabian Roth (Germany) (8:00 pm IST)
Rowing
– Men’s Single Sculls (Repechage 2): Balraj Panwar (1:06 pm IST)
Table tennis
– Women’s Singles (Round of 64): Sreeja Akula vs Christina Källberg (Sweden) (2:15 pm IST)
– Men’s Singles (Round of 64): Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kozul (Slovenia) (3:00 pm IST)
– Women’s Singles (Round of 64): Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey (Great Britain) (4:30 pm IST)
– Men’s Singles (Round of 64): Harmeet Desai vs Félix Lebrun (France) (11:30 pm IST)
Swimming
– Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats: Srihari Nataraj (3:13 pm IST)
– Women’s 200m Freestyle Heats: Dhinidhi Desinghu (3:30 pm IST)
– Men’s 100m Backstroke Semi-finals (if qualified): Srihari Natraj (1:02 am IST of July 29)
– Women’s 200m Freestyle Semi-finals (if qualified): Dhinidhi Desinghu (1:20 am IST of July 29)
Tennis
– Men’s Singles Round 1: Sumit Nagal vs Corentin Moutet (France) (3:30 pm IST onwards)
– Men’s Doubles Round 1: Rohan Bopanna and N. Sriram Balaji vs Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Gaël Monfils (France) (3:30 pm IST onwards)
Boxing
– Women’s 50 kg (Round of 32): Nikhat Zareen vs Maxi Kloetzer (Germany) (3:50 pm IST)
Archery
– Women’s Recurve Team Quarter-finals: India (Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari) vs France/Netherlands (5:45 pm IST)
– Women’s Recurve Team Semi-finals (if qualified): Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Deepika Kumari (7:17 pm IST onwards)
– Women’s Recurve Team bronze medal match (if semi-finals lost): Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari (8:18 pm IST)
– Women’s Recurve Team gold medal match (if qualified): Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari (8:41 pm IST)
Paris Olympics 2024, India’s Day 2 Schedule: India will compete across eight sports on the second day at the Summer Games in Paris and will look to start off on a bright note. Manu Bhaker and the women’s archery team will be targeting medals as well. Here’s the full schedule of India’s first day. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
