Paris 2024 Olympics: Day 6 Schedule - Swapnil Kusale To Fight For A Medal; Nikhat Zareen and Indian Hockey Team Also To Be In Action

On the fifth day of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Indian athletes did not win any medals. However, they performed exceptionally well in their matches. Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula both reached the Pre-quarterfinals in singles Table Tennis, but unfortunately, they lost in their round of 16 matches at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics. On the positive side, shooter Swapnil Kusale qualified for the final of the Men's Rifle 3 Position event, while shuttlers HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen secured places in the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event.

New Delhi: The fifth day of the Paris Olympics 2024 unfolded quite well for India with PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen Marching into the pre-quarterfinals winning their respective fixtures. Apart from this, Sreeja Akula also performed brilliantly in table tennis getting an entry pass in the pre-quarterfinal. Today we are going to tell you about the entire schedule of the sixth day. Also, Swapnil Kusale made it into the final of the Men’s Rifle 3 Position event and will play for a medal tomorrow.

Day 6️⃣ Schedule of 🇫🇷#ParisOlympics2024 is OUT!#TeamIndia is all set to feature in several disciplines from🥊#Boxing to #Sailing to🎯#Archery and🔫 #Shooting. 3️⃣🎖️events in #Athletics are also slated to take place tomorrow.

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The following are the matches where Indian players will compete against the best in the business.

Golf

Indian players will be seen showing their prowess in golf on August 1. Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma will kick off their campaigns with the Men's Individual Play Round 1.

Men's Individual Play Round 1 (Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma) - 12:30 PM

Shooting

India will aim to add to their medal count in shooting. Swapnil Kusale will be seen representing India in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position Final. Apart from this, Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil will be seen playing in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification.

Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position Final (Swapnil Kusale) - 1 PM
Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification (Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil) - 3:30 pm

Hockey

The Indian men's hockey team will lock horns with Belgium in their group match. India have won against New Zealand and Ireland, while they played a 1-1 draw with Argentina. Now they will have a chance to defeat Belgium on Thursday.

India vs Belgium - 1:30 PM

Boxing

Nikhat Zareen will be up against Wu Yu of the Republic of China in the Round of 16 fixture in the Women's 50 kg.

Women's 50kg Round of 16 (Nikhat Zareen) - 2:30 PM

Archery

Praveen Ramesh Jadhav will compete against China's Kae Wenchao in the men's elimination round of archery.

Men's Individual Elimination Round - 2:30 PM

Sailing

Athlete Vishnu Saravanan will resume his Olympics campaign in the men's sailing event while compatriot Netra Kumanan will battle in the women's sailing competition for India.

Men's Sailing (Vishnu Saravanan) - 3:30 PM
Women's Sailing (Netra Kumanan) - 7:00 PM

Athletics

India will start their campaign in Athletics on Thursday in the 20 km race walk in the men's and women's events as well. The trio of Paramjeet Bisht, Akshdeep Singh and Vikash Singh will compete in the men's event while Priyanka will also start her campaign.

Men's 20km Race Walk (Paramjeet Bisht, Akshdeep Singh and Vikash Singh) - 11 AM
Women's 20km Race Walk (Priyanka) - 12:50 PM