Paris Olympics 2024 Day 6 Highlights: Swapnil hands India its 3rd medal, Satwik-Chirag and PV Sindhu go down, Lakshya advances
Women's 20km race walk event delayed too
Because of thunderstorms, the women's 20km race walk event which was scheduled to take place at 12:50 pm will now begin at 1:20 pm.
Here's what we have in store for today
11:30 am: Men's 20km race walk: Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akashdeep Singh and Vikash Singh (medal event)
12:50 pm: Women's 20 km race walk: Priyanka (medal event)
12:30 pm: Golf - Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma in men's individual round 1.
1 pm: Shooting - Swapnil Kusale - men's 50m rifle-3 position final (medal event)
1:30 pm: Hockey - India vs Belgium in men's pool match
1:10 pm: Men's singles round of 16 (India's lakshya might take on HS Prannoy)
2:30 pm: Nikhat Zareen vs Wu Yu (round of 16 match)
2:31 pm: Archery - Pravin Jadhav vs China's Kai Wenchao in men's round of 16 match
3:30 pm: Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil in women's 50m3 positions qualifications
3:45 pm: Tamil Nadu's Vishnu Saravanan in action - men's dinghy race 1 and 2
4:30 pm: Satwik and Chirag (Quarter-final) match
7:05 pm: Tamil Nadu's Nethra Kumanan in women's dinghy race 3 and 4
10:00 pm - PV Sindhu (round of 16 match)
20km race walk event delayed
Because of thunderstorms the men's 20km race walk final which was scheduled to start at 11:00 am will be delayed by 30 minutes. The event will start at 11:30 am. India’s Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akashdeep Singh and Vikash Singh will be in action. Stay tuned!
Hello!! welcome to Day 6 of the Paris Olympics
It’s Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024 and the athletics competition begins from today, starting with the men's 20km race walk (medal event) where India’s Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akashdeep Singh, and Vikash Singh will be in action.
It is followed by the women’s 20km race walk (medal event) where Priyanka Goswami will compete. She finished in the 17th position at the Tokyo Olympics.
The next big thing to look forward to is the finale of the men's 50m rifle-3 position event where Swapnil Kusale from Pune will strive to overcome past setbacks and win a medal for the country.
In hockey, the Indian men’s team will take on table topper’s Belgium in a Pool B match.
Coming to boxing, India's Nikhat Zareen will go up against Chinese 52-kg world champion Wu Yu in the round of 16 match in women's flyweight.