Paris Olympics 2024 Day 9: Paris, the ‘City of Light’, has been hosting the world's biggest sporting extravaganza this year. Today, Sunday, August 4, marks the ninth day of the 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics.
This year's summer games kicked off on July 26 and is set to wrap up on August 11. Today, all eyes would be set for Lakshya Sen as he is set to compete against Viktor Axelsen, at the semi-final round of Men's Singles event in badminton. The Indian hockey team would also compete against Great Britain, at the quarter-final round of Men's hockey.
Here's India's Day 9 schedule at the Paris Olympics (Timings in IST):
1:35 PM: Parul Chaudhary in Women’s 3000m steeplechase Round 1
2: 30 PM: Jeswin Aldrin in Men’s long jump qualification
3:30 PM: Lakshya Sen in Men’s singles semi-final
3:02 PM: Lovlina Borgohain in Women’s 75kg quarter-final
12:30 PM: Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar in Men’s individual stroke play Round 4
1:30 PM: India vs Great Britain men’s quarter-final
3:35 PM : Vishnu Saravanan in Men’s dinghy race 7
6:05 PM: Nethra Kumanan in Women's dinghy race 7
Nethra Kumanan, and Vishnu Saravanan would follow for Women's dinghy race 8, and Men's dinghy race 8, respectively upon finishing race 7.
12:30 PM: Anish and Vijayveer Sidhu in Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification stage 2
1:00 PM : Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan in Women’s skeet qualification Day 2
4:30 PM: Anish and Vijayveer Sidhu in Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification Stage 2
7:00 PM : Women’s skeet final (subject to qualification)
August 3 marked a setback for India as Manu Bhaker narrowly missed her third medal in the 25m pistol event at the Paris Olympics, and finished fourth with 28 points.
She lost the bronze to Veronika Major, Hungary's star shooter.
