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The Indian contingent is in the French capital city, Paris ahead of the quadrennial Summer Games, which begin on Friday, July 26 with an extravagant opening ceremony. The Indian contingent, which included 117 athletes across different genres of sports, will take the centre stage from July 27 after the Indian archery team was seen in action on Thursday, July 25.
On Day 2 of the Paris 2024, some 24 Indian athletes along with the men’s hockey team will be seen in action in sports like rowing, shooting, badminton, table tennis, tennis, boxing and hockey. Here in this article, we’ll take a look at the events scheduled for Saturday, July 27.
Rowing
12:30 pm: Balraj Panwar - Men’s Single Sculls, Heats
Shooting
12:30 pm: Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, Qualification
12:30 pm: Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, Qualification
2:00 pm: Sarabjot Singh & Arjun Singh Cheema - 10m Air Pistol Men’s, Qualification
4:00 pm: Manu Bhaker & Rhythm Sangwan - 10m Air Pistol Women’s, Qualification
Badminton
12:50 pm: PV Sindhu vs TBC - Women’s Singles, Group Play Stage
1:40 pm: Chiraj Shetty - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs TBC - Men’s Doubles, Group Play Stage
2:30 pm: Ashwini Ponnappa - Tanisha Crasto vs TBC - Women’s doubles, Group Play Stage
2:30 pm: HS Prannoy vs TBC - Men’s Singles, Group Play Stage
8:00 pm: Lakshya Sen vs TBC - Men’s Singles, Group Play Stage
Tennis
3:30 pm: Sumit Nagal vs Corentin Moutet (France) - Men’s Singles, First Round
3:30 pm: Sriram Balaji/Rohan Bopanna vs Fabien Reboul and Edouard Roger-Vasselin - Men’s Doubles, First Round
Table Tennis
6:30 pm: Achanta Sharath Kamal & Harmeet Desai - Men’s Singles, Preliminary Round
6:30 pm: Manika Batra & Sreeja Akula - Women’s Singles, Preliminary Round
Boxing
7:00 pm: Preeti Pawar vs Vo Thi Kim Anh (Vietnam) - Women’s 54kg, Prelims - Round of 32
Hockey
9:00 pm: India vs New Zealand - Men’s Pool B
