Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh shot incredibly well to defeat Korea for bronze on Tuesday, giving India their second medal. However, there is a chance that India could add to that on Day 5. After Day 1, women’s trap shooting is the only event with medals. But there are also large-scale competitions like boxing, archery, and mostly badminton.
SHOOTING
50m Rifle 3-Position Men Qualification: 12.30 pm IST
Swapnil Kusale and Aishawary Pratap Singh Tomar
Now that the 3-position competitors have entered the race, it’s time for shooting’s version of the marathon to get underway. On Wednesday, there is just the qualification event. Kusale would try to get into the top 8 tomar.
Also in shooting:– Trap Women’s Qualification, Day 2 (Rajeshwari Kumari, Shreyasi Singh) at 12:30 IST (If either of them qualifies, the medal final will be held later.)
BADMINTON
Group stage MS: 1.40 pm IST onwards
HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu, and Lakshya Sen
Lakshya Sen will face the overwhelming favourite Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in a straight shootout, which will decide his fate at these Games. To get into the knockout stages, the winner takes all. To secure their place, Sindhu and Prannoy must pass comparatively simple examinations.
Women’s Singles Group M: Around 12.50 p.m. IST, PV Sindhu vs. Kristin Kuuba
Men’s Singles Group L: Jonatan Christie vs. Lakshya Sen, approximately at 1:40 PM IST
Men’s Singles Group K: Duc Phat Lee vs. HS Prannoy, 11 p.m. IST
TABLE TENNIS
Women’s singles R32 / R16: From 2.30 pm IST
Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula
In the third round, Sreeja Akula would like to compete alongside Manika Batra, who became the first Indian paddler to advance this far. Later in the day, Manika will compete as well; her opponent will be chosen in the afternoon.
Women’s singles R32: Zeng Jian vs. Sreeja Akula, 2:30 p.m. IST
Women’s singles R16, Manika Batra vs Zhu Chengzhu / Hui Mirano: 20.30 pm IST
BOXING
Prelims for men and women begin at 3:50 p.m.
Nishant Dev and Lovlina Borgohain
Following a lackluster day, focus shifts to one of India’s returning Tokyo medal winners. This time, Lovlina will try to make an immediate impression in Paris but in a different weight class. Additionally, the formidable Nishant launches his crusade.
Women’s 75kg R16, Lovlina Borgohain vs Sunniva Hofstad: 3.50 pm IST
Men’s 71kg R16, Nishant Dev vs Jose Tenorio: 12.34 am IST (Thursday)
ARCHERY
Women’s / Men’s individual recurve, RD 64: 3:50 pm IST onwards
Tarundeep Rai, and Deepika Kumari
Veteran competitors Tarundeep and Deepika will attempt to make a course correction and go forward in the individual events.
Deepika Kumari versus Reena Parnat in the women’s recurve, RD of 64: 3.56 pm IST(RD 32 later, if win)
Men’s recurve, RD of 64: Tom Hall vs. Tarundeep Rai, 9.28 p.m. IST (RD 32 later, if win)
EQUESTRIAN
Individual Dressage Grand Prix: 2:30 p.m.
Anush Agarwalla
Anush will compete in the Dressage Grand Prix Individual on Sir Caramello Old. The six athletes with the next-best scores (including ties) and the top two competitors from each group will advance to the individual final.
ROWING
Semifinal C/D for men’s single sculls: 1.24 pm IST
Balraj Panwar
Balraj will try to place as high as possible in the classification semifinals after losing out on the medal semifinals. This race is only important for his position in the overall rankings; it is not important for podium placement.
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
Final for men’s individual all-around: 9 p.m.
There will probably be a competition between China and Japan in what appears to be one of the main medal events of the day. Zhang Boheng and Hashimoto Daiki will compete for gold.
TENNIS
Men’s and women’s singles, starting at 3 PM
Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic
Roland Garros’ regular singles competition will resume with Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, the defending French Open champion, aiming to gain momentum for his favoured gold against Roman Safiullin. Novak Djokovic, the number one seed, will also compete.
BASKETBALL
Men’s Group C, Thursday at 12.30 AM; US vs. South Sudan
SWIMMING
Women’s 1500m Freestyle: Thursday, 12.43 a.m.
Ledecky, Katie
With five different finals, the Olympic swimming day is jam-packed. The American Katie Ledecky, who is vying for her seventh Olympic gold medal and is defending her 1500m freestyle championship, will be the main attraction.
