India at Paris Olympics, Day 6: Swapnil Kusale goes for medal; Prannoy up against Sen

The Indian contingent is set for one of their busiest days at the Paris Games on Thursday. With three medal rounds on the schedule, the action will be relentless from the start. The day begins with the men’s and women’s racewalkers competing in the finals of the 20km events. Later, in a dramatic showdown, HS Prannoy will face Lakshya Sen in the men’s singles Round of 16, with one player facing elimination.

The spotlight will also be on Swapnil Kusale, who made history as the first Indian shooter to reach the 50m rifle three positions final on Wednesday. He will now aim for a medal. Apart from this, the Indian men’s hockey team, having already secured a quarterfinal spot will face Belgium in their next pool match.

Here’s India’s schedule for Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024:

11:00 AM – MEDAL EVENT
Athletics: Men’s 20km racewalk Final – Akashdeep, Vikash, Paramjeet Singh

12:30 PM
Golf: Men’s individual strokeplay R1 – Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar

12:50 PM – MEDAL EVENT
Athletics: Women’s racewalk Final – Priyanka Goswami

1:00 PM – MEDAL EVENT
Shooting: Men’s 50m rifle 3 position Final- Swapnil Kusale

1:30 PM
Hockey: Men’s Pool B match – India vs Belgium
Table Tennis: Women’s singles quarter-finals – Sreeja Akula (if qualified)

2:30 PM
Boxing: Women’s 50kg R16 – Nikhat Zareen

2:31 PM
Archery – Men’s recurve individual R64 – Praveen Jadhav

3:10 PM
Shooting: Women’s 50m rifle 3 position qualification – Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil

3:45 PM
Sailing: Men’s dinghy ILCA 7 – Race 1 and 2 – Vishnu Saravanan

4:30 PM
Badminton: Men’s doubles quarter-finals – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty

5:40 PM
Badminton: Men’s singles R16 – Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy

7:05 PM
Sailing: Women’s dinghy ILCA 6 – Race 1 and 2 – Nethra Kumanan

10:00 PM
Badminton: Women’s singles R16 – PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jaio