Paris 2024 Olympics India Day 4 Preview: List of events, players in action, medal prediction
Shooters will again be front and center at the Paris Olympics as Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh look to clinch the bronze medal. The duo will be competing in the 10 m Air Pistol Mixed Team third-place shoot-off.
Shotgun events also get underway as Sheryasi Singh, Prithviraj Tondaiman and Rajeshwari Kumari compete in the qualification rounds of the Trap event.
Outside the Chateauroux Shooting Centre, the Indian men’s hockey team and shuttlers will also be in action in the round-robin stages. India takes on Ireland, while the pairings of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as well as Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto play their final pool matches.
Indian boxers and archers, meanwhile, face more pressure in the knock-out rounds. With an eye to bounce back from a medal-less outing on Day 3, Indian athletes will look to make Day 4 at the Paris Olympics memorable. Here, we take a look at all the action that’s lined up for the day before turning our attention to the medal prospects:
Shooting
Trap Men’s Qualification: Prithviraj Tondaiman, 12.30 pm IST
Trap Women’s Qualification: Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari, 1 pm IST
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh, 1 pm IST
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinals: Balraj Panwar, 1.40 pm IST
Rowing Men's Double Sculls Semifinals: (Subject to qualification), 2.20 pm IST
Rowing Men's Four Repechages: (Subject to results), 3.10 pm IST
Hockey
Men's Pool B: Ireland vs India, 4.45 pm IST
Archery
Women's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round: Ankita Bhakat vs Wioleta Myszor, 5.14 pm IST
Women's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round: Bhajan Kaur vs Syifa Nurafifah Kamal, 5.27 pm IST
Men’s Individual 1/32 Elimination Round: Dhiraj Bommadevara vs Adam Li, 9.15 pm IST
Badminton
Men's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group C: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, 5.30 pm IST
Women's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group C: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto 6.20 pm IST
Boxing
Men’s 51kg - Prelims - Round of 16: Amit vs Patrick Chinyemba, 7 pm IST
Women’s 57kg - Prelims - Round of 32: Jaismine vs Nesthy Petecio. 9.08 pm IST
Paris 2024 Olympics India Day 4 medal prediction
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh will lock horns with South Korea’s Oh Ye-jin and Wonhoo Lee in the 10 m Air Pistol Mixed Team bronze medal match. It will make for a tough fight as both women have bagged medals in the Individual competition, a testament to their form.
Lee, meanwhile, also finished fourth in the Men’s Individual competition, The Indian duo, however, combined better in the Team event qualification. They ranked at No. 3 with a score of 580, just one point ahead of Lee and Oh’ 579. A tough fight awaits Bhaker and Singh, but they definitely have the spark needed to add another medal to India’s tally.