Paris Olympics 2024, India Day 2 schedule: Indian archers aim for medal, shuttlers to compete on 28 July

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India Day 2 schedule, Paris Olympics 2024: Shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy, as well as boxer Nikhat Zareen will be in action on Sunday (28 July at the Paris Olympics. read more

 Indian archers aim for medal, shuttlers to compete on 28 July

Deepika Kumari will lead the Inda women's archery team in the quarter-finals whereas PV Sindhu begins her badminton campaign at the Paris Olympics. PTI

Day 2 of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday will see two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu begin her women’s singles badminton campaign. Sindhu will face FN Abdul Razzaq of Maldives early on Sunday. HS Prannoy, a two-time Asian Games medallist, will also be in action on Sunday.

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Prannoy will face Germany’s Fabian Roth. Another medal hope, boxer Nikhat Zareen will begin her campaign on Sunday. Zareen is scheduled to face Maxi Kloetzer of Germany in the women’s preliminary round of 32 bout (50 kg). The India women’s archery team secured direct qualification to the quarter-finals on Thursday and their last-eight contest against either France or Netherlands will take place later on Sunday.

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Indian shooters will also feature in Sunday’s events of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Elavenil Valarivan, after having failed to qualify for the medal rounds of the mixed team 10m air rifle event on Saturday, will compete in the women’s 10m air rifle competition on Sunday.

Let’s now take a quick look at the complete schedule for India on Day 2 of the Paris Olympics (All times IST):

Badminton

Women’s Singles (Group stage): PV Sindhu vs FN Abdul Razzaq (Maldives) — 12.50 pm

Men’s Singles (Group stage): Prannoy HS vs Fabian Roth (Germany) — 8.00 pm

Shooting

Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification: Elavenil Valarivan — 12.45 pm

Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification: Sandeep Singh and Arjun Babuta — 2.45 pm

Women’s 10m Air Pistol Final: Manu Bhaker — 3.30 pm

Rowing

Men’s Single Sculls (Repechage 2): Balraj Panwar — 1.18 pm

Table tennis

Women’s Singles (Round 2): Sreeja Akula vs Christina Källberg (Sweden) — 12.15 pm onwards

Women’s Singles (Round 2): Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey (Great Britain) — 12.15 pm onwards

Men’s Singles (Round 2): Sharath Kamal vs Deni Kozul (Slovenia) — 3.00 pm onwards

Men’s singles (Round 2): Harmeet Desai vs Felix Lebrun (France) —11.30 pm

Swimming

Men’s 100m Backstroke (Heat 2): Srihari Nataraj — 3.16 pm

Women’s 200m Freestyle (Heat 1): Dhinidhi Desinghu — 3.30 pm

Archery

Women’s Team (Quarter-finals): India (Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari) vs France/Netherlands — 5.45 pm

Women’s Team (Semi-finals): 7.17 pm onwards (* if India qualify)

Women’s Team (medal rounds): 8.18 pm onwards (* if India qualify)

Boxing

Women’s 50 kg, Prelims round of 32: Nikhat Zareen vs Maxi Kloetzer (Germany) (3.50 pm)

Tennis 

Men’s singles round 1: Sumit Nagal vs Corentin Moutet (France) (3.30 pm onwards)

Men’s doubles round 1: Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji vs Roger Vasselin and Gael Monfils (Time TBD)

How can I watch LIVE coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics? 

Fans can watch the live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics across the Sports18 channels and DD Sports channel on television. LIVE streaming of the Olympics is available on JioCinema mobile app and website for free.

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