Check out the full schedule for all events that the Indian contingent shall be competing in at the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 27, 2024
The inaugural day of the much anticipated Paris Olympics 2024 is almost here, and the Indian contingent will set off on their medal hunt by partaking in the qualification rounds across numerous events on Saturday.
The Indian contingent will kick off their campaign with 117 athletes set to partake in 69 medal events across 16 sports: Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Golf, Hockey, Judo, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table tennis and Tennis.
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Our athletes’ aim? Just one: to outdo the record medal haul from Tokyo 2022, comprising seven medals, including a gold.
The Games shall kick off on July 27, with India partaking in 6 of the 16 events on the initial day: Rowing, Badminton, Shooting, Table Tennis, Tennis and Hockey.
The likes of Badminton stars such as PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Satwik-Chirag will be aiming to start off on a strong note to set the tone.
Meanwhile, the Indian shooting contingent shall also have their eyes set on getting off to a blazing start.
Sumit Nagal will set off on his endeavour of bringing glory to India in the Men’s Singles round in Tennis, while the Australian Open winner Rohan Bopanna will team up with Sriram Balaji in pursuit of success in the Men’s Doubles event in Tennis.
India’s Paris Olympics Schedule for July 27, 2024 (Saturday)
12:30 PM || Rowing || Men’s Single Sculls Heats (Balraj Panwar)
12:30 PM || Shooting || 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team qualification (Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta, Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita Jindal)
12:50 PM || Badminton || Women’s Singles Group Stage (P V Sindhu)
1:40 PM || Badminton || Men’s Doubles Group Stage (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty), Women’s Doubles Group Stage (Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa)
2 PM || Shooting || 10m Air Pistol Men’s qualification (Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Cheema)
2 PM || Shooting || 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Medal Rounds (Subject to qualification)
2:30 PM || Badminton || Men’s Singles Group Stage (H S Prannoy, Lakshya Sen)
3:30 PM || Tennis (1st Round Matches) || Men’s Singles (Sumit Nagal), Men’s Doubles (Rohan Bopanna and N. Sriram Balaji)
4 PM || Shooting || 10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification (Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker)
6:30 PM || Table Tennis || Men’s Singles (Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai) & Women’s Singles (Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula) Preliminary Round
7 PM || Boxing || Women’s 54kg (Preeti Pawar), Round of 32
9 PM || Hockey || Men’s Group B (India v New Zealand)
11:30 PM || Table Tennis || Men’s Singles Round of 64 (Subject to qualification), Women’s Singles Round of 64 (Subject to qualification)
