India’s Day 6 in Paris Olympics: Athletics in Action With Kusale Set to Shine in Shooting Final

Day six of the Paris Olympics will be an active one for the Indian athletes as three medal events are set to take place today. Athletics will be in action, and they will look to avenge the preceding heartbreaks. The 20km event finals will include action early in the day for both men's and women's racewalkers. One big showdown is all set to take place today as two Indian athletes will be competing against each other to advance further in the competition. Check out a thorough preview of today's events and the entire schedule of Day 6 of Team India's schedule in the Paris Olympics.

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India’s Day 6 in Paris Olympics India to Feature in Three Medal Events, Shooting & Badminton to Remain in Focus

Three medal matches will be in place today and from the start, athletics will be in action as Akashdeep, Vikash, and Paramjeet Singh in the Men's and Priyanka Goswami will participate in the medal event in the racewalk event. Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will square off in the men's singles Round of 16. This round will eliminate one of the contestants. Another medal round which will be in focus on the afternoon will be the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position Final as Swapnil Kusale will aim for the big prize and will aim to continue the shooting contingent's medal spree.

The evening's spotlight will be on Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, two of India's top medal contenders in the Olympics in Paris. The quarterfinal match will feature the Indian badminton team. In the Round of 16, Nikhat Zareen, a boxer, faces Wu Yu, a former world champion from China. The match between shuttler PV Sindhu and He Bing Jaio in the Round of 16 would conclude India's day.

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

11:00 AM IST - MEDAL EVENT - Athletics: Men's 20km racewalk Final - Akashdeep, Vikash, Paramjeet Singh

12:30 PM IST - Golf: Men's individual strokeplay R1 - Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar

12:50 PM IST- MEDAL EVENT - Athletics: Women's racewalk Final - Priyanka Goswami

01:00 PM IST - MEDAL EVENT - Shooting: Men's 50m rifle 3 position Final- Swapnil Kusale

01:30 PM IST - Hockey: Men's Pool B match - India vs Belgium

Table Tennis: Women's singles quarter-finals - Sreeja Akula (if qualified)

02:30 PM IST - Boxing: Women's 50kg R16 - Nikhat Zareen

02:31 PM IST - Archery - Men's recurve individual R64 - Praveen Jadhav

03:10 PM IST - Shooting: Women's 50m rifle 3 position qualification - Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil

03:45 PM IST - Sailing: Men's dinghy ILCA 7 - Race 1 and 2 - Vishnu Saravanan

04:30 PM IST - Badminton: Men's doubles quarter-finals - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty

05:40 PM IST - Badminton: Men's singles R16 - Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy

07:05 PM IST - Sailing: Women's dinghy ILCA 6 - Race 1 and 2 - Nethra Kumanan

10:00 PM IST - Badminton: Women's singles R16 - PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jaio