NEW DELHI: After becoming the first Indian shooter to reach the 50m rifle three positions final at the Olympics, Swapnil Kusale added another shooting medal for the country at the Paris Games on Thursday. Swapnil Kusale shot a total of 451.4 points in the final to clinch the bronze medal. It is India’s third medal in Paris, and all of them came from the shooting sports.
Meanwhile, the Indian men’s hockey team, having already secured their quarterfinal spot, lost 1-2 against Belgium in their pool match.
Following is India’s Day 6 schedule at the Paris Olympics on Thursday (All timings in IST):
Athletics
11 AM: Vikash Singh finishes 30th, Paramjeet Singh Bisht 37th in Men’s 20km Race Walk. Akshdeep Singh did not finish the race – (Rescheduled for 11:30 AM due to bad weather conditions)
Golf
12:30 PM: Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma in Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 1
Athletics
12:50 PM:Priyanka Goswami finishes 41st in Women’s 20km Race Walk – Rescheduled for 1:20 PM due to bad weather conditions
Shooting
1 PM: Swapnil Kusale wins bronze in Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
Hockey
1:30 pm: India lose 1-2 against Belgium in Men’s Pool B
Boxing
2:30 PM:Nikhat Zareen loses to Yu Wu (China) in Women’s 50kg Round of 16
Archery
2:31 PM:Pravin Jadhav loses 0-6 to Kao Wenchao (China) in Men’s Individual 1/32 Elimination Round
Shooting
3:30 PM: Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil in Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions Qualification
Sailing
3:45 PM: Vishnu Saravanan in Men’s Dinghy Race 1 and Race 2
Badminton
4:30 PM: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Aaron Chia/Wooi Yik Soh (Malaysia) in Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
Not Before 5:40 PM:Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy in Men’s Singles Round of 16
Sailing
7:05 PM: Nethra Kumanan in Women’s Dinghy Race 1 and Race 2
Badminton
10 PM Onwards: PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jiao of China in Women’s Singles Round of 16