India at Olympic Games today : Shooters carry Indiaâs medal hopes on day 1
After a glittering opening ceremony at the Maracana, all eyes will now turn to the events with shooters Apurvi Chandela, Ayonika Paul, Jitu Rai, and Gurpreet Singh set to carry Indiaâs medal hopes on the first day. Menâs hockey team will also start their campaign today against Ireland.
While Atanu Das produced a scintillating performance in the archery ranking round yesterday, Deepika Kumari and the womenâs team failed to live up to the expectations and secured mediocre finishes for India on day 0 of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Shooters will carry Indiaâs biggest medal hopes on the day and Jitu Rai will be the biggest prospect for
The Indian menâs hockey team skipped the opening ceremony in order to be fresh and ready for their opening match and will be looking to start their campaign with a win when they face Ireland in the first game of Group B. Tennis stars Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza, and Prarthana Thombare also skipped the ceremony today early morning, while Bopannaâs partner Leander Paes chose to attend the ceremony. Bopanna and Paes will be up against Poland's Marcel Matkowski and Lukasz Kubot in the first round of the menâs doubles, while Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare will face Chinese duo of Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai.
Apart from these high-profile stars, Dattu Bhokanal in rowing, Mirabai Chanu in weightlifting, and the table tennis quartet of Mouma Das, Manika Batra, Soumyajit Ghosh, and Achanta Sharath Kamal will also be in action for India today.
Here is the schedule for the day (August 5, Day 1):
Rowing
Event: Menâs singles sculls (heat 1)
Athlete: Dattu Bhokanal
Time: 5pm
Venue: Lagoa Stadium
Shooting
Event: Womenâs 10m Air Rifle (qualification)
Athletes: Ayonika Paul and Apurvi Chandela
Time: 5pm
Venue: Olympic shooting centre
The final will be at 7pm
Event: Menâs 10m Air Pistol (qualification)
Athletes: Jitu Rai and Gurpreet Singh
Time: 9.30pm
Venue: Olympic shooting centre
The final will be at 12am (August 7)
Hockey
Event: Menâs team (Group B - preliminaries)
Match: India vs Ireland
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Olympic Hockey centre
Tennis
Event: Menâs Doubles (Round 1)
Match : Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes vs Marcel Matkowski/Lukasz Kubot
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Olympic Tennis centre
Event: Womenâs Doubles (Round 1)
Match: Sania Mirza/ Prarthana Thombare vsPeng Shuai/Zhang Shuai
Time: 1.30 am (August 7)
Venue: Olympic Tennis centre
Table Tennis
Event: Womenâs singles (Round 1)
Match 1: Mouma Das vs Daniela Monteiro Dodean
Time: 7.45pm
Match 2 : Manika Batra vs Katarzyna Grzybowska-Franc
Time: 8.30 pm
Event: Menâs singles (Round 1)
Match 1: Soumyajit Ghosh vs Padasak Tanviriyavechakul
Time: 12.30am (August 7)
Match 2: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Adrian Crisan
Time: 12.30am (August 7)
The round 2 matches of both the menâs and the womenâs events will be played on the same day after the completion of the first round.
Weightlifting
Event: Womenâs 48kg â Group A
Athlete: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Time: 3.30am (August 7) Â
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