India at Paris 2024 Olympics live: Welcome to the blog!
We are back with live coverage of Indian athletes on Day 10 at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
History beckons for Lakshya Sen on Monday as he takes on Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in the men’s singles badminton bronze medal match at 6:00 PM IST. Sen could become the first Indian male shuttler to win an Olympic medal.
Avinash Sable, the reigning Asian Games champion, will compete in round 1 of the men’s 3000m steeplechase event at 10:34 PM IST tonight. Sable is in heat 2 alongside Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya, who pipped the Sable to the 2022 Commonwealth Games title at Birmingham by inches.
Kiran Pahal, another track and field athlete, will race in the women’s 400m round 1 at 3:25 PM IST.
India’s wrestling campaign at Paris 2024 begins today at 6:30 PM IST. Nisha Dahiya, an Asian Championships silver medallist, will be grappling in the women’s 68kg freestyle competition, starting with the round of 16.
The final shooting events will be contested today from 12:30 PM IST. Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan will be in action in the skeet mixed team event.
Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula, history-makers at Paris 2024, will be joined by Archana Kamath for the women’s team table tennis opener at 1:30 PM IST.
Vishnu Saravanan (men’s dinghy) and Nethra Kumanan (women’s dinghy) will sail to finish in the top 10 in the opening round and make the medal race from 3:45 PM IST.