Lakshya Sen will face-off against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia on Monday, August 5, with the goal of adding another bronze medal to India’s tally at the Paris Olympics 2024. Day 9 brought a mixed bag of emotions as the Indian hockey team stormed into the semi-finals with a penalty shootout victory over Great Britain. Meanwhile, Lovlina Borgohain lost the 75kg quarterfinal to top seed Li Qian. Lakshya Sen lost a tough match to defending champion Viktor Axelsen.
Also read: Lakshya among favourites to win Gold at LA Olympics: Axelsen
Day 10 looks to be promising for India
The day 10 of the Paris Olympics 2024 promises to deliver some delight to the Indian competitors who have returned to action in pursuit of a gold.
While the spotlight will be on Lakshya’s bronze medal match, the women’s table tennis team will also compete in the round of 16. Nisha Dahiya is expected to lead India’s wrestling campaign in the women’s 68kg freestyle pre-quarterfinals.
Also read: Paris Olympics: India defeat Great Britain to enter Men’s Hockey Semi-finals
Nisha Dahiya in action in Wrestling
Nisha Dahiya will kick off India’s wrestling campaign at the Paris Olympics in 2024. Nisha will compete in the Women’s Freestyle 68kg Round of 16 bouts at Champ-de-Mars Arena. The 25-year-old from Haryana will meet Tetiana Rizhko of Ukraine.
India’s schedule on Day 10
12:30 PM
Shooting: Skeet Mixed team qualification – Anant Jeet Singh, Maheshwari Chauhan
1:30 PM
Table Tennis: Women’s Team Round of 16 – Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra and Archana Kamath
3:25 PM
Athletics: Women’s 400m Round 1 – Kiran Pahal
3:45 PM
Sailing: Women’s Dinghy ILCA 6 Race 9 & 10 – Nethra Kumanan
6:00 PM
Badminton: Men’s singles Bronze Medal match – Lakshya Sen
6:10 PM
Sailing: Men’s Dinghy ILCA 7 Race 9 & 10 – Vishnu Saravanan
6:30 PM
Shooting: Skeet Mixed team Bronze/Gold medal match (If Qualified) – Anant Jeet Singh, Maheshwari Chauhan
6:30 PM
Wrestling: Women’s freestyle 68kg Round of 16 – Nisha Dahiya
7:50 PM
Wrestling: Women’s freestyle 68kg Quarterfinals (If qualified) – Nisha Dahiya
10:34 PM
Athletics: Men’s 3000m steeplechase (Round 1) – Avinash Sable
1:10 AM (August 6)
Wrestling: Women’s freestyle 68kg semi-finals (If qualified) – Nisha Dahiya
