Here’s the schedule for Day 5:
Shooting
Event: Men’s 50m Air Pistol
Indian involved: Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa
Qualification: 5:30 P.M IST
Final: 8:30 P.M. IST
Rowing
Event: Men’s Singles Sculls C/D Semifinal
Indian involved: Dattu Bhokanal
Time: 7:40 P.M
Archery
Event: Women’s Individual Round of 64
Match-up: Bombayla Devi vs Laurence Balldauff
Time: 6:09 P.M. IST
Event: Women’s Individual Round of 64
Match-up: Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua
Time: 1:27 A.M IST (11th Aug)
Field Hockey
Indian Women’s hockey team vs Australia
Time: 7:30 P.M. IST
Boxing
Event: Men’s 64kg
Match-up: Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas
Time: 3:00 A.M IST(11th Aug)
Weightlifting
Event: Men’s 77kg
Indian involved: Satish Sivalingam
Time: 6:30 P.M. IST
Judo
Event: Men’s 90kg
Matchup: Avtaar Singh vs Popole Misenga
Time: 7:19 P.M. IST
Tennis
Event: Mixed Doubles
Matchup: Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna vs Samantha Stosur/John Peers
Time: 12:00 A.M IST
Sport | Event | Indian involved | Time(IST) |
Shooting | Men’s 50m Air Pistol Qualification | Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa | 5:00 P.M |
Men’s 50m Air Pistol | 8:30 P.M | ||
Rowing | Men’s Singles Sculls C/D Semifinal | Dattu Bhokanal | 7:40 P.M |
Archery | Women’s Individual | Bombayla Devi | 6:09 P.M |
Women’s Individual | Deepika Kumari | 1:27 A.M. (11th Aug) | |
Hockey | Indian Women’s hockey team vs Australia | 7:30 P.M | |
Boxing | Men’s 64kg | Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas | 3:00 A.M. (11th Aug) |
Weight lifting | Men’s 77kg | Satish Sivalingam | 6:30 P.M |
Judo | Men’s 90kg | Avtaar Singh vs Popole Misenga | 9:55 P.M |
Tennis | Mixed Doubles Round 1 | Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna vs Samantha Stosur/John Peers | 12:00 A.M IST(11th Aug) |
It promises to be a cracking Wednesday for the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics as with as many 7 sports planned for the day. Jitu Rai returns to the range in the Men’s 50m Air Pistol and will be joined by Prakash Nanjappa.
Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari will compete in their Round of 64 clash in the Women’s Individual archery event. Dattu Bhokanal will compete in his Men’s C/D Singles Sculls semifinal.
The Indian Women’s hockey team will play Australia in the evening. Manoj Kumar begins his campaign in the Men’s 64 kg category against Evaldas Petrauskas while Satish Sivalingam and Avtaar Singh also start their weight lifting and judo campaign respectively.
Note: All matches will be telecasted on the Star Sports network and hotstar.com. All India-centric matches will also be shown on DD National.