India's schedule for the 2024 Olympics, Day 1: Spotlight on shooter Rohan Bopanna©AFP
India's schedule for Day 1 of the 2024 Olympics: The opening day of the Paris 2024 Olympics will see a host of top Indian athletes in action. Star badminton pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will lead India on the opening day. Shooting will also be in the spotlight. The Indian men's ice hockey team will play their opening match against New Zealand, while Priti Pawar will spearhead the boxing campaign. In tennis, Rohan Bopanna and N. Sriram Balaji will play their opening match in the men's doubles.
India's 2024 Olympics Schedule Day 1 – (alphabetical order of events)
badminton
Men's Singles Group Match (7:10 PM Indian Standard Time)
Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) – need a win to progress to the knockout stages
Men's Doubles Group Match (8 PM Indian Standard Time)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvet and Ronan Labarre (France) – need a win to top the group
Women's Doubles Group Match (11:50 PM Indian Standard Time)
Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Krust vs Kim So Yeon and Kong Hee Young (South Korea)
boxing
Women's 54kg Opening Match – (July 28, 12:02 a.m.)
Priti Pawar vs Thi Kim Anh Vo (Vietnam) – need a win to progress to the last 16
hockey
Pool B Match: India vs New Zealand (9 pm Indian Standard Time)
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls: Panwar Balraj (12:30 PM IST)
Table tennis
Men's Singles Qualifying Round (7:15 PM Indian Standard Time)
Harmeet Desai vs Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman – need a win to progress to the round of 64
tennis
Men's Doubles First Round (3:30 PM Indian Standard Time)
Rohan Bopna and N. Sriram Balaji vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Lebourg (France) – win needed to progress to the last 16
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10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualifiers (12:30 PM Indian Standard Time)
Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal (12:30 PM IDT). They will need to finish in the top four to qualify for the gold medal match.
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match – 2 pm Indian Standard Time followed by 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match
Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualifiers (2 pm IST)
Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabhyot Singh
Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualifiers (4pm IDT)
Manu Bakar and Rhythm Sangwan – Need to finish in the top 8 to qualify for the finals
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