Rio 2016 | Atanu Das and Indian track & field athletes take centre stage on day 7
After the women archers disappointed yesterday, India's medal hopes in the archery range will rest on Atanu Das' performance today. Also in action will be the track & field athletes, while the men's hockey team, who have qualified for the knockouts after 36 years, will play their last group match.
Atanu Das was in splendid form in his run-up to the Round of 16 in the Men's Individual Archery event after placing fifth in the qualification round. He will be pitted against Lee Seung-
Golfers Anirban Lahiri and Shiv
Gagan Narang will be back in action for the 50m rifle prone event, along with Chain Singh, after his disappointing finish in the 10m air rifle event. But expectations are tempered since the 10m event was his forte. Mairaj Ahmad Khan, meanwhile, will try to qualify for the men's skeet event on the day. Also in action will be Gurpreet Singh in the Men's 25m rapid fire pistol event.
In badminton, India's doubles pairs, Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta, and Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy, will play their second group matches. Both had lost their first encounters.
After their victory against Samantha Stosur and John Peers in the Round of 16 yesterday, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will take on Great Britain's Andy Murray and Heather Watson, who were given a last-minute entry into the draw after the withdrawal of Romanian pair Monica Niculescu and Florin Mergea, for a place in the last-four.
Day 7 also will see the beginning of the track & field events which will go on for ten days. While Usain Bolt will be the star attraction as expected, India has its own bunch of athletes competing in the preliminary rounds across disciplines. Discus thrower Vikas Gowda will begin the day for India, and among many others over the day, Ankit Sharma will be participating in the men's long jump.
Here is the schedule for the day (August 11, Day 7):
Golf
Event: Men’s individual (Round 2)
Athletes: Anirban Lahiri and SSP
Time: 4pm
Shooting
Event: Men’s 50m rifle prone
Athletes: Gagan Narang, Chain Singh
Time: 5.30pm
Event: Men’s Skeet
Athlete: Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Time: 6pm
Event: Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol
Athlete: Gurpreet Singh
Time: 8.45pm
Badminton
Event: Women’s Doubles
Match: Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa vs Eefje Muskens en Selena Piek
Time: 5.30pm
Event: Men’s Doubles
Match: Manu Attri/B Sumeeth Reddy vs Biao Chai & Wei Hong
Time: 7.50pm
Archery
Event: Men’s individual (Round of 16)
Match 1: Atanu Das vs Lee Seung-
Time: 5.43pm
Hockey
Match : Indian men’s hockey team vs Canada
Time: 9pm
Athletics
Event: Discus Throw
Athlete: Vikas Gowda
Time: 6pm
Event: Women’s shot put
Athlete: Manpreet Kaur
Time: 6.35pm
Event: Men’s 800m (heats)
Athlete:
Time: 6.40pm
Event: Men’s 20km walk
Athlete: Manish Singh, Gurmeet Singh, and Ganapathi Krishnan
Time: 11pm
Event: Men’s long jump
Athlete: Ankit Sharma
Time: 5.50am
Event: Men’s 400m
Athlete: Mohammed Anas
Time: 6.03pm