NEW DELHI: After becoming the first Indian shooter to reach the 50m rifle three positions final at the Olympics, Swapnil Kusale added another shooting medal for the country at the Paris Games on Thursday. Swapnil Kusale shot a total of 451.4 points in the final to clinch the bronze medal. It is India's third medal in Paris, and all of them came from the shooting sports.
Meanwhile, the Indian men's hockey team, having already secured their quarterfinal spot, lost 1-2 against Belgium in their pool match.
Following is India's Day 6 schedule at the Paris Olympics on Thursday (All timings in IST):Athletics11 AM: Vikash Singh finishes 30th, Paramjeet Singh Bisht 37th in Men's 20km Race Walk. Akshdeep Singh did not finish the race - (Rescheduled for 11:30 AM due to bad weather conditions)Golf12:30 PM: Shubhankar Sharma T29 and Gaganjeet Bhullar T56 in Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 1Athletics12:50 PM: Priyanka Goswami finishes 41st in Women's 20km Race WalkShooting1 PM: Swapnil Kusale wins bronze in Men's 50m Rifle Three PositionsHockey1:30 pm: India lose 1-2 against Belgium in Men's Pool BBoxing2:30 PM: Nikhat Zareen loses to Yu Wu (China) in Women's 50kg Round of 16Archery2:31 PM: Pravin Jadhav loses 0-6 to Kao Wenchao (China) in Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination RoundShooting3:30 PM: Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra fail to qualify for final after finishing 18th & 31st respectively in Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions QualificationSailing3:45 PM: Vishnu Saravanan is currently placed at 25th position in Men's Dinghy event after the end of Race 2. He still has 8 more races to go after which top 10 will qualify for the Medal race.Badminton4:30 PM: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty lose 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 to Aaron Chia/Wooi Yik Soh (Malaysia) in Men's Doubles QuarterfinalsNot Before 5:40 PM: Lakshya Sen beats compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6 in Men's Singles Round of 16Sailing 7:05 PM: Nethra Kumanan is placed sixth in Women's Dinghy after Race 1. Race 2 was postponed due to a lack of wind at Marseille Marina.Badminton10 PM Onwards: PV Sindhu loses 19-21, 14-21 to He Bing Jiao of China in Women's Singles Round of 16The TOI Sports Desk excels in a myriad of roles that capture the ...
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