Paris Olympics 2024 Schedule Today: India's Medal Hopes Begin With Shooting Events On Day 1, 27 July

Paris Olympics 2024 Schedule Today: India's Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh, along with Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta, will compete in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.

Paris Olympics 2024 Schedule Today: India eye a strong start on the official opening day of the Paris Olympics 2024

Source : PTI

Paris Olympics 2024 Schedule Today: India have their sights set on a strong start on the official opening day of the Paris Olympics 2024 as several Indian athletes will be seen in action on July 27 (Saturday). India could make a strong start with a potential medal in the Shooting events. The Indian team will have their first chance at a medal as Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh, along with Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta, compete in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.

Star badminton duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will also be in action for a group-stage match. Additionally, the Indian men’s hockey team will face New Zealand in their opening match and Preeti Pawar will begin her boxing campaign. In tennis, Rohan Bopanna and N. Sriram Balaji will compete in their first men's doubles match.

India’s Paris Olympics Full Schedule For July 27 (Saturday)

12:30 pm IST

Rowing: Men's singles sculls heats - Panwar Balraj

Shooting: 10m air rifle mixed team qualification - Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal

Note: Top 4 teams out of 28 teams qualify for Gold and Bronze Medal matches.

2 pm IST

Shooting Medal Matches: 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches (If qualified)

Shooting: 10m air pistol men's qualification - Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh

3:30 pm IST

Tennis: Men's doubles first-round match - Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France)

4 pm IST

Shooting: 10m air pistol women's qualification - Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan

From 7:15 pm IST

Table Tennis: Men's singles preliminary round - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan)

From 7:10 pm IST

Badminton Group Stage

Men's singles group match: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) (7:10pm IST)

Men's doubles group match: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar (France) (8pm IST).

Women's doubles group match: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) (11:50pm IST)

9 pm IST

Hockey: India vs New Zealand Group-stage match

12:05 am IST (Sunday)

Boxing: Women's 54kg opening round bout - Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim anh Vo (Vietnam).

Other Important Medal Events

2:30 PM: women's synchronised 3m springboard final.

10:20 PM: Rugby Sevens men's bronze medal match.

11:15 PM: Rugby Sevens men's gold medal match.

12:12 AM: Swimming Men's 400m freestyle final.

12:22 AM: Swimming women's 400m freestyle final.

01:04 AM: Swimming women's 4x100m freestyle relay final.

01:14 AM: Swimming men's 4x100m freestyle relay final.