India at Tokyo 2020 July 29 schedule: Sindhu, men’s hockey, Mary Kom in action; pistol qualification

There will be no medals on offer for India on the sixth day of the Tokyo Olympics, but a lot of the big names will look to take a step closer to the podium on Thursday.

Rahi Sarnobat, PV Sindhu and Mary Kom, three of India’s major medal prospects, are in action. Archer Atanu Das will also begin his campaign in Men’s individual event.

Sarnobat will be in action 25m pistol women’s qualification precision round along with Manu Bhaker. The rapid qualification round will be on Friday.

The Indian men’s hockey team will look to secure qualification to the quarter-finals when they face reigning champion Argentina who are down in fifth place. A win will guarantee a place in the last eight stage for India who would also be likely to finish second behind Australia if they pick up all three points. A second or third place finish is important to avoid a rampant Belgium side in the last eight.

Mary Kom will look to get with a win of a medal when she takes on Ingrit Lorena Valencia in the women’s flyweight Round of 16 encounter. The Colombian is the 2016 Rio bronze medallist. In men’s boxing, Satish Kumar will get his campaign underway against Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown.

Indian sailors and rowers will also be involved again on Thursday and swimmer Sajan Prakash will compete in the men’s 100m butterfly to conclude the day. Male golfers begin their campaign too.

India at Tokyo 2020 day 5 as it happened: Deepika, Sindhu in rounds of 16, Rani in QF

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