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India at Paris Olympics 2024: Full schedule of medal events and fixtures on August 2, Friday

Manu Bhaker Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Manu Bhaker, the star of the Indian campaign at the Paris 2024, is back in action on Friday. She will team up with Esha Singh in the women's 25m pistol precision qualification, which is also called speed pistol.

In hockey, Indian men take on Australia. On Thursday, India played a good game against Belgium but couldn't come up with a positive result as they lost 2-1.

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Athletics also starts on Friday and India's Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be in action in the men's shot put qualification.

In badminton, Lakshya Sen will want to qualify for the semifinals as he faces Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen.

NOTE: The event timings are in IST chronological order so post-midnight fixtures are including in the current date.

Here's a look at India's schedule for August 2, Friday:

12:30 PM: Golf - Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar in men's individual round 2.

12:30 PM: Shooting - Manu Bhaker has qualified for the final after scoring 590 in the qualification of the women's 25m pistol. Esha Singh finished 18th with a score of 581.

1 PM: Shooting - Anant Jeet Singh Naruka is 26th after three rounds in men's skeet qualification.

1 PM: Rowing - Balraj Panwar finished fifth in his classification race, and thus 23rd overall in the men's singles sculls event.

1.19 PM: Archery - India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara beat Indonesia's Diananda Choirunsima and Arif Pangestu in mixed team round of 16 match. They face Spain later in the evening (5:45 PM)

1:30 PM: Judo - Tulika Maan lost by ippon to Idalys Ortiz in the women's +75 kg round of 32 match.

3:45 PM: Sailing - Nethra Kumaran in women's dinghy race 3 and 4.

4:45 PM: Hockey - India beat Australia 3-2.

A brace from Harmanpreet and a stunning finish by Abhishek helped India stun the Aussies. They finished second in the group behind Belgium.

7:05 PM: Sailing - Vishnu Saravanan in men's dinghy race 3 and 4.

7:54 PM: Archery: Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara finish fourth in the mixed team event. They lose their match against the USA.

9:05 PM: Badminton - Lakshya Sen beats Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the men's singles quarterfinal.

9:40 PM: Athletics - Parul Chaudhary finishes 14th in the women's 5000m heats, Ankita is 20th.

11:40 PM: Athletics - Tajinderpal Singh Toor in men's shot put qualification.

Tajinderpal is a two-time Asian Games gold medallist. Here in this event, athletes meeting the qualification standard of 21.35m or at least 12 best performers qualify for the final.

Other important medal events

3:30 PM onwards: Tennis - men's doubles bronze medal match and mixed doubles bronze medal match.

10:30 PM: Tennis - mixed doubles gold medal match.

12 AM: Swimming - men's 50m freestyle final.

USA's Caleb Dressel is the defending champion and a holder of eight Olympic gold medals. He will push to win his second gold medal at the Paris 2024.

12:06 AM: Swimming - women's 200m backstroke final.

12:13 AM: Swimming - men's 200m individual medley final.

France's Leon Marchand will push to win his fourth gold medal at the Paris 2024.

12:50 AM: Athletics - men's 10,000m final.

Uganda's Kenenisa Bekele is the world record holder with a timing of 26:11.00 and is the favourite for the gold medal.