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India at Paris Olympics 2024: Full schedule of medal events and fixtures on August 7, Wednesday

Mirabai will look to retain, if not upgrade, her silver medal from the Tokyo Olympics. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

It's going to be an action-packed Wednesday as Indian athletes will push to improve their medal tally at the Paris Olympics 2024.

The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, Mirabai Chanu will hope to repeat her heroics in Paris. She will be in action in the women's 49kg category, where she will face tough competition from the Chinese and the Thai lifters.

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Also, Avinash Sable will look to make an impact in the 3000m steeplechase final. He qualified on Monday after finishing fifth in his heats.

Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Paris Olympics after failing to make weight on the morning of her gold medal bout.

The Indian women's table tennis team, who had defeated Romania, will hope to qualify for the semifinals, with their match against Germany.

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

Here's a look at India's schedule for August 7, Wednesday:

11 AM: Athletics - Suraj Panwar and Priyanka Goswami failed to finish in the mixed marathon race walk relay event (Medal event).

12:30 PM: Golf - Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar in women's individual stroke play round 1.

1:30 PM: Table tennis - Indian women's team comprising Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra and Archana Kamath lost 1-3 to Germany in the quarterfinal, bringing an end to their Olympics campaign.

1:35 PM: Athletics - Sarvesh Kushare finished 25th in the men's high jump qualification, and won't make it to the final.

1:45 PM: Athletics - Jyothi Yarraji finished seventh in her women's 100m hurdles heats.

1:55 PM: Athletics - Annu Rani finished 15th in the women's javelin throw qualification group A.

3:10 PM: Wrestling - Antim Panghal lost 0-10 to Zeynep Yetgil in the women's freestyle 53kg round of 16 match. Antim still has a chance through the repechage route if Yetgil makes the final.

10:45 PM: Athletics - Praveen Chithravel and Abdulla Aboobacker in the men's triple jump qualification.

The qualification standard is 17.10m, all athletes meeting the standard or at least 12 best performers will qualify for the final.

11 PM: Weightlifting - Mirabai Chanu in the women's 49kg category (medal event).

12:45 AM: Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat vs Sarah Hildebrandt of the USA in the Gold Medal match in the women's 50kg freestyle category (medal event).

UPDATE: The bout is changed after Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics, with Guzman Lopez of Cuba taking her place.

Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Paris Olympics after failing to make weight; to lose medal

1:13 AM: Athletics - Avinash Sable in men's 3000m steeplechase final (medal event).

Other important medal events

9:45 PM: Athletics - women's pole vault final.

11:55 PM: Athletics - men's discus throw final.

12:50 AM: Athletics - men's 400m final.

Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith has the world leading timing of 43.74 seconds this season and he's also silver medallist from the 2023 Worlds.