First medal at Rio Olympic Games is still eluding India. On day three none of the Indian athletes managed to bring home a medal as has been the case for opening two days. There were hopes onAbhinav Bindra to break the ice and help India clinch a medal. However, the shooter finished fourth in the finals of men’s 10m air rifle shooting. Gagan Narang too failed to end up in top three of the same event. Read: Olympics 2016, Day 4 LIVE Updates
Swimmers Sajan Prakash and Shivani Kataria too were disappointing. In hockey both men’s and women’s teams lost their matches against Germany and Great Britain respectively. All in all it was yet another bad day at the office for India. Also Check- Full list of India’s 120 athletes who qualified this year’s for Rio Olympics
With new day, Indian athletes will hopefully dish out better performance in Rio Olympics. On day four, India’s lone rower at the Games will be competing in the quarterfinals of men’s single sculls. Shooter Heena Sidhu, who failed to qualify for finals of 10m air pistol, will now be participating in women’s 25m pistol. Also Read- Ahead of vault finals coach puts Dipa Karmakar under ‘house arrest’
Here is a look at India’s Olympics schedule today with timings in IST
Time | Event | Athletes/Team |
| 05:00 PM Onwards | Rowing- Men’s Single Sculls | Dattu Bhokanal |
| 05:30 PM Onwards | Shooting -Women’s 25 m pistol | Heena Sidhu |
| 07:30 PM Onwards | Hockey- Men’s | India vs. Argentina |
| 08:00 PM Onwards | Archery- Men’s Individual Eliminations | Atanu Das |
| 02:45 AM (August 10) | Boxing-Middleweight 75kg | Vikas Krishnan |
Indian men’s hockey will look to bounce back from their defeat against Germany and will take on Argentina. This will be India’s third match. Archer Antanu Das will be up against Nepal’s Jitbahadur Muktan in the Round of 64 contests.
On day four we will witness Indian boxer in action for the first time at Rio Olympics. Vikas Krishnan will be exchanging punches against Charles Conwell of United States. Let’s hope, it is one of those productive day’s for India!
[Source:-India]
