New Delhi: Indian action on the 1st of August (Day 6) will start with the Indian racewalkers beginning the proceedings of the day. Later, Swapnil Kusale will fight for the medal at the Men’s Rifle Three Positions Final. Kusale is the first Indian shooter to reach the final of the Men’s Rifle Three Positions. Following Swapnil’s final, all eyes will be on the Stade Yves-du-Manoir as our men’s hockey team battles it out against traditional heavyweights Belgium.
The day will end with the medal matches of Satwik and Chirag as they look to oust the Malaysian duo of Aaron and Soh. Following this, Lakshya Sen will take on HS Prannoy in an all-India round of 16 clash. Simultaneously, Nikhat Zareen will look to put one foot closer to her medal prospects as she takes on Yu Wu of China.
Athletics
- 11 AM- Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Akshdeep Singh, Vikash Singh- Men’s 20 km Race Walk
- 12:50 PM- Priyanka Goswami- Women’s 20 km Race Walk
OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST!! 🥉
Very happy to have won a Bronze Medal along with @realmanubhaker in the 10M Air Pistol Mixed Team Event, for our country. It has been an amazing experience at @paris2024 Olympic Games, my first Olympics. This is just the start. pic.twitter.com/9TEm8j23LE— Sarabjot Singh (@Sarabjotsingh30) July 31, 2024
Shooting
- 1 PM- Swapnil Kusale- Men’s Rifle Three Positions Final
- 3:30 PM- Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil- Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions Qualification
Hockey
- 1:30 PM- India vs Belgium- Men’s Pool B
Golf
- 12:30 PM- Gaganjeet Bhullar, Subhakar Sharma- Men’s Individual Stroke Play (R-1)
Archery
- 2:31 PM- Pravin Jadhav vs Kao Wenchao (CHN)- Men’s Individual R-32
- 3:10 PM- Pravin Jadhav- Men’s Individual R-16*
Sailing
- 3:45 PM- Vishnu Saravanan- Men’s Dinghy Race 1 & Race 2
- 7:05 PM- Nethra Kumanan- Women’s Dinghy Race 1 & Race 2
Badminton
- 4:30 PM- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Aaron Chia/Wooi Yik Soh (MAL)- Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 5:40 PM- Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy- Men’s Singles R-16
- 10 PM- PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao (CHN)- Women’s Singles R-16
*Subject to qualification
🇮🇳 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻’𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆! She is only one win away from winning her second Olympic medal. Can she go all the way & win it?
⏰ She will take on 1st seed, 🇨🇳’s Li Qian on the 2nd of August at 3:02 pm IST in the quarter-final.
🙌🏻 Note:… pic.twitter.com/P8lqXg47GY
— India at Paris 2024 Olympics (@sportwalkmedia) July 31, 2024
Boxing
- 2:30 PM- Nikhat Zareen vs Yu Wu (CHN)- Women’s 50kg R16
Medal Tally
India after winning the two bronze medals has slipped to the 39th place on the medals table. The medals table on 1st August is as follows:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 | France | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Japan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | South Korea | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 7 | United States | 4 | 5 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |