New Delhi: The ninth day of the Paris Olympics will see the Indian men’s hockey team take on Great Britain’s hockey team in the quarterfinals of the men’s hockey. Following this, the Indian badminton shuttler Lakshya Sen will take on the Viktor Axelsen in the semifinals of the men’s singles.
Parul Chaudhary and Jeswin Aldrin will take on the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Round and the Men’s Long Jump Qualification respectively. Lovlina Borgohain, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist will also take on the two-time Olympic champion Li Qian. If the Assamese boxer manages to win her bout, she will become the first boxer to win multiple medals in the Olympics.
BIG DAY FOR INDIA!
🇮🇳 Déjà vu for Indian men’s hockey team as they take on Britain 🇬🇧 in the Quarterfinals yet again. Lakshya Sen a win away from India’s first Gold Medal Match at #paris2024#IndiaAtParis2024 pic.twitter.com/5HUuYJI9ol
— IFTWC – Indian Football (@IFTWC) August 4, 2024
Indian golfers Gaganjeet Bhullar, and Subhakar Sharma will also take part in round 4 of the men’s Individual Stroke Play. Lastly, the shooting contingent will continue their medal quest in the Men’s 25m Pistol and Skeet competitions.
Athletics
- 1:35 PM- Parul Chaudhary- Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Round
- 2:30 PM- Jeswin Aldrin- Men’s Long Jump Qualification
Hockey
- 4:45 PM- India vs Great Britain- Men’s Quarterfinals
Golf
- 12:30 PM- Gaganjeet Bhullar, Subhakar Sharma- Men’s Individual Stroke Play (R-4)
Boxing
- 3:02 PM- Lovlina Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian- Women’s 75kg Quarterfinals
Sailing
- 3:35 PM- Vishnu Saravanan- Men’s Dinghy Race 7 and 8
Badminton
- 3:30 PM- Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen (DEN)- Men’s Singles Semifinals
Shooting
- 12:30 PM- Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish- Men’s 25m Pistol Qualification Stage 1 (Rapid)
- 4:30 PM- Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish- Men’s 25m Pistol Qualification (Rapid)
- 1:00 PM- Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon- Women’s Skeet Qualification (Day 2)
- 7:00 PM- Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon- Women’s Skeet Final*
*Subject to qualification
Medal Tally
India after winning the three bronze medals has slipped to the 54th place on the medals table. The medals table on 4th August is as follows:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 16 | 12 | 9 | 37 |
| 2 | United States | 14 | 24 | 23 | 61 |
| 3 | France | 12 | 14 | 15 | 41 |
| 4 | Australia | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 10 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | South Korea | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Japan | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 8 | Italy | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |