In Rio Olympics, shooter Heena Sidhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar and the Indian Women's Archery and Hockey teams will be seen in action on the second day of the events today.Heena Sidhu will figure in the Women's 10-metre Air Pistol category, while the Men's Trap event will see Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai vying for top honours.Yesterday, none of the Indian shooters, including Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela, could get India its first medal of the Games.In Archery, the Women's team of Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi will play its Round-of-16 match against Colombia today.Dipa Karmakar will feature in Artistic Gymnastics.The Indian Women's Hockey team will play its opening group match against Japan.Yesterday, the Men's Hockey team had defeated Ireland 3-2 in the opener.In Rowing, Dattu Bhokanal advanced to the quarterfinals of Men's Singles Sculls.In Tennis, Leander Paes made a heart-breaking exit in Men's Doubles opening round with team-mate Rohan Bopanna. Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare also crashed out in the opening round.In Table Tennis, India's Singles campaign ended as Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Soumyajit Ghosh and Achanta Sharath Kamal bowed out in the first round.
News On AIR | August 7, 2016 10:46 AM
Rio 2016 Olympics: India's day 2 schedule