Friday, August 6 promises to be another exciting day for the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian women's hockey team will battle for a maiden Olympic medal when they face Great Britain in the bronze match, while a little later, the poster boy of Indian wrestling, Bajrang Punia will begin his Olympic campaign.
We've highlighted here every Indian athlete in action. Any events with [Medal event] next to it means that there will be a medal match on the same day.
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2.00 AM - [Medal Event] ATHLETICS: Men's 50km race walk final - Gurpreet Singh
4.00 AM - GOLF: Round 3 of the women's individual -- Aditi Ashok (currently tied-2nd) and Diksha Dagar (currently tied-56th)
- Aditi: Rio was about the experience, but I'm in Tokyo to win a medal
7.00 AM - [Medal event] HOCKEY: Women's Bronze medal match -- India vs Great Britain
- Underdogs India look to end Tokyo fairy-tale on podium
8.10 AM (approx.) - WRESTLING: Seema Bisla vs. Sara Hamdi (Tunisia), women's 50 kg
9.00 AM (approx.) -- WRESTLING: Men's freestyle 65kg round of 16 - Bajrang Punia vs Ernaaz Akmataliev (Kyrgyzstan). The quarters for the event will follow shortly followed by the semifinals in the afternoon session.
- Bajrang's keys to success: Stamina, late bursts and 'fire within'
1.00 PM - [Medal event] ATHLETICS: Women's 20km race walk - Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami
5.00 PM (approx.) - ATHLETICS: Men's 4x400m relay, heat 2 -- four of Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirma Noah Tom, and Muhammed Anas.