A 4th place finish in the women’s 25m pistol shooting event for India’s Manu Bhaker rounded off a fabulous showing at this Olympics with two medals on Saturday, unprecedented in their history. In the final match of eight ladies, the 22-year old Bhaker came fourth by scoring 28 points thus failing to win three medals in one Olympics edition only. Veronika Major, Hungarian bronze medalist defeated her at shoot-off.
India’s Day 8 Schedule – Tokyo Time (All timings are local):
SHOOTING:
12:30 PM: Women’s Skeet Qualification Day 1 – Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan.
12:30 PM: Men’s Skeet Qualification Day 2 – Anant Jeet Singh Naruka.
GOLF:
12:30 PM: Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 – Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar.
SHOOTING:
1 PM Women’s 25m Pistol Final – Manu Bhaker Fourth Place.
ARCHERY:
1:52 PM: Deepika Kumari defeats Michelle Kroppen (Germany) for women’s individual quarterfinals.
2.05 pm _ sec4Women’s Individual Eighth Finals- Bhajan Kaur vs Diananda Choirunisa (Indonesia).
SAILING:
3:50 PM Men’s Dinghy Race – Vishnu Saravanan5 & 6.
ARCHERY:
4.30 pm onwards Women’s Individual Quarterfinals-Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur (if qualified).
5.22 pm onwardsWomen’s Individual Semifinals-Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur (if qualified).
SAILING:
5.55pm Women’s Dinghy Race – Nethra Kumanan-4, 5 & 6.
ARCHERY:
6:03 p.m.: A bronze-medal match-up between Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur in the women’s individual (if they lose in semi-finals).
6:16 p.m.: A gold-medal match-up between Deepika Kumari and Bhajan Kaur in the women’s individual (if qualified).
SHOOTING:
7 PM: Skeet Men’s Final – Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (If qualified).
BOXING:
12.18am 71kg Quarterfinals- Nishant Dev vs Marco Verde (Mexico).