Rio Olympics 2016: Daily Schedule of Events in IST (15/08/2016)

Following is the Rio Olympics 2016: Daily Schedule of Events in IST on 15^th August 2016.

Events featuring Indians

Sport	Event	Round	Indians in Action	Time
Athletics	Men’s Triple Jump	Qualification	Renjith Maheshwary	6:00 PM
Athletics	Women’s 200 m	Round 1	Srabani Nanda	6:24 PM
Wrestling	Men’s Greco-Roman 85 Kg	Round of 16	Ravinder Khatri	7:02 PM
Athletics	Women’s 3000 m Steeplechase	Final	Lalita Babar	7:45 PM
Boxing	Men’s Middle weight 75 Kg	Quarterfinals	Vikas Krishnan Yadav	3:30 AM
Athletics	Women’s Discus Throw	Qualification	Seema Punia	6:20 AM

 

Key Pointers on the Events Indians are part of –

• Renjith Maheshwary

National Champion and Three Time Olympian Renjith Maheshwary has had a great year so far and features in 2016’s Best 10 distances. He jumped a distance of 17.30 m to set the National Record in July, 2016. He has had a history of dismal performances at the Olympics, we can only hope he becomes Third time lucky!

• Srabani Nanda

Srabani would look to improve upon her own best timing, a medal expectation from her would be tough given the kind of competition she is up against.

• Ravinder Khatri

He Qualified for Rio after winning the Silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Qualification Event, his opponent is yet to be decided. Ravinder might be the underdog India needs for a medal in Wrestling!

• Lalita Babar

Lalita smashed the National Record to qualify for the finals of the 3000 m Steeplechase, the Asian Champion became the first Indian in 32 years to enter a final in any track event after the legendary P T Usha. Lalita Babar has already won many hearts and we can expect another inspiring performance from her in the finals.

• Vikas Krishnan

Vikas, the current World 4^th Rank holder will face Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in the Quarterfinals and would be looking to avenge his loss at the Finals of the 2015 Asian Boxing Championship. A win here would take him a step closer to that elusive Medal at Rio Olympics.

• Seema Punia

It would be a tough ask for Seema Punia at the Discus throw Qualifications, she has the 24^th best distance this year. A qualification into the finals would be something that she would like to achieve here at Rio.

Read on for the Roundup of last night