Welcome to our coverage of the third day of the Rio Games. A heartening news for the Indian fans that the Tripura-girl Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round.
Eight sports will be awarding 14 gold medals Monday at the Rio Olympics in events ranging from artistic gymnastics to diving, fencing, judo, rugby sevens, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. Swimming alone will hand out four gold medals in the men’s 200 meter freestyle and the 100 meter backstroke, and in the women’s 100 meter breaststroke and 100 meter backstroke. In the men’s 200 meter freestyle finals, watch for Germany’s Paul Biedermann, who holds the world record. Medals in rugby will be awarded for the first time in 92 years as the top four women’s sevens teams in the world Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand compete.
The Indian men’s hockey team will be up against the current Olympic champions Germany (India beat Irealand in the first round) and the Indain women’s team (Indian women drew with Japan) will have their task cut out against Great Britain early on Tuesday. With Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu out of the medal contention, the Indian fans will be keenly watching Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang in the 10m Air Rifle men’s championships. The qualificatiion round will be at 5.30 p.m. on Monday followed by the finals at 8.30 p.m. (Monday).
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