Jitu Rai, 28 | Time: 5:30pm
50m pistol event
India’s medal hopeful Jitu Rai will look to make things right after failing to light the stage in the men’s 10m Air Pistol final event on Saturday. Jitu, bronze medalist at Incheon Asian Games in the event in 2014, shot an overall 78.7 to finish eighth in the field of eight finalists to become the first shooter to crash out of the final round. On Wednesday, he will be competing in another event in the Olympic Games -- 50m pistol, which is his forte. The biggest problem for him last Saturday was the poor start he got off to and from there on he could not recover. After taking three shots, Jitu could only reach a total of 28.9. He followed it up with another poor shot of 9.7 to remain at the bottom of the heap. Jitu desperately needed a qualify shot to avoid elimination but a shot of 10.1 in the end could not help his cause and he became the first shooter to walk out of the final round.
Prakash Nanjappa, 40 | 5:30pm
50m pistol event
Prakash Nanjappa enjoyed a good couple of years with medals at the Asian and Commonwealth Games. If the ace shooter can maintain his focus, he can surprise few in Rio. Praksh will be the oldest Indian marksman to make the Olympic debut at 40. He has battled a paralytic attack, eye problems and age to make it to Olympics and will be looking to make the most of the opportunity in the Brazilian capital. He won a bronze medal in the 2013 ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea, becoming the first Indian pistol shooter to win a World Cup medal. However, Nanjappa suffered a paralytic attack in the right side of his face later in the same year. But Nanjappa did not give up, he recovered and made a comeback the next year and went on to win the silver medal in the 50-metre pistol event in the Asian Air Gun Championship in Tehran.
Deepika Kumari, 22 | 1:30am (Thu)
Archery
Deepika Kumari, Deepika made a solid start and even led briefly but she later fell to 20th place and seemed to be struggling in the wind. Deepika started off well to even hit the top spot in the early rounds before stumbling at the halfway mark to finished 20th with a total score of 640. After the event she said, “Nothing was wrong apart from the wind. It was difficult to follow and understand. I shot the arrow and it was a miss. Of course is not what I expected, but there’s nothing I can do about it now.” Deepika will be up against Kristine Esebua of Georgia.
Bombayla Devi, 31 | 6:10pm
Archery
laishram Bombayla Devi in the team event was the best performer on the day with a series of consistent attempts. Her efforts, however, went in vain. Bombayla will now face laurence Baldauff in the round of 64 match today. Bombayla was one the best archer’s in the team event. A lot will be riding on her and there will be a lot of expectations from Devi.