Indians in action today

APARNA POPAT (Badminton) Plays Singles, Rd-I: v Michelle Edwards (SA) Time: 7.35 p.m (approx) JITENDER KUMAR (Boxing) Light-heavywt ...

APARNA POPAT
(Badminton) Plays Singles, Rd-I: v Michelle Edwards (SA) Time: 7.35 p.m (approx)

JITENDER KUMAR
(Boxing) Light-heavywt (81kg): v Andriy Fedchuk (Ukraine) Time: 12.20 p.m. (approx)

AKRAM SHAH
(Judo) 60 kg category; Bye in the first round, meets Tshaganbaatar Khashbaatar (Mong) in second. Event final on Saturday Time: 10 a.m. onwards

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PT PAULOSE
(Rowing) Rows Singles Sculls, Heat 3: v Vladimir Tchernenko (Ukr), Raphael Hartl (Austria), Santiago Fernandez (Argentina), Mohamed Aich (Algeria) Time: 12.15 p.m (approx)

ANJALI BHAGWAT & SUMA SHIRUR
(Shooting) 10m Air Rifle Event final on Saturday Time: 8-30 a.m. (Qualifs) 10-30 a.m. (final)

MANSHER SINGH & MANAVJIT SINGH
(Shooting) Men’s Trap (Qualifs) Time: 8-30 a.m. onwards

SHARATH KAMAL & MOUMA DAS
(TT) Singles Rd-I: Kamal v Mohammed Boudjadja (Algeria); Mouma v Nanthana Komwong (Thailand) Time: 2.30 p.m. & 4.30 p.m

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KUNJARANI DEVI
(Weightlifting) 48kg, main threat Zhuo Zi (China). Event final on Saturday Time: 7.30 p.m.

THE MAIN EVENT

Phelps begins his quest
Michael Phelps’s search for eight Olympic golds starts today with the 400m individual medley. Phelps (19) has insisted he’ll be happy with just one gold but the fact is that Mark Spitz’s record of seven golds at the 1972 Games is on the line.
400m medley final: 7 p.m.
ODDS: Phelps 1/100 favourite Meanwhile, Ian Thorpe, who stands in Phelps’s way later in the Games, will be on the starting blocks for the 400 metres freestyle race; his closest rival is compatriot Grant Hackett
400m freestyle final: 7-21 p.m.
ODDS: Thorpe 1/4 favourite (Odds: ladbrokes.com)