Day 15: History beckons P. V. Sindhu
Take a look at the important events that would unfold on day 15 of the Rio Games 2016.
Published : Aug 19, 2016 12:37 IST
P. V. Sindhu stood a win away from bringing home a historic gold medal for India as she beat Japan's Nozomi Okuhara for a place in the badminton singles final. Sindhu struck a flurry of winners to down her higher-ranked opponent 21-19 21-10.
The 21-year-old will face World No. 1 Carolina Marin of Spain today for the gold medal.
Usain Bolt, as predicted, won the 200m with ease to win his eighth Olympic gold medal. Bolt, however, wasn't happy with the 19.78s finish as he had wanted to bring down the world record to sub-19 seconds. He will next vie for a ninth gold in the 4x100m relay.
GOLD MEDAL EVENTS:
TIME | SPORT | EVENT |
4:30 p.m. Friday | Athletics | Men's 50km walk |
6:55 p.m. | Badminton | Women's singles |
8:20 p.m. | Badminton | Men's doubles |
8:30 p.m. | Synchronised swimming | Women's team |
10 p.m. | Equestrian | Individual jumping |
11 p.m. | Athletics | Women's 20km walk |
11:30 p.m. | Cycling (BMX) | Women's individual |
11:40 p.m. | Cycling (BMX) | Men's individual |
12:00 a.m. Saturday | Water Polo | Women's final |
12:30 a.m. | Boxing | Women's light 60kg |
1:30 a.m. | Hockey | Women's final |
2 a.m. | Football | Women's final |
2 a.m. | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74kg |
2:30 a.m. | Modern Pentathlon | Women's individual, Run & shoot |
3 a.m. | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57kg |
5 a.m. | Athletics | Women's pole vault |
5:35 a.m. | Athletics | Men's hammer |
6:10 a.m. | Ahletics | Women's 5000m |
6:30 a.m. | Taekwondo | Women's 67kg |
6:45 p.m. | Taekwondo | Men's 80kg |
6:45 p.m. | Athletics | Women's 4x100m relay |
7:05 p.m. | Athletics | Men's 4x100m relay |
INDIANS IN ACTION
TIME | SPORT | EVENT | PLAYER(S) |
4 p.m. Friday | Golf | Women's individual (round three) | Aditi Ashok |
4:30 p.m. | Athletics | Men's 50km walk | Sandeep Kumar |
6:55 p.m. | Badminton | Women's singles final | P.V. Sindhu (versus Carolina Marin (Spain)) |
11 p.m. | Athletics | Women's 20km walk | Khushbir Kaur, Sapna Punia |
5:15 a.m. Saturday | Athletics | Women's 4x400m relay (Round one) | Poovamma Raju, Anilda Thomas, Jisna Mathew, Ashwini Akkunji, Debashree Mazumdar |
6:10 a.m. | Athletics | Men's 4x400m relay (Round one) | Arokia Rajiv, Kunhu Muhammed, Dharun Ayyasamy, Mohankumar Raja, Lalit Mathur |