Rio Olympics 2016 schedule, Day 3: India’s Abhinav Bindra, hockey teams in crucial events

Which sports will Team India compete in on Day three of the Rio Olympics? Day three of the Rio Olympics 2016 will see Indians in action across six events in four sports. Monday will see Indian athletes complete in archery, hockey, shooting and swimming. [caption id=“attachment_2942226” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Abhinav Bindra will be in action on Monday. Getty Images[/caption] How many Indians will be in action in these sports? Seven athletes will take the field for India in individual events on Day 3, while two team events are also scheduled. The most prominent of these will be Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang’s qualification rounds as well as the men’s hockey team’s match against defending gold-medallist Germany. In shooting, which will kickstart the day, the 10m air rifle qualifications will see India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, along with Gagan Narang. Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai will continue in the men’s trap qualifiers. They were at 17th and 19th spots after the first day and will face an uphill task to avoid elimination on the second day. In archery, Laxmirani Majhi will take on Slovakia’s Alexandra Longova in the round-of-32 eliminations. The country’s sole male and female swimmers — Shivani Kataria and Sajan Prakash — will be in action in the heats for 200m butterfly stroke. [caption id=“attachment_2942278” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  The Indian hockey team. AP[/caption] The men’s and women’s hockey teams will also take the field. The men will play Germany, two-time reigning champions, in what will be their toughest test at Rio. If PR Sreejesh and Co can manage a draw, it will be considered a big boost, after their opening win against Ireland. The women will play Great Britain, a day after they managed to hold Japan to a draw in their opener. It will be another crunch game for Sushila Chanu and team, as they take on a much higher-ranked opponent. Here are all the Indians in action: Abhinav Bindra - Men’s 10m air rifle, qualification Gagan Narang - Men’s 10m air rifle, qualification Laxmirani Majhi - Women’s individual archery, round of 32 Manavjit Singh Sandhu  - Men’s trap, qualification Kynan Chenai  - Men’s trap, qualification Shivani Kataria - Women’s 200m Butterfly Sajan Prakash - Men’s 200m Butterfly Indian men's hockey team - Pool match Indian women's hockey team  - Pool match What time will these events happen? (all times in IST) [caption id=“attachment_2942286” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Laxmirani Majhi. Reuters[/caption] Shooting: The qualification for men’s 10m air rifle will begin at 5.30 pm, and the final will take place at 8.30 pm. The second day of men’s trap shooting will begin at 6.00 pm, for which the semifinals will be at 11.30 pm. Archery: The women’s individual round-of-32 eliminations begin, featuring India’s Laxmirani Majhi at 7.27 pm. Swimming: The women’s 200m freestyle heats will start at 9.32 pm, while the men’s 200m butterfly heats begin at 10.04 pm. Hockey: The men’s hockey team will take on Germany at 7.30 pm, while the women’s team will play Great Britain at 2.30 am on Tuesday morning. What are the India’s medal prospects? India’s only individual gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will be in action along with London 2012 bronze-medallist Gagan Narang, which means that Monday could finally be the day India opens its medal tally. Both Bindra and Narang know what it takes to be on the Olympic podium and both will be keen to repeat that. Bindra, who crashed to 16th position in London, will be playing his last Olympic event and has gone all out in preparation, even recreating the Rio range in Chandigarh. If he can channel all his nerve and preparation, he could script history with another medal. Similarly, if Narang gets going, he has the potential to change the colour of his medal as well. The 10m air rifle event will be one to watch out for. Follow all the Live updates from the Day’s happenings here