Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna to play for bronze

On the eve of the Independence day, Indian athletes at Rio Olympics will try to give the country more reasons to cheer. In one of its first, all eyes will be on Dipa Karmakar who will figure in the Final of Artistic Gymnastics, Vault apparatus. It was last Sunday when Dipa's score of 14.850 in the qualifiers proved enough, to take her to the final of the women's vault event. In the process, Karmakar, became the first Indian, across both genders, to qualify for a Final event in gymnastics at the Summer Games. After a bad outing in their respective doubles event the mixed pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will try to make amends, as they are fighting today in the Bronze medal match. The Indian pair will be facing Czech duo of Radek Stepanek and Lucie Hradecka in the medal match. Indian Shooting contingent have been disappointing so far, but on the final day of Shooting events, India will hope that a medal comes. In the 50m Rifle 3 positions, Gagan Narang and Chain Singh will figure in qualifications round today. Indian men's hockey team will figure in the quarter-finals of the event against Belgium tonight. India the current 5th ranked team in the world will try beat the 6th ranked Belgium to make a place in last-4. In Badminton, after the doubles team exited, India's singles team effort will be led by Saina Nehwal who along with PV Sindhu and K Srikanth will be seen in their second group matches today. A win today will move them pre-quarter finals. A loss, however, doesn't mean that they will bow out but their fate then will depend on other ties of the group. Indian boxing is another unit where a medal can be expected. In today's round of 16, pugilist Manoj Kumar will box against Uzbekistan's Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the 64 kg weight class. In Athletics, OP Jaisha and Kavita Raut will be seen in the marathon event today. And in the final round of Golf, India's Anirban Lahiri and Shiv Chawrasia will teeing off. Besides all the action Rio presents, Usain Bolt will be seen in action as semi-final and final of 100m is scheduled for tonight.