By Asif Kalam
Are you waiting on the edge of your seat to find out when you can watch Indian women athletes in action? STAR Sports and Doordarshan are showing the events on TV. Here’s a handy table that we’ll keep updating as we find out more about the schedule:
Tuesday, 9th August
| 5.30 pm | 25m Pistol qualifications (the semi-final to final events run late into the night) | Heena Sidhu |
Wednesday, 10th August
| 6.09 pm | Archery individual eliminations | Bombayla Devi Laishram vs Austria |
| 7.30 pm | Hockey group stage | India vs Australia |
Thursday, 11th August
| 1.27 am | Archery individual eliminations | Deepika Kumari vs Georgia |
| 4.30 pm | Badminton doubles group stage | Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa vs Japan |
| 5.30pm | Archery pre-quarterfinals | Deepika Kumari vs Chinese Taipei |
| 5.56 pm | Archery pre-quarterfinals | Bombayla Devi vs Mexico |
| 6.40 pm | Badminton singles group stage | PV Sindhu vs Hungary |
| 7.50 pm | Badminton singles group stage | Saina Nehwal vs Brazil |
Friday, 12th August
| 4.00 am | Hockey group stage | India vs United States |
| 5.30 pm | Badminton doubles group stage | Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa vs Netherlands |
| 8.25 pm | 100m Heats | Dutee Chand |
Saturday, 13th August
| 6.00 pm | 400m Heats | Nirmala Sheoran |
| 6.35 pm | 3000m Steeplechase qualification | Lalita Babar, Sudha Singh |
| 6.30 pm | Hockey group stage | India vs Argentina |
| 7.15 pm | Badminton doubles group stage | Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa vs Thailand |
Sunday, 14th August
| 5.25 pm | Badminton singles group stage | Saina Nehwal vs Ukraine |
| 6.00 pm | Marathon | OP Jaisha, Kavita Raut |
| 7.45 pm | Badminton singles group stage | PV Sindhu vs Canada |
| 11.17 pm | Women’s vault final | Dipa Karmakar |
Monday, 15th August
| 200m Heats | Srabani Nanda |
Tuesday, 16th August
| 4.45 am | Discus | Seema Antil |
Wednesday, 17th August
| 4.00 pm | Golf | Aditi Ashok |
| 7.25 pm | 800m Heats | Tintu Luka |
| 6.30 pm | Freestyle wrestling 48 kg qualifiers | Vinesh Phogat |
| Freestyle wrestling 58 kg qualifiers | Sakshi Malik |
Thursday, 18th August
| 12.30 am | Freestyle wrestling finals | Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik |
| 3.00 am | 800m Semi-finals | Tintu Luka |
| 6.30 pm | Freestyle wrestling 53 kg qualifiers | Babita Kumari |
Friday, 19th August
| 11.30 pm | 20 km Walk | Khushbir Kaur, Sapna Punia |
(Featured image by Alistair Ross via Flickr/CC BY 2.0)