Rio 2016 | Kidambi Srikanth faces Lin Dan; Vinesh Phogat in action on day 12

Aditi Ashok will take to the field today in the first round of the women's individual golf event. The 18-year-old is not a medal contender, as she will be up against far more experienced opponents. However, after Anirban Lahiri and Shiv Chawrasia's disappointi�💟�ng performances in the men's event, she will hope for a strong finish.

After beating the Super Dane, the Super Dan is up next for Kidambi Sri𓆏kanth. The 23-year-old shuttler will face arguably the greatest badminton player of all time, Lin Dan, in the quarterfinal. Two years back, Srikanth announced his arrival to the rest of 🌸the world by beating Lin Dan in the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier—which was also the last encounter between these two. If he can produce a similar performance against the World No.3 tonight, then we will be in for a thrilling encounter.

After disappointments in the Greco-Roman wrestling, the Freestyle wrestling will kick off today, which is India's forte. 23-year-old Sakshi Malik will face Sweden's Johanna Mattsson, who won a gold medal at the European Championships two years back, in the 58 kg category. Vinesh Phogat, who won a bronze medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships earlier this year, will also be in action in the 48 kg category against Romanian Emilia Alina Vuc, who won a silver medal at the 2016 European Champi💎onship.

Finally, Tintu Lukka will take part in the heats of the women's 800m. The 27-year-old, who is coached by PT Usha, has been in good form this season and has even won a gold medal at the Asian Championships 🀅last year. She is expected to qualify for the semifinals, like she did in the 2012 Olympics, and hopefully a place in the final after that.

Here is the full schedule of August 17, Day 12:

Golf

Event: Women's Individual Round 1

Athlete: Aditi Ashok

Time: 4:00 pm

Badminton

Event: Men's Singles Quarterfinal

Athlete: Srikanth Kidambi

Time: 5:50 pm

Wrestling-Freestyle

Event: Women's 58 kg Qualification

Athlete: Sakshi Malik

Time: 6:38 pm

Event: Women's 48 kg Qualification

Athlete: Vinesh Phogat

Time: 7:02 pm

Athletics

Event: Women's 800m Round 1 Heat 3

Athlete: Tintu Lukka

Time: 7:39 pm