How to catch the Tokyo Olympics in India - Plus complete schedule of Indian players

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Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:24:55 +0000

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The Tokyo Olympic games, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, will see six new sports and 15 new 'events'. The new sports are baseball, softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding.

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The Tokyo Olympic Games will formally get off tomorrow (July 23) with a low-key opening ceremony in which only a limited number of sportspersons from 206 competing nations will participate, and alas, there will be no spectators in the stands.

The pandemic has played havoc with the Games, which was originally set for last year, and it is only because of the commitment and organisational zeal
of the host nation that we will get to witness great sporting action that
help take our minds off the virus and its problems.

Tokyo is hosting the Olympic Games for the second time. the previous occasion was 1964.

Though the Games begin tomorrow and end on August 9, matches in sports like women's football and softball have been happening from yesterday.

Softball is one of the six new sports introduced in this year's Games. The other five new sports are: baseball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding. For the record, 15 new 'events' have also been added to the Games.

The opening ceremony will be conducted at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The event will begin live at 4:30 p.m. IST.

Men's hockey player Manpreet Singh and woman boxer Mary Kom will be India's flag-bearers at the opening ceremony. How to watch Hockey at Olympics 2020: key dates, free live stream and more Tokyo Olympics becomes the latest victim of the Fujitsu hackers Largest contingent ever from India

From an Indian perspective, this is the largest ever contingent that it has sent to any Olympics. A total of 127 sportspersons will represent the country in 18 disciplines.

Indians will be seen in action in: Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Fencing, Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics, Judo, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

There is plenty of hype in the media, and just going by the reports it would seem that almost all of them are top medal contenders in their respective events.

But the reality is a bit more sobering. Having said that there is a real hope that Indian will better its performance from the last Games at Rio. India had a poor Olympics last time around with a paltry return of just two medals in 2016. It was a silver for PV Sindhu in the women's singles badminton event
and a bronze for wrestler Sakshi Malik in the women's 58kg freestyle
wrestling event. Medal prospects for India Will Manu Bhaker be on target? (Image credit: Twitter)

In the Indian contingent, the shooters look to be the big favourites. The 15-member squad comprises, among others, big medal hopes Manu Bhaker (10m Women's Air Pistol) and Saurabh Chaudhary (10m Men's Air Pistol).

In badminton, Sindhu is there, while in women's boxing (flyweight) Mary Kom
is always present Vinay Phogat is the star attraction of the squad in women's wrestling. Mirabai Chanu' is the one to watch out for in women's 48kg weightlifting. Deepika Kumari, who recently won three golds at the Archery World Cup in Paris, will be the cynosure of all eyes in bow and arrow.

India is participating in two events for the first time, with Bhavani Devi becoming the first fencer to qualify and Fouaad Mirza making it to the equestrian event.

Of course athletes like Tajinder Pal Toor (shotput), Neeraj Chopra (javelin) offer a glimmer of hope in track and field.

India's Olympic blue-eyed boys, the hockey team, though nowhere near being among top, can spring a surprise or two.

Historically, India's best showing in Olympics was in London 2012 - it won
six medals. How to watch Tokyo Olympics official broadcasters in India

The official broadcaster of Tokyo Olympics in India Sony Sports Network. Sony will broadcast the Games live on 5 network channels & 4 languages. It will be available on Sony Six, Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3 and Sony Ten 4 channels.

On the OTT platform, SonyLIV will stream the Olympic Games.

Aside from Sony, the national broadcaster Prasar Bharatis Doordarshan will also air the Games live. Needless to say, its focus will be on the events
that have Indian participation. The complete schedule of Indians at the Olympics (Image credit: kuremo / Shutterstock.com)

July 23 (All timings in IST hrs) Archery Womens individual ranking round 5:30 Archery Mens individual ranking round 9:30

July 24 Archery Mixed team round of 16 6:00 Archery Mixed team medal rounds 10:45 Badminton Mens doubles prelims 8:50 Badminton Mens singles prelims 9:30 Boxing Womens welterweight 8:00 Boxing Mens welterweight round of 32 9:54 Boxing Mens super heavyweight round of 32 19:42
Equestrian Individual dressage grand prix day 1 Hockey Men vs New Zealand 6.30 Hockey Women vs Netherlands 17.15 Judo Women 48kg all rounds 7:30 Rowing Mens lightweight double sculls heats 7:50 Shooting Womens 10m air rifle qualification, final 5:00, 7:15 Shooting Mens 10m air pistol qualification, final 9:30, 12:00 Table tennis Mens singles preliminary
round 5:30 Table tennis Womens singles preliminary round 5:30 Table tennis
Mixed doubles round of 16 7:45 Tennis - Mens singles round one Womens doubles round one Weightlifting Womens 49kg 10:20

July 24-25 Tennis Mens singles round one Sumit Nagal vs Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) Tennis Womens doubles round one Sania Mirza & Ankita Raina vs Liudmyla Kichenok & Nadiia Kichenok (Ukraine) (Image credit:
Shutterstock.com)

July 25 Badminton Women singles preliminaries 7:10 Boxing Womens
flyweight round of 32 7:30 Boxing Womens middleweight round of 32 8:33 Boxing Mens lightweight round of 32 8:48 Equestrian Individual dressage grand prix day 2 Gymnastics Womens all-around qualification 6:30 Hockey
Men vs Australia 15.00 Hockey Women vs Germany 17.45 Rowing Mens lightweight double sculls repechage 6:30 Sailing Mens Laser heats Sailing Womens Laser Radial heats Shooting Womens 10m air pistol qualification,
final 5:30, 7:45 Shooting Mens 10m air rifle qualification, final 9:30, 12:00 Shooting Mens skeet qualification 6:00 Table tennis Mixed doubles quarterfinals, semifinals 6:30, 16:30 Table tennis Mens singles round 2 10:30 Table tennis Womens singles round 2 10:30 Swimming Womens 100m backstroke heats 15:32 Swimming Mens 200m freestyle heats 15:52 Swimming Mens 100m backstroke heats 16:49

July 26 Archery Mens team round of 16 6:00 Archery Mens team medal rounds
10:15 Boxing Mens flyweight round of 32 7:30 Boxing Mens middleweight round of 32 9:06 Fencing Womens sabre all rounds 5:30 Hockey Women vs Germany 17.45 Sailing Mens Laser heats Sailing Womens Laser Radial heats Shooting Mens skeet final 12:20 Table tennis Mens singles round 2, round 3
6:30, 11:00 Table tennis Womens singles round 2, round 3 6:30, 11:00 Table tennis Mixed doubles bronze match, final 16:30, 17:30 Swimming Mens 200m freestyle semifinals 7:07 Swimming Mens 100m backstroke semifinals 8:01 Swimming Womens 100m backstroke semifinals 8:23 Swimming Mens 200m butterfly heats 15:59 (Image credit: kovop58 / Shutterstock.com)

July 27 Archery Mens individual round of 64, round of 32 Archery Womens individual round of 64, round of 32 Boxing Mens welterweight round of 16 7:30 Boxing Womens lightweight round of 32 9:36 Boxing Womens welterweight round of 16 10:09 Hockey Men vs Spain 6.30 Rowing Mens lightweight double sculls final C, semifinals A/B 5:50, 7:48 Sailing Mens Laser heats Sailing Womens Laser Radial heats Sailing Mens 49er heats Shooting Mixed 10m air pistol team qualification, bronze medal match, final 5:30 onwards Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle team qualification, final 9:45 onwards Table tennis
Mens singles round 3 5:30 Table tennis Womens singles round 3 5:30
Swimming Mens 200m freestyle final 7:13 Swimming Womens 100m backstroke final 7:21 Swimming Mens 100m backstroke final 7:29 Swimming Mens 200m butterfly semifinals 8:05

July 28 Archery Womens individual round of 64, round of 32 Archery Mens individual round of 64, round of 32 Boxing Womens middleweight round of 16 8:00 Equestrian Individual dressage grand prix freestyle Hockey Women vs Great Britain 6.30 Sailing Mens 49er heats Table tennis Womens singles quarterfinals 6:30 Table tennis Mens singles quarterfinals 7:30 Swimming Mens 200m butterfly final 7:19 (Image credit: Jinhee Lee/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

July 29 Archery Womens individual round of 64, round of 32 Archery Mens individual round of 64, round of 32 Badminton Womens singles round of 16 5:30 Badminton Mens doubles quarterfinals 5:30 Badminton Mens singles
round of 16 13:30 Boxing Mens middleweight round of 16 7:30 Boxing Mens super heavyweight round of 16 8:33 Boxing Womens flyweight round of 16
9:36 Golf Mens individual round one 4:00 onwards Gymnastics Womens all-around final 16:20 Hockey Men vs Argentina 6.00 Rowing Mens lightweight double sculls final 6:20 Sailing Mens Laser heats Sailing Womens Laser Radial heats Shooting Womens 25m pistol precision qualification
5:30 Table tennis Womens singles semifinals, bronze match, final 7:30, 16:30, 17:30 Table tennis Mens singles semifinals 11:30 Swimming Mens 100m butterfly heats 16:20

July 30 Archery Womens individual round of 16 6:00 Archery Womens individual medal rounds 11:15 Athletics Mens 3,000m steeplechase heats
5:30 Athletics Mens 400m hurdles heats 7:25 Athletics Womens 100m heats 8:10 Badminton Womens singles quarterfinals 5:30 Badminton Mens doubles semifinals 12:00\ Boxing Womens lightweight round of 16 7:30 Boxing
Womens welterweight quarterfinals 8:33 Boxing Mens welterweight quarterfinals 9:06\ Equestrian Individual eventing dressage session 1, 2 Golf Mens individual round two 4:00 onwards Hockey Women vs Ireland 8.15 Hockey Men vs Japan 15.00 Sailing Mens 49er heats Sailing Mens Laser
heats Sailing Womens Laser Radial heats Shooting Womens 25m pistol rapid qualification, final 5:30 onwards Table tennis Mens singles bronze match, final 16:30, 17:30 Swimming Mens 100m butterfly semifinals 7:00 (Image credit: lazyllama / Shutterstock.com)

July 31 Archery Mens individual round of 16 6:00 Archery Mens individual medal rounds 11:15 Athletics Womens 100m final 18:20 Badminton Mens singles quarterfinals 5:30 Badminton Womens singles semifinals 14:30 Badminton Mens doubles final 14:30 Boxing Mens flyweight round of 16 7:30 Boxing Mens lightweight round of 16 8:33 Boxing Womens middleweight quarterfinals 9:36 Equestrian Individual eventing dressage session 3 Golf Mens individual round three 4:00 onwards Hockey Women vs South Africa 8.45 Sailing Mens 49er heats Sailing Mens Laser medal race Sailing Womens Laser Radial heats Shooting Womens 50m rifle 3 positions qualification, final
8:30 onwards Swimming Mens 100m butterfly final 7:00

August 1 Athletics Mens 400m hurdles semifinals 17:35 Badminton Mens singles semifinals 9:30 Badminton Womens singles final 17:00 Boxing
Womens flyweight quarterfinals 7:30 Boxing Mens welterweight semifinals 8:33 Boxing Mens middleweight quarterfinals 8:48 Boxing Mens superheavyweight quarterfinals 9:36 Equestrian Individual eventing cross country Golf Mens individual round four 4:00 onwards Hockey Mens quarterfinals 6:00 onwards (Image credit: photoyh / Shutterstock.com)

August 2 Athletics Womens 200m heats 7:00 Athletics Womens 200m
semifinals 15:55 Athletics Mens 3,000m steeplechase final 17:45 Equestrian
Individual eventing jumping Hockey Womens quarterfinals 6:00 onwards Sailing Mens 49er medal race Shooting Mens 50m rifle 3 positions qualification, final 8:00 onwards

August 3 Athletics Mens 400m hurdles final 8:50 Athletics Womens 200m final 18:20 Boxing Mens flyweight quarterfinals 7:30 Boxing Mens lightweight quarterfinals 8:18 Boxing Womens lightweight quarterfinals
9:05 Boxing Mens welterweight final 15:35 Equestrian Individual jumping qualifier Hockey Mens semifinals 7:00, 15:30 Wrestling Womens 62kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals 8:00 onwards (Image credit: Jinhee Lee/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

August 4 Boxing Womens flyweight semifinals 10:30 Boxing Womens welterweight semifinals 11:00 Boxing Mens superheavyweight semifinals
11:33 Equestrian Individual jumping final Golf Womens individual round one 4:00 onwards Hockey Womens semifinals 7:00, 15:30 Wrestling Womens 62kg freestyle repechage, final 7:30 onwards, last bout of the day Wrestling
Mens 57kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals 8:00 onwards Wrestling Mens 86kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals 8:00 onwards Wrestling Womens 57kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals 8:00 onwards

August 5 Athletics Mens 20km walk 13:00 Boxing Womens lightweight semifinals 10:30 Boxing Mens flyweight semifinals 11:00 Boxing Mens middleweight semifinals 11:33 Golf Womens individual round two 4:00
onwards Hockey Mens bronze, gold matches 7:00, 15:30 Wrestling Mens 57kg freestyle repechage, final 7:30 onwards Wrestling Mens 86kg freestyle repechage, final 7:30 onwards Wrestling Womens 57kg freestyle repechage, final 7:30 onwards Wrestling Womens 53kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals 8:00 onwards (Image credit: rus12eng / Shutterstock.com)

August 6 Athletics Mens 50km walk 2:00 Athletics Womens 20km walk 13:00 Athletics Mens 4x400m relay heats 16:55 Boxing Womens middleweight semifinals 10:30\ Boxing Mens lightweight semifinals 11:02 Golf Womens individual round three 4:00 onwards Hockey Womens bronze, gold matches 7:00, 15:30 Wrestling Womens 53kg freestyle repechage, final 7:30 onwards, last bout of the day Wrestling Mens 65kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals 8:00 onwards Wrestling Womens 50kg freestyle
round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals 8:00 onwards

August 7 Athletics Mens 4x400m relay final 18:20 Badminton Mens singles final 16:30 Boxing Mens flyweight final 10:30 Boxing Womens flyweight final 10:45 Boxing Mens middleweight final 11:15 Boxing Womens welterweight final 11:45 Golf Womens individual round four 4:00 onwards Wrestling Mens 65kg freestyle repechage, final 15:15 onwards Wrestling Womens 50kg freestyle repechage, final 15:15 onwards

August 8 Boxing Womens lightweight final 10:30 Boxing Mens lightweight final 10:45 Boxing Womens middleweight final 11:15 Mens super heavyweight final 11:45

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