Friday 23 July 2021

India at Tokyo 2020 - what to look forward on Day 2 - 24th July 2021

 


Archery - Mixed Team Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das will be in action. The Pre-Quarters are at 6am where they take on the Chinese Taipei Team. Quarters to Finals happen back to back from 10:45 am to around 1:30 pm. India will face Korea if we get to the Quarters. Men ranking so low after the individual rankings round has impacted the team rankings along with their individual rankings. Men's team will also face the mighty Koreans in Quarters if they win their first round match against Kazakhstan   

Rowing - We have Arvind Lal and Arjun Singh who will be participating in the Men's Light weight  double skulls category. They are in Heat 2 and will be around 7:30 am. 

Weightlifting - Mirabhai Chanu will be in action in the 49kg category. There contestants are segregated into two groups A and B. The top contenders will be in Group A which starts around 10:20 am. Group B happens at 6:20 am. Mirabhai is in Group A. 

Shooting - We have 10m women's Air Rifle Qualification at 5 am and finals at 7:15 am -  Elavenil and Apurvi will be in action. The 10m Air pistol qualification is at 9:30 am and Finals at 12 noon - Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma will be in action

Badminton - Group stage matches - Men's Doubles Satwik and Chirag will be in action at around 8:50 am and Sai Praneeth will be in action at around 9:30 am 

Hockey - Indian men take on New Zealand at 6:30 am in pool A match and Women take on Netherlands at 5:15 pm in pool A match. 

Judo - Shushila Likmabam will be in action in the women's 48kg category. Action starts at 7:30. All events up to Gold medal match will be completed on 24th itself. The afternoon sessions start at 1:30 pm. She will be taking on Hungary's Eva CSERNOVICZKI in her round of 32 match. 

Table Tennis - We have the Pre-Quarters for the mixed event - Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will be in action against 3rd Seeded Chinese Taipei Team at around 8:30 am. Manika Batra will also be in action in Singles against British HO Tin-Tin(ranked lower than Manika and Manika is 2-0 in head to head) at around 12:15 pm and Suhirtha will take on Sweden's Linda Bergstroem (ranked higher than Suhirtha and it's a 1-1 in head to head) at around 1 pm. Sharath and Sathyan have got first round bye. 

Tennis - Sumit Nagal (who was a last minute addition) Denis Istomin (WR 197) at around 9am

Boxing - Vikas Krishan will be in action at around 3:50 pm in his round of 32 match against Japan's Sewonrets Quincy Mensah OKAZAWA.  Amit Panghal, Satish Kumar, Simranjeet & Lovlina Borgohain have all received first round byes and are directly into round of 16

Medal Prospects - Mira Bhai Chanu in weightlifting, All 4 shooters, Archery Mixed team(which has become doubtful post the individual ranking rounds) 

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