Thursday, July 22, 2021

Indian Shooting @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Shooting! Indian shooting team has been always expected win medal at olympics. But we had only won 4 medals till now. Only gold other than hockey in India's overall medals tally is from shooting. Abhinav bhindra, won in Men's 10 m Air Rifle in Beijing2008.

Other Olympic medalists are Rajyavardhan Rathore - Silver,Athens2004, Vijay kumar - Silver,London2012, Gagan Narag- Bronze,London2012

We had sent a team of 11 to Rio2016, now to Tokyo 15 are shooting for India.

There are 15 Gold medals to shoot in Tokyo. But we are aiming only 10. 

This is the largest Indian shooting contingent at the Olympic Games, and probably the most prolific too with multiple current and former world No 1 and World Cup gold medallists. They are a largely young side, with all but four on their first Olympics campaign. 


Team:

Anjum Moudgil, 10m Women’s Air Rifle

Apurvi Chandela, 10m Women’s Air Rifle

Divyansh Singh Panwar, 10m Men’s Air Rifle

Deepak Kumar, 10m Men’s Air Rifle

Tejaswini Sawant, 50m Women’s Rifle 3 Position

Sanjeev Rajput, 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position

Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position

Manu Bhaker, 10m Women’s Air Pistol

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, 10m Women’s Air Pistol

Saurabh Chaudhary, 10m Men’s Air Pistol

Abhishek Verma, 10m Men’s Air Pistol

Rahi Sarnobat, 25m Women’s Pistol

Elavenil Valarivan, 25m Women’s Pistol 

Angad Veer Singh Bajwa, Men’s Skeet

Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Men’s Skeet

Schedule:

24th July 2021

Women’s 10m air rifle qualification, final – 5:00, 7:15 IST

Men’s 10m air pistol qualification, final – 9:30, 12:00 IST

25th July 2021

Women’s 10m air pistol qualification, final – 5:30, 7:45 IST

Men’s 10m air rifle qualification, final – 9:30, 12:00 IST

Men’s skeet qualification – 6:00 IST

26th July 2021

Men’s skeet final – 12:20 IST

27th July 2021

Mixed 10m air pistol team qualification, bronze medal match, final – 5:30 IST onwards

Mixed 10m air rifle team qualification, final – 9:45 IST onwards

29th July 2021

Women’s 25m pistol precision qualification – 5:30 IST

30th July 2021

Women’s 25m pistol rapid qualification, final – 5:30 IST onwards

31st July 2021

Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions qualification, final – 8:30 IST onwards

2nd August 2021

Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions qualification, final – 8:00 IST onwards


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Indian Table Tennis @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Table Tennis! Demands quick reflexes and hand-eye co-ordination. In Tokyo there are 5 events. 

India has 4 athletes participating in 3 events.

Sharath Kamal - Men's Singles, Mixed Doubles

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran - Men's Singles

Manika batra - Women's Singles, Mixed Doubles

Sutirtha Mukherjee - Women's Singles


Sharath competing his 3rd olympics,Manika into her 2nd olympic, Sathiyan is the first ever Indian Paddler to broke into top 25 in rankings and Sutirtha are into their first olympics.


Schedule:

Men’s singles round 2 (Bye on round 1) 

  • Sharath - 26 July 2021 7:30 AM IST
  • Sathiyan - 25 July 2021 1:30 PM IST

Women’s singles round 1

  • Manika - 24 July 2021 12:30 PM IST
  • Sutirtha - 24 July 2021 01:00 PM IST    

Mixed doubles round of 16 – 24 July 2021 8:30 AM IST

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Indian Wrestling @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Wrestling! Has been a India's Saviour in last 3 Olympics! Till now we have won 5 medals in olympics. Second highest number of medals in India's Olympics Tally after our dominace in Hockey.

Shushil Kumar, Silver and Bronze medalist in Olympics London and Beijing respectively, made wresling popular in India. Yogeshwar Dutt, London2012, Bronze Medalist carried the legacy in Mens category. Now there is a huge hope on Bajrang Punia

In Women's category we have notable names like Geeta PhogatBabita Kumari in Commonwealth and Asian Games. But Sakshi Malik becomes the first indian women wrestler to win bronze in olympics. She did it in Rio2016. In Tokyo we have huge hopes on Vinesh Phogat as she is in prime form. She finished 10th in Rio2016. She is the top seed in her category.

We have 18 events in Tokyo. But we have qualified only for 7 events.


Men's Team

Ravi Kumar Dahiya - 57Kg

Bajrang Punia - 65Kg

Deepak Punia - 86Kg

Women's Team

Seema Bisla -50Kg

Vinesh Phogat -53Kg

Anshu Malik - 57Kg

Sonam Malik - 62Kg

Lets hope even this time wrestling keeps us in Medals Tally!

Schedule:

4th August 2021

Wrestling – Men’s 57kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals – 8:00 ISTonwards

Wrestling – Men’s 86kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals – 8:00 IST onwards

Wrestling – Women’s 57kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals – 8:00 IST onwards

5th August 2021

Wrestling – Men’s 57kg freestyle repechage, final – 7:30 IST onwards

Wrestling – Men’s 86kg freestyle repechage, final – 7:30 IST onwards

Wrestling – Women’s 57kg freestyle repechage, final – 7:30 IST onwards

Wrestling – Women’s 53kg freestyle round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals – 8:00 IST onwards

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Indian Weightlifting @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Lets see about Weightlifting! There are 14 events in Tokyo2020. India had qualified in only one event.

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Commentwealth Gold medalist, World Championship Gold medalist is the only contigent for India in weightlifting. She competes in 48Kg category. She had finished 6th in Rio2016 snatch!

We had won a bronze in SydneyOlympics in 2000 by Karnam Malleshwari, First Indian Women Olympic Medalist.

Saikhom will try to finish in podium this time! 



Schedule:

24th July 2021
Weightlifting – Women’s 49kg – 10:20 AM IST

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Indian Tennis @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Tennis is one of the most happening and followed sport all over the world.Thanks to likes of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Djokovic! Rafa and Federer are not participating in Tokyo!

In olympics 5 events are conducted. Men's Singles, Doubles ,Women's Singles, Doubles and Mixed doubles.

Leander paes won a Bronze in Atlanta 1996 olympics. After that he and Mahesh Bhupathy came close on double in Athens2004 finished 4th. 

India had qualified for 2 events in Tokyo. Team below,

Sumit Nagal - Men's Singles

Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina - Women's Doubles



Sania Mirza, former Indian women's no1 pairs up with current Indian women's no1. Sania trying her luck in her 4th olympics and Ankita entering into her maiden olympics.

Sumit, currently highest ranked Indian entering his maiden olympics. He came into limelight when he faced Roger federer in 2019 US Open 1st round. He won a first set against Federer. He got a chance since many withdrawn due to pandemic and injuries.

Rohan Boppana, well know in Indian tennis, failed to make a cut. He had accused Indian Tennis body on this. Whatever, but we missed a sure medal shot.



Schedule:

July 24th and 25th July 2021

Men’s singles round one – Sumit Nagal vs Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan)

Women’s doubles round one – Sania Mirza & Ankita Raina vs Liudmyla Kichenok & Nadiia Kichenok (Ukraine)

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Indian Swimming @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Swimming is the sport which has more Gold medals to loot. Any guesses? 37 Gold medals next to atheltics which offers 48.

Medals in swimming gonna determine the top of the table along with athletics. Out of 37 events, India is gonna participate in 5 events. We are sending 3 athlets, 2nd largest after 2008 which is 4.



Srihari Natarajan - Men's 100m Backstroke

Sajan Prakash - Men's 100m Butterfly, Men's 200m Butterfly and Men's 200m Freestyle

Maana Patel - Women's 100m Backstroke

Srihari and Sajan earned FINA A grade qualification for olympics. These 2 are the only now qualified with A grade from India.


Schedule:
Women's 100m Backstroke  Heats-25th July 2021 Evening session
Men's 200m Freestyle Heats - 25th July 2021 Evening Session
Men's100m Backstroke Heats - 25th July 2021 Evening session
Men's 200m Butterfly Heats - 26 July 2021 Evening session
Men's 100m Butterfly Heats - 29th July 2021 Evening session

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Indian Sailing @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Saling is a very challenging sport in sea. It demands skills and determination in a ever changing water. There are about 10 events in Tokyo2020!


We are competing in 3 events!

1.Vishnu Saravanan - Men's Laser Event

2. K.C Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar - Men's 49er Event

3. Nethra Kumanan - Women's Laser Radial Event


Lets hope India Sails better!!

Schedule:

25th and 26th July - Men's and Women's Laser heats

27th July - Men's 49er

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Indian Rowing @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Lets see about Rowing. It is a racing sport using boats and ores. In Tokyo there are 14 medal events.

From India we have qualified only for Men's Lightweight Doubles sculls. We have a experienced rowers Arjun Lal and Arvind Singh competing for India at international levels. 

Both of are serving Indian Army!



Schedule:

Heats : 24th July 2021

Repechage: 25th July 2021 (Repechage is best placed losers in heats will compete) 

Final : 29th July 2021

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Indian Judo @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

How many of you know what is JUDO? It is Japanese Maritial art. Have a look at this link - Click here, explains in a minute.

Number of events conducted in Tokyo is 15. But India is up on only one.

We have a another lone warrior comepeting in Judo. Sushila Devi Likmabam. She is a Silver medalist in Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014.


She is competing in Women's Extra-Light Weight (48KG) category. A podium in Judo will change the face on Judo in India. 

Schedule:

24th July 2021

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Indian Hockey @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Let see about a sport in which India won more Gold in Olympics. Field Hockey, National game of India!

Indian Mens hockey team won 11 medal including 8 golds. India had won more medals in hockey than any other team in olympics. But the sad part is last medal won in 1980 😔

In Tokyo both Mens and Womens team are competing!

Men's Team:

Indian team currently ranks 4th in the world. Manpreet Singh, leading Indians hope.

No. Pos. Player


Schedule:



Women's Team:

In Rio2016 Women's team finsihed 12th. Rani Rampal captains in Tokyo. This is 3rd time Indian women,s team had qualified for Olympics.



No. Pos. Player
4 MF Monika Malik
7 FW Sharmila Devi
28 FW Rani Rampal(C)

Schedule:


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