After the celebratory high of Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal on the official first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, it’s been a testing period for the Indian contingent and the fans alike.
On Tuesday, there are a couple of mixed events where the Indian shooters are in contention for medals. They are yet to open their account in Tokyo, and as it was in Rio, there is pressure.
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Also in action nice and early are the men’s hockey team who would be keen to put their 7-1 defeat against Australia behind them.
In badminton, it is a massive match for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men’s doubles as they take on Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in a must-win encounter. Lovolina Borgohain begins her boxing campaign with the pugilists also under pressure with a series of early defeats. The last standing paddler, Achanta Sharath Kamal faces a tough test against reigning Olympic champion Ma Long.
Indian sailors are scheduled to compete in all of their three events.
Here’s a quick look at India’s schedule for day four of action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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India schedule on July 27 (all times in IST)
Sport | Start Time | Event | Athletes | Medal event? | Location |
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Shooting | 5:30 | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1 | Manu Bhaker & Saurabh Chaudhary Yashaswini Deswal & Abhishek Verma | Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range | |
6.15 | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification Stage 2 | TBD | Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range | ||
7.30 onwards | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Medal matches | Bronze followed by Gold | YES | Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range | |
9:45 | 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1 | Anjum Moudgil & Deepak Kumar Divyansh Panwar & Elavenil Valarivan | Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range | ||
10.30 | 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Stage 2 | TBD | Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range | ||
11.45 onwards | 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Medal matches | Bronze followed by Gold | YES | Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range | |
Hockey | 6:30 | Men's Pool A | India vs Spain | Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch | |
Sailing | 8:35 | Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial - Race 05 | Nethra Kumanan | Fujisawa | |
8:45 | Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 04 | Vishnu Saravanan | Fujisawa | ||
Followed by | Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial - Race 06 | Nethra Kumanan | Fujisawa | ||
Followed by | Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 05 | Vishnu Saravanan | Fujisawa | ||
Followed by | Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 06 | Vishnu Saravanan | Fujisawa | ||
11:20 | Men's Skiff - 49er - Race 01 | KC Ganapathy & Varun Thakkar | Enoshima | ||
Followed by | Men's Skiff - 49er - Race 02 | KC Ganapathy & Varun Thakkar | Enoshima | ||
Followed by | Men's Skiff - 49er - Race 03 | KC Ganapathy & Varun Thakkar | Enoshima | ||
Badminton | 8:30 approx | Men's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group A | Satwik-Chirag vs GBR Lane/Vendy | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3 | |
Table tennis | 8:30 | Men's Singles Round 3 | Sharath Kamal vs Ma Long | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1 | |
Boxing | 10:57 | Women's Welter (64-69kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 16 | Lovlina Borgohain vs Nadine Apetz | Kokugikan Arena |
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