The Tokyo Olympics Games 2021 will be played from 23 July 2021 to 8 August 2021. This time the country is expected to get many medals from Indian athletes.
The Olympics, which is called the Maha Kumbh of the Games, is going to start from today. After getting postponed for a year due to the Corona pandemic, it is now getting organized, and for this, from all over the world, more than 11 thousand players have reached Tokyo, the capital of Japan. On Friday, the opening ceremony of this big world-class tournament will be held under limited and many restrictions.
This time in the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association and the Union Sports Ministry are expected to bring medals in double digits from India. The government has spent a lot on infrastructure, equipment, foreign experts, and training for athletes under the Target Podium Scheme.
The history of India in the Olympics has not been special because it has won only 28 medals which include 9 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze in more than 100 years. India has won successive medals in hockey from 1928 to 1980 but except 1976. India has won a total of 11 medals: 8 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals in hockey. Apart from hockey, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won India a historic gold medal in the 10m air rifle
However, India’s performance was disappointing and won only two medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics. For India, PV Sindhu won a silver medal in badminton and Sakshi Malik (women’s freestyle 58 kg) won a bronze medal in wrestling.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020 has started. Deepika Kumari has ranked 9th in the women’s archery ranking round. Deepika Kumari’s total score was 663 and at the same time, in the first half she was number four, but in the second half, she could not perform well and lost her momentum. His scores in the second round were 55, 53, 56, 58, 53, and 54. Now he will face Karma of Bhutan in Round-of-64. Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, and Praveen Jadhav will present the challenge in the men’s individual ranking round in archery on Day 1.
In the last round, Deepika could not make any major changes. Deepika has achieved a score of X-10-9-9-9-7 in this round and secured a total of 54 points. Deepika finished ninth with a total score of 663 and now her draw will be decided based on this.
66-year-old equestrian Mary Henna oldest
Athletes of all ages take part in the Olympics. In such a situation, this time all eyes will be on the youngest and oldest players going to participate in Tokyo. The oldest athlete competing in the Tokyo Olympics will be 66-year-old equestrian Mary Hena from Australia.
This will be the seventh Olympics of his career. With this, she will become the second oldest female player in Australian Olympic history, Mary started riding at the age of four at her father’s farmhouse.
Britain’s Lorna Johnstone holds the record for being the oldest female player to participate in Olympic history. When he participated in the Munich Olympics in 1972, he was 70 years old.
HIGHLIGHTS:
9:38 AM: Atanu Das, Tarundeep Roy, and Praveen Jadhav of India are participating in the Archery Men’s Ranking Event. Good start from Atanu Das. Finished at number five in the first set with 58 points. However, Tarundeep Rai is at number 31 with 55 points and Praveen Jadhav is at number 40 with 54 points.
10:00 AM: The performance of the Indian archer in the first half was weak. India’s Praveen Jadhav is at number 30, Atanu Das at number 31, and Tarundeep Rai at number 45.
10:32 AM: Indian archers have high hopes in this Olympics and these ranking rounds will prove to be crucial for the journey ahead for the Indian archers.
11:30 AM: Indian players could not do much in the men’s archery ranking round as well. Praveen Jadhav was ranked 31st with 656 points, Atanu Das 35th with 653 points, and 37th with 652 points.
11:35 AM: Korea also dominated the men’s archery ranking round. Deok Jae Kim of Korea finished first with 688 points.
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