After a winning day 7 at Tokyo Olympics, Indian contingent will again gear up for another day at Tokyo. Archer Deepika Kumari will be up with a chance to bag a medal if she can be consistent enough. Athletics event will start from today as well and many Indian athletes will be in action. In badminton, PV Sindhu will face a tough challenge in Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in round of 8 match.
Indian boxer Lovlina will compete in her quarterfinal bout and a win will ensure her a bronze medal atleast. Fouaad Mirza will also begin his campaign in equestrian event. Indian men’s hockey team will play their last group stage match and despite of any result they are guaranteed of a second place finish in their group and they can be up against Netherlands, Great Britain or Germany in the quarter finals. Manu Bhaker is also going strong in women’s 25m pistol event and she is in contention for a place in the finals. With two gold medals up for grabs, here’s the schedule of India on 30 July at Tokyo 2020.
Archery
Women’s individual 1/8 eliminations- Deepika Kumari vs Ksenia Perova(Russian Olympic Committee)- 6 AM
Athletics
Men’s 3000m steeplechase round 1 Heat 2- Avinash Mukund Sable- 6:17 AM
Men’s 400m hurdles round 1- Jabir Palliyalil Madari- 8:17 AM
4×400 mixed relay round 1 Heat 2- India- 4:42 PM
Badminton
PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi in women’s singles quarter finals- 12 PM
Boxing
Women’s lightweight 57-60 kg pre quarter final- Simranjit Kaur vs Sudaporn Seesondee(Thailand)- 8:18 AM
Women’s welterweight 64-69 kg quarter final 2- Lovlina Borgohain vs Chin Nien Chen(Chinese Taipei) – 8:48 AM
Equestrian
Eventing dressage team and individual Day 1 Session 1 and 2- Fouaad Mirza- 5 AM and 2 PM respectively
Golf
Men’s individual stroke play round 2- Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane- 4 AM
Hockey
Women’s Pool A- India vs Ireland- 8:15 AM
Men’s Pool A- India vs Japan- 3 PM
Sailing
Women’s one person dinghy laser radial race 9 and 10- Nethra Kumanan- 8:35 AM
Men’s skiff 49er race 7, 8 and 9- 8:35 AM
Men’s one person dinghy laser race 9 and 10- 11:05 AM
Shooting
25m women’s pistol qualification rapid- Manu Bhaker who finished 5 in the precision qualification round and Rahi Sarnobat who finished at 25 in the precision round- 5:30 AM
25m women’s pistol final- 10:30 AM
