Tokyo Olympics LIVE Updates: Elavenil Valarivan, Sai Praneeth To Star For India On Day 2
Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Shooter Elavenil Valarivan will be hoping to put in a good display at the women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification event.
- Aakash Arya
- Updated:July 24, 2021 06:04 AM IST

With the Tokyo Olympics having finally begun, the Indian contingent will be having plenty of events on Day 2, Saturday (July 24). Shooters Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela will be hoping to put in good displays at the Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification event. Meanwhile, archers Pravin Jadhav and Deepika Kumari will need to find some good form, when they face Chinese Taipei's Chih-Chun Tang and Chia-En Lin. Meanwhile, Sai Praneeth will also be facing Ziberman Misha of Israel in the Men's Singles Group Stage (Group D). Also, both Indian men's and women's hockey teams will be kick-starting their campaign on Day 2. Meanwhile, Mirabai Chanu, who is expected to win a gold medal, will also be in action on Day 2 in her category. Other than the usual favourites, the Indian contingent will also be participants in judo, rowing, table tennis, tennis, badminton, shooting and boxing events on Day 2.
- 06:04 (IST)Archery - India vs Chinese Taipei- Mixed Team Event Begins!ARCHERY- Mixed Team EventIndia's archery duo of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav are facing Chinese Taipei's Chih-Chun Tang and Chia-En Lin
- 06:02 (IST)10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification!Only top 8 will qualify!Denmark's Jeanette Hegg Duestad has shot her six series (104.6 in 6th series) of 10 shots- Averaging 10.548- Rank 1Elavenil accumulates 103.5 points in her 5th series of 10 shots (Average 10.440)- Rank 15Apurvi seems to be languishing behind at Rank 30 currently
- 05:48 (IST)10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification!Only top 8 will qualify!Denmark's Jeanette Hegg Duestad has shot her five series of 10 shots- Averaging 10.566- Rank 1Elavenil accumulates 104.2 points in her 4th series of 10 shots (Average 10.463)- Rank 12Apurvi seems to be languishing behind with 104.9 points in her 3rd series of 10 shots
- 05:42 (IST)10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification!Only top 8 will qualify!Elavenil betters her first two series' performances and accumulates 106 points in her 3rd series of 10 shots (Averaging 10.477) -Rank 10
- 05:40 (IST)10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification!Only top 8 will qualify!Denmark's Jeanette Hegg Duestad is still leading after her three series of 10 shots (half-way stage)Apurvi accumulates 102.5 points in her 2nd series of 10 shots
- 05:32 (IST)10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification!Only top 8 will qualify!Denmark's Jeanette Hegg Duestad (averaging 10.566) has taken the lead over South Korea's Eunji Kwon in the third series.Elavenil accumulates 104 points in her 2nd series of 10 shots (Average 10.415)- Rank 22
- 05:23 (IST)10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification!Elavenil accumulates 104.3 points in her 1st series of 10 shots- Rank 24Apurvi also completes her 1st series as well, recording 104.5 points. - Rank 15
- 05:16 (IST)10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification!Out of the 56 competitors, only top 8 will qualify.Both Elavenil Valarivan shooting from point no. 24 and Apurvi Chandela shooting from point no. 10.
- 05:05 (IST)Indian Shooters To Begin Campaign!All eyes will be on shooters Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela
- 04:42 (IST)Hello and welcome!Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Tokyo Olympics Day 2. After Japan's emperor Naruhito declared the Games open on Friday, the shooting contingent will kick start the second day of the quadrennial event for India.
