Archery, women’s individual round of 16: IND 2-0 ROC

Set 2: Perova will go again as she is trailing

Archery, women’s individual round of 16: IND 2-0 ROC

Set 1: Shabhassh, says the Indian coach! Both archers start with a 9, but the Indian’s second arrow is a perfect one. Perova under pressure, land a 7. Easy enough for Deepika to wrap it up, 28-25

Archery, women’s individual round of 16: IND vs ROC

Set 1: Perova to start

Archery: Overcast it would seem in the Yumenoshima Final Field. Deepika Kumari is about to start in her round of 16 against 8th seed Ksenia Perova of ROC.

Men’s golf action continues today... Udayan Mane in action early. Score updates coming up later.

Deepika Kumari: What's in store in archery

Start time IST Rounds
6:00 Women's Individual round of 16  Deepika Kumari vs ROC Ksenia Perova
11.30 Women's Individual QF If Deepika wins R16
12.15 Women's Individual SF If Deepika wins QF
13.00-13.15 Women's Individual medal matches Based on SF results

Indians in athletics today

Athletics 6:17 Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 - Heat 2 Avinash Sable Olympic Stadium - Track
Athletics 8:27 Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 5 MP Jabir Olympic Stadium - Track
Athletics Approx 8.45 (TBC) Women's 100m Heats  Dutee Chand Olympic Stadium - Track
In this event, at least. There is the 3-Positions still left... but yes, a lot riding on Bhaker now.

Women’s 25m pistol qualification, Rapid stage: A 96 in the third series. Already can count 7 shooters ahead of her on total score. That’s that for Rahi Sarnobat in this event.

Women’s 25m pistol qualification, Rapid stage: Rahi’s 44th shot... A six. No one is recovering from that, unfortunately.

Women’s 25m pistol qualification, Rapid stage: This looks over for Rahi. She needed to near perfect today to be in contention. A 94 in her second rapid series doesn’t help at all. Outside top 30 based on average scores.

Women’s 25m pistol qualification, Rapid stage: Rahi Sarnobat is in the first relay of shooters and she has quite a bit of catching up to do. Her first series is 96 here.

Women's 25 pistol

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Total
Manu Bhaker Precision 97 97 98 292
Rapid
Rahi Sarnobat Precision 97 97 93 287
Rapid

Athletics: And by the way... track and field events begin! Highlight of the Olympic Games, aren’t they? Three Indians in action a bit later: Avinash Sable, Dutee Chand, MP Jabir.

The 25m pistol event will the point of early focus as the second day of qualification action continues.

Tokyo 2020, shooting: Manu Bhaker placed 5th, Rahi Sarnobat 25th in 25m pistol first qualification

Shooting

Start Time Event Athletes Location
5:30 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Rapid Rahi Sarnobat (5.30 am) & Manu Bhaker (7.00 am) Asaka Shooting Range - 25m Range

05.20 am: Hello all and welcome to the live coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as India look to add to their tally of one medal so far in Japan. As great as Thursday was for the Indian contingent, there were no medal events and that changes on Friday. As many as four athletes in contention are capable of winning / assuring a medal: Rahi Sarnobat, Manu Bhaker in 25m pistol (need to qualify for final), Deepika Kumari in archery (knockouts from round of 16 through the finals) and Lovlina Borgohain (boxing quarterfinal win assures at least bronze). And there is the small matter of PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi to look forward in the badminton women’s singles quarterfinals. And oh, it’s a go for athletics! That is always exciting, isn’t it?

India at Tokyo 2020, July 30 schedule: Sindhu vs Yamaguchi; Deepika, pistol shooters in medal fray