India at Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Athletics- Racewalkers Gurpreet Singh, Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami in action, Men’s 4x400m relay set for heats; Live Stream, Scores, Date, Time, All you need to know
Day 15 will be a huge day for the athletics as racewalkers will be in action while the Men’s 4x 400m relay team will compete in the Heats in Tokyo. Gurpreet Singh will be India’s sole competitor in the Men’s 50km racewalk finals, while Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami will feature in the women’s 20km racewalk finals. Meanwhile, the likes of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom and Naganathan Pandi will hope to make their mark in the relay event.
India at Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Gurpreet Singh (Athletics- Men’s 50km Race Walk Final)
Gurpreet Singh is currently ranked 104 and qualified for Tokyo 2020 by the world ranking quota. Singh clocked 3:59:42, managing to breach the four-hour mark at the national championships in February this year. The 37-year-old who has a career-best ranking of 80, will face stiff competition from Ukraine’s 2018 European champion Maryan Zakalnytskyy, local favourites Satoshi Maruo and Masatora Kawano, and 2019 world championship silver medallist Joao Vieira of Portugal, who all will be aiming to finish on the podium.
Time: 2:00 AM IST
Venue: Sapporo Odori Park
India at Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami (Athletics- Women’s 20km Race Walk Final)
Priyanka Goswami and Bhawna Jat will be making their Olympics debut and will hope to make their mark in the race walk final on Friday. at held the national record by clocking 1:29:54 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the National Open Championships in February last year. However, Priyanka Goswami set a new Indian record of 1:28.45 and qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning the Indian Racewalking Championship in the 20 km race. After the disappointing performances of Sandeep Sharma, K. T. Irfan and Rahul Rohilla on Thursday, the onus will be on Jat and Goswami to set the record straight.
Time: 1:00 PM IST
Venue: Sapporo Odori Park
India at Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 2
Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom and Naganathan Pandi will feature in the Men’s 4x 400m relay Round 1 Heat 2 on Friday. The quartet made it to Tokyo with a fine performance at the Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, clocking 3:01.89s to win their heats in Patiala. They will hope to capitalise on their ticket to the Summer Games and aim to make it to the finals.
Time: 5:07 PM IST
Venue: Olympic Stadium