 "Tokyo Olympics 2021 opening ceremony, full schedule, live telecast in India")
Tokyo Olympics kick started on July 23 after a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, rather than cancelled. The opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2021 was held on July 23 at newly-built National Stadium in the Japanese capital while the closing ceremony will be held on August 8, 2021 at the same venue. Leaders from around 15 countries are expected attended the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics.
Check India's schedule on July 24 at Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games here
Check India's archery events full schedule and live telecast details here
Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes.
Olympics 2021 will see the introduction of new competitions including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and Madison cycling, as well as further mixed events. These Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding make their Olympic debuts, as well as the return of baseball and softball for the first time since 2008.
A total of around 11,000 athletes from 206 countries are expected to participate in 33 sports in Tokyo Olympics 2021.
Check India's Badminton matches full schedule, match timings and live telecast details
India will be sending a large contingent for Olympics but with a reduced number of officials to be in line with the Covid-19 protocols.
What if an athlete tests covid positive during the event in Tokyo 2020?
an athlete or a team that is forced to withdraw because of Covid will be considered ‘did not start (DNS)’ instead of ‘disqualified'. Read more
The idea of mascots was first introduced at the Grenoble Winter Olympics in 1968 but officially made the cut at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The mascots also bring in a lot of revenue to finance the Olympic Games through licensing and merchandising. The mascot of Tokyo Olympics 2020 is named as Miratoiwa.
How to watch live telecast of Tokyo Olympics 2021 in India
Sony Sports Network has won the rights for live broadcast of Tokyo Olympics in India. Sony TEN 1 HD/SD, Sony TEN 2 HD/SD will live broadcast the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics with English Commentary while Hindi Commentary will be available on Sony TEN 3 HD/SD.
Will Doordarshan live telecast Olympic event in India?
Being a sporting event of national importance, Doordarshan will live telecast the Tokyo Olympics 2021 on terrestrial network and Direct-to-Home platform.
What will be the start time of sporting events in Tokyo Olympics 2021?
The sporting events during Olympics 2021 can start as early as 9 am Japan time or 5:30 am IST.
Tokyo Olympics medals design
Tokyo 2020 held a competition for the design of medals which attracted more than 400 entries. The medals for Tokyo Olympics 2021 are made from recycled electronics. 5,000 gold, silver, and bronze medals were made from recycled electronics sourced from all over Japan.
The medals "symbolise the energy and diversity of the athletes." The design of the medals also represents Japanese culture, with the ribbon showing off modernized ichimatsu moyo (checkered patterns) and kasane no irome (kimono layering techniques). The Tokyo 2020 colors are added to the ribbon through more co2-friendly chemically-recycled polyester fibers. While the back of the medal features the Tokyo 2020 logo, the front depicts Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, in front of Panathinaikos Stadium.
The inevitable in Covid times: No fans at Olympics, making Games a TV event
Venues for Tokyo Olympics 2021
Check India's schedule on July 24 at Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games here
Check India's archery events full schedule and live telecast details here
Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes.
Olympics 2021 will see the introduction of new competitions including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and Madison cycling, as well as further mixed events. These Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding make their Olympic debuts, as well as the return of baseball and softball for the first time since 2008.
A total of around 11,000 athletes from 206 countries are expected to participate in 33 sports in Tokyo Olympics 2021.
Check India's Badminton matches full schedule, match timings and live telecast details
India will be sending a large contingent for Olympics but with a reduced number of officials to be in line with the Covid-19 protocols.
What if an athlete tests covid positive during the event in Tokyo 2020?
an athlete or a team that is forced to withdraw because of Covid will be considered ‘did not start (DNS)’ instead of ‘disqualified'. Read more
Mascot for Tokyo Olympics
The idea of mascots was first introduced at the Grenoble Winter Olympics in 1968 but officially made the cut at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The mascots also bring in a lot of revenue to finance the Olympic Games through licensing and merchandising. The mascot of Tokyo Olympics 2020 is named as Miratoiwa.
How to watch live telecast of Tokyo Olympics 2021 in India
Sony Sports Network has won the rights for live broadcast of Tokyo Olympics in India. Sony TEN 1 HD/SD, Sony TEN 2 HD/SD will live broadcast the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics with English Commentary while Hindi Commentary will be available on Sony TEN 3 HD/SD.
Will Doordarshan live telecast Olympic event in India?
Being a sporting event of national importance, Doordarshan will live telecast the Tokyo Olympics 2021 on terrestrial network and Direct-to-Home platform.
What will be the start time of sporting events in Tokyo Olympics 2021?
The sporting events during Olympics 2021 can start as early as 9 am Japan time or 5:30 am IST.
Tokyo Olympics medals design
Tokyo 2020 held a competition for the design of medals which attracted more than 400 entries. The medals for Tokyo Olympics 2021 are made from recycled electronics. 5,000 gold, silver, and bronze medals were made from recycled electronics sourced from all over Japan.
The medals "symbolise the energy and diversity of the athletes." The design of the medals also represents Japanese culture, with the ribbon showing off modernized ichimatsu moyo (checkered patterns) and kasane no irome (kimono layering techniques). The Tokyo 2020 colors are added to the ribbon through more co2-friendly chemically-recycled polyester fibers. While the back of the medal features the Tokyo 2020 logo, the front depicts Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, in front of Panathinaikos Stadium.
The inevitable in Covid times: No fans at Olympics, making Games a TV event
Venues for Tokyo Olympics 2021
- Tokyo's National Stadium: Football and Athletics
- Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
- Yoyogi National Stadium
- Nippon Budokan
- Tokyo International Forum
- Kokugikan Arena
- Equestrian Park
- Musashina Forest Sport Plaza
- Tokyo Stadium
- Musashinonomori Park
- Ariake Arena
- Ariake Gymnastics Centre
- Ariake Urban Sports Park
- Ariake Tennis Park
- Odaiba Marine Park
- Shiokaze Park
- Aomi Urban Sports Park
- Oi Hockey Stadium
- Sea Forest Cross Country Course
- Sea Forest Waterway
- Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre
- Yumenoshima Park Archery Field
- Tokyo Aquatics Centre
- Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
- Sapporo Odori Park
- Makuhari Messe Hall
- Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach
- Saitama Super Arena
- Asaka Shooting Range
- Kasumigaseki Country Club
- Enoshima Yatch Harbour
- Izu Velodrome
- Izu MTB Course
- Fuji International Speedway
- Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
- Yokohama Baseball Stadium
- Sapporo Dome
- Miyagi Stadium
- Ibaraki Kashima Stadium
- Saitama Stadium
- International Stadium Yokohama
| India's Archery schedule, match and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 23-Jul | Women’s Individual Rankings Round | Deepika Kumari | From 5:30 am |
| Men’s Individual Ranking Round | Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai | From 9:30 am | |
| 24-Jul | Mixed Team 1/8 Eliminations | Pravin Jadhav, Deepika Kumari | From 6 am |
| Mixed Team Quarterfinal | From 10:45 am | ||
| Mixed Team Semi-final | From 12 pm | ||
| Mixed Team Medal Matches | From 12:55 pm | ||
| 26-Jul | Men’s Team 1/8 Elimination | Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai | From 6 am |
| Men’s Team Quarter-final | From 11 am | ||
| Men’s Team Semi-final | From 11:47 am | ||
| Men’s Team Medal Matches | From 12:45 pm | ||
| India's Athletics schedule, match and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 30-Jul | Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats | Avinash Sable | From 5:30 am |
| Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 | MP Jabir | From 7:25 am | |
| Women’s 100m Round 1 | Dutee Chand | From 8:10 am | |
| Mixed 4x400m relay Round 1 | Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan | From 4:30 pm | |
| 31-Jul | Women’s Discus Throw Qualification | Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur | 6:00 AM |
| Men’s Long Jump Qualification | M Sreeshankar | 3:40 PM | |
| Mixed 4x400m Relay Final | Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan (if qualifies) | 6:05 PM | |
| Women’s 100 Semi-final and Final | Dutee Chand (if qualifies) | 6:20 PM | |
| 2-Aug | Men’s Long Jump Final | M Sreeshankar (if Qualifies) | 7:20 AM |
| Women’s 200m Round 1 | Dutee Chand | 7:30 AM | |
| Women’s Discus Throw Final | Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur | 5:30 PM | |
| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final | Avinash Sable (If qualifies) | 5:45 PM | |
| 3-Aug | Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification | Annu Rani | From 5:50 am |
| Men’s 400m Hurdles Final | MB Jabir (if Qualifies) | 8:50 AM | |
| Men’s Shot Put Qualification | Tajinder Singh Toor | 3:45 PM | |
| Women’s 200m Final | Dutee Chand (if Qualifies) | 6:20 PM | |
| 4-Aug | Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification | Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh | 5:35 AM |
| 5-Aug | Men’s 20 km Race Walk Final | KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul | 1:00 PM |
| 6-Aug | Men’s 50 km Race Walk Final | Gurpreet Singh | 2:00 AM |
| Women’s 20 km Race Walk Final | Bhawna Jat, Priyanka | 1:00 PM | |
| Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 | Amoj Jacob, P Naganathan, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Anas Yahiya | 4:55 PM | |
| Women’s Javelin Throw Final | Annu Rani (If Qualifies) | 5:20 PM | |
| 7-Aug | Men’s Javelin Throw Final | Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh (If Qualifies) | 4:30 PM |
| Men’s 4x400 m Relay Final | Amoj Jacob, P Naganathan, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Anas Yahiya (If Qualify | 6:20 PM | |
| India's Badminton schedule, match time and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 24-Jul | Men’s Doubles Group Stage | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin | 8:50 AM |
| Men’s Singles Group Stage | Sai Praneeth vs Zilberman Misha | 9:30 AM | |
| 25-Jul | Women’s Singles Group Stage | PV Sindhu vs Polikarpova Ksenia | 6:40 AM |
| July 26 to 29 | All events - Group Stage Matches | PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty | From 5:30 am |
| Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (If Qualify) | From 5:30 am | |
| 30-Jul | Men’s singles, Women’s Singles Round of 16 | Sai Praneeth, PV Sindhu (If Qualify) | From 5:30 am |
| 31-Jul | Men’s Doubles Semi-finals | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (if Qualify) | From 5:30 am |
| Women’s Singles Quarter-finals | PV Sindhu (If Qualifies) | 2:30 PM | |
| India's Boxing schedule, match time and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 23-Jul | Women’s Welterweight Round of 32 | Lovlina Borgohain | From 7:30 am |
| Men’s Welterweight Round of 32 | Vikas Krishan Yadav | From 7:30 am | |
| Men’s Super Heavyweight Round of 32 | Satish Kumar | From 1:30 pm | |
| 25-Jul | Women’s Flyweight Round of 32 | Mary Kom | From 7:30 am |
| Women’s Middleweight Round of 32 | Pooja Rani | From 7:30 am | |
| Men’s Lightweight Round of 32 | Manish Kaushik | From 7:30 am | |
| 25-Jul | Men’s Flyweight Round of 32 | Amit Panghal | From 7:30 am |
| Men’s Middleweight Round of 32 | Ashish Kumar | From 7:30 am | |
| 27-Jul | Women’s Lightweight Round of 32 | Simranjit Kaur | From 7:30 am |
| July 28 to August 8 | All Categories - | Round of 16, Final rounds and medal matches IF Indian athletes Qualify | TBD |
| India's Equestrian schedule, match time and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 30-Jul | Eventing Individual Qualfiier | Fouaad Mirza | From 5 am |
| India's Fencing schedule, match time and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 26-Jul | Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 64 | CA Bhavani Devi | From 5:30 am |
| Women’s Sabre Individual Subsequent Rounds and Medal Matches | CA Bhavni Devi (If Qualifies) | From 6:25 am | |
| India's Golf Schedule, match time and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 29-Jul | Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 1 | Anirbhan Lahri, Udhayan Mane | From 4 am |
| 30-Jul | Round 2 | From 4 am | |
| 31-Jul | Round 3 | From 4 am | |
| 1-Aug | Round 4 - Medal Round | From 4 am | |
| 4-Aug | Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 1 | Aditi Ashok | From 4 am |
| 5-Aug | Round 2 | From 4 am | |
| 6-Aug | Round 3 | From 4 am | |
| 7-Aug | Round 4 - Medal Round | From 4 am | |
| India's Hockey schedule, match time and date | |||
| Date | Event | Matches | Start time (IST) |
| 24-Jul | Men’s Pool A | India vs New Zealand | 6:30 AM |
| ‘’ | Women’s Pool A | India vs Netherlands | 4:15 PM |
| 25-Jul | Men’s Pool A | India vs Australia | 3:00 PM |
| 26-Jul | Women’s Pool A | India vs Germany | 5:45 PM |
| 27-Jul | Men’s Pool A | India vs Spain | 6:30 AM |
| 28-Jul | Women’s Pool A | India vs Great Britain | 6:30 AM |
| 29-Jul | Men’s Pool A | India vs Argentina | 6:00 AM |
| 30-Jul | Women’s Pool A | India vs ireland | 8:15 AM |
| 30-Jul | Men’s Pool A | India vs Japan | 3:00 PM |
| 31-Jul | Women’s Pool A | India vs South Africa | 8:45 AM |
| 1-Aug | Men’s Quarter-final | TBD | From 6 am |
| 2-Aug | Women’s Quarter-final | TBD | From 6 am |
| 3-Aug | Men’s Semi-final | TBD | From 7 am |
| 4-Aug | Women’s Semi-final | TBD | From 7 am |
| 5-Aug | Men’s Medal Matches | TBD | From 7 am and 3:30 pm |
| 6-Aug | Women’s Medal Matches | TBD | From 7 am and 3:30 pm |
| India's Judo schedule, match time and date | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start Time (IST) |
| 24-Jul | Women’s 48 kg Round of 32 And successive rounds | Sushila Devi Likmabam | 7:30 AM |
| 25-Jul | Women’s 48 kg medal matches | Sushila Devi Likmabam (If Qualifies) | TBD |
| India's Shooting schedule for Olympics 2021 | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start Time (IST) |
| 24-Jul | Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification | Elavenil Valarivan, Apurvi Chandela | 5:00 AM |
| Men’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification | Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma | 9:30 AM | |
| Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final | If Qualify | 10:15 AM | |
| Men’s 10m Air Pistol Final | If Qualify | 12:00 PM | |
| 25-Jul | Women’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification | Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 5:30 AM |
| Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 1 | Angad vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan | 6:00 AM | |
| Women’s 10m Air Pistol Final | If Qualify | 7:45 AM | |
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification | Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar | 9:30 AM | |
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle final | If Qualify | 12:00 PM | |
| Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 2 | Angad vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan | 6:30 AM | |
| Skeet Men’s final | If Qualify | 12:10 PM | |
| 26-Jul | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification | Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma/Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 5:30 AM |
| 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches | If Qualify | From 7:30 am | |
| 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification | Divyansh Singh Panwar/Elavenil Valarivan, Deepak Kumar/Anjum Moudgil | 9:45 AM | |
| 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches | If Qualify | From 11:45 am | |
| 29-Jul | Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Precision | Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat | 5:30 AM |
| 30-Jul | Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Rapid | Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat | 5:30 AM |
| Women’s 25m Pistol Final | If Qualify | 10:20 AM | |
| 31-Jul | Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification | Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant | 8:30 AM |
| Women’s 50 m Rifle 3 Position Final | If Qualify | 1:30 PM | |
| 2-Aug | Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification | Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | 7:00 AM |
| Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Final | If qualify | 1:10 PM | |
| India's Swimming schedule for Olympics 2021 | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 25-Jul | Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats | Srihari Nataraj | 3:30 PM |
| Women’s 100m Backstroke Heats | Maana Patel | 3:30 PM | |
| Men’s 200m Freestyle Heats | Sajan Prakash | 4:12 PM | |
| 26-Jul | Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats | Sajan Prakash | 3:30 PM |
| 29-Jul | Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats | Sajan Prakash | 4:10 PM |
| India's Table Tennis schedule for Olympics | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| July 24 to 27 | Men’s and Women’s Singles Round 1, 2 and 3 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achantha Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee | From 5:30 am |
| 24-Jul | Mixed Doubles Round of 16 | Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra | From 7:45 am |
| 25-Jul | Mixed Doubles quarter-final and Semi-final | If Qualifies | From 6:30 am |
| 26-Jul | Mixed Doubles Medal Matches | If Qualifies | From 5:30 pm |
| 29-Jul | Women’s Singles Medal Matches | If Qualify | From 5:30 pm |
| 30-Jul | Men’s Singles Medal Matches | If Qualify | From 5:30 pm |
| India's Tennis schedule for Olympics 2021 | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| July 24 to August 1 | Women’s Doubles | Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina | TBD |
| India's Weightlifting schedule for Olympics 2021 | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 24-Jul | Women’s 49 Kg Group B | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | 6:20 AM |
| Women’s 49 Kg Medal Round | If Qualifies | 10:20 AM | |
| India's Wrestling schedule for Olympics 2021 | |||
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
| 3-Aug | Women’s Freestyle 62kg and Quarter-Finals | Sonam Malik | From 8 am |
| Women’s Freestyle 62kg Semi-final | If Qualifies | Later in the day | |
| 4-Aug | Women’s Freestyle 62kg Repechages | If Qualifies | From 7:30 am |
| Women’s Freestyle 62kg Medal Matches | If Qualifies | Later in the day | |
| 4-Aug | Women's Freestyle 57kg and Quater-Finals | Anshu Malik | From 8 am |
| Women's Freestyle 57kg Semi-finals | If qualifies | Later in the day | |
| 4-Aug | Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Finals and Quater-finals | Ravi Kumar Dahiya | From 8 am |
| Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semi-finals | If Qualifies | Later in the day | |
| 4-Aug | Men’s Freestyle 86kg 1/8 and Quatter-finals | Deepak Punia | From 8 am |
| Men’s Freestyle 86kg Semi-finals | If Qualifies | Later in the day | |
| 5-Aug | Women's Freestyle 57kg Semi-finals, Men’s Freestyle 57 kg, Women’s Freestyle 86 Kg Repechages and Medal Matches | If Qualify | From 7:30 am |
| 5-Aug | Women’s Freestyle 53kg 1/8 Finals and Quarter-finals | Vinesh Phogat | From 8 am |
| Women’s Freestyle 53kg Semi-finals | IF Qualify | Later in the day | |
| 6-Aug | Women’s Freestyle 53kg Repechages | If Qualify | From 7:30 am |
| Women’s Freestyle 53kg Medal Matches | If Qualify | Later in the day | |
| 6-Aug | Men’s Freestyle 65kg 1/8 Finals and Quarter-finals | Bajrang Punia | From 8 am |
| Men’s Freestyle 65kg Semi-finals | If Qualify | Later in the day | |
| 6-Aug | Women’s Freestyle 50kg 1/8 and Quater-finals | Seema Bisla | From 8 am |
| Women’s Freestyle 50kg Semi-final | If Qualifies | Later in the day | |
| 7-Aug | Men’s Freestyle 65kg Repechage and Medal Matches | If Bajrang Qualifies | From 7:30 am and later in the day |
| 7-Aug | Women’s Freestyle 50kg Repechage and Medal Matches | If Seema qualifies | From 7:30 and Later in the day |
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