Tokyo Olympics 2020: Medal tally and winners list

Update(August 9): The Tokyo Olympics has ended and India has had their best campaign ever with seven medals and finishing at 48th spot. Scroll down to check the table and winners list.

The Tokyo Olympic Games will formally get off tomorrow (July 23) with a low-key opening ceremony in which only a limited number of sportspersons from 206 competing nations will participate, and alas, there will be no spectators in the stands.

The pandemic has played havoc with the Games, which was originally set for last year, and it is only because of the commitment and organisational zeal of the host nation that we will get to witness great sporting action that help take our minds off the virus and its problems.

Tokyo is hosting the Olympic Games for the second time. the previous occasion was 1964.

Though the Games begin tomorrow and end on August 9, matches in sports like women's football and softball have been happening from yesterday.

Softball is one of the six new sports introduced in this year's Games. The other five new sports are: baseball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding. For the record, 15 new 'events' have also been added to the Games.

The opening ceremony will be conducted at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The event will begin live at 4:30 p.m. IST.

Men's hockey player Manpreet Singh and woman boxer Mary Kom will be India's flag-bearers at the opening ceremony.

Largest contingent ever from India

From an Indian perspective, this is the largest ever contingent that it has sent to any Olympics. A total of 127 sportspersons will represent the country in 18 disciplines.

Indians will be seen in action in: Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Fencing, Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics, Judo, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

There is plenty of hype in the media, and just going by the reports it would seem that almost all of them are top medal contenders in their respective events.

But the reality is a bit more sobering. Having said that there is a real hope that Indian will better its performance from the last Games at Rio. India had a poor Olympics last time around with a paltry return of just two medals in 2016. It was a silver for PV Sindhu in the women's singles badminton event and a bronze for wrestler Sakshi Malik in the women's 58kg freestyle wrestling event.

Winnings

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	2	3	7

India's ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is in the finals of the Olympics. — (Image credit: Olympics.com)

Gold in Javelin throw

Neeraj Chopra won India the first gold medal in Men's javelin throw(87.58 m). This is also India's first gold medal in Athletics.

Bronze in Men's freestyle 65kg Wrestling

Bajrang Punia won the Bronze medal against D. Niyazbekov in Men's freestyle 65kg Wrestlingto claim India's sixth medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Silver in Men's Wrestling

On August 6, Ravi Kumar Dahiya won India a Silver medal in Men's Wrestling 57 kg claiming India's fifth medal.

Bronze in Men's Hockey

On August 5, the Men's Hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 in the Bronze Medal match to claim India's fourth medal.

Bronze in Men's Hockey

On August 5, the Men's Hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 in the Bronze Medal match to claim India's fourth medal.

Bronze in Boxing

On August 4, Lovlina Borgohain won India a Bronze medal in Women's Boxing (welterweight). She lost the semi-finals against Busenaz Surmeneli. This is India's third medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Bronze in Badminton

On August 1, PV Sindhu won (21-13, 21-15) the Bronze medal against China's He Bingjiao in Women's Singles Badminton to win India second medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Silver in Weightlifting

On July 24, Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020, opening India's account. She won the medal for India in Women's 49kg Weightlifting category.

How to watch Tokyo Olympics in India

The official broadcaster of Tokyo Olympics in India Sony Sports Network. Sony will broadcast the Games live on 5 network channels & 4 languages. It will be available on Sony Six, Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3 and Sony Ten 4 channels.

On the OTT platform, SonyLIV will stream the Olympic Games.

Aside from Sony, the national broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s Doordarshan will also air the Games live. Needless to say, its focus will be on the events that have Indian participation.

Follow TechRadar India on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for the latest updates

Contributer : Techradar - All the latest technology news https://ift.tt/3rpY7yQ