Tag: Olympics
Fewer Than 1,000 To Watch Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony In Stadium: Official
Only about 950 people, including officials and reporters, will be allowed to watch Friday's opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in the main stadium, a senior official from the organising committee said on Thursday. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Deepika Kumari Qualifies Ninth, To Face Bhutanese Archer In First Elimination Round
Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari finished a creditable ninth after the women's individual ranking round, notching up a total of 663 points, on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics at the Yumenoshima Ranking Field, the venue of the archery competitions, on Friday. ....
Fireworks soared above Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium Friday as the delayed Summer Games finally held its opening ceremony — an event that culminates in lighting the Olympic cauldron. Nineteen Indians took part in the ceremony and were marshalled by 2012 London Olympics bronze-medallist Mary Kom and the Indian men’s hockey team’s captain Manpreet Singh.There was no cheering, screaming, and clapping by the huge crowd that usually fills the stadium for ceremonies of this magnitude and stature because the fans are banned from the entire Olympic....
Priyanka Chopra Supports Team India At Tokyo Olympics 2020: ‘Our Cheers Won’t Stop’
Actress Priyanka Chopra took to her social media profile and extended best wishes to all the participants in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, especially Team India.....
Olympics Archery: India Crash Out In Mixed Team Quarterfinals
The Indian mixed team in archery comprising Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav crashed out in the quarterfinals, losing to South Korea 2-6. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Saurabh Chaudhary Flatters To Deceive, Finishes 7th In 10m Air Pistol
There was heartbreak for Indian 10m air pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary , who despite emerging on top in the qualification round earlier on Saturday, finished seventh as the country suffered its biggest setback in the shooting arena on Saturday. ....
Olympics Tennis: Sumit Nagal Beats Istomin To Record India's First Tennis Singles Win Since 1996
India's lone hope in men's tennis singles Sumit Nagal powered to a 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round here at the Ariake Tennis Court on Saturday. ....
Olympics Table Tennis: Manika Batra Beats Tin-Tin Ho 4-0, Will Face Ukraine’s Margaryta Pesotska In Round 2 Women’s Single
Indian paddler Manika Batra made it to the second round of women's singles table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics with a straight-sets win over Great Britain's Tin-Tin Ho at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai's Performance One Of The Best By An Indian Athlete, Says Abhinav Bindra
India's only individual gold medallist at the Olympics, former 10m air rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra, sent a heart-warming message to weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after her silver-medal performance in Tokyo, saying she was one of the only who had "experienced the elation" and that it was a reward for her "years of hard work and single-minded determination". ....
Olympics Shooting: Divyansh Panwar, Deepak Kumar Fail To Qualify For Air Rifle Final
Indian rifle shooters Divyansh Singh Panwar and Deepak Kumar continued a disappointing run for shooters, failing to qualify for the final of the men's 10m air rifle event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. ....
