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Introduction
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself, Opines India’s Favourite Sports Strategist & Advisor & Astrologer, Hirav Shah.
They are considered the world’s foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, alternating between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years in the four-year period.
Past of Olympics
Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority.
Olympics In 2021
Billions of viewers. The moral support of nations. Weeks of gushing coverage from media outlets around the world. Olympic glory is a heady dream-come-true for almost every athlete who makes it…
The 2021 Summer Olympics, which is the greatest international multi-sport event, is scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be held largely behind closed doors with no spectators permitted under the state of emergency.
Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes. This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, rather than cancelled. The Summer Paralympics will be held between 24 August and 5 September 2021 after the Olympics.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The 2020 Games will mark the second time that Japan has hosted the Summer Olympic Games, the first being also in Tokyo in 1964, making this the first city in Asia to host the Summer Games twice. Overall, these will be the fourth Olympic Games to be held in Japan, which also hosted the Winter Olympics in 1972 (Sapporo) and 1998 (Nagano).
Tokyo was also scheduled to host the 1940 Summer Olympics but pulled out in 1938. The 2021 Games will be the second of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the previous being in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018, and the next in Beijing, China in 2022.
The 2021 Games will see the introduction of new competitions including 3×3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and madison cycling, as well as further mixed events. Under new IOC policies, which allow the host organizing committee to add new sports to the Olympic program to augment the permanent core 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.
Opening Ceremony
The 2021 Summer Olympics opening ceremony will be the grandest, the most magnificent and awe-inspiring event of the year.
The spectacular affair is scheduled to take place on 23 July 2021 at Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. It is expected to be formally opened by Emperor Naruhito. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings will combine the formal and ceremonial opening of this international sporting event, including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation’s culture and history.
The vast majority of the artistic spectacle will be pre-recorded, with live segments performed with a small VIP audience.The theme of the Olympic Ceremonies is Moving Forward, referencing the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the opening ceremony theme being the Tokyo 2020 slogan United by Emotion, which the organisers intend to “reaffirm the role of sport and the value of the Olympic Games.
With a record total of 119 athletes in their official contingent this time around, India have improved on their total of 117 athletes in the 2016 Rio Olympics by two. Out of the 119 Indian athletes, 67 are male and 52 are female participants.
The contingent, whose average age is 26.99 years, has a wide-range — skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmed Khan, 45, is the oldest among the lot whereas 10m air rifle shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar, 18, is the youngest. The contingent has six 19-year-olds.
Olympic 2021 Schedule For India
Archery
July 23: Men’s, Women’s Individual Qualification Rounds, from 5:30 AM
July 24: Mixed Team Eliminations, Medal Matches — Atanu Das, Deepika Kumari, from 6 AM
July 26: Men’s Team Eliminations, Medal Matches — Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai, from 6 AM
July 27 to 30: Men’s and Women’s Individual Eliminations, Medal Matches, TBD
Artistic Gymnastics
July 25: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Qualification — Pranati Nayak, from 6:30 AM
July 29 to August 3: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics All-Round and Events Final — Pranati Nayak, TBD
Athletics
July 30: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats — Avinash Sable, from 5:30 AM
July 30: Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 — MP Jabir, from 7:25 AM
July 30: Women’s 100m Round 1 — Dutee Chand, from 8:10 AM
July 30: Mixed 4x400m Relay Round 1 — Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan, from 4:30 PM
July 31: Women’s Discus Throw Qualification — Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur, from 6 AM
July 31: Men’s Long Jump Qualification — M Sreeshankar, from 3:40 PM
July 31: Mixed 4x400m Relay Final — Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan (if qualify), from 6:05 PM
July 31: Women’s 100m Semi-Final and Final — Dutee Chand (if qualifies), from 6:20 PM
August 2: Men’s Long Jump Final — M Sreeshankar (if qualifies), from 7:20 AM
August 2: Women’s 200m Round 1 — Dutee Chand, from 7:30 AM
August 2: Women’s Discus Throw Final — Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur, from 5:30 PM
August 2: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final — Avinash Sable (if qualifies), from 5:45 PM
August 3: Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification — Annu Rani, from 5:50 AM
August 3: Men’s 400m Hurdles Final — MP Jabir (if qualifies), from 8:50 AM
August 3: Men’s Shot Put Qualification — Tajinder Singh Toor, from 3:45 PM
August 3: Women’s 200m Final — Dutee Chand (if qualifies), from 6:20 PM
August 4: Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification — Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh, from 5:35 AM
August 5: Men’s 20km Race Walk Final — KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul, from 1 PM
August 6: Men’s 50km Race Walk Final —Gurpreet Singh, from 2 AM
August 6: Women’s 20km Race Walk Final — Bhawna Jat, Priyanka, from 1 PM
August 6: Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 — Amoj Jacob, P Naganathan, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Anas Yahiya, from 4:55 PM
August 6: Women’s Javelin Throw Final — Annu Rani (if qualifies), from 5:20 PM
August 7: Men’s Javelin Throw Final — Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh (if qualifies), from 4:30 PM
August 7: Men’s 4×400 m Relay Final — Amoj Jacob, P Naganathan, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Anas Yahiya (if qualify), from 6:20 PM
Badminton
July 24: Men’s Doubles Group Stage — Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin, from 8:50 AM
July 24: Men’s Singles Group Stage — Sai Praneeth vs Zilberman Misha, from 9:30 AM
July 25: Women’s Singles Group Stage — PV Sindhu vs Polikarpova Ksenia, from 6:40 AM
July 26 to 29: All events (Group Stage Matches) — PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, from 5:30 AM
July 26 to 29: Men’s Doubles Quarter-Finals — Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (if qualify), from 5:30 AM
July 30: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles Round of 16 — Sai Praneeth, PV Sindhu (if qualify), from 5:30 AM
July 31: Men’s Doubles Semi-Finals — Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (if qualify), from 5:30 AM
July 31: Women’s Singles Quarter-Finals — PV Sindhu (if qualifies), from 2:30 AM
August 1: Men’s Singles Quarter-Finals — Sai Praneeth (if qualifies), from 9:30 AM
August 1: Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match — Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (if qualify), from 5 PM
August 2: Men’s Singles Semi-Final, Women’s Singles Final, Men’s Doubles Gold Medal Matches — PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (if qualify), from 9:30 AM
August 2: Men’s Singles Finals — Sai Praneeth (if qualifies), from 5:30 PM
Boxing
July 23: Women’s Welterweight Round of 32 — Lovlina Borgohain, from 7:30 AM
July 23: Men’s Welterweight Round of 32 — Vikas Krishan, from 7:30 am
July 23: Men’s Super Heavyweight Round of 32 — Satish Kumar, from 1:30 PM
July 25: Women’s Flyweight Round of 32 — Mary Kom, from 7:30 AM
July 25: Women’s Middleweight Round of 32 — Pooja Rani, from 7:30 AM
July 25: Men’s Lightweight Round of 32 — Manish Kaushik, from 7:30 AM
July 26: Men’s Flyweight Round of 32 — Amit Panghal, from 7:30 AM
July 26: Men’s Middleweight Round of 32 — Ashish Kumar, from 7:30 AM
July 27: 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 boxers qualify, TBD
Equestrian
July 30: Eventing Individual Qualifier (Dressage Individual Session 1 & 2) — Fouaad Mirza, from 5 AM
Fencing
July 26: Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 64 — CA Bhavani Devi, from 5:30 AM
July 26: Women’s Sabre Individual Subsequent Rounds and Medal Matches — CA Bhavani Devi (if qualifies), from 6:25 AM
Golf
July 29: Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 1 — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane, from 4 AM
July 30: Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 2 — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane, from 4 AM
July 31: Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 3 — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane, from 4 AM
August 1: Men’s Individual Strokeplay Medal Round — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane, from 4 AM
August 4: Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 1 — Aditi Ashok, from 4 AM
August 5: Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 2 — Aditi Ashok, from 4 AM
August 6: Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 3 — Aditi Ashok, from 4 AM
August 7: Women’s Individual Strokeplay Medal Round — Aditi Ashok, from 4 AM
Hockey
July 24: Men’s Pool A — India vs New Zealand, 6:30 AM
July 24: Women’s Pool A — India vs Netherlands, 4:15 PM
July 25: Men’s Pool A — India vs Australia, 3 PM
July 26: Women’s Pool A — India vs Germany, 5:45 PM
July 27: Men’s Pool A — India vs Spain, 6:30 AM
July 28: Women’s Pool A — India vs Great Britain, 6:30 AM
July 29: Men’s Pool A — India vs Argentina, 6 AM
July 30: Women’s Pool A — India vs Ireland, 8:15 AM
July 30: Men’s Pool A — India vs Japan, 3 PM
July 31: Women’s Pool A — India vs South Africa, 8:45 AM
August 1: Men’s Quarter-Final — if qualify, from 6 AM
August 2: Women’s Quarter-Final — if qualify, from 6 AM
August 3: Men’s Semi-Final — if qualify, from 7 AM
August 4: Women’s Semi-Final — if qualify, from 7 AM
August 5: Men’s Medal Matches — if qualify, from 7 AM and 3:30 PM
August 6: Women’s Medal Matches — if qualify, from 7 AM and 3:30 PM
Judo
July 24: Women’s 48kg Round of 32, Successive Rounds — Sushila Devi Likmabam, from 7:30 AM
July 25: Women’s 48kg Medal Matches — Sushila Devi Likmabam (if qualifies), TBD
Shooting
July 24: Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification — Elavenil Valarivan, Apurvi Chandela, from 5 AM
July 24: Men’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification — Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, from 9:30 AM
July 24: Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final — Elavenil Valarivan, Apurvi Chandela (if qualify), from 10:15 AM
July 24: Men’s 10m Air Pistol Final — Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma (if qualify), from 12 PM
July 25: Women’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification — Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal, from 5:30 AM
July 25: Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 1 — Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan, from 6 AM
July 25: Women’s 10m Air Pistol Final — Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal (if qualify), from 7:45 AM
July 25: Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification — Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar, from 9:30 AM
July 25: Men’s 10m Air Rifle Final — Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar (if qualify), from 12 PM
July 25: Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 2 — Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan, from 6:30 AM
July 25: Skeet Men’s Final — Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan, from 12:10 PM
July 26: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification — Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma/Yashaswini Singh Deswal, from 5:30 AM
July 26: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches — Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma/Yashaswini Singh Deswal, from 7:30 AM
July 26: 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification — Divyansh Singh Panwar/Elavenil Valarivan, Deepak Kumar/Anjum Moudgil, from 9:45 AM
July 26: 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches — Divyansh Singh Panwar/Elavenil Valarivan, Deepak Kumar/Anjum Moudgil (if qualify), from 11:45 AM
July 29: Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Precision — Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat, from 5:30 AM
July 30: Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Rapid — Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat, from 5:30 AM
July 30: Women’s 25m Pistol Final — Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat (if qualify), from 10:20 AM
July 31: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification — Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant, from 8:30 AM
July 31: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Final — Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant (if qualify), from 1:30 PM
August 2: Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification — Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, from 7 AM
August 2: Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Final — Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (if qualify), from 1:10 PM
Swimming
July 25: Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats — Srihari Nataraj, from 3:30 PM
July 25: Women’s 100m Backstroke Heats — Maana Patel, from 3:30 PM
July 25: Men’s 200m Freestyle Heats — Sajan Prakash, from 4:10 PM
July 26: Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats — Sajan Prakash, from 3:30 PM
July 29: Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats — Sajan Prakash, from 4:10 PM
Table Tennis
July 24 to 27: Men’s and Women’s Singles Round 1, 2 and 3 — G Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee, from 5:30 AM
July 24: Mixed Doubles Round of 16 — Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra, from 7:45 AM
July 25: Mixed Doubles Quarter-Final and Semi-Final — Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra, from 6:30 AM
July 26: Mixed Doubles Medal Matches — Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra, from 5:30 PM
July 29: Women’s Singles Medal Matches — Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee (if qualify), from 5:30 PM
July 30: Men’s Singles Medal Matches — G Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal (if qualify), from 5:30 PM
Tennis
July 24 to August 1: Women’s Doubles — Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina, TBD
Weightlifting
July 24: Women’s 49kg Group B — Mirabai Chanu, from 6:20 AM
July 24: Women’s 49kg Medal Round — Mirabai Chanu (if qualify), from 10:20 AM
Wrestling
August 3: Women’s Freestyle 62kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Sonam Malik, from 8 AM
August 3: Women’s Freestyle 62kg Semi-Final — Sonam Malik (if qualifies), later in the day
August 4: Women’s Freestyle 62kg Repechages — Sonam Malik (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM
August 4: Women’s Freestyle 62kg Medal Matches — Sonam Malik (if qualifies), later in the day
August 4: Women’s Freestyle 57kg Round of 16 and Quater-Finals — Anshu Malik, from 8 AM
August 4: Women’s Freestyle 57kg Semi-Finals — Anshu Malik (if qualifies), later in the day
August 4: Men’s Freestyle 57kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Ravi Kumar Dahiya, from 8 AM
August 4: Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semi-Finals — Ravi Kumar Dahiya (if qualifies), later in the day
August 4: Men’s Freestyle 86kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Deepak Punia, from 8 AM
August 4: Men’s Freestyle 86kg Semi-Finals — Deepak Punia (if qualifies), later in the day
August 5: Women’s Freestyle 57kg Final, Men’s Freestyle 57kg and Men’s Freestyle 86kg Repechages and Medal Matches — Anshu Malik, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Deepak Punia, from 7:30 AM
August 5: Women’s Freestyle 53kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Vinesh Phogat, from 8 AM
August 5: Women’s Freestyle 53kg Semi-Finals — Vinesh Phogat (if qualifies), later in the day
August 6: Women’s Freestyle 53kg Repechages — Vinesh Phogat (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM
August 6: Women’s Freestyle 53kg Medal Matches — Vinesh Phogat (if qualifies), later in the day
August 6: Men’s Freestyle 65kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Bajrang Punia, from 8 AM
August 6: Men’s Freestyle 65kg Semi-Finals — Bajrang Punia (if qualifies), later in the day
August 6: Women’s Freestyle 50kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Seema Bisla, from 8 AM
August 6: Women’s Freestyle 50kg Semi-Final — Seema Bisla (if qualifies), later in the day
August 7: Men’s Freestyle 65kg Repechage and Medal Matches — Bajrang Punia (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM and later in the day
August 7: Women’s Freestyle 50kg Repechage and Medal Matches — Seema Bisla (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM and later in the day
How To Watch Olympic 2021
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Live Streaming- Sony TEN 1 HD/SD, Sony TEN 2 HD/SD will live broadcast the Tokyo Olympics with English commentary. On the other hand, Sony TEN 3 HD/SD will live broadcast with Hindi commentary. Doordarshan Network will also do the same in India.
Final Thoughts
An Olympic medal is the most acclaimed and credible achievement for any qualifying athlete / player. Besides being a mark of excellence, winning medals do help boost athletes’ morale.
Winning an olympic medal can encourage them, uplift them, illuminate them and empower them…
“So, All The Best For The Greatest Show On Earth”- Wishes Prolific Sports Astrologer Hirav Shah.
