India at Tokyo Olympics: Schedule of Day 9, PV Sindhu plays SF clash, Amit Panghal begins his campaign


India at Tokyo Olympics: Schedule of Day 9, PV Sindhu plays SF clash, Amit Panghal begins his campaign

PV Sindhu and Amit Panghal

The Indian contingent had a good couple of days where one more medal was assured as pugilist Lovlina Borgohain reached her respective semi-final match at Tokyo 2020. Meanwhile, several other athletes also advanced an inch closer towards bringing back glory to their nation. 

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Coming to all the action lined up on July 31, a decent number of events are lined up for team India across eight sports. Equestrian Fouaad Mirza will kick start the proceedings with the third session of dressage.

Coming to some of the crucial matches for tomorrow, PV Sindhu plays her semi-final clash while Pooja Rani locks horns with Chinese boxer Li Qian in the quarter-final bout. Ace Indian boxer Amit Panghal will also kickstart his Tokyo 2020 journey with the round of 16 match.

Let’s look at the complete schedule of Indian athletes for day 9 at Tokyo 2020

ARCHERY 

  • Men’s Individual Round of 16
  • Atanu Das vs Takaharu Furukawa (Japan) | 7:18 AM IST

ATHLETICS

  • Women’s Discus Throw Qualification (Group A)
  • Athlete: Seema Punia | 6:00 AM IST
  • Women’s Discus Throw Qualification (Group B)
  • Athlete: Kamalpreet Kaur | 7:25 AM IST
  • Men’s Long Jump Qualification (Group B)
  • Athlete: M. Sreeshankar | 3:40 PM IST

BADMINTON

  • Women’s Singles Semi-Final
  • PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) | 2:30 PM IST

BOXING

  • Men’s Flyweight Round of 16
  • Amit Panghal vs Yuberjen Martinez (Colombia) | 7:30 AM IST
  • Women’s Middleweight Quarter-Final
  • Pooja Rani vs Li Qian (China) | 3:36 PM IST

EQUESTRIAN

  • Dressage Session 3
  • Athlete: Fouaad Mirza | 5:00 AM IST

GOLF

  • Men’s Round 2
  • Athlete: Anirban Lahiri | 4:15 AM IST
  • Men’s Round 3
  • Athletes: Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane | 6:00 AM IST

HOCKEY

  • Women’s Group Match (Pool A)
  • India vs South Africa | 8:45 AM IST

SAILING

  • 49er Men Race 10, 11 & 12
  • Athletes: Ganapathy Kelapanda and Varun Thakkar | 8:35 AM IST onwards

SHOOTING

  • Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions Qualification
  • Athletes: Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil | 8:30 AM IST 

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