Tokyo Olympics 2021 Opening Ceremony, Live Telecast in India & more
TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics 2021 is scheduled to start on July 23 following a year-long delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, instead of dropped. The opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2021 will be held on July 23 at newly-built National Stadium in the Japanese capital while the closing ceremony will be taking place on August 8, 2021 at a similar venue.
Here, we will discuss Tokyo Olympics 2021 opening, Tokyo Olympics 2021 full schedule, Tokyo Olympics 2021 LIVE telecast, Tokyo Olympics 2021 LIVE telecast timing, Tokyo Olympics LIVE streaming, Tokyo Olympics 2021 opening ceremony, and more!
Regardless of being rescheduled for 2021, the event holds the Tokyo 2020 name for advertising, marketing and branding purposes.
It is to be noted that Olympics 2021 will see the introduction of new competitions including 3x3 b-ball, freestyle BMX, and Madison cycling, as well as additional mixed events. These Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skating make their Olympic debuts, just as the arrival of baseball and softball, interestingly, for the first since 2008. A sum of around 11,000 athletes from 206 countries is expected to participate in 33 sports in Tokyo Olympics 2021.
India will send a huge contingent for Olympics however with a decreased number of authorities to be in line with the COVID-19 protocols.
As mentioned, the idea of mascots was first introduced at the Grenoble Winter Olympics in 1968 yet formally took care of business at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The mascots additionally bring in a lot of income to fund the Olympic Games through licensing and merchandising. The mascot of Tokyo Olympics 2020 is named Miratoiwa.
Sony Sports Network has won the rights for the LIVE telecast of the Tokyo Olympics in India. Sony TEN 1 HD/SD, Sony TEN 2 HD/SD will LIVE telecast the Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics with English Commentary while Hindi Commentary will be accessible on Sony TEN 3 HD/SD. Most importantly, Doordarshan is going to LIVE telecast the Tokyo Olympics 2021 on the terrestrial network and Direct-to-Home stage.
NBC will air Olympics events across three different stages: Peacock, NBC Sports, and NBC's Olympics site. As Peacock is NBC's connected streaming service, most Olympics coverage will be allowed to watch on the stage with any record, as per its site. Peacock offers a 7-day free trial then, at that point costs $4.99 each month for a Premium record that approaches all substances.
The opening ceremony for Tokyo 2021 will begin from 8 PM local time or 4:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST).
The sporting events during Olympics 2021 will start as early as 9 AM Japan time or 5:30 AM IST.
Tokyo has hosted 3 times in the Olympics - 1940, 1964, 2021.
There are many countries that hosted the Olympics once – Sweden (1912), Belgium (1920), Netherlands (1928), Finland (1952), Mexico (1968), Yugoslavia (1984), Spain (1992), Singapore (2010), Brazil (2016), and Argentina (2018).
The United States has hosted 9 times in the Olympics.
Summer Olympics - (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996)
Winter Olympics - (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002)
• 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
The Indian team for the upcoming Olympics is spread across different countries for preparation. As Japan declared emergency due to COVID-19, the Indian players are relied upon to face traveling issues. However, India will send 120 players to take part in 18 games at the Tokyo Olympics 2021. With a solid group and a few medal-hopefuls, the Indian contingent is probably going to complete the event with the country's best-ever medal tally.
The Tokyo Olympics 2021 Indian players list include –
Athletics
Neeraj Chopra - Men's Javelin Throw
Murali Sreeshankar - Men's Long Jump
Jabir M Palliayli - 400m Hurdles
Tejinderpal Singh Toor - Men's Shot Put
Shivpal Singh - Men's Javelin Throw
Kamalpreet Kaur - Women's Discus Throw
Dutee Chand - Women's 100m and 200m
Priyanka Goswami - Women's 20km race walk
Bhawana Jat - Women's 20km race walk
Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv - Men's 4x400m relay
Avinash Sable - Men's 3000m Steeplechase
Annu Rani - Women's Javelin Throw
Seema Punia - Women's Discus Throw
Sandeep Kumar - Men's 20km Race Walk
Rahul Rohilla - Men's 20km Race Walk
Irfan Kolothum Thodi - Men's 20 km Race Walk
Gurpreet Singh - Men's 50km Race Walk
Sarthak Bhambri, Alex Antony, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan, Dhanlakshmi Sekhar - 4x400m mixed relay
Shooting
Divyansh Singh Panwar - 10m air rifle Individual, mixed team
Deepak Kumar - 10m air rifle Individual, mixed team
Saurabh Chaudhary - 10m air pistol Individual, mixed team
Abhishek Verma - 10m air pistol Individual, mixed team
Sanjeev Rajput - 50m rifle 3 positions
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar - 50m rifle 3 positions
Angad Singh Veer Bajwa - Men's Skeet
Mairaj Ahmad Khan - Men's Skeet
Apurvi Chandela - 10m air rifle individual
Elavenil Valarivan - 10m air rifle Individual, mixed team
Manu Bhaker - 10m air pistol Individual, mixed team, 25m pistol individual
Yashaswini Singh Deswal - 10m air pistol individual, mixed team
Rahi Sarnobat - 25m pistol individual
Anjum Moudgil - 50m rifle 3 positions Individual, 10m air rifle mixed team
Tejaswini Sawant - 50m rifle 3 positions individual
Badminton
PV Sindhu - Women's Singles
B. Sai Praneeth - Men's Singles
Saitwiksairaj Rankireddy - Men's Doubles
Chirag Shetty - Men's Doubles
Archery
Atanu Das - Men's Individual, Men's Team, Mixed Team
Tarundeep Rai - Men's Individual, Men's Team
Pravin Jadhav - Men's Individual, Men's Team
Deepika Kumari - Women's Individual, Mixed Team
Hockey
Men's squad: PR Sreejeesh(GK), Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Birendra Lakra, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh (Captain), Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh
Women's squad: Savita Punia (GK), Deep Grace Ekka, Nikki Pradhan, Gurjit Kaur, Udita Duhan, Nisha, Neha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Navjot Kaur, Salima Tete, Rani Rampal (Captain), Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya, Sharmila Devi
Boxing
Amit Panghal - Men's Flyweight
Manish Kaushik - Men's Lightweight
Vikas Krishnan Yadav - Men's Welterweight
Mary Kom - Women's Flyweight
Simranjit Kaur - Women's Lightweight
Ashish Kumar - Men's Middleweight
Satish Kumar - Men's Super Heavyweight
Lovlina Borgohain - Women's Welterweight
Pooja Rani - Women's Middleweight
Wrestling
Bajrang Punia - Men's 65 kg
Ravi Kumar Dahiya - Men's 57 kg
Deepak Punia - Men's 86 kg
Vinesh Phogat - Women's 53 kg
Anshu Malik - Women's 57 kg
Seema Bisla - Women's 50 kg
Sonam Malik - Women's 62 kg
Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal - Men's Singles, Mixed Doubles
Sathiyan Ganansekaran - Men's Singles
Manika Batra - Women's Singles, Mixed Doubles
Sutirtha Mukherjee - Women's Singles
Swimming
Sajan Prakash - Men's 100m Backstroke
Srihari Nataraj - Men's 200m Butterfly
Maana Patel - Women's 100m Backstroke
Tennis
Sania Mirza - Women's Doubles
Ankita Raina - Women's Doubles
Gymnastics
Pranati Nayak - All-Around
Weightlifting
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu - Women's 49 kg
Fencing
CA Bhavana Devi - Women's Sabre
Equestrian
Fouaad Mirza - Individual Eventing
Rowing
Arjun Lal - Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Aravind Singh - Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Sailing
Vishnu Saravanan - Men's Laser
Nethra Kumanam - Women's Laser Radical
KC Ganapathy and Vishnu Thakkar - Men's 49er
Judo
Shushila Devi Likmabam - Women's 48 kg
Golf
Anirban Lahiri - Men's Individual
Aditi Ashok - Women's Individual
Udayan Mane - Men's Individual
Hence, the Tokyo Olympics 2021 Indian players list, Tokyo Olympics 2021 opening ceremony time, Tokyo Olympics 2021 opening ceremony performers are all set!
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