2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Day 1 Highlights: Look Back at Major Headlines, Match Results, Updated Medals Tally

The 32nd edition of the summer games were originally scheduled to be held last year but were postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic and will now be played from July 23, 2021 onwards to August 08, 2021. This will be the fourth time that the Olympics will be held in Japan with Tokyo hosting the Games for the second time.

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24 Jul, 23:00 (IST)

So, that's the end of the day one at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. India clinched one medal and that was silver from Saikhom Mirabai Chanu. India are currently placed 12th on the 2020 Olympic Games medals tally. Check full table here.

24 Jul, 19:34 (IST)

India Women's hockey team's Tokyo 2020 campaign got off to shaky start as they went down 1-5 against the Netherlands in Pool A match. More here.

24 Jul, 16:22 (IST)

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav was humbled in his round of 32 match against Japanese Okazawa, who dominated the score-cards winning on a unanimous decision.

24 Jul, 14:29 (IST)

Sutirtha Mukherjee defeated Sweden's Linda Bergstroem in Round 1 of the Table Tennis women's individual event at Tokyo Olympics 2020. The Indian was 3-1 down after four sets but rallied back to win three sets on the bounce and take the game. Sutirtha Mukherjee emerged victorious with a score of 5-11, 11-9, 11-13, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-5.

24 Jul, 12:59 (IST)

Sumit Nagal became only the second Indian after Leander Paes to reach the second round at the Olympics. The Indian tennis star defeated Denis Istomin in the opening game.

24 Jul, 12:56 (IST)

Manika Batra started her Tokyo Olympics 2020 individual campaign on a positive note as she defeated Great Britain's Tin Tin Ho 4-0 in the opening round match. The Indian table tennis star was dominant and looked comfortable in the game registering 11-7, 11-6,12-10,11-9

24 Jul, 12:16 (IST)

India miss put on a medal in shooting as Saurabh Chaudhary finished in seventh place at the Men's 10m Air Pistol Final.

24 Jul, 12:12 (IST)

Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Chinese Taipei's duo of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin 2-1 in the opening group stage match of Tokyo Olympics 2020 in the Badminton Men's Doubles category.

24 Jul, 12:03 (IST)

Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in the Women's Weightlifting 49 kg category by setting her personal best Olympic record in Clean & Jerk with a 115 kg lift. She lifted 87kg in snatch and had a total score of 202kg.

24 Jul, 11:22 (IST)

Indian pair of Pravin Jadhav and Deepika Kumar fell short at the Quarter-final of mixed Archery recurve event against South Korea as they lost the game 6-2. The South Korean pair will now advance to the semi-finals.

24 Jul, 11:08 (IST)

Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth had a disappointing loss to his Tokyo Olympics 2020 campaign as he was defeated by Israel's  Misha Zilberman in the Group D opening match.  The Israeli won 21-17, 21-15  in straight sets.

24 Jul, 10:50 (IST)

Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary has qualified for Men's 10m Air Pistol Final as he tops the qualification event with 586 points. Meanwhile, Abhishek Verma failed to make it to the finals as he finished 17th.

24 Jul, 10:14 (IST)

Indian tennis ace Sumit Nagal has a brilliant start to his first-round match against Denis Istomin at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as he took the first set 6-4. This is Nagal's debut at the Summer Games. 

24 Jul, 09:26 (IST)

Indian pair of Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal were defeated by Chinese Taipei's Lin Tin and Cheng Ching 4-0 in their mixed doubles table tennis round of 16 match.

24 Jul, 08:47 (IST)

India's Judo campaign in Tokyo 2020 started on backfoot as Sushila Devi Likmabam lost to Hungary's Csernoviczki in the round of 32 f the women's 48 kg category.

24 Jul, 08:34 (IST)

India Men's Hocket team had a positive start to their Pool A campaign in Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they defeated New Zealand 3-2 in the opening game. India will face Australia next, who defeated Japan 5-3.

24 Jul, 08:31 (IST)

China's Yang Qian has won a gold medal in the Women's 10m Air Rifle Event. The Chinese defeated Anastasiia Galashina (ROC) in the final, scoring 251.8 points, which is a new Final Olympic Record for Yang. Switzerland's Nina Christen wins Bronze Medal.

24 Jul, 08:27 (IST)

Indian shooters Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan have missed out on the race for medals at the Women's 10m Air Rifle event. Apurvi finished 36th and Elavenil 16th in the event.

24 Jul, 08:24 (IST)

Indian archer Deepika Kumari had advanced to the quarter-finals of women's individual recurve event after defeating Bhutan's Karma.

24 Jul, 08:22 (IST)

India's mixed archery team of Pravin Jadhav and Deepika Kumari defeated Chines Tapei 5-3 to advance to the next round of the competition.


The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is underway as teams are set to compete against each other on the first medal-winning day (July 24, 2021) at the multi-nation tournament. Day 2 of the Olympics will see the return of softball and 3x3 basketball make its debut in the competition while Women’s 10m air rifle will award the first medal of the day, where a total of seven medals will be awarded. Meanwhile, we bring you the live updates and medal winners from Tokyo Olympics 2020. Team India at Tokyo Olympics 2020 Schedule for July 24: Check Out Full Schedule, Timings, Events & Live Streaming Details For Day 1.

The 32nd edition of the summer games were originally scheduled to be held last year but were postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic and will now be played from July 23, 2021 onwards to August 08, 2021. This will be the fourth time that the Olympics will be held in Japan with Tokyo hosting the Games for the second time. Tokyo Olympics 2020 Medal Tally Live Updated.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 will see a total of 10,000+ athletes from 205 nations (+ EOR team) will compete across 339 events in 33 sports (50 disciplines) with the aim of winning a medal for their country. The 2020 Games sees the introduction of new competitions including 3x3 basketball and freestyle BMX, and the return of madison cycling, baseball and softball.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 24, 2021 08:19 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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