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  Past Olympic failures will play on my mind, says star archer Deepika Kumari

  July 16, 2021 17:29 IST

  The 27-year-old from Ranchi is going to the Olympics as a world no 1, similar to 2012 when she had climbed to the pole position ahead of the London Games.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Bajrang Punia, chasing a dream | Profile

  July 16, 2021 17:07 IST

  Bajrang Punia is currently training in Vladikavkaz in Russia since last month, and is touted as one of India's big medal hopes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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  Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu aiming to get one better at the Games | Profile

  July 16, 2021 16:58 IST

  Sindhu has many firsts to her name. First Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics, first Indian to win the Badminton World Championships, and first Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals. 

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  Efforts still on for pistol coach Pavel Smirnov as Indian shooters leave Zagreb for Tokyo

  July 16, 2021 15:59 IST

  India will be represented by a record 15 shooters at the Tokyo Games. The Indian team has eight rifle, five pistol and two skeet shooters, besides coaches and support staff members. 

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  Dhyan Chand's Berlin Saga: Captaincy test in Nazi Germany, Hitler myth | 1936 Olympics

  July 16, 2021 15:03 IST

  Such was India's hockey dominance in the era that even after a 7-0 win against the USA and a 9-0 win against Japan, the media spoke about how "if Germany wins, it will be a lesson to India that she deserves."

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  Hockey in Tokyo 2020: Gold for both finalists in case of no title clash due to COVID

  July 16, 2021 14:38 IST

  If a team can't a play a pool game it will be considered a 5-0 win for the other team. In case both teams fail to turn up, it will be considered a goalless draw.

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  Made in India to make its presence felt at Olympic Stadium during Tokyo Games athletics events

  July 16, 2021 11:26 IST

  Out of the six companies listed by World Athletics to provide implements for shot put, discus and hammer throw events, three are based in India.

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  IOA names Security Attache B K Sinha as Press Attache of India's Olympic contingent

  July 16, 2021 11:12 IST

  Sinha is a former Haryana DGP and also a recipient of the President's Police Medal.

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  Tokyo Olympics schedule | Date-wise events of all Indian athletes at the 2020 Games

  July 23, 2021 19:05 IST

  Tokyo Olympics Schedule: Find date-wise schedule of all the Indian athletes participating in the 2020 Games.

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  Olympic athlete, staffer test positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo

  July 15, 2021 22:39 IST

  The postponed Tokyo Olympics are being held in a state of emergency one year after they were originally scheduled.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra-Sharath Kamal emerge as medal contenders in mixed doubles table tennis

  July 15, 2021 20:21 IST

  Manika and Sharath stunned the World No. 5 Korean duo of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon in Doha to clinch mixed doubles Olympic quota

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  Touching 40s, India's table tennis great Sharath Kamal hits peak ahead of Tokyo Olympics

  July 15, 2021 18:04 IST

  Sharath has missed only one Olympic Games (London 2012) since his debut at Athens in 2004.

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  Cases surge to six-month high in Tokyo a week before Olympics

  July 15, 2021 16:32 IST

  Thursday's tally is the highest since 1,485 were recorded on January 21, when Japan was under an earlier state of emergency.

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  IOC guidelines for medal ceremony: Participants to wear mask all times, no group photo on podium

  July 15, 2021 16:24 IST

  IOC president Thomas Bach had on Wednesday said that athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will have to put their medals around their necks themselves to protect against spreading the virus.

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  Tokyo-bound Bhavani Devi: The sword girl of India hopes for Olympic medal

  July 15, 2021 15:41 IST

  That small girl who wanted to be away from her class despite being a bright student is now 26 year old, an MBA graduate and is largely outside India training with a target to win a medal in the Olympics.

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  Sailing: Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Sarvanan's boats arrive in Tokyo for Olympics

  July 15, 2021 15:30 IST

  The pictures of the boats arriving at the Haneda airport were shared by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).

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  It will be a different fight this time if Deepak clashes with Yazdani: Coach Virender

  July 15, 2021 15:16 IST

  Yazdani is the top seed at the Tokyo Games in the 86kg category and 21-year-old Deepak is seeded second. So if at all they meet, it will not be before the gold medal bout.

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  Narinder Batra says Indian officials in Tokyo happy with arrangements; dining hall issues resolved

  July 15, 2021 14:04 IST

  The mega-event is being held from July 23 to August 8 under strict health safety protocols and sans crowds amid the raging pandemic.

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  Pandemic did not impact my Olympic preparation: PV Sindhu

  July 15, 2021 13:51 IST

  The world number seven is the lone Indian to have qualified for the women’s singles in Tokyo Olympics.

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  Viswanathan Anand starts No-Castling event with win over Vladimir Kramnik

  July 15, 2021 12:54 IST

  Anand needed 66 moves to beat Kramnik late on Wednesday in a match played as part of the "No-Castling" Chess devised by the Russian GM .

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  Olympic-bound Chirag on spectre of COVID-19, loss of loved one & Tokyo dreams

  July 15, 2021 11:40 IST

  Chirag lost his grandfather to COVID-19 while the Indian doubles shuttler was preparing for Olympics in Mumbai in April.

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  FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics

  July 15, 2021 10:13 IST

  Alexandr Kudashev and Veronika Popova Andrusenko were suspended on Wednesday based on doping evidence provided by WADA.

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  Tokyo Olympics | IOC's Thomas Bach brings attention to Hiroshima -- some unwanted

  July 15, 2021 8:50 IST

  Bach will also bring political baggage — as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day — that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese.

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  Kenyan Olympic sprinter Alphas Kishoiyan banned for 4 years by Anti-Doping Agency

  July 14, 2021 23:27 IST

  Kishoiyan, 26, a two-time African championships silver medallist who also competed for Kenya at the Beijing 2015 World Championships, will be eligible to compete again from July 28, 2024.

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  Navy blazers, stripes and flag scarves for Team USA in Tokyo Olympics

  July 14, 2021 22:07 IST

  Ralph Lauren has built a personal air conditioning system into a roomy white jacket to be worn by the yet-unannounced athletes who will have that honor during opening ceremonies for the Olympics and Paralympics, the company said Wednesday.

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  Gujarat: Women Tokyo Olympics participants to get Rs 10 lakh each from govt

  July 14, 2021 20:26 IST

  Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision to give Rs 10 lakh each to these six sportswomen.

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  Powerlifters Jaideep Kumar, Sakina Khatun qualify for Tokyo Paralympics

  July 14, 2021 20:19 IST

  The Tokyo Paralympics will run from August 24 to September 5. 

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  PV Sindhu to open Tokyo Olympics campaign against Polikarpova Ksenia of Israel

  July 14, 2021 19:29 IST

  Sindhu, who had lost to Spain's Carolina Marin in the 2016 Olympics final, has been clubbed in an easy Group J, also comprising Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi.