The 32nd Olympic Games, which have been postponed for a year, are set to begin next week. The Games' opening ceremony will take place on July 23 at Tokyo's newly built National Stadium, while the closing ceremony will take place on August 8. The contingent, which has an average age of 26.99 years, is diverse, with skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmed Khan, 45, is the oldest and 10m air rifle shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar, 18, being the youngest. Six of the group's members are under the age of 19. Wrestling is a sport in which India has a prominent presence at the next Summer Olympics.
Wrestling is one of the world's oldest sports, and the activity has a lengthy history in India. In international wrestling contests, Indian wrestlers have won multiple medals. So far, India has won five Olympic medals in wrestling: one silver and four bronze. India has also finished on the podium on 18 occasions at the World Championships. The Indian Wrestling team's full schedule may be seen here. Before that, we'll take a look at the wrestlers who have already qualified for the main event.
Indian Wrestling Contingent:
In the men's freestyle, Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg), and Deepak Punia (86kg) will compete, while Seema Bisla (50kg), Vinesh Phogat (53kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), and Sonam Malik (62kg) will compete in the women's freestyle. No Indians have made the cut for the Greco-Roman division, which is exclusively open to males. India had two wrestlers in each of the men's freestyle and Greco-Roman events at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and three in the women's freestyle event. Sakshi Malik was one of them, and she had earned one of India's two Olympic medals.
Tokyo Olympics India Wrestling Full Schedule (all timings in IST):
3rd August 2021:
Women’s Freestyle 62kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals - Sonam Malik, from 8 AM
Women’s Freestyle 62kg Semi-Final - Sonam Malik (if qualifies), later in the day
4th August 2021:
Women’s Freestyle 62kg Repechages - Sonam Malik (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM
Women’s Freestyle 62kg Medal Matches - Sonam Malik (if qualifies), later in the day
Women’s Freestyle 57kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals - Anshu Malik, from 8 AM
Women’s Freestyle 57kg Semi-Finals - Anshu Malik (if qualifies), later in the day
Men’s Freestyle 57kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals - Ravi Kumar Dahiya, from 8 AM
Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semi-Finals - Ravi Kumar Dahiya (if qualifies), later in the day
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
5th August 2021:
Women’s Freestyle 57kg Final - Anshu Malik, from 7:30 AM
Men’s Freestyle 57kg Repechages and Medal Match - Ravi Dahiya, from 7:30 AM
Men’s Freestyle 86kg Repechages and Medal Match - Deepak Punia, from 7:30 AM
Women’s Freestyle 53kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals - Vinesh Phogat, from 8 AM
Women’s Freestyle 53kg Semi-Finals - Vinesh Phogat (if qualifies), later in the day
6th August 2021:
Women’s Freestyle 53kg Repechages - Vinesh Phogat (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM
Women’s Freestyle 53kg Medal Matches - Vinesh Phogat (if qualifies), later in the day
Men’s Freestyle 65kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals - Bajrang Punia, from 8 AM
Men’s Freestyle 65kg Semi-Finals - Bajrang Punia (if qualifies), later in the day
Women’s Freestyle 50kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals - Seema Bisla, from 8 AM
Women’s Freestyle 50kg Semi-Final - Seema Bisla (if qualifies), later in the day
7th August 2021:
Men’s Freestyle 65 kg Repechage and Medal Matches - Bajrang Punia (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM and later in the day
Women’s Freestyle 50kg Repechage and Medal Matches - Seema Bisla (if qualifies), from 7:30 AM and later in the day
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