The United States team broke their own world record in the 4x400 mixed relay in the opening heats at the Paris Olympics on Friday
A look at India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, August 1, 2021.
The 35-year-old is judo's most decorated athlete at the Olympics with six medals.
The 40-year-old Rai has won medals in every championships at the global and continental level but not the Olympics.
From the 30 Sensex firms, NTPC, Nestle, Titan, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Maruti, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel and HDFC Bank were the biggest gainers. HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Adani Ports, Larsen & Toubro, JSW Steel, State Bank of India, Tech Mahindra and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards from the pack.
'Cricket has been included in the 2028 Olympic Games as well. So the organising committee is very keen on including that in the 2026 Asian Games as well.'
IOC president Thomas Bach said on Thursday that the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games will be held as scheduled, in an interview with Kyodo News.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Thursday.
Investors' wealth plummeted by Rs 4.12 lakh crore during the morning trade on Friday as markets faced a massive correction tracking a weak trend in global peers and fresh foreign fund outflows. Falling for the third day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 896.7 points or 1.09 per cent to 81,304.46 during the morning trade.
The prospect of winning an Olympic gold medal for Serbia outweighs the disappointment of playing in an empty venue at the Tokyo games, the men's world tennis number one Novak Djokovic said on Monday.
China's Yang Jiayu claimed gold in the women's 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
'...I believe this is just the beginning for me and there is a long way to go ... many more medals to win for India.'
During the first eight days to July 18, torch-lighting ceremonies will be held without spectators and the relay will not be held on public roads, the metropolitan government said. Relays on the islands, however, will be kept on public roads.
Images from the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, at the National Stadium, on Friday.
The torchbearer's face will likely be seen by hundreds of millions of people watching around the world.
The IOA also said that the decision will now relieve the Indian athletes of having to train amidst lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Gauff will not compete in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19,
Games likely to open in July 2021 according to Japanese media
French organisers turned Paris into an open-air Olympic playground where everyone was invited, with or without a ticket.
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