With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics coming up, many wonder what is happening during this period while we wait.
Well, you may want to follow all thats going on in the tech capital Tokyo. Here are a run down of a list of events expected to take place from June, July and August. If you are already in Tokyo, take out your calendars and schedule this in.
This schedule allows for those purchasing tickets to know when their favorite game is happening;
Preliminary events will kick off July 22, 2020 with the women softball game, two days before the opening ceremony.
The first medal event–women’s 10m air rifle–will be held with the session starting at 8:30 JST on 25 July, the day after the Opening Ceremony. Medal events in 6 sports–archery, cycling (road race), fencing, judo, taekwondo, weightlifting–will also be held, with medals being awarded in a total of 11 events that day.
Men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball will start on 25 July, the first day of the Games. Skateboarding street events will be held on 26 and 27 July. BMX freestyle park events will follow on 1 and 2 August with skateboarding park featuring on 5 and 6 August and sport climbing on 4 to 7 August.
“Super Saturday” and “Golden Sunday”, 1 and 2 August, this is expected to draw huge crowds.
“Super Saturday”, including events featuring for the first time in the Olympic Games, such as the judo mixed team event, the triathlon mixed team relay and the shooting trap mixed team event, all of which will help make Tokyo 2020 the most gender-balanced Olympic Games in history.
“Golden Sunday”, including the women’s marathon, the men’s athletics 100m final, men’s and women’s gymnastics events, and the men’s tennis singles final. “Golden Sunday” will also feature the final day of fencing events, including the men’s team foil final, and the closing day of swimming events, with five finals scheduled. Overall it will be an action-packed two days.
The second half of the Olymoics starting From 2 August, including the newly-added karate and sport climbing, wrestling and other team events’ semi-finals and finals such as team table tennis. Athletics events will kick off on 31 July at the new Olympic Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Athletics finals will feature in almost all sessions, offering multiple opportunities for fans to experience gold-medal action. During the evening session of 6 August, the outcome of the decathlon and heptathlon events will be decided in the same session for the first time in the Olympics. The 4 x 100m relay for men and women will take place on the evening of 7 August.
Saturday, 8 August, the day before the Closing Ceremony, will constitute another “Super Saturday”, featuring no fewer than 30 event finals, the largest number on a single day during the Games. They will include the men’s basketball final, the men’s football final and the baseball final. The finals of many women’s events will also be held, including the team free routine in artistic swimming and individual all-round rhythmic gymnastics, all key attractions of the Games.
The final day of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Sunday 9 August, will commence with the men’s marathon. On that closing day, the streets of Tokyo are expected to be lined with crowds as the Games build to their climax. The last medal event will be the men’s water polo final.
We are all looking forward to the games. Whichever your favorite sport is
