The 2020 edition of the Summer Games that were scheduled to take place in Tokyo were postponed due to the pandemic last year and will take place this year carrying the Tokyo Olympics 2020 moniker.
While the organisers and authorities are still panicking due to the rise in COVID cases in the Games Village, the event will still go ahead as of now and will be hosted without spectators.
An astounding number of 11,000 athletes from 206 countries are expected to compete in 33 sports in 339 events across 42 venues in the Olympics this year, making it a monumental global sports event in the unprecedented pandemic times.
The opening ceremony will mostly be a sobering performance with not all athletes present at the teams’ parade. Instead of 11,000 athletes marching into a capacity-crowd stadium as seen in earlier opening events, the team parade will be smaller in a largely empty Tokyo Olympic stadium, barring a few hundred officials.
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will start at 4:30 pm IST (8:00pm local time) on July 23.
This thread is for updates, winner announcements, and memorable moments of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Join us in sharing the accomplishments of players and celebrating this mega global event that has the power to bring the entire world together in these trying times.
While Baseball and Softball have made its way back into Tokyo Games after a 13-year and Olympic hiatus. Baseball and softball will be one-off additions to the Games, as neither is currently slated to be a part of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
206 countries - This number may sound absurd to any person having even the faintest interest in geography.
Why?
Because the total number of countries in the world is 195!
So, how can 206 countries participate in the 2020 Olympics when only 195 really exist? Well, simply because not all countries participating in the Olympics are really countries!
A simple explanation for this is:
IOC or the International Olympics Committee is the body that takes the final call on who gets to participate in the Olympics. Each body or state that the IOC decides can participate is called a National Olympic Committee or NOC. For example, the Indian NOC is titled the Indian Olympic Association. So, the 206 countries participating in the Olympics are actually NOCs. These will include the following:
Type of NOC
Count
Description
Countries
193
Member countries of the UN
1
Non-member observer country of Palestine
Other states
9
Dependent territories of the American Samoa, Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Guam, Aruba and Puerto Rico
2
Partially recognized states of Chinese Taipei or Taiwan and Kosovo
Men’s ranking round: Pravin Jadhav finishes with a 54 and at the 31st position is the highest finisher for India.
31. Pravin Jadhav - total 656
35. Atanu Das - 653
37. Tarundeep Rai: 652
The Games of the XXXII Olympiad are officially open!
Approximately 10,400 people attended the opening ceremony
Team Delegation (Athletes & Team Officials) : Approximately 6,000
Games stakeholders and guests of honor : Approximately 900
Media : Approximately 3,500 (Broadcasters : 1,500 / Press : 2,000)
President HASHIMOTO Seiko
“After more than half a century, the Olympic Games have returned to Tokyo. Now we will do everything in our power to make this Games a source of pride for generations to come.”
Tokyo 2020 emblem at the Olympics Opening Ceremony
Composed of three varieties of rectangular shapes, the design represents different countries, cultures, ways of thinking and incorporates the message “Unity in Diversity.”
The legacy of Tokyo 1964 lives on at Tokyo 2020
These Olympic Rings were crafted with wood grown from trees that were planted by athletes years ago when the Olympics first came to Tokyo.
Parade of Athletes
As is custom, Greece were the first nation to enter the Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony.
Team India
Boxing legend and London Games bronze medallist Mary Kom and men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, India’s flag bearers, led the Indian contingent at the parade of nations during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. 19 Indian athletes and 6 officials made their way to the Olympic stadium.
Host nation Japan
Japan entered the Olympic Stadium completing the parade of athletes at the Opening Ceremony.
That’s no moon…it’s a Tokyo 2020 drone display!
Tokyo Olympic flame is the first powered by hydrogen. Inspired by the sun, the Tokyo Olympic cauldron is designed to be better for the planet. The flame at Tokyo’s National Stadium and another cauldron burning along the waterfront near Tokyo Bay throughout the games will be sustained in part by hydrogen, the first time the fuel source will be used to power an Olympic fire.
24 July - / Women’s 49kg HOU Zhihui - China Chanu Saikhom Mirabai - India Windy Cantika Aisah! - Indonesia
Mirabai Chanu wins historic silver in women’s 49kg weightlifting
Chanu successfully lifted 110kg in her first clean and jerk attempt. Chanu thus becomes the second ever Indian female weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to win an Olympic weightlifting medal.
One of the most-awaited events of the sporting calendar, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is less than 24-hour away from its start.
Japan National Stadium while the closing ceremony will take place on August 8.
See you in Tokyo - Well virtually! 
The opening ceremony will mostly be a sobering performance with not all athletes present at the teams’ parade. Instead of 11,000 athletes marching into a capacity-crowd stadium as seen in earlier opening events, the team parade will be smaller in a largely empty Tokyo Olympic stadium, barring a few hundred officials.
Japan starting strong in 
Teams were kneeling before the competition
First look at the men’s gymnastics contenders in podium training
has bagged a hat-trick in just 
minutes against Germany 
. This is the first treble scored by a Premier league player at the Olympics 
Today’s results: Olympics Men Football
Egypt 0-0 Spain 
Mexico 4-1 France 
New Zealand 1-0 South Korea 
Ivory Coast 2-1 Saudi Arabia 
Argentina 0-2 Australia 
Honduras 0-1 Romania 
years ago when the Olympics first came to Tokyo.
Greece were the first nation to enter the Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony.
Team India
That’s no moon…it’s a Tokyo 2020 drone display! 
/ Women’s 49kg
