Tokyo Olympics, India Schedule for August 5: Ravi Dahiya eyes gold; Deepak Punia, men’s hockey aim for bronze

Bengaluru, August 4: Indian wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia as well as the men's hockey team will hope to add more medals to India's tally at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday (August 5).

The eight time gold medallists, Indian men's hockey team, who reached their first semi-final at the Olympics since 1980, suffered a 2-5 loss to Belgium in the last 4 clash. And as a result their gold dreams ended and instead they will play Germany in the bronze medal match.

Grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya keeps India's gold hopes alive as he made an incredible comeback to defeat Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sayanev via fall to reach the final. He will now face Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev in the final and is already assured of a silver medal.

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Deepak Punia, who couldn't get past USA's David Taylor III in the semifinal, will feature in the bronze medal match, where he will face one of the repechage winners. Also in action, due to her opponent reaching the final in women's freestyle 57kg category is Anshu Malik.

Another Indian wrestler, who is also one of the medal hopes, Vinesh Phogat is all set to start her Tokyo 2020 campaign when she faces Sweden's Sofia Mattsson in 1/8 Final of women's freestyle 53k category.

Meanwhile, golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar will continue their women's individual stroke play action, while race walker KT Irfan will also be involved in men's 20km race walk event.

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With an action-packed line-up in store for the country's stars, mykhel takes a look at the Indian Olympics schedule for Thursday (August 5) with timings in IST:

Athletics - Men's 20km Walk - KT Irfan - 1.00 PM

KT Irfan, who had represented India at the 2012 London Games, where he finished at a commendable 10th place is once again set for Olympics action.

Golf - Women's Individual Stroke Play - starts at 4 AM

• Aditi Ashok, who got off to a brilliant start at the Olympic Games, carding a four-under 67 in the opening round for a share of the second spot, will return for round 2 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club. She will tee off at 5.55 AM.

• Diksha Dagar, who had had a rough start in her maiden Olympics after five bogeys and no birdies, is tied 56th after round one. She will tee off at 7.39 AM.

Hockey - Men's Bronze Medal Match: India vs Germany - 7 AM

After India went down fighting 5-2 against Belgium in the first semi-final of Tokyo 2020, Australia hammered Germany 3-1 in the second semi-final to set up a summit clash with Belgium for the gold medal. The gold medal match will also be held on August 5 but after the bronze medal game.

Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 53 kg - Vinesh Phogat

• 1/8 Final vs Sofia Mattsson - 8.00 AM

If Qualified, the top seeded Indian wrestler will be in action again later in the day as follows,

• 1/4 Final vs winner of Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (Bulgaria) vs Andreea Ana (Romania) - 8.56 AM

• Semi-Finals - TBD - 3:25 PM

Women's Freestyle 57kg - Anshu Malik

• Repechage vs Valeria Koblova - 7.37 AM

Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 57 kg - Ravi Kumar Dahiya - Gold Medal Match - 4.20 PM

Ravi Kumar Dahiya defeated Colombia's Oscar Tigreros in the 1/8 Final and Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov in the 1/4 Final via technical superiority to reach the semifinal, in which he defeated Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev to book a gold medal meeting with second seeded Russian Zavur Uguev.

Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 86 kg - Deepak Punia - Bronze Medal Match - 4.40 PM

Deepak Punia, who had earned a technical superiority win over Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor in the 1/8 Final and a win on points against China's Zushen Lin in the 1/4 Final, lost to USA's David Taylor III in the semifinal to settle for a bronze medal bout against one of the repechage winners.