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Germany captain Nike Lorenz will be allowed to wear rainbow colours on her socks v GB on Sunday after IOC gave green light to let her support the LGBT movement. She will don the socks "as a symbol of sexual diversity". ?

Indian athletes who will attend the opening ceremony
 

Skateboarding venue
 

American beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb tests positive
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1274580

Olympic chief doesn't rule out last minute cancellation of the Olympics
 
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/tokyo-2020-chief-muto-does-not-rule-out-11th-hour-cancellation-games-2021-07-20/

Olympic chief doesn't rule out last minute cancellation of the Olympics
 
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/tokyo-2020-chief-muto-does-not-rule-out-11th-hour-cancellation-games-2021-07-20/

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved adding "together" into the Olympic motto. The move of adding "together" into the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger" was unanimously approved at the 138th IOC session.

Equestrian Horses arrived.
 
https://www.insider.com/olympic-horses-travel-tokyo-plane-passports-in-flight-meals-grooming-2021-7

Katie Lou Samuelsen
 
3×3 Basketball
 
Out due to covid
 
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/storms-katie-lou-samuelson-to-miss-olympics-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19/

Sailing practice sessions are at full swing
 

Equestrian Horses arrived.
 
https://www.insider.com/olympic-horses-travel-tokyo-plane-passports-in-flight-meals-grooming-2021-7

Katie Lou Samuelsen
 
3×3 Basketball
 
Out due to covid
 
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/storms-katie-lou-samuelson-to-miss-olympics-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19/

A member of USA women's gymnast team has tested positive for COVID19 during their prep camp in Inzai, city officials say.
 
A further gymnast is isolating after coming into close contact.
 
https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/tokyo-olympics-usa-female-gymnast-tests-covid-19-positive20210719153540
 
 

Welcome pack for an Australian athlete in Tokyo Olympics

A member of USA women's gymnast team has tested positive for COVID19 during their prep camp in Inzai, city officials say.
 
A further gymnast is isolating after coming into close contact.
 
https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/tokyo-olympics-usa-female-gymnast-tests-covid-19-positive20210719153540
 
 

Colombian Daniel Martinez out of Olympics due to Covid.
 
Rigoberto Uran might replace him.
 
https://www.cyclingnews.com/amp/news/dani-martinez-out-of-tokyo-olympics-with-covid-19/

South Sudan's track and field team has been stuck in Japan since late 2019 after the Olympics got postponed due to Covid. The locals crowd funded their stay.

Japanese brain at work. The floor is wide open for intimacy.

Japanese brain at work. The floor is wide open for intimacy.

Another Rawat who represented India in the 10 km walk event in Rio also has a similar story. Manish Singh Rawat is a part time waiter in Uttarakhand  and wakes up at 4 am every morning, two hours ahead of his colleagues and starts his training. Rawat, who was at a time, working as a housemaid, tried to get a job in the Police in 2010 through sports quota, which could have given him a monthly salary of Rs 10,000 and get his events sponsored. Unfortunately, he was not given the offer. He does several part time jobs like acting as a guide for tourists to support his family.
Rawat earned his berth at the IAAF walking challenge in April by leaving behind 300 competitors. In the finals, Manish walked 20km distance with a timing of 1:21:21, where he beat four former world champions, three Asian champions, two European champions and two Olympic medallists.
 
 

Congratulations Slovakia for winning 50 km race walk

Because LaxmiRani Majhi is constantly hitting six just like the batsmen hit at the Lords

Athletics
 
Dutee Chand clocks 11.24 en route to finishing 2nd at the Kazakh meet final - breaks her own NR set hours earlier

I saw so many lists for possible medallists so my listicle 
 
Top 20 Medal chances for India( this is in no order ) 
 
1. 50m Prone - Gagan Narang - Medalllist last year in one of the Fort benning world cups 2015  , has the big occasion temperament 
2. 10m Air rifle(m) - Abhinav Bindra - Big occasion shooter , is showing signs of a return to form ( in baku world cup was leading finals after 2 rounds  by a big margin ), a gold medallist has the temperament to shoot ( only a fool would say that Abhinav cannot medal in Rio..... In case any of you want to dispute that  )  
3. 10m Air Pistol(m) - Jitu Rai - Bronze medal at the chongwon world cup - consistently has been in finals - One of Indias top hopes 
4. 50m Air Pistol(m)- Jitu Rai - Currently Ranked world number 2 in this event , silver at the world championships - a class act 
5. Skeet(m) - Mairaj - The only Indian who won a medal at the Rio World cup this year - currently ranked world no 4 ( never thought we would have a skeet prospect )
6. 10m Air rifle(w) - Apurvi - broke the world record last year , last years world cup final silver medal 
7. Womens Badminton - Sania Nehwal - world championship silver medallist , in good form 
8. Mens Hockey Team - Last two major tournaments - Silver and Bronze 
9. Tennis Mixed Doubles - With Sania in the team we have one of the best women's players with a very small field just two good matches and you are in with a medal 
10.Boxing - Shiva - A medal at the world championship ....... 
11. Boxing - Vikas - Indias finest boxer reached quarters of the world championship , is a world championship medallist 
12. Wrestling - Narsingh - The only indian till now to win the olympic quota at the world championship , shows his class 
13. Wrestling - Yogi- Missed the world championship due to injury but his form at the asian qualifiers was fearsome 
14. Wrestling - Vignesh - Awesome form at the last qualifiers , again her form was so good 
15. Archery womens team - Current world championship silver medal , has consistently been medal-ling 
16. Archery womens individual - Deepika is a true championship so many medals  , was immature last time in her first olympics , now is more mature 
17. 10m air pistol ( w) - Heena Sidhu has been ranked world number one in 2014 was in fine form in the run up to the asian qualifiers 
18. Womens weightlifiting - Mirabhai Chanu in the 48 Kgs has lifted 192 which puts her in the elite list of top 3-4 weightlifters, she has been consistenly improving in the last few months and I feel will reach the level of 194 or so at Rio ..that should fetch her a medal with some luck 
19. Womens Vault - The fast improving Dipa Kramakar came 5th at the world championship , she has been getting a lot of support and will improve further , a medal prospect  in gymnastics 
20. Womens Badminton - PV sindhu - two times world championship bronze medallist is definately a prospect 

Athletics
 
Indian last week performance summary
 
Opole, Poland: Men, 400m: Race 1: 1. Jakub Krzewina (Pol) 46.84s, 2. A. Dharun (Ind) 47.08, 3. Kunhumohammed (Ind) 47.09. Race 2: A. Lalith (Ind) 46.88s, 2. Mohan Kumar (Ind) 46.89. Race 3: 1. Sumith Kumar (Ind) 47.45s, V. Sajin (Ind) did not finish.
Women’s 400m (Indians in top 3): Race 1: Anu Raghavan (54.27s), 2. Priyanka Panwar (54.49), 3. Sini Jose (55.11). Race 2: 1. M. R. Poovamma (53.18s), Debashree Mazumdar (54.52), Jauna Murmu (54.75).
 
Bishek, Kyrgyzstan: Men, 100m: 4. Amiya Mallick (Ind) 10.84s. 4x100m relay: 1. India (39.92s).
Women, 100m: 2. Dutee Chand (Ind) 11.47s. 4x100m relay: 2. India (44.45).
 
Budapest, Hungary: Men's javelin throw: 1. Shivpal Singh (Ind) 76.74m, 2. Rajender Singh (Ind) 70.64, 3. Mark Schmolcz 70.19.
Women's javelin throw: 1. Annu Rani (Ind) 57.24m, 2. Suman Devi (Ind) 55.38, 3. Annabella Bogdan 54.65.
 
Chula Vista, USA: Women’s discus throw: 1. Rachel Longfors (US) 57.63m, 2. Krishna Poonia (Ind) 56.50.