Watch live Indian sailor Nethra Kumanan ride the waves at Tokyo Olympics
Nethra Kumanan will race in the laser radial category, Vishnu Saravanan in the laser standard and KC Ganapathy-Varun Thakkar in the 49er. Watch Olympic sailing live!
It will a new chapter in Indian sports when the sailing competition begins at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this weekend.
Led by Nethra Kumanan, the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics, India will compete in three events at Tokyo 2020.
While the 23-year-old Nethra Kumanan will be in action in the women’s laser radial category, Vishnu Saravanan will feature in the laser standard event and the duo ofKC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar will take part in the 49er competition.
This is the first time that India will compete in more than one sailing event at the Olympics. The Olympic sailing events will be held at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Fujisawa.
At the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman earlier this year, Nethra Kumanan finished second in the 10-race event to seal her place at the Summer Games. The Indian men too secured their Olympic quota at the same event.
Sailing events at the Olympics will be conducted on the lines of any other international event. The laser standard and the laser radial competition will be a 10-race event, two races per day, with the medal round on August 1 deciding the eventual winner.
The men’s 49er competition, meanwhile, will be a 12-race event with three races being held on a day. The medal race on August 2 will decide the Olympic champions.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics sailing schedule and live India start times
All times are in India Standard Times (IST)
Sunday, July 25
Men's laser standard, race 1 and 2 - 11:05 AM IST
Women's laser radial, race 1 and 2 - 8:35 AM IST
Monday, July 26
Men's laser standard, race 3 and 4 - 8:35 AM IST
Women's laser radial, race 3 and 4 - 11:05 AM IST
Tuesday, July 27
Men's laser standard, race 5 and 6 - 8:35 AM IST
Women's laser radial, race 5 and 6 - 8:35 AM IST
Men's skiff - 49er, race 1, 2, 3 - 8:35 AM IST
Wednesday, July 28
Men's skiff - 49er, race 4, 5, 6 - 8:35 AM IST
Thursday, July 29
Men's laser standard, race 7 and 8 - 8:35 AM IST
Women's laser radial, race 7 and 8 - 8:35 AM IST
Friday, July 30
Men's skiff - 49er, race 7, 8, 9 - 8:35 AM IST
Women's laser radial, race 9 and 10 - 8:35 AM IST
Men's laser standard, race 9 and 10 - 11:05 AM IST
Saturday, July 31
Men's skiff - 49er, race 10, 11, 12 - 8:35 AM IST
Sunday, August 1
Men's laser standard, medal race - 11:03 AM IST
Women's laser radial, medal race - 12:03 PM IST
Monday, August 2
Men's skiff - 49er, medal race - 12:03 PM IST
Where to watch the Tokyo Olympics sailing live in India?
Live telecast of Tokyo Olympics sailing will be on the Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 2 HD, Sony Six and Sony SIX HD TV channels in India. Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 3 HD, Sony TEN 4 and Sony TEN 4 HD will broadcast Tokyo 2020 in regional languages.
Live streaming of the Tokyo Olympics will be available on Sony Liv.
Broadcast subject to Sony Sports Network.