Tokyo Olympics, sailing final: Men’s 49er - watch live

The men’s 49er event at the Tokyo Olympics is set for a close finish with the top three pairs in with a chance of a gold medal on Monday.

At the Enoshima Yacht Harbour, defending champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke of New Zealand will have to keep their nearest rivals from Great Britain and Spain in check given that double points are on offer in the medal round.

As per sailing rules, points secured in the medal round are doubled and added to the net score from the qualifying races to decide the podium places.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have earned 52 net points so far while the British pair of Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell are a close second with 56 net points.

Though the Spanish pair of Diego Botín and Iago López too have 56 net points, they occupy the third spot heading into the medal round due to their inferior total points.

Points in sailing are awarded based on the ranking of a team in every race. While the first placed duo gets one point, the second is awarded two points and so on.

The total points in an event accounts for the score in all the races while the net point is calculated by discarding the team’s worst performance across rounds.

The Indian 49er duo of KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar finished their debut Olympics campaign in 17th out of 19 teams in the qualifying rounds. Top 10 pairs after 12 rounds of qualification make the medal race.

A win for Peter Burling and Blair Tuke on Monday will make them the most successful Kiwi sailors, eclipsing the great Barbara Kendall. Kendall won the sailboard gold at the 1992 Games in Barcelona then followed it up with a silver at Atlanta 1996 before signing off with a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have so far won a silver medal at London 2012 and gold at the Rio Games five years ago.

Tokyo Olympics men’s 49er final schedule and live India start times

All times are in India standard time (IST)

Monday, August 1

Men’s 49er final – 12:03 PM IST

Where to watch the Tokyo Olympics sailing 49er final live in India?

Subject to broadcaster Sony Sports Network, the Tokyo Olympics sailing 49er final will be telecast live 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. National broadcasters Doordarshan (DD Sports and DD National) will also simulcast the event.

Live streaming of the Tokyo Olympics sailing events will be available on Sony Liv.