Tokyo Olympics: Mayu Mukaida vs Pang Qianyu in women’s 53kg freestyle wrestling final, watch live in India
The Japan vs China rivalry takes centrestage at Tokyo 2020. Watch Olympic women’s wrestling live!
Japan’s Mayu Mukaida, a two-time world champion, will be on the hunt for her maiden Olympic gold when she enters the Makuhari Messe Hall on Friday for the Tokyo 2020 women’s 53kg freestyle wrestling final against China’s Pang Qianyu.
Going by reputation, it seems like Mayu Mukaida’s gold medal to lose.
The Japanese wrestler has been a dominant force in her category for several years and is in fine form at Tokyo 2020, winning her first two rounds by technical superiority before easing past Mongolia’s Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa 6-3 in the semi-finals.
Pang Qianyu, though, will be a tough challenge. The Chinese wrestler, a former Asian champion and two-time world bronze medallist, will be brimming with confidence, particularly after her last-second turnaround victory over Belarus’ Vanesa Kaladzinskaya in the semis.
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya, the wrestler who knocked out Indian hope Vinesh Phogat in the quarter-finals, meanwhile will be contesting for bronze. She will face either Cuba’s Laura Herin Avila or the USA’s Jacarra Winchester, depending on who wins the repechage round.
Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa will feature in the second bronze medal match, facing off against the winner of repechage 2 between Cameroon’s Joseph Essombe Tiako and Poland’s Roksana Zasina.
Two bronze medals are awarded in Olympic wrestling.
Tokyo Olympics women’s freestyle 53kg wrestling gold and bronze medal matches, schedule and live India start time
All times are India Standard Times (IST)
August 6, Friday
Repechage 1
Laura Herin Avila (Cuba) vs Jacarra Winchester (USA) - 7:30 AM IST
Repechage 2
Joseph Essombe Tiako (Cameroon) vs Roksana Zasina (Poland) – 7:37 AM IST
Bronze medal match 1
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (Belarus) vs winner of repechage 1 - 5:25 PM IST
Bronze medal match 2
Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa (Mongolia) vs winner of repechage 2 - 5:35 PM IST
Gold medal match – final
Mayu Mukaida (Japan) vs Pang Qianyu (China) – 5:45 PM IST
Where to watch Mayu Mukaida vs Pang Qianyu Olympics wrestling final live in India?
The Mayu Mukaida vs Pang Qianyu women’s 53kg freestyle wrestling final and the bronze medal matches at the Tokyo Olympics 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.
Live streaming of the Tokyo Olympics wrestling event will be available on Sony LIV. Fans can follow live updates from Tokyo 2020 on Olympics.com.