After the opening ceremony, we start in earnest with the Japanese Olympics to get the first satisfactions
A Tokyo 2020, after the opening ceremony, it starts to get serious. Many athletes involved in Japan in the first real Olympic day: pop up on all evidence of cycling, fencing e taekwondo. Nibali and his companions will be called to the road test, while the female sword and the male saber will open and close in nine hours. Off to tennis with Errani, Fognini e Sonego.
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THE PROGRAM
1:30 – Shooting – Women’s 10m rifle, qualification – Sofia Ceccarello
2:00 – Volleyball – Men’s Group Stage – Italy-Canada
2:20 – Rowing – Two without women, drums – Kiri Tontodonati and Aisha Rocek
2:55 – Fencing – Women’s Sword, 32nd finals – Rossella Fiammingo vs Nathalie Moellhausen (Bra)
3:00 – Rowing – Two without men, drums – Giovanni Abagnale and Marco Di Costanzo
3:20 – Rowing – Women’s Double Lightweight, Drums – Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini
3:25 – Fencing – Female Sword, 32nd finals – Federica Isola vs Sara Besbes (Tun)
3:50 – Fencing – Men’s Double Lightweight, Drums – Stefano Oppo and Pietro Ruta
4:00 – Road cycling – Men’s race – Alberto Bettiol, Damiano Caruso, Giulio Ciccone, Gianni Moscon and Vincenzo Nibali
4:00 – Tennis – Women’s Singles, first round – Sara Errani vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rco)
4:05 – Archery – Mixed teams, round of 16 – Italy-Netherlands
4:20 – Judo – women’s -48kg, 32nd finals – Francesca Milani vs Chen-Hao Lin
4:25 – Fencing – Female sword, 32nd finals – Mara Navarria vs Yulia Lichagina (Rco)
4:50 – Rowing – Four without men, drums – Matteo Castaldo, Matteo Lodo, Bruno Rosetti and Matteo Vicino
4:55 – Fencing – Men’s saber, 32nd finals – Luca Curatoli
5:20 – Fencing – Men’s saber, 32nd finals – Enrico Berrè vs Fares Ferjani (Tun)
5:20 – Taekwondo – men’s -58kg, 16th finals – Vito Dell’Aquila vs Omar Salim (Ung)
5:30 – Tennis – Men’s Singles, first round – Lorenzo Sonego vs Taro Daniel (Gia)
5:45 – Fencing – Men’s Saber, 32nd Final – Luigi Samele vs Yingming Xu (Cin)
6:00 – Shooting – Men’s 10m pistol, qualification – Paolo Monna
8:00 – Tennis – Men’s SIngolare, first round – Fabio Fognini vs Yuichi Sugita (Gia)
10:00 – Boxing – women’s 54-47 kg, 16th finals – Irma Testa vs Liudmila Vorontsova (Rco)
10:00 – Horse riding – Dressage qualification – Francesco Zaza
10:30 – Basketball 3X3 – Women’s group stage – Italy-Mongolia
12:19 – Swimming – men’s 400m medley, drums – Pier Andrea Matteazzi and Alberto Razzetti
12:30 – Artistic gymnastics – Male qualification – Ludovico Edalli (individual) and Marco Lodadio (rings)
12:33 – Swimming – 100m female butterfly, drums – Ilaria Bianchi and Elena Di Liddo
12:54 – Swimming – men’s 400m freestyle, drums – Gabriele Detti
13:00 – Swimming – men’s 400m freestyle, drums – Marco De Tullio
13:00 – Softball – Group stage – Italy-Japan
13:12 – Swimming – women’s 400m medley, battery – Ilaria Cusinato
13:18 – Swimming – women’s 400m medley, drums – Sara Franceschi
13:40 – Swimming – Men’s 100m breaststroke, drums – Nicolò Martinenghi and Federico Poggio
14:00 – Table tennis – Women’s single, first round – Debora Vivarelli
14:25 – Basket 3X3 – Women’s group stage – Italy-France
POSSIBLE FINALS
3:45 – Shooting – Rifle 10m female
8:30 – Shooting – Men’s 10m Pistol
9:45 – Archery – Mixed teams
11:10 – Judo – women’s -48kg
13:45 – Fencing – Female sword
14:15 – Fencing – Male saber
14:45 – Taekwondo – -58 kg maschile
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