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Neeraj Chopra, India’s star javelin thrower, will finally get going in his bid for a medal at Tokyo, while Lovlina Borgohain will be out to better the colour of her assured bronze. There’s also a possibility of another epic 400m hurdles final, with two record-setting women lining up for a memorable showing.

ATHLETICS Neeraj Chopra

EVENT: MEN’S JAVELIN THROW QUALIFICATION India’s best medal hope in track and field begins his quest at the Tokyo Games with the qualification round. The qualifying mark for an automatic berth in the final is 83.50m, which Chopra—with a personal best of 88.07m—should touch. Shivpal Singh, India's other javelin thrower in Tokyo, will also be in action.

ATHLETICS Sydney Mclaughlin

EVENT: WOMEN’S 400M HURDLES FINAL The men delivered a record-breaking 400m hurdles final. Expect the same from the women too. Like with the men, this will also set to be an epic two-way battle between Sydney Mclaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad, with the former lowering the reigning Olympic champion’s 2019 world

record last month.

WRESTLING Deepak Punia

EVENT: MEN'S FREESTYLE 86KG 1/8 FINAL

The 2019 World Championships silver medallist will kickstart his Tokyo show against Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor, who is the African championship bronze medallist. Should the second seeded Indian get past him, he will be up against either the Chinese Zushen Lin or Peru's

Ambrocio Greifo.

BOXING Lovlina Borgohain

EVENT: WOMEN'S 64-69KG SEMIFINAL

Having already assured herself, and the country, of a bronze medal, the boxer from Assam will be looking to go all out to change the colour of the medal. But she faces a difficult challenge in the form of Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli, the 2019 world champion in the category, for a place in the final.