ENTRY POINTS

A look at four sports India took a shot at, in a manner of speaking, in Tokyo

Fencing: Bhavani Devi was the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics. She won her Round of 64 Women’s Sabre match against Tunisia’s Nadia Ben Azizi, then lost her round of 32 match against France’s Manon Brunet, who went on to win bronze.

Rowing: Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh were the Indian entry in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls event. They competed in four races, finishing 11th out of 18 teams. This was the closest any Indian has come to winning a medal.

Sailing: Nethra Kumanan was the first woman sailor from India to qualify for an Olympic Games this year.

Judo: Shushila Devi Likmabam, India’s only judoka in Tokyo, lost her first match (round of 32) against Eva Csernoviczki of Hungary. Her performance is par for the course, for India (see box at right).

Finally: India has never qualified in volleyball, rugby, handball or taekwondo. Again, this should be seen as Olympic opportunities galore.

Grappling with judo

Indian judokas have competed at every Olympic Games since 1992. This is our record:

WOMAN MAN

Barcelona 1992:

Sent 1 woman and 4 men. 2 reached the round of 16 and lost.

Atlanta 1996:

2 women, 2 men. 2 reached the round of 16 and lost.

Sydney 2000:

1 woman. She lost in the round of 16. Athens 2004:

1 man. He lost in the round of 16 (repechage).

Beijing 2008:

2 women. 1 lost in the round of 32, 1 in the round of 16 (repechage).

London 2012:

1 woman. She lost in the round of 32.

Rio 2016:

1 man. He lost in the round of 32.