Japanese envoy wishes success for Pakistani Athletes

Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD/TOKYO: The Tokyo Summer Olympics finally begins in Japan on Friday! All of the Pakistani Olympic contingent have arrived in Japan.
The Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Kuninori Matsuda, wishing well for the Pakistani athletes, said, “Congratulations to the athletes, coaches, supporting staff, and the families of the Pakistan’s Olympic Team for competing in the Games. I respect your resilience and dedication to professionalism as the world goes through a health crisis. I would like to convey my best wishes to the Pakistani Olympic Team”. “I hope that, through watching the top level competitions of the Olympians the world will be encouraged to stand stronger together as we fight through these unprecedented and difficult times”, the Ambassador added. Before leaving for Japan the Athletes shared their messages regarding the Olympics with the Embassy of Japan.
Meanwhile, as many as 10 Pakistani athletes will participate in the mega event which was postponed last year due to viral COVID-19. Badminton player Mahoor Shahzad and shooter Khalil Akhtar hold the Pakistani flag in the opening ceremony followed by their compatriots.
As the competition will go on track fluently tomorrow, here we share the complete schedule of Pakistani athletes in the event.
Complete schedule of Pakistani athletes in Tokyo Olympics 2020 July 24:Badminton; Mahoor Shahzad vs Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) at 5:40 am (PST)
Shooting; Gulfam Joseph, men’s 100m AirPistol Qualifications at 10:00 am (PST)
July 25:Weightlifting; Talha Talib in men’s 67kg at 3:50 pm (PST)
July 27:Badminton; Mahoor Shahzad vs Kirsty Gilmour (UK) at 10:00 am (PST)
Swimming; Haseeb Tariq in heat#2 of men’s 100m freestyle at 3:04 pm (PST)
July 29:Judo; Shah Hussain Shah VS Ramadan Darwaish (Egypt) in men’s 100kg Ro32 contest at 7:00 am (PST)
July 30: Swimming; Bismah Khan in heat#4 of women’s 50m free-style at 3:27 pm (PST)
August 1: Shooting; Khalil Akhtar & GM Bashir in men’s 25m rapid fire pistol, stage 1 at 4:30 am (PST)
August 2: Athletics; Najma Parveen in Women’s 200m heats 6:30 am (PST)
August 4: Athletics; Arshad Nadeem (Javelin Throw), Group stage at 5:05 am/6:35 am (PST). (Final on August 7 if he qualifies) It must be noted here that Pakistan last won a medal at Olympics in 1992 when the Pakistan hockey team, led by Shahbaz Ahmed, had won a bronze medal in Barcelona.