Scots at the Tokyo Olympics: Who's competing and when?

Dozens of Scots are competing in this years Tokyo Olympics as part of Team GB. MFR is taking a look at when in the coming week the Scottish stars will be competing.

The games are officialy underway after the opening ceremony on Friday 23 July.

Around 1,000 VIP guests and officials attended the event at the Japan National Stadium.

The early sequences referenced the effects of coronavirus, with athletes seen training apart, before the Japanese flag was carried into the arena and a tap dance from a Japanese performer.

Rower Mohamed Sbihi and sailor Hannah Mills led 22 British athletes into the stadium as Team GB's two flagbearers

_IOC president Thomas Bach addressed the assembled athletes, media and dignitaries, saying: "Yes it is very different from what all of us had imagined. But let us cherish this moment because finally we are all here together. This is the unifying power of sport. This is the message of solidarity, of peace and the message of resilience."_

One of the first up of the Scottish athletes is shooter Seonaid Mcintosh, she's competing on Saturday.

The 25-year-old comes from a long line of athletes in the sport, with her mum Shirley and sister Jennifer having a combined 9 Commonwealth Games shooting medals between them.

Edinburgh-born McIntosh, who has battled rheumatoid arthritis since the age of 17, had ambitions to reach the top inspired by her sister competing at London 2012.

She'll be aiming to succeed at the Asaka Shooting Range in Saturday's 10 metre air rifle competition and her stronger 50m rifle three positions event next week.

The competitions will be televised but it may be at slightly inconveinent times for us here as Tokyo (JST) is 8 hours ahead of the UK (GMT).

Here's a rundown of when you can see the Scottish athletes in the first week of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games:

SAT 24TH JULY

Womens Football Group E – Japan v Great Britain 19:30 (JST) - Kim Little (Mintlaw), Lucy Bronze (Berwick) & Caroline Weir (Dunfermline).

Mens Hockey – Pool B – Britain v South Africa 18:30 (JST) - Alan Forsyth (Paisley).

Lightweight Womens Double Sculls – Maddie Arlett Spare (Selkirk)

10m Air Rifle - 10:45 (JST) – Seonaid McIntosh (Edinburgh)

Tennis Mens Doubles - 2nd on court 5 after 11:00 (JST) – Andy Murray (Dunblane) & Joe Salisbury

Tennis Mens Doubles - 2nd on court 11 after 11:00 (JST) - Jamie Murray (Dunblane) & Neil Skupski

Swimming Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Lucy Hope (Jedburgh)

Womans Coxless Pairs – Polly Swan (Edinburgh) RESCHEDULED DUE TO BAD WEATHER

Womans Coxless Four – Rowan McKellar (Glasgow) & Karen Bennett (Edinburgh) RESCHEDULED DUE TO BAD WEATHER

SUN 25TH JULY

Womens Hockey – 09:30 (JST) GBR v Germany – Sarah Robertson (Selkirk)

Womens 100m Backstroke – Kathleen Donaldson (Stirling)

Mens 200m Freestyle – Duncan Scott (Glasgow)

Cycling Womans Road Race – 13:00 (JST) Anna Shackley (Milngavie)

Womens Synchro 3m Springboard – 15:00 (JST) Grace Reid (Edinburgh)

Swimming 200m Freestyle – 19:27 (JST) - Duncan Scott (Glasgow)

Tennis Mens Singles – Time TBD - Andy Murray (Dunblane)

Womens Eight - Katherine Douglas (Edinburgh)

MON 26TH JULY

Womens Hockey – GBR v South Africa 18:30 (JST) – Sarah Robertson (Selkirk)

Mens Hockey - Pool B - GBR v Canada 11:45 (JST) - Alan Forsyth (Paisley).

Mens Rugby Sevens - GBR v Canada 9:30 (JST) & GBR v Japan 16:30 (JST) - Alec Coombes (Glasgow Warriors), Robbie Ferguson (Ayr) & Ross McCann (Edinburgh) – Canada & Japan

Badminton - Kirsty Gilmour (Bellshill)

TUES 27TH JUL

Sailing Womens Skiff – 49er FX – 12.05 (JST) Charlotte Dobson (Glasgow)

Swimming 200m Breastroke – 19:42 (JST) Ross Murdoch (Stirling)

Swimming 100m Freestyle - 11:02 (JST) – Duncan Scott (Glasgow)

WED 28th JUL

Canoeing Slalom – Mens Canoeing Slalom – Bradley Forbes Cryan (Edinburgh)

Womens Hockey – GBR v India - Sarah Robertson (Selkirk)

Womens Skiff – 49er FX – Charlotte Dobson (Glasgow)

Mens Two Person Dinghy – 470 – Luke Patience (Aberdeen)

Nacra 17 Class – Ana Burnet (Helensburgh)

200m Individual Medley – Duncan Scott (Glasgow)

100m Freestyle – Duncan Scott (Glasgow)

THURS 29TH JUL

Womens 78kg Judo – Sarah Adlington (Edinburgh)

Womens Rugby 7s – Hannah Smith (Falkirk)/Lisa Thomson (Hawick)– GBR v New Zealand/GBR v Russian Olympics Committee

Mens Two Person Dinghy – 470 – Luke Patience (Aberdeen)

Nacra 17 Class – Ana Burnet (Helensburgh)

100m Freestyle – Duncan Scott (Glasgow)

200m Backstroke – Kathleen Dawson (Stirling)

FRI 30TH JUL

5000m Heat - Eilish McCoolgan (Dundee)

Womens 3m Springboard Prelim– Grace Reid (Edinburgh)

Mens Two Person Dinghy – 470 – Luke Patience (Aberdeen)

Womens Skiff – 49er FX – Charlotte Dobson (Glasgow)

200m Backstroke – Kathleen Dawson (Stirling)

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