On Thursday, the main hopes of Russian fans will be associated with single combats, where two finals will take place at once.
So, in freestyle wrestling, Zaur Uguyev will have a decisive bout in the weight category up to 57 kg with the representative of India Ravi Kumar Dahia.
A native of Dagestan brought gold from the last two World Championships, and now he will try to win the highest standard at the debut Olympics.
It is curious that at the last championship of the planet in Nur-Sultan, Uguyev in the semifinals just turned out to be stronger than Dakhia - 6: 4.
In turn, Artur Naifonov, performing in the category up to 86 kg and being defeated in the semifinals, will compete for bronze.
Valeria Koblova, who competes in the up to 57 kg category, claims a similar medal.
Also, three Russians on Thursday will just start their journey in Japan.
In freestyle wrestling, two-time world champion Zaurbek Sidakov (up to 74 kg) is simply obliged to at least reach the final.
But Sergei Kozyrev in the hardest category can only count on luck, because already in the quarterfinals he can meet the winner of the last three World Championships and the current Olympic bronze medalist Geno Petriashvili.
It will be difficult to go further and Olga Khoroshavtseva, because in the first round she will face off against the champion of the planet Jakarra Winchester.
In boxing, there will also be one final with the participation of a Russian.
Bantamweight Albert Batyrgaziev will meet with the representative of the United States Duke Regan.
It is difficult to name the favorite of this confrontation.
The rivals are 23 years old and both are just starting their careers.
Unless the opponent has a silver in the 2017 World Cup.
Also, the athletes almost simultaneously decided to try themselves as professionals, having made their debut last year, and so far they go without misfires.
The Russian won three fights, and the American four.
Meanwhile, Gleb Bakshi in the semifinals of the middle weight category will examine the Brazilian Ebert Conceisan, whom he had already defeated in the semifinals of the 2019 home World Cup in Yekaterinburg.
Then the judges gave the domestic athlete four rounds out of five.
As a result, he won gold, and his opponent was content with bronze.
In athletics, eight sets of awards will be played on Thursday, three of which will be claimed by the Russians.
Of course, the most attention is focused on Angelica Sidorova, who has excellent chances of winning the pole vault.
The Muscovite is the reigning world champion.
In Doha, she excelled with a score of 4.95 m. She also holds the second best result on the planet this season after Katie Nageott.
Finally, one of Sidorova's main rivals Sandy Morris did not make it to the final.
A heavy rainstorm over the Olympic Stadium during qualifying prevented her from doing this.
The American broke a pole and nearly suffered serious injuries, landing on the edge of the mats.
In race walking for 20 km, Vasily Mizinov, who became the second at the same world championship in Doha, can climb the pedestal.
The decathlon competition will also end.
Participants will run 110 m hurdles, discus throwing, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500 m run. ...
Finally, another star from Russia, Maria Lasitskene, will perform in the high jump qualification.
We can only hope that she will not get injured, unlike Sergei Shubenkov and Daria Klishina.
Also on Thursday, two semifinal matches will take place at once with the participation of Russian national teams in team sports. Volleyball players will measure their strength against their eternal rivals - the Brazilians. It is enough that it was the Latin Americans who won the wards of Vladimir Alekno in the final of the London Olympics. That confrontation is still remembered by many fans. The opponents were confidently leading in 2: 0 games and were close to taking the third. But the Russians got together and performed a real miracle.
Canariños took revenge in the semifinals of the home Olympic Games.
The domestic team could not oppose anything to a motivated opponent and lost in three sets.
As a result, the hosts took silver, and the Russians were left without medals.
At the current Games, the sworn rivals will meet for the second time.
Their paths have already crossed at the group stage, and the team of Tuomas Sammelvuo turned out to be stronger - 3: 0.
But water polo players will need to perform a real miracle in order to beat the United States.
The American women excelled in the last two Olympic Games, as well as the last three World Championships.
At the group stage, the Russians have already met with the Americans and felt their full power on themselves - 5:18.
In beach volleyball, the strongest duet of the planet Vyacheslav Krasilnikov - Oleg Stoyanovsky made it to the semifinals of the men's tournament.
The next rivals of the Russians will be the representatives of Qatar Yunuss Sheriff - Tidjan Ahmed, who occupy the first place in the world ranking.
Two sets of medals will be played in the cycle track - in the women's keirin and the men's omnium.
In the latter form, the Russians are not represented.
But in the first, two-time Olympic medalist in the team sprint Daria Shmeleva will try to show a high result.
For starters, she directly qualified for the quarterfinals.
It is worth noting that in the keirin the athlete has two bronze medals from the European Championship and one from the World Championship.
In the men's sprint, the current Olympic bronze medalist Denis Dmitriev will continue to fight.
In the 1/8 finals, he will face the legendary Jason Kenny, six-time Olympic champion.
Including the Englishman won the sprint at the Olympic Games in London and Rio de Janeiro.
In rowing and canoeing, only Olesya Romasenko on a 200 m single canoe has a chance of winning the podium, which three times became the second at the World Cup in this event.
However, in qualifying, she showed not the best results.
It remains to be hoped that the native of Krasnodar will be able to add to the decisive heats.
In the semifinals, Irina Andreeva will accompany her.
Also, the Russians will start in a single kayak 200 m for men (Evgeny Lukantsov) and a single kayak 500 m for women (Svetlana Chernigovskaya).
But in jumping into the water from a ten-meter tower, it will be difficult to count on getting into the top three.
Yulia Timoshinina took only eighth place in qualifying, although she made her way to the semifinals.
And Anna Konanykhina completely settled on the 25th and finished her performances.
Probably, only the role of an extra in swimming in open water is destined for Kirill Abrosimov.
His assets include a victory in the European Championship at the Olympic distance of 10 km, but it happened nine years ago.
Finally, the modern pentathlon competition kicks off on Thursday.
Unfortunately, the current Olympic champion Alexander Lesun did not come to Tokyo.
The 33-year-old athlete simply could not prepare for the Games and did not make it to the national team for the last qualifying tournament.
Thus, the country in Japan will be represented by Alexander Lifanov, Ulyana Batashova and Gulnaz Gubaidullina.