With just hours to go until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, you are going to need an early alarm clock to catch the British team in action over the next week.

We have broken down the draw across the weight categories to try and work out when our British judoka will be competing in their respective competitions.

With most events scheduled for between midnight UK time and about 3:00pm, the judo preliminaries will begin at 3:00am UK Time (11:00am JPN time) each day with the Repechage, Semi Finals and Finals due to begin at 9:00am UK Time (5:00pm JPN time).

The bulk of the broadcasting for the Games in the UK will be by the BBC who have recently announced over 250 hours of action across the Games on BBC One and BBC Two.

Unfortunately they are yet to announce which sports will be shown live on their channels yet, with their interactive services (Red Button and iPlayer) expected to be very busy! If they do release a schedule at any point, we will update this article.

In order to guarantee being able to watch the team, there are numerous paid channels that you can subscribe to throughout the event.

Discovery+/Eurosport will be broadcasting every minute of the Olympic Games on their online streaming service and is probably your easiest way to catch all of the action live across every mat, but you will be required to pay a monthly/annual subscription fee.

Due to the many variations of contest times in the Final Block, we will update our social media channels with contest times so we don’t cause any confusion!

Please note that these are just estimated times due to the nature of the sport and contest lengths in the proceeding fights. 

Saturday 24th July 2021 – Ashley McKenzie

Weight Category: -60kg
First Round: vs Karamat Huseynov (AZE)
Contest Number: 5
Approximate time: 3:20am

Approximate 2nd Round time: 3:50am (Contest 13)
Approximate Quarter Final time: 4:20am (Contest 18)

Sunday 25th July 2021 – Chelsie Giles

Weight Category: -52kg
First Round: vs Arbresha Rexhepi (MKD)
Contest Number: 9
Approximate time: 3:35am

Approximate 2nd Round time: 4:25am (Contest 19)
Approximate Quarter Final time: 4:40am (Contest 24)

Tuesday 27th July 2021 – Lucy Renshall

Weight Category: -63kg
First Round: vs Miku Tashiro (JPN)
Contest Number: 12
Approximate time: 3:45am

Approximate 2nd Round time: 4:30am (Contest 22)
Approximate Quarter Final time: 4:50am (Contest 27)

Wednesday 28th July 2021 – Gemma Howell

Weight Category: -70kg
First Round: vs Maria Perez (PUR)
Contest Number: 10
Approximate time: 3:40am

Approximate 2nd Round time: 4:15am (Contest 19)
Approximate Quarter Final time: 4:40am (Contest 24)

Thursday 29th July 2021 – Natalie Powell

Weight Category: -78kg
First Round: Bye

Approximate 2nd Round time: 3:55am (Contest 12)
Approximate Quarter Final time: 4:20am (Contest 18)

Friday 30th July 2021 – Sarah Adlington

Weight Category: +78kg
First Round: vs Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (TUN)
Contest Number: 2
Approximate time: 3:05am

Approximate 2nd Round time: 3:50am (Contest 13)
Approximate Quarter Final time: 4:25am (Contest 20)

Stay tuned to our social media channels throughout the mornings of the competition for further/more accurate updates as to when our athletes will be competing!