New Delhi: With just nine days left until the grand opening of the Paris Olympics on July 26, Indian athletes are in the final stages of their rigorous preparations. This year, India aims to surpass its record-breaking performance from the Tokyo Olympics, where the nation secured seven medals, including a historic gold in javelin throw by Neeraj Chopra. With a contingent of 118 athletes competing across 16 sports, India is poised to shine on the global stage once again.
India’s Olympic Contingent
Archery
- Men’s Recurve: Dheeraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, Praveen Jadhav
- Women’s Recurve: Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat
Athletics
- Men’s Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Kumar Jena
- Men’s Long Jump: Jaswin Aldrin
- Men’s 3000m Steeplechase: Avinash Sable
- Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary
- Women’s 3000m: Parul Chaudhary
- Women’s 20km Racewalk: Priyanka Goswami
- Men’s 20km Racewalk: Akshdeep Singh, Ram Babu, Arshpreet Singh, Vikas Singh, Paramjeet Bisht, Suraj Panwar
- Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay: Priyanka Goswami, Suraj Panwar
- Women’s 400m: Kiran Pahal
- Women’s 100m Hurdles: Jyoti Yaraji
- Women’s Shot Put: Abha Khatua
- Men’s High Jump: Sarvesh Kushare
- Women’s Javelin Throw: Annu Rani
- Men’s Shot Put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor
- Men’s Triple Jump: Abdulla Abubakar, Praveel Chitravel
- Women’s 5000m: Ankita Dhyani
- Women’s 4x400m Relay: Rupal Choudhary, M R Poovamma, Jyotika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan
- Men’s 4x400m Relay: Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Muhammad Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob
Badminton
- Women’s Singles: PV Sindhu
- Men’s Singles: HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen
- Women’s Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto
- Men’s Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty
Boxing
- Women’s 75 kg: Lovlina Borgohain
- Women’s 50 kg: Nikhat Zareen
- Women’s 54 kg: Preeti Pawar
- Men’s 71 kg: Nishant Dev
- Men’s 51 kg: Amit Panghal
- Women’s 57 kg: Jasmine Lamboria
Equestrian
- Individual Dressage: Anush Aggarwal
Golf
- Men: Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar
- Women: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar
Hockey
- Men’s Team: PR Sreejesh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Sumit, Sanjay, Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gujrant Singh
Judo
- Women’s +78kg: Tulika Mann
Rowing
- Men’s Singles Scull: Balraj Panwar
Sailing
- Men’s ICLA 7: Vishnu Saravanan
- Women’s One Person Dinghy: Netra Kumanan
Shooting
- Men’s Trap: Prithviraj Tondaiman
- Men’s 10m Air Rifle, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: Sandeep Singh
- Men’s 50m Rifle 3P: Swapnil Kusale, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar
- Women’s 10m Air Rifle, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: Elavenil Valarivan
- Women’s 50m Rifle 3P: Shift Kaur Samra
- Women’s Trap: Rajeshwari Kumari
- Men’s 10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team: Sarabjot Singh
- Women’s 10m Air Rifle, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: Arjun Babuta
- Women’s 10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, Women’s 25m Pistol: Manu Bhaker
- Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Anish Bhanwala
- Women’s 50m Rifle 3P: Anjum Moudgil
- Men’s 10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team: Arjun Cheema
- Women’s 25m Pistol: Esha Singh
Indian Athletes Ready to Make History in Paris
The anticipation for the Paris Olympics is palpable as Indian athletes aim to bring home more medals than ever before. Their rigorous training and dedication will undoubtedly shine through as they represent the nation on one of the biggest stages in sports.
Sport | Athletes |
---|---|
Archery | 6 |
Athletics | 29 |
Badminton | 6 |
Boxing | 6 |
Equestrian | 1 |
Golf | 4 |
Hockey | 16 |
Judo | 1 |
Rowing | 1 |
Sailing | 3 |
Shooting | 23 |
India’s sporting spirit is stronger than ever, and with the Paris Olympics just around the corner, the nation is ready to cheer for its athletes striving for glory.