Touchdown at Paris Olympics: First Batch of Indian Athletes Reach Olympic Village

The much anticipated Paris Olympics 2024 is about to go underway with the opening ceremony taking place on July 26th. With just a week remaining in the start of the Summer Games in Paris, India's first batch of athletes have touched down in Paris and reached the Olympic village. 

Team India's official social media handle shared on Instagram and X that Indian Contingents Archery and Rowing teams have reached the Olympic Village and were greeted by India's  Chef-De-Mission Gagan Narang at the Village. The Indian Contingent of 117 athletes will soon all be arriving in Paris as they Aim to make India proud. 

First Batch of Indian athletes at Paris Olympics 

Team India's official handle of Indian Olympic association took to social media to share that Indian athletes had reached the Olympic Village on Friday. 

The Archery team consisting of six members including Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav were greeted on their arrival by Chef-De-Mission Gagan Narang and deputy Chef-De-Mission  Shiva Keshavan. 

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Ahead of the Paris Olympics, the mood in the camp according to Gagan Narang is really high. The Indian Men's Hockey Team will also be soon arriving on Saturday at the Village. 

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Indian contingent for Paris Olympics

India has taken a total of 117 athletes in the contingent for Paris Olympics 2024. The nation is looking at these athletes with hope to better its tally of seven medals the highest ever by India at Olympics. 

Here is a full list of athletes in Indian Contigent. 

Athletics (27 +2)

Men:

Sarvesh Kushare - Men’s High Jump

Suraj Panwar - Marathon race walk mixed relay

Akshdeep Singh, Vikas Singh, Paramjeet Bisht - Men’s 20km Racewalk

Kishore Jena, Neeraj Chopra - Men’s Javelin Throw

Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, Santhosh Tamilarasan, Rajesh Ramesh - Men’s 4x400m Relay

Avinash Sable - Men’s 3000m Steeplechase

Tajinderpal Singh Toor - Men’s Shot Put

Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel - Men’s Triple Jump

Jeswin Aldrin - Men’s Long Jump

Women:

Annu Rani- Women’s Javelin Throw

Parul Chaudhary- Women’s 3000m Steeplechase, Women’s 5000m

Kiran Pahal - Women’s 400m, Women’s 4x400m relay

Jyothi Yarraji - Women’s 100m Hurdles

Ankita Dhyani - Women’s 5000m

Priyanka Goswami - Women’s 20km Racewalk, Marathon race walk mixed relay

Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan, Vithya Ramraj, Poovamma MR- Women’s 4x400m relay

Athletics reserves-

Prachi, Mijo Chacko Kurian

Archery (6)

Men’s Recurve

Dhiraj Bommadevara

Tarundeep Rai

Pravin Jadhav

Women’s Recurve

Bhajan Kaur

Deepika Kumari

Ankita Bhakat

Badminton (7)

Men:

HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen - Singles

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty - Doubles

Women:

PV Sindhu - Singles

Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto- Doubles

Boxing (6)

Men:

Nishant Dev - 71kg

Amit Panghal - 51kg

Women:

Nikhat Zareen - 50kg

Preeti Pawar - 54kg

Jaismine Lamboria - 57kg

Lovlina Borgohain - 75kg

Equestrian (1)

Anush Agarwalla - Dressage

Golf (4)

Men:

Gaganjeet Bhullar

Shubhankar Sharma

Women:

Aditi Ashok

Diksha Dagar

Hockey (16 +3)

Men

Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay, Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh

Men’s hockey team reserves

Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak

Judo (1)

Tulika Maan - Women’s +78kg

Rowing (1)

Balraj Panwar - Men’s single scull

Sailing (2)

Men:

Vishnu Saravanan - Men’s dinghy

Women:

Nethra Kumanan - Women’s dinghy

Shooting (21)

Men:

Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta (10m Air Rifle M)

Aishwary Tomar, Swapnil Kusale (50m Rifle 3 Positions M)

Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Cheema (10m Air Pistol M)

Anish Bhanwal, Vijayveer Sidhu (25m RFP M)

Prithviraj Tondaiman - Men’s Trap

Anantjeet Singh Naruka - Men’s Skeet, Skeet Mixed Team

Women:

Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita (10m Air Rifle W)

Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil (50m Rifle 3 Positions W)

Rhythm Sangwan (10m Air Pistol W)

Manu Bhaker - (10m Air Pistol W, 25m Pistol W)

Esha Singh (25m Pistol W)

Rajeshwari Kumari, Shreyasi Singn - Women’s Trap

Maheshwari Chauhan - Women’s Skeet, Skeet Mixed Team

Raiza Dhillon - Women’s Skeet

Swimming (2)

Men:

Srihari Nataraj - Men’s 100m Backstroke

Women:

Dhinidhi Desinghu - Women’s 200m Freestyle

Table Tennis (6+2)

Men:

Sharath Kamal

Harmeet Desai

Manav Thakkar

Women:

Manika Batra

Sreeja Akula

Archana Kamath

Table tennis reserves

Sathiyan G, Ayhika Mukherjee

Tennis (3)

Rohan Bopanna, N Sriram Balaji - Men’s Doubles

Sumit Nagal - Men’s Singles

Weightlifting (1)

Mirabai Chanu - Women’s49kg

Wrestling (6)

Men:

Aman Sehrawat - Men’s 57kg

Women:

Vinesh Phogat - Women’s 50kg

Antim Panghal - Women’s 53kg

Anshu Malik - Women’s 57kg

Nisha Dahiya - Women’s 68kg

Reetika Hooda- - Women’s 76kg