Published 17:25 IST, July 20th 2024
Touchdown at Paris Olympics: First Batch of Indian Athletes Reach Olympic Village
With Paris Olympics just a week away, the first batch of Indian Athletes have reached the Olympic Village and were greeted by Chef-De-Mission Gagan Narang.
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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.
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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.
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Here is a full list of athletes in Indian Contigent.
Athletics (27 +2)
Men:
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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
17:25 IST, July 20th 2024