Finally, after a wait of one year Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23rd. A total of 120 Indian athletes have been qualified so far. MC Mary Kom and India’s men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh will be the flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Games. Meanwhile, wrestler Bajrang Punia will be the flag bearer for the closing ceremony on August 8th.
Here’s the complete list of Indian athletes as of July 8, 2021
Archery
Men’s recurve individual:
- Tarundeep Rai
- Atanu Das
- Pravin Jadhav
Men’s recurve team event: Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, and Pravin Jadhav
Women’s individual recurve: Deepika Kumari
Athletics
Men
3000m Steeplechase: Avinash Sable
400m Hurdles: MP Jabir
Long Jump: M Sreeshankar
Shot Put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh
20km Walk: KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar, and Rahul Rohilla
50km Walk: Gurpreet Singh
4x400m Relay: Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Muhammed Anas, Naganathan Pandi, Noah Nirmal Tom;
4x400m Mixed Relay: Sarthak Bhambri, Alex Antony.
Women
100m and 200m: Dutee Chand
Discus Throw: Kamalpreet Kaur and Seema Antil-Punia
Javelin Throw: Annu Rani
20km Walk: Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami
Mixed 4x400m Relay: Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan & Dhanlakshmi Sekhar
Badminton
- PV Sindhu – women’s singles
- B Sai Praneeth – men’s singles
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty – men’s doubles
Boxing
Men
- Satish Kumar – men’s 91+ kg
- Ashish Kumar – men’s 75 kg
- Vikas Krishan – men’s 69 kg
- Amit Panghal – men’s 52 kg
- Manish Kaushik – men’s 63 kg
Women
- Mary Kom – women’s 51 kg
- Simranjit – women’s 60 kg
- Lovlina Borgohain – women’s 69 kg
- Pooja Rani – women’s 75 kg
Equestrian
- Fouaad Mirza – men’s individual eventing
Fencing
- Bhavani Devi – women’s sabre
GOLF
- Anirban Lahiri
- Aditi Ashok
- Udayan Mane
Gymnastic
- Pranati Nayak – women’s artistic
Hockey
Men’s Squad
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh
Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Birendra Lakra
Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit
Forwards: Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh.
Women’s Squad
Goalkeeper: Savita
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Nikki Pradhan, Gurjit Kaur, Udita
Midfielders: Nisha, Neha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Navjot Kaur, Salima Tete
Forwards: Rani, Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya, Sharmila Devi
Judo
- Sushila Devi
Rowing
- Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh – men’s lightweight double sculls
Sailing
- Nethra Kumanan – women’s laser radial
- Vishnu Saravanan – men’s laser standard
- KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar – men’s skiff 49er
Shooting
10m Air Rifle
Men’s – Divyansh Singh Panwar, Deepak Kumar
Women’s – Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela
10m Air Pistol
Men’s – Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma
Women’s – Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Deswal
25m Pistol (W) – Rahi Sarnobat, Chinki Yadav (replaced by Elavenil Valarivan)
50m Rifle 3 Positions
Men’s – Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
Women’s – Tejaswini Sawant
Skeet (M) – Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Swimming
- Sajan Prakash – men’s 200m butterfly
- Srihari Nataraj – men’s 100m backstroke
- Maana Patel – women’s 100m backstroke
Table Tennis
- Achanta Sharath Kamal – men’s singles
- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – men’s singles
- Manika Batra – women’s singles
- Sutirtha Mukherjee – women’s singles
- Achanta Sharath Kamal & Manika Batra – mixed doubles
Tennis
- Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina – women’s doubles
Weightlifting
- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu – women’s 48kg
Wrestling
- Ravi Dahiya – men’s 57 kg freestyle
- Bajrang Punia – men’s 65 kg freestyle
- Deepak Punia – men’s 86 kg freestyle
- Vinesh Phogat – women’s 53 kg freestyle
- Anshu Malik – women’s 57 kg freestyle
- Sonam Malik – women’s 62 kg freestyle
- Seema Bisla – women’s 50 kg freestyle