Around 128 athletes will be sent by India in the upcoming Paris Olympics. This will be the most by the nation in the event’s history. The events are just a few days away. The 33rd Olympic Games are being organized in the city of Paris. More than 10,000 athletes from around the world will claim a medal. From Neeraj Chopra to Mirabai Chanu and Nikhat Zareen, India will be hoping for a medal from world-class boxers. This time the Indian team consists of 113 players.
Paris Olympics will start on July 26 and will continue till August 11. Last time India won one gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze medals. The nation is expecting more than the last time. They have improved the expenditure budget of the athletes as well. This time the country is expecting around 16 medals across all the events.
Here’s the list of participating Indian players in the upcoming games
Archery: Deepika Kumari, Dheeraj Bommadevara, Praveen Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai, Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhagat.
Athletics: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena, Abdullah Abubakar, Mohammad Anas, Mohammad Ajmal, Akshdeep Singh, Vikas Singh, Paramjit Singh Bisht, Priyanka Goswami, Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary, Jyoti Yaraji, Kiran Pahl, Tejinderpal Singh Toor, Abha Khatua, Anu Rani, Sarvesh Kushare, Praveen Chitravel, Amoz Jacob, Santosh Tamilrasan, Rajesh Ramesh, Mizo Chacko Kurian, Vidya Ramraj, Jyothika Sri Dandi, MR Purvamma, Subha Venkatesan, Prachi, Suraj Pawar, Jesswin Aldrin, Kiran Pal
Badminton: PV Sindhu, Chirag Shetty, Satwik Sairaj Reddy, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Krasto.
Boxing: Amit Pangal, Nikhat Zareen, Lavalina Borgohen, Jasmine Lambodia, Preeti Pawar, Nishant Dev.
Equestrian: Anush Aggarwal.
Golf: Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjit Bhullar, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar.
Hockey: PR Sreejesh, German Preet 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, Gujarant Singh.
Shooting: Manu Bhakar, Esha Singh, Anjum Mudgil, Aishwarya Pratap Tomar, Rajeshwari Kumari, Shreyasi Singh, Anantjit Singh, Rayza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan, Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babauta, Ellenville Valarivan, Ramita Jindal, Swapnil Kusle, Sifti Kusle, R. Sangwan, Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema
Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan, Netra Kumanan.
Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Archana Kamat.
Tennis: Sumit Nagal, Rohan Bopanna, Shriram Balaji.
Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Aman Sehrawat, Nisha Dahiya, Ritika Hooda, Anand Pangal.
Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu.
Swimming: Dhinidhi Desingu, Srihari Nataraj.
Roving: Balraj Roving.
Judo: Tulika Mann.