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Paris Olympics 2024: A total of 117 athletes from India will compete in 16 different sports at the Olympic Games starting on July 26 in Paris. The Indian Olympic Association has announced the list of 117 players, including 110 players and seven reserves, who will participate in the Paris Olympics.
Total 257 members in Indian Army
India has also decided to send reserve players in athletics, hockey and table tennis to Paris. Apart from this, India's official Olympic team will also include 140 coaches, support staff and officials. Thus, the Indian contingent going to the Paris Olympics will have a total of 257 members.
Abha Khatun's name is missing
India's women golfer Abha Khatun has qualified for the Paris Olympics on the basis of world rankings. However, she did not find a place in the list of players announced by the Indian Olympic Association. Apart from this, World Athletics released the final revised list of athletes who qualified for the Paris Games, which also did not include Abha.
Abha Khatun, who holds the national record in shot put and qualified for the Paris Olympics on the basis of ranking, has been left out of the list of athletes for the Paris Games announced by the Indian Olympic Committee, creating controversy. The mystery has deepened as the Indian Olympic Association has not even given an explanation for her absence. World Athletics also did not include her in the list of qualified athletes in women's shot put.
Former Olympic medallist shooter Gagan Narang has been chosen as the head of India. Earlier, Olympic medallist boxer Mary Kom was chosen for this, but she went ahead and left the post.
Number of Indian players decreased
The number of Indian athletes participating in this Olympics has decreased compared to the previous Olympics. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics was delayed by a year due to Corona, in which 122 athletes from India participated in 18 events. While this time out of the list of 117 players announced by the IOA, seven are reserves, that is, only 110 players from India are included in the Olympic team. Out of which 16 will participate in the competition.
Sharath Kamal and Sindhu flag bearers
The Indian Olympic Association has appointed table tennis player Anchat Sharath Kamal and badminton star P.V. Sindhu as India's flag bearer in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Sindhu has been selected. Sindhu has won the Olympics twice. There was criticism when tennis player Sharath Kamal was selected as the flag bearer.
Want to make Neeraj Chopra the flag bearer
India wanted to see Neeraj Chopra, who won a historic gold medal in athletics at the last Olympics, as the flag bearer, however Neeraj's javelin throw event is in the latter half of the Olympics, so he will have to arrive after the opening ceremony. Which revealed that Sharath Kamal has been made the flag bearer
67 members of the support staff will be accommodated in the Olympic Village and 72 in hotels at government expense
According to the rules of Paris Olympics, 67 members of the support staff including 11 members of the Indian Olympic Association will be allowed to stay in the Olympic Village. Apart from this, 72 members of other support staff including coaches included in the support staff will be given accommodation in hotels or other places outside the Olympic Village at government expense.
How many players from which state are in the Olympic team?
States (players): Haryana (23), Punjab (18), Tamil Nadu (13), Uttar Pradesh (9), Karnataka (7), Kerala-Maharashtra-Delhi (5-5), Uttarakhand-West Bengal Manipur-Chandigarh-Rajasthan (2-2), Sikkim-Jharkhand-Goa-Assam-Bihar (1-1). *Based on player's place of birth
All efforts to help athletes face criticism: Usha
Indian Olympic Association chief and one-time legendary athlete P.T. Upadhyay has said that our team is working hard to fulfill all the demands of the players as well as to ensure that they get all the facilities in the Paris Olympics. We are working with the Sports Ministry, various sports federations and other concerned authorities, yet we have to face criticism. Due to which we feel pain.