New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has approved a list of 117 athletes and 140 support staff who will be part of the Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics 2024. The Indian contingent will be spearheaded by the likes of reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu, Mirabi Chanu and Vinesh Phogat among others.
72 of the 140 support staff that will be heading to Paris as part of the Indian contingent have been ‘funded by the government’ to support the athletes during the showpiece event. The Paris Games are set to get underway on July 26 and will conclude on August 11.
India sent a 119-strong contingent for the Tokyo Olympics 2022 where the country recorded its best-ever performance with seven medals, including a maiden gold medal in athletics track and field. India will be hoping to better their tally this time around with high hopes from their 117-strong squad.
India have the highest representation in athletics with the athletic team comprising a total of 29 athletes followed by the shooting team which has 21 members. The men’s hockey squad with 19 members has the third largest representation in India’s contingent. shot putter Abha Khatua is the only qualified athlete missing from the list without reasons for her exclusion not known yet.
Check out the complete list of athletes who will represent India in Paris Olympics 2024:
Athletics (27 +2)
Men:
Sarvesh Kushare, Suraj Panwar, Akshdeep Singh, Vikas Singh, Paramjeet Bisht, Kishore Jena, Neeraj Chopra, Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, Santhosh Tamilarasan, Rajesh Ramesh, Avinash Sable, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveel Chithravel, Jeswin Aldrin
Women:
Annu Rani, Parul Chaudhary, Kiran Pahal, Jyothi Yarraji, Ankita Dhyani, Priyanka Goswami, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan, Vithya Ramraj, Poovamma MR
Reserves
Prachi, Mijo Chacko Kurian
Shooting (21)
Men:
Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta, Aishwary Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Cheema, Anish Bhanwal, Vijayveer Sidhu, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Anantjeet Singh Naruka
Women:
Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita, Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil, Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rajeshwari Kumari, Shreyasi Singh, Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon
Table Tennis (6+2)
Men:
Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar
Women:
Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Archana Kamath
Reserves
Sathiyan G, Ayhika Mukherjee
Wrestling (6)
Men:
Aman Sehrawat
Women:
Vinesh Phogat, Antim Panghal, Anshu Malik, Nisha Dahiya, Reetika Hooda
Archery (6)
Men:
Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav
Women:
Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat
Badminton (7)
Men:
HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty
Women:
PV Sindhu, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto
Boxing (6)
Men:
Nishant Dev, Amit Panghal – 51kg
Women:
Nikhat Zareen, Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Lovlina Borgohain
Equestrian (1)
Anush Agarwalla – Dressage
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
Reserves
Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Judo (1)
Tulika Maan
Rowing (1)
Balraj Panwar
Sailing (2)
Men:
Vishnu Saravanan
Women:
Nethra Kumanan
Swimming (2)
Men:
Srihari Nataraj
Women:
Dhinidhi Desinghu
Tennis (3)
Rohan Bopanna, N Sriram Balaji, Sumit Nagal
Weightlifting (1)
Mirabai Chanu – Women’s49kg
A total of 117 athletes and 140 support staff will travel for the Paris Olympics 2024. Athletics has the highest represenataion in India’s contingent with 29 members. Check out the complete list of athletes, who will be taking part in the Paris Games. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
