Tokyo: The Indian shipping team on Tuesday became the first of the country’s contingent to arrive here for the Olympics opened on July 23.
The pictures of the Indian screen team consisting of Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa, Wisnu Saravanan and their coaches who arrived at Haneda Airport were installed by Indian Sports Authorities.
Nethra Kodan will compete in the radial laser, Wisnu Saravanan in the standard laser class and the Thakkar Varun and Ganapaphy Chengappa pair in the 49th grade.
Sailing competition began on July 25.
For the first time in history, a record of four sailors will represent India at the Olympics.
This is also the first time the country will protect sailors in three events.
Before their departure for Tokyo on Monday, the sailors had been practicing in various countries in Europe, funded by the government’s target Olympic (peak) (peak) (peak) (top) podium (peak) (peak) podium (top) , Saravanan is in Malta for the preparation of his Olympics.
Since they arrived here from Europe, they would not face a more stringent limit imposed on other athletes who arrived from India considering the Covid-19 situation in the country.
India has competed only in an event in the previous edition while two sailors represented the country on four occasions.
Nethra was the first to cut it when he became the first Indian sailor who was eligible for the match in the radial laser class.
He achieved rare achievements during the Open Championship which was an Asian Olympic qualification event.
Then, Saravanan and the pair Ganapathy and Thakkar qualify during Asian qualifications in Oman.
Sararavan was second in the whole standings in the event to secure the bed for the match.
In class 49, Chengappa and Thakkar finished on the table that made them a Olympic bed.
Daily Coronavirus testing and the use of masks is one of the strict precautions to be enforced to all athletes and officials when they stay in the athlete village.
The Olympic delegation began arriving in Japan in early July for pre-game camps, with more than 2,200, it was expected to enter this country until this week.
Olympic Host City Tokyo entered a new emergency on Monday, less than two weeks before the match opened.
Indian Sailing Team Land in Tokyo for the Olympics
