Tokyo: A total of 20 Indian athletes from seven sports and six officials will participate in the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday due to concerns and Covid-19 competitions lined up the next day causing the majority of contingents who decided to stay away from the event.
, Athletes from sports such as shooting, badminton, archery and hockey, will pass through the ceremony when the Indian delegation is not willing to expose them with the risk of contracting the virus with their events lined up on Saturdays.
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From hockey, only the bearer of the flag, the team captain Manpreet Singh, will participate in the ceremony.
The list of 20 participants included four Paddlers, including Manika Batra and Kamal Sharath, and as many as possible team members as possible.
Lone Fencer Ca Bhavani Devi, the prince’s prince’s prakash swimmer in addition to as many as eight boxers will also be there.
Apart from MM Mary Kom, who is also a flag bearer with Manpreet, Lovlina Borghain, Pooja Rani, Amit Pughal, Manish Kaushik, Ashish Kumar and Satish Kumar will participate in the ceremony.
India was represented by more than 125 athletes in the match with a total contingent size to 228, including officials, coaches, other support staff and alternative athletes considering Covid-19.
“Archery, Judo, badminton, weightlifting, tennis, hockey (male and female), shooting, above did not participate because of the match at 24, the training session on the 24th and remained safe,” said President of the Narinder Batra Indian Olympics.
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“The past of March will be in the order of Japanese alphabet and Indian number is 21,” he added.
“Both flag bearers are M M Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh participate in the opening ceremony,” Batra said.
The six officials who will be part of the event are Chef De Mission Birender Prasad Baishya, Deputy Chef De Mission Dr.
Prim Verma, Team Doctor Dr.
Arun Basil Mathew, Manager of the Team Team Team MP Singh, Boxing Coach Muhammad Ali Qamar and Senam Coach Lakhan Sharma.
IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta previously stated that no more than 50 will attend the ceremony.
Only six officials from every country are permitted to take part in the past of March.
“We will not like to create a situation where our athletes are in the danger of being infected.
So the decision has been taken to limit the number of athletes and officials who participate in the opening ceremony in 50,” said Mehta PTI.
The decision was taken after a meeting between Chef De Mission B P Baishya and the coach here this morning.
Along with the shooters, archers and hockey teams and women and women are also scheduled to compete a day after the opening ceremony.
While Mary Kom is not scheduled to compete the next day, Manpreet will lead the team to the first pool of the match against New Zealand on Saturday.
“Those who are not allowed,” said Deputy Chef De Mission Prem Verma said about the athletes and officials, who recently landed in the city of Japan.
Among other countries, the UK will not have more than 30 athletes who participated in the ceremony because of the fear of Covid-19.
England has 376 athletes in Fray in the game.