Indians at Tokyo Olympics 2020 ft PV Sindhu, Mary Kom and many more

After countless hurdles, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are finally here. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the event to 2021, with uncertainty looming around its rescheduling. Looking at Indian participation at the games, over 90 athletes from the country will be competing. 

Indians at Tokyo Olympics: Who will represent India at Tokyo Olympics 

Archery

• Atanu Das – Men’s individual
• Pravin Jadhav – Men’s individual
• Tarundeep Rai – Men’s individual
• Deepika Kumari – Women’s individual

Athletics

• Kamalpreet Kaur – Women's discus throw
• Neeraj Chopra – Men's javelin throw
• Shivpal Singh - Men's javelin throw
• M Sreeshankar – Men's long jump
• Jisna Mathew, Muhammed Anas, Nirmal Noah, VK Vismaya  – 4 x 400m mixed relay
• Bhawna Jat – Women's 20km racewalk
• Irfan Thodi – Men's 20km racewalk
• Priyanka Goswami – Women's 20km racewalk
• Rahul – Men's 20km racewalk
• Sandeep Kumar – Men's 20km racewalk
• Avinash Sable – Men's 3000m steeplechase

Boxing

• Amit Panghal – Men's, 52kg
• Ashish Kumar – Men's, 75kg
• Lovlina Borgohain – Women's, 69kg
• Manish Kaushik – Men's, 63kg
• Mary Kom – Women's, 51kg
• Pooja Rani – Women's, 75kg
• Vikas Krishan – Men's, 69kg
• Satish Kumar – Men's, 91-plus kg
• Simranjit Kaur – Women's, 60kg

Equestrian

• Fouaad Mirza (first Indian to qualify since 20 years)

Fencing

• Bhavani Devi – Women's sabre (first Indian to qualify)

Gymnastics

• Pranati Nayak (second woman to qualify)

Hockey 

• Both men's and women's teams (16 members)

Rowing

• Arjun Jat and Arvind Singh – Men’s lightweight double sculls event 

Sailing

• Nethra Kumanan – Laser radial
• Vishnu Saravanan – Laser standard
• KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar – 49er

Shooting

• Anjum Moudgil – 10m women’s air rifle
• Apurvi Chandela – 10m women’s air rifle
• Divyansh Singh Panwar – 10m men’s air rifle
• Deepak Kumar – 10m men’s air rifle
• Tejaswini Sawant – 50m women’s rifle 3 position
• Sanjeev Rajput – 50m men’s rifle 3 position
• Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar – 50m men’s rifle 3 position
• Manu Bhaker – 10m women’s air pistol
• Yashaswini Singh Deswal – 10m women’s air pistol
• Saurabh Chaudhary – 10m men’s air pistol
• Abhishek Verma – 10m men’s air pistol
• Rahi Sarnobat – 25m women’s pistol
• Chinki Yadav – 25m women’s pistol (replaced by Elavenil Valarivan)
• Angad Veer Singh Bajwa – Men’s skeet
• Mairaj Ahmad Khan – Men’s skeet

Table Tennis

• Sharath Kamal
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
• Sutirtha Mukherjee
• Manika Batra

Wrestling

• Seema Bisla – Women's freestyle, 50kg
• Vinesh Phogat – Women’s freestyle, 53kg
• Anshu Malik – Women's freestyle, 57kg
• Sonam Malik – Women's freestyle, 62kg
• Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Men’s freestyle, 57kg
• Bajrang Punia – Men’s freestyle, 65kg
• Deepak Punia – Men’s freestyle, 86 kg
• Sumit Malik – Men’s freestyle, 125 kg

Who might qualify for the Olympics?

• Tennis – Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina
• Athletics – Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Dhanlakshmi, Archana Suseendran, Jinson Johnson, Rajeev Arokia, Amol Jacob, Dharun Ayyasami. 
• Wrestling – Sunil Kumar, Seema Bisla, Pooja Bisla, Nisha Dahiya, Amir Dhankar, Narsingh Yadav
• Badminton – PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty
• Judo – Sushila Devi Likmabam
• Swimming – Srihari Natraj, Sajab Prakash, Advait Page, Aryan Makhija and Virdhawal Khade. 
• Golf – Uday Mane, Rashid Khan, Aditi Ashok
• Weightlifting – Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnuga

Tokyo Olympics schedule: Summer Olympics 2020 date

• Date: Friday, July 23, 2021 – Sunday, August 8, 2021
• Venue: Japan National Stadium

(Image credits: PTI, Mary Kom Instagram)