Tokyo Olympic organizers reduce the number of officials accompanying athletes to 41 thousand
The organizing committee of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo has decided to limit the number of officials accompanying foreign athletes to 41,000, a third of the initial number. This information was given by the head of Hidemasa Nakamura, the main operating center of the Olympic Games.
The organizing committee said in May that 59,000 foreign officials and employees would be allowed to participate in the sporting event, instead of the 141,000 initially planned.
“For those accompanying the athletes, we recalculated and fixed the number at 41,000,” Nakamura said. This is a third of the original plan. At the same time, the number of athletes will remain 19 thousand as before.
It is noteworthy that the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo were earlier to be held in 2020, but due to the outbreak of Corona epidemic last year, they were postponed for a year. Now it is to be held from 23 July to 8 August. The Games will be held without foreign spectators, while a decision on domestic spectators is expected this month.
Selection of 6 players of Surjit Hockey Academy for Tokyo Olympics
India today announced its 16-member men’s hockey team for the Tokyo Olympics, in which eight players from Punjab will compete in the Olympics. In the announced team, six players Harmanpreet Singh (Defender), Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh (Mid Fielders), Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh have been selected from Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar.
All the members of Surjeet Hockey Society have congratulated the selected players. Olympians Pargat Singh, Lakhwinderpal Singh Khaira, Amrik Pawar, Ranveer Singh Tut, L.R. Nair, General Secretary Iqbal Singh Sandhu, Ranveer Singh Tut, and Principal P.R.O. Surinder Singh Bhapa while congratulating the players said that it is a matter of great pride. The six players who have represented India in the Tokyo Olympics are from the Surjeet Hockey Academy. He wished the Indian hockey team all the best and said that we hope that this team will win gold medal for India and bring glory to the state and country.
District Deputy Commissioner and President, Surjit Hockey Society Ghanshyam Thori congratulated the players of Surjeet Hockey Academy on the selection of 6 players for Tokyo Olympics. Thori said that it is a matter of pride for us that the players of Surjeet Hockey Academy have been selected in the Indian Hockey team. He wished the Indian hockey team all the best and said that this time India will definitely win the gold medal in hockey and the selected Indian hockey team will again bring India to number one in the field of hockey in the world.
On this occasion Director Sports DPPS Kharbanda, P.I.S. Director Amandeep Singh, Joint Director Kartar Singh also congratulated the selected players.
