Olympics : 28 Indians to take part in opening ceremony

As many as 28 sportspersons and officials will take part in the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. Indian Olympic Association President Narendra Dhruv Batra said that 1 from Hockey, 8 from Boxing, 4 from Table Tennis, 2 from Rowing, 1 from Gymnastics, 1 from Swimming, 1 from Sailing, 1 from Fencing in the opening ceremony to be held from today. player while 6 officials have also been included in this list.

Although hockey players will not take part in the opening ceremony, but since the men’s team captain Manpreet Singh is the flag bearer, he will take part in it. Woman boxer MC Mary Kom is also the flag bearer and she will also take part in the event.

Players associated with archery, judo, badminton, weightlifting, tennis, hockey (women’s and men’s) and shooting will not participate in the opening ceremony. According to the IOA, since the matches of the players associated with these games are on 23 or 24 and they will have to prepare for it, they were kept out of the opening ceremony.

The march past of the opening ceremony will be according to the Japanese alphabet and in this sense, India will be number 21.