New Delhi: India on Monday sent its 3rd and till now largest batch of athletes heading for Tokyo Paralympics. The contingent, that left for Tokyo on Monday afternoon, comprised of 17 athletes including 10 shooters and 5 archers.
The team also comprised of javelin thrower Ranjeet Bhati and Swimmer Suyash Jadhav along with 11 coaches and support staff.
The athletes that left for Tokyo on Monday are –
1) Ranjeet Bhati – Athletics
2) Jyoti Balyan – Archery
3) Rakesh Kumar – Archery
4) Shyam Sundar – Archery
5) Swaroop Unhalkar – Shooting
6) Deepender – Shooting
7) Rubina Francis – Shooting
8) Harvinder Singh – Archery
9) Vivek Chikara – Archery
10) Suyash Jadhav – Swimming
11) Rahul Jakhar -Shooting
12) Manish Narwal – Shooting
13) Singhraj – Shooting
14) Sidhartha Babu – Shooting
15) Akash – Shooting
16) Avani Lekhara – Shooting
17) Deepak – Shooting
Before they left for Tokyo, the contingent was given a warm send-off by the members of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport with Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) President Deepa Mallik as also wishing them safe travels via a video call from Tokyo.
Earlier this month the Indian contingent also interacted with the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi via video conference where he had praised the para-athletes for their hard work and wish them luck for the upcoming Paralympics.
India is sending its largest-ever contingent to Tokyo Paralympics with 54 athletes who are set to compete in 9 sport disciplines. The mega event will kick off on 24th August 2021 and will go on till 5th September 2021.
