A look at the athletes who have qualified for Tokyo Olympics.
The 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The event was to take place in the year 2020, but due to the wide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the multi-sport event was postponed to 2021.
Now with around 20 days left for the tournament, Indians are weaving high hopes around their star athletes to shine.
So far, India has won 28 medals in 31 editions and the Indian contingent will have a new mission for 2021 year. Let's have a look at the athletes who have qualified for Tokyo Olympics.
1. Tennis
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India has entered two athletes into tennis by using Sania Mirza's protected ranking of 9 in the women's doubles category. She will play along with Olympic debutant Ankita Raina.
Sania will now become the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she features at the Tokyo 2020, slated to get underway from July 23 while Ankita Raina will be making her debut at the showpiece event.
2. Badminton
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When it comes to badminton, four Indian shuttlers have made their entry and will be representing the country in three disciplines.
Men's Singles: Sai B Praneeth
Men's Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
Women's Singles: PV Sindhu
3. Athletics
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Men's 400m Huddle: MP Jabir
Men's 4x400m Relay: Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv
Men's 20KM Race Walk: Sandeep Kumar, Rahul Rohila, Irfan Kolothum Thodi
Men's 3000M Steeplechase: Avinash Sable
Women's 100M: Dutee Chand
Women's 200M: Dutee Chand
Women's 20 KM Race Walk: Priyanka Goswami, Bhavna Jat
Mixed 4x400m Relay Team: Yet to be announced
4. Hockey
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On November 2, 2019, the Indian men's and women's hockey teams secured their berth at the Tokyo Olympics with their respective victories at the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.
Men's Hockey:
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh
Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Birendra Lakra
Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit
Forwards: Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh
Standbys: Krishan Pathak (goalkeeper), Varun Kumar (defender), and Simranjit Singh (midfielder)
Women's Hockey:
Goalkeeper: Savita
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Nikki Pradhan, Gurjit Kaur, Udita
Midfielders: Nisha, Neha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Navjot Kaur, Salima Tete
Forwards: Rani, Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya, Sharmila Devi
Standby: E Rajani
5. Archery
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Four archers will be representing India in different categories:
Men's Individual: Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, Praveen Yadav
Men's Team: Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, Praveen Yadav
Women's Individual: Deepika Kumari
Mixed Team: Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das
6. Boxing
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This is India's biggest-ever boxing contingent in the Games. A total of nine boxers earned their Olympic qualification during the Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifiers in Jordan in 2019.
Men's 52KG - Flyweight: Amit Panghal
Men's 63KG - Lightweight: Manish Kaushik
Men's 69KG - Welterweight: Vikas Krishan
Men's 75KG - Middleweight: Ashish Kumar
Men's +91KG - Super Heavyweight: Satish Kumar
Women's 51KG - Flyweight: Mary Kom
Women's 60KG - Lightweight: Simranjit Kaur
Women's 69KG - Welterweight: Lovlina Borgohain
Women's 75KG - Middleweight: Pooja Rani
7. Shooting
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Shooting has 15 world-class shooters from the nation earning berths for Tokyo.
Men's 10 M Air Rifle: Divyansh Singh Panwar, Deepak Kumar
Women's 10 M Air Rifle: Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan
Men's 10 M Air Pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma
Women's 10 M Air Pistol: Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal
Men's 50 M Rifle 3 Position (Men's): Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
Women's 50 M Rifle 3 Position: Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant
Women's 25 m Pistol: Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat
Men's Skeet: Angad Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle: Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan, Deepak Kumar and Anjum Moudgil
Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal
8. Swimming
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This is for the first time Indian swimmers have attained direct qualification for the Olympics:
Men's 100m Backstroke: Srihari Nataraj
Men's 200m Butterfly: Sajan Prakash
Women's 100m Backstroke: Maana Patel
9. Table Tennis
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Indian paddlers had to wait to qualify for the Olympics and it was only in March of 2021 that four players secured qualifications.
Men's Singles: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sharath Kamal
Women's Singles: Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee
Mixed Doubles: Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra
10. Wrestling
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India's Olympic contingent will see seven wrestlers at the Games:
Men's 57KG: Ravi Kumar Dahiya
Men's 65KG: Bajrang Punia
Men's 86KG: Deepak Punia
Women's 50KG: Seema Bisla
Women's 53KG: Vinesh Phogat
Women's 57KG: Anshu Malik
Women's 62KG: Sonam Malik
11. Weightlifting
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India has the lone entry of Mirabai Chanu for the Tokyo Olympics. The former World champion was placed second in the women's 49kg Absolute Ranking released by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) sent Mirabai's entry after the confirmation of her place from the 'world' quota.
12. Other sports
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Men's Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra Shivpal Singh
Men's Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar
Men's Shot Put: Tajindarpal Singh Toor
Women's Discus Throw: Kamalpreet Kaur, Seema Punia
Women's Javelin Throw: Annu Rani
Equestrian:
Double Asian Games medallist Fouaad Mirza is the first Indian to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, ending a wait spanning two decades in January 2020.
Fencing:
Tamil Nadu's CA Bhavani Devi becomes the first-ever Indian fencer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games in March 2021. She qualified through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) method as she was ranked 45th and occupied one of the two available slots based on the ranking.
Golf:
Men's Individual: Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane
Women's Individual: Aditi Ashok
13. Other Sports
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Sailing:
Men's Laser: Vishnu Saravanan
Men's 49er: K.C. Ganapathy, Varun Thakkar
Women's Laser Radial: Nethra Kumanan
Gymnastics:
Judo:
Indian judoka Sushila Devi is the lone athlete to have qualified through the continental quota. She will represent India in the 48 kg category.
