India will boast of a strong 121-man contingent at Rio Olympics with the likes of Leander Paes participating in his seventh quadrennial event and shooter Kynan Chenai making his debut. Both hockey squads have qualified for the Olympics and this will be the first time women will be in participating after 1980. In golf, sport returning after 112 years to Olympics, three golfers will be looking to make their mark.
India have their strongest athletics contingent ever with a record number of participants pushing forward for a podium finish. Before we proceed further, it’s very important to know your Olympian! For instance, it is important to know that Shiva Thapa, 22, will be participating in his second Olympics – he made his debut in the 2012 edition. He was the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Summer Games and would hope to put the London horror behind.
Paes, as most are aware, is gunning for something special! At his age, tennis players are planning retirement, but not Paes. The doubles-specialist is raring to fly the tri-colour high in Rio. He will team up with Rohan Bopanna in the doubles category. When it comes to singles, Saina Nehwal is the first name which comes to our mind. The London bronze medallist will look to improve the colour of the medal, and her recent form and fitness levels are an encouraging sign. Stay tuned for all the updates, news and views from Rio 2016 Olympics here. Stay updated, stay connected with your Indian athletes!
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Hardeep Singh
98kg Greco-Roman wrestling
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Prerthana Thombare
Women’s doubles tennis
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Sania Mirza
Women’s doubles and mixed doubles tennis
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Seema Antil
Women’s discus throw
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Vikas Gowda
Men’s discus throw
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Inderjeet Singh
Men’s shot put
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Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
w48kg weightlifting
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Ashwini Ponnappa
Women’s doubles badminton
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B. Sumeeth Reddy
Men’s doubles badminton
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Manu Attri
Men’s doubles badminton
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Kidambi Srikanth
Men’s singles badminton
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PV Sindhu
Women’s singles badminton
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Manpreet Kaur
Women’s shot put
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Atanu Das
archery
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Achanta Sharath Kamal
Men’s singles table tennis
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Deepika Kumari
archery
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Dattu Bhokanal
Singles Sculls Rowing
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Mouma Das
Women’s singles and doubles table tennis
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Sajan Prakash
swimming 200m butterfly
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Avtar Singh
90kg Men’s judo
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Dipa Karmakar
Artistic Gymnastics
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Bombayla Devi
Archery
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Laxmirani Majhi
Archery
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Soumyajit Ghosh
Table Tennis (Men’s singles)
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Manika Batra
Table Tennis (Women’s singles)
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Nirmala Sheoran
Women’s 400m
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Srabani Nanda
Women’s 200m
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Dutee Chand
Women’s 100m sprint
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Sapna Punia
Event: Women’s 400m
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Khushbir Kaur
Women’s 20km walk
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OP Jaisha
Marathon (Women)
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Sudha Singh
Marathon (women)
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Kavita Raut
Marathon (women)
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Tintu Lukka
Women’s 800m
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Lalita Babar
3000m steeplechase (Women’s)
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Mohammad Anas
400m (Men)
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Kheta Ram
Event: Men’s Marathon
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Thonnakkal Gopi
Marathon (Men’s)
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Nitendra Singh Rawat
Marathon
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Sandeep Kumar
Men’s 50km walk race
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Irfan Kolothum Thodi
Men’s 20km walk
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Ankit Sharma
Men’s long jump
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Yogeshwar Dutt
Wrestling (65kg men’s freestyle)
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Sakshi Malik
Wrestling (58kg Women’s category)
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Vinesh Phogat
Wrestling (48kg Women’s category)
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Narsingh Yadav
Wrestling (74kg men’s freestyle)
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Leander Paes
Tennis (Men’s doubles)
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Sandeep Tomar
Wrestling (57kg men’s freestyle)
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Rohan Bopanna
Tennis (Men’s doubles and mixed doubles)
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Gurmeet Singh
20 km walk (Men’s)
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