Paris Olympics 2024: There are only a few days left for the Olympics 2024 to begin. The great players of the whole world are now engaged in the final preparations to win medals for their country. This year’s Olympics are being held in Paris, the capital of France. The formal opening of the Games will begin on July 26, but some matches will start two days before that. Meanwhile, Indian players are once again ready to hoist the Indian tricolor in Paris. According to the information coming now, a total of 117 athletes will be seen representing India in the Olympics. The complete list of how many players will be in which sport has now come out. Which you must see.
Sports Ministry releases list of all players, Abha Khatua outside
117 athletes will represent India in the Paris Olympics. The final team has been approved by the Sports Ministry. It has been told that it also includes 140 support staff and officials, out of which 72 have been approved at the cost of the government to meet the requirements of the traveling players. Meanwhile, it has been learned that the only qualified athlete missing from this final list is shotput player Abha Khatua. Khatua, who qualified through the world ranking quota, has been dropped without any explanation after her name was found missing from the World Athletics’ list of Olympic participants a few days ago.
Apart from the athletes, support staff will also be present
A letter written by the ministry to Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha states that the permissible limit of support personnel staying in the Games Village against recognition as per the norms of the Paris Organizing Committee for the 2024 Olympic Games is 67, including 11 1OA team officials, including five medical team members. It has been informed that to meet the requirements of the athletes, 72 additional coaches and other support staff have been approved and their stay has been arranged in hotel locations outside the Games Village.
How many players in which sport
It has been learned that athletics will have the largest group in the team with 29 names (11 women and 18 men), followed by 21 in shooting and 19 in hockey. Eight players will participate in table tennis, while seven competitors including two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will participate in badminton. There will be 6 representatives in wrestling, 6 in archery and 6 in boxing. After this, there will be 4 representatives in golf, 3 in tennis, 2 in swimming, 2 in sailing and one representative each in equestrian, judo, sailing and weightlifting.
This time more expectations than last Olympics
Let us tell you that earlier when the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan in the year 2021, India was represented by a 119-member team and the country gave its best performance with seven medals including a historic javelin throw gold by Neeraj Chopra. This time the number of athletes may have decreased a bit, but there is no decrease in their enthusiasm and zeal. This time, there is hope of winning more medals than before. However, since the Olympics are considered one of the biggest games in the world, the competition will not be easy. It remains to be seen how the Indian athletes perform when they enter the field. Meanwhile, it is expected that India can win its first medal on 27 July, the second day of the start of the games.
