Paris Olympics: 117 athletes to compete for India

July 25, 2024 | 3 min read

**A part of the Indian contingent for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in Paris** *(Photo: DD Sports)*

A total of 117 athletes from 16 disciplines and a larger number of support staff than the last time—140 in all—will represent India in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The number of 117 includes the reserve players, as allowed in some of the sports.

The 33rd edition of the biggest multi-sport tournament in the world will start on Friday, July 26 (though some events have already started) and end on August 11.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics badminton bronze medallist Pusarla Venkata Sindhu and table tennis ace Achanta Sharath Kamal will be the flag-bearers at the opening ceremony, which will start at 11.00 pm Indian Standard Time (IST).

The previous Tokyo Games was represented by more athletes, that is, 127, but had a much lesser number of support staff, numbering only 101.

Additionally, this time, a 13-member sports science team, specially formed by the Indian Olympic Association and led by the esteemed sports medicine expert Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, will accompany the team.

“The athletes are at the centre of our planning and preparations. Instead of the usual 3:1 ratio between athletes and support staff, we have worked hard to change it to slightly better than 1:1 ratio. … For the first time, a 13-member sports science team under Chief Medical Officer Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala will be in Paris to provide support,” IOA President PT Usha said on July 17, while announcing the Indian contingent.

THE CONTINGENT (sports arranged in alphabetical order)

ATHLETICS (29 athletes, including 2 reserves)

Men: Sarvesh Kushare (high jump), Suraj Panwar (marathon race walk mixed relay), Akshdeep Singh, Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Bisht (20km race walk), Kishore Jena and Neeraj Chopra (javelin), Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, S Tamilarasan and Rajesh Ramesh (4x400m relay), Avinash Sable (3000m steeplechase), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put), Abdulla Aboobacker and Praveen Chithravel (triple jump) and Jeswin Aldrin (long jump)

Women: Annu Rani (javelin), Parul Chaudhary (3000m steeplechase and 5000m), Kiran Pahal (400m, 4x400m relay), Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Ankita Dhyani (5000m), Priyanka Goswami (20km race walk and marathon race walk mixed relay), Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan, Vithya Ramraj and Poovamma (4x400m relay)

Reserves: Prachi and Mijo Chacko Kurian

ARCHERY (6 athletes)

Recurve (Men): Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav

Recurve (Women): Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat

BADMINTON (7 athletes)

Men: HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen (singles), Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (doubles)

Women: PV Sindhu (singles), Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto (doubles)

BOXING (6 athletes)

Men: Amit Panghal (51kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg)

Women: Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg).

EQUESTRIAN (1 athlete)

Anush Agarwalla (Dressage individual)

GOLF (4 athletes)

Men: Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma

Women: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar

HOCKEY (19 athletes, including 3 reserves)

Men: PR Sreejesh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay, Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh and Gurjant Singh

Reserves: Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak

JUDO (1 athlete)

Tulika Maan (women’s +78kg)

ROWING (1 athlete)

Balraj Panwar (men’s single scull)

SAILING (2 athletes)

Men: Vishnu Saravanan (men’s dinghy)

Women: Nethra Kumanan (women’s dinghy)

SHOOTING (21 athletes)

Men: Sandeep Singh and Arjun Babuta (10m air rifle), Aishwary Tomar and Swapnil Kusale (50m rifle 3-position), Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Cheema (10m air pistol), Anish Bhanwal and Vijayveer Sidhu (25m rapid fire pistol), Prithviraj Tondaiman (trap) and Anantjeet Singh Naruka (skeet and skeet mixed team)

Women: Elavenil Valarivan and Ramita Jindal (10m air rifle), Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil (50m rifle 3-position), Rhythm Sangwan (10m air pistol), Manu Bhaker (10m air pistol and 25m pistol), Esha Singh (25m pistol), Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh (trap), Maheshwari Chauhan (skeet and skeet mixed team) and Raiza Dhillon (skeet)