Tokyo Olympics: Anurag Thakur to flag off 1st batch of Indian athletes from Delhi on July 17

 

🗞️ Indian athletes, coaches and support staff bound for the Tokyo Olympics from New Delhi will be given a formal send-off at the Indira Gandhi International Airport by Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Nisith Pramanik, later on Saturday night.


Olympic-bound athletes share pictures from the Tokyo Games village. (Ashish Pandey/India Today Photo)


HIGHLIGHTS

  • Sports Minister Anurag Thakur will send off 1st batch of Indian athletes
  • A formal send-off ceremony will take place in New Delhi on July 17
  • 127 Indian athletes have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, which is a record
  • Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and MOS, Sports, Nisith Pramanik will send off the first batch of Indian athletes from Delhi for the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday night.
🗞️ With the Tokyo Olympics set to commence in a week’s time, a formal send-off ceremony will take place today at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport as the first batch of athletes departs from India to Tokyo. The contingent of 88 which includes 54 athletes, support staff and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) representatives will be given a formal send-off in an event by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports and Shri Nisith Pramanik, Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.


India Today Photo
They will be joined by Shri Narinder Dhruv Batra, President, IOA; Shri Rajeev Mehta, Secretary General, IOA and Shri Sandip Pradhan, Director-General, Sports Authority of India at the ceremony.

Athletes and support staff in eight sports, Archery, Hockey, Badminton, Table Tennis, Archery, Judo, Gymnastics and Weightlifting will be departing from New Delhi today with the largest contingent being of hockey.


India Today Photo/Ashish Pandey
To ensure the safety of the athletes, all dignitaries attending the event will have had their COVID tests done. Only those with negative reports will be attending the event. All social distancing measures have also been put in place on this occasion.

127 Indian athletes have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, which is a record, overhauling the 117 that qualified for the Rio Olympics.

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