Twenty-four personnel from the armed forces, together with ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and two ladies contributors, are among the many 117 Indian athletes who’re set to check their mettle on the 2024 Paris Olympics. The presence of those two ladies athletes within the contingent, marks the maiden participation of feminine service athletes on the Olympics, the ministry of defence in a press release on Saturday. Chopra, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, is a subedar within the Indian Army. Twenty-four personnel from the armed forces are among the many 117 Indian athletes who’re all set to make the nation proud on the Paris Olympics, starting July 26, it mentioned.
Among these 24 athletes, 22 are males, together with javelin thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra, and two are ladies, it mentioned.
Chopra will once more vie for the highest honours as his participation within the Paris Olympics comes on the again of remarkable performances which earned him a gold medal every on the 2023 Asian Games, 2023 World Athletics Championship, 2024 Diamond League, and 2024 Paavo Nurmi Games, the assertion mentioned.
Also, 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Havildar Jaismine Lamboria and 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships bronze medallist CPO Ritika Hooda are the 2 ladies service personnel who’re participating within the Games for the primary time, and would intention to create historical past. They will characteristic in boxing and wrestling respectively, it added.
Sub Amit Panghal (boxing); CPO Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot-put); Sub Avinash Mukund Sable (3000m steeplechase); CPO Muhammed Anas Yahiya, PO(GW) Muhammed Ajmal, Sub Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan and JWO Mijo Chacko Kurian (4X400M males’s relay); JWO Abdulla Aboobacker (triple soar); Sub Tarundeep Rai and Sub Dhiraj Bommadevara (archery) and Nb Sub Sandeep Singh (capturing) are additionally among the many service personnel who would intention to deliver laurels to the nation.
The India Army had just lately in a publish on X mentioned, “13 #IndianArmy athletes will be participating in 7 disciplines at the #ParisOlympics2024. The Indian Army’s formidable presence includes athletes renowned for their exceptional skills and past achievements on the world stage.” Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi had earlier interacted, through video convention, with Indian Army athletes who’re set to characterize India within the upcoming Paris Olympics.
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