PV Sindhu and Achanta Sharath Kamal will lead India’s contingent of 78 athletes and officials at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday. The Indian contingent will be part of the Athletes’ Parade, which will feature over 10,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs).
The Indian contingent includes athletes from 12 disciplines, including shooting, badminton, table tennis, rowing, archery, and hockey. However, some athletes, such as rower Balraj Panwar and members of the air rifle and air pistol teams, have been exempted from participating in the Parade due to their competition schedules.
India will begin its Olympic campaign on Saturday with competitions in shooting, badminton, table tennis, rowing, archery, and hockey. Athletes from these disciplines who are available will participate in the Parade.
Among the prominent athletes who will be part of the Parade are:
* Archery: Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai
* Badminton: PV Sindhu
* Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain
* Equestrian: Anush Agarwalla
* Golf: Shubhankar Sharma
* Hockey: Krishan Pathak, Nilakanta Sharma, and Jugraj Singh
* Judo: Tulika Mann
* Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan
* Shooting: Anjum Moudgil, Sift Kaur Samra, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, and Anish
* Swimming: Srihari Nataraj, Dhinidhi Desinghu
* Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra
* Tennis: Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal, and Sriram Balaji
The Opening Ceremony will be held along the Seine River, with athlete barges floating down the river starting at the Austerlitz Bridge. The barges will pass under historic bridges and by iconic landmarks such as Notre Dame and the Louvre.
