The Paris Olympics 2024 is just around the corner and several athletes around the world have already a spot for the mega event. At Tokyo 2020, as many as 124 athletes represented India, which was the largest contingent till then. India also won 7 medals, the biggest tally in a single Olympics. Now, the tally of Indian Athletes in the Paris Olympics 2024 is growing and we might see a similar show.
Over the past few editions, Indian athletes steadily increased at the competition. The trend is going to continue this time as well with many athletes setting high standards across different games. With the recent success at Asian and World events, India is very optimistic to better their previous result at Paris.
Indian Athletes in the Paris Olympics 2024
Indian shooters dominated the list with as many as 21 reserving a quota for the Paris Olympics 2024. But this was acquired by NOC from NRAI (National Rifle Association of India). After the end of qualification cycle, NRAI shall conduct trials and the best performing shooters will be given a chance to represent India.
This is the first time in the Olympics history India will representing in every Olympic shooting category. Trap shooter Bhowneesh Mendiratta was the first to make the cut by qualifying at ISSF world championships.
The face of Indian Athletics, Neeraj Chopra, along with Kishore Kumar Jena made the cut in Javelin throw, in qualifying rounds in the World Athletics Championships 2023.
Indian Men’s Hockey team secured a direct qualification after beating Japan in the final of the Asian Games 2023.
Full list of qualified athletes so far:
Archery – 1
- Dhiraj Bommadevara (Men’s individual recurve archery)
Athletics – 16
- Vikash Singh (Men’s 20km Race Walk)
- Paramjeet Bisht (Men’s 20km Race Walk)
- Akshdeep Singh (Men’s 20km Race Walk)
- Suraj Panwar (Men’s 20km Race Walk)
- Avinash Sable (Men’s 3000m Steeplechase)
- Parul Chaudhary (Women’s 3000m Steeplechase)
- Neeraj Chopra (Men’s Javelin Throw)
- Kishore Kumar Jena (men’s Javelin throw)
- Priyanka Goswami (Women’s 20km Race Walk)
- Murali Sreeshankar (Men’s Long Jump)
- Servin Sebastian (Men’s 20km race walk)
- Arshpreet Singh (Men’s 20km race walk)
- Ram Baboo (Men’s 20km racewalk)
- Priyanka Goswami/Akshdeep Singh (Marathon race walk mixed relay)
- Indian Men’s Team (4x400m relay)
- Indian Women’s Team (4x400m relay)
The men’s 20km racewalk poses a challenge as seven Indian athletes have achieved the Paris Olympics qualifying standard, while only three participants are allowed per country. Now, the Athletics Federation of India will have to decide which three go to the Games.
Badminton – 5
- PV Sindhu (Women’s Singles)
- Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto (Women’s Doubles)
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (Men’s Doubles)
- HS Prannoy (Men’s Singles)
- Lakshya Sen (Men’s Singles)
Boxing – 4
- Nikhat Zareen (Women’s 51kg)
- Lovlina Borgohain (Women’s 75kg)
- Preeti Pawar (Women’s 54kg)
- Parveen Hooda (Women’s 57kg)
WBO Olympics qualification tournament is ongoing and multiple boxers can score a seat for Paris in the coming days.
Equestrian – 1
- Anush Agarwalla (Dressage)
Hockey – 1
- Indian Men’s Hockey team
Sailing – 2
- Vishnu Saravanan (Men’s ILCA 7)
- Nethra Kumanan (Women’s ILCA 6)
Shooting – 21
- Rudrankksh Patil (Men’s 10m Air Rifle)
- Arjun Babuta (Men’s 10m Air Rifle)
- Swapnil Kusale (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
- Akhil Sheoran (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
- Mehuli Ghosh (Women’s 10m Air Rifle)
- Tilottama Sen (Women’s 10m Air Rifle)
- Sift Kaur Samra (Women’s 50m rifle)
- Shriyanka Sidangi (Women’s 50m Rifle)
- Sarabjot Singh (Men’s 10m Air Pistol)
- Varun Tomar (Men’s 10m Air Pistol)
- Manu Bhaker (Women’s 25m Air Pistol)
- Rhythm Sangwan (Women’s 25m Air Pistol)
- Vijayveer Sidhu (Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol)
- Anish Bhanwala (Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol)
- Esha Singh (Women’s 10m Air Pistol)
- Raiza Dhillon (Women’s Skeet)
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka (Men’s Skeet)
- Bhowneesh Mendiratta (Men’s Trap)
- Rajeshwari Kumari (Women’s Trap)
- Palak Gulia (Women’s 10m Air Pistol)
- Maheshwari Chauhan (Women’s Skeet)
Table Tennis – 6
- Indian Men’s Team & Two Quotas in Men’s Singles
- Indian Women’s Team & Two Quotas in Women’s Singles
Weightlifting – 1
- Mirabai Chanu (Women’s 49kg)
Wrestling – 1
- Antim Panghal (Women’s 53Kg)
- Vinesh Phogat (Women’s 50Kg)
- Anshu Malik (Women’s 57Kg)
- Reetika Hooda (Women’s 76Kg)
- Nisha Dahiya (Women’s 68Kg)
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