Ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended his wishes to the Indian contingent, set to participate in the games. Taking to social media platform X, PM Modi said, “As the Paris Olympics commences, my best wishes to the Indian contingent. Every athlete is India’s pride. May they all shine and embody the true spirit of sportsmanship, inspiring us with their exceptional performances.”
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics will take place after 11 PM IST. This year, India has sent its biggest contingent of 78 members from 12 sports disciplines. Shuttler PV Sindhu and Table Tennis ace Sharath Kamal are the flagbearers and will lead the contingent. It must be noted here, that Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, will be the first to appear in the Parade of Nations.
For the first time in history, the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics Games is to be held in a river. Paris’s Seine River will host the opening ceremony of the 33rd Summer Games as over 10,000 athletes are set to represent their countries in the historic Parade of Nations.
Some prominent athletes from 12 disciplines:
- 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 and Dhinidhi Desinghu
- Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra
- Tennis: Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal and Sriram Balaji.
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