Indian Olympic Association has almost decided to participate in the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics with 50 attendees
Only six officials from the contingent will be allowed to take part in the event on Friday, the country's deputy chef-de-mission Prem Kumar Verma said.
Tokyo Olympics will run from July 23-August 8. The mega event was slated to be held last year, but it had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indian athletes have won 28 medals, all at the Summer Games. For the larger period of the 20th century, India showed pure dominance when it came to hockey at the Olympics.
He said the formalities at the Narita international airport were carried out with ease. He also added that the contingent did not face any problems.
The eight disciplines--archery, badminton, table tennis, hockey, judo, gymnastics, swimming and weightlifting have boarded the flight to reach the Japanese capital.
Former India Women’s Hockey Team Chief Coach Neil Hawgood is all praises for the current team coached by Sjoerd Marijne.
The Indian contingent has the potential to win at least 4-5 medals in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Batra also said that the first batch of athletes will leave for Tokyo on July 17. India will be competing in a total of 85 medal events at the Olympics.
India will be sending its biggest ever Olympics contingent to any of the Olympics, the PMO said, noting that the 69 cumulative events across 18 sport disciplines that India will pa...