Australia to send 472 athletes for Tokyo Olympics
July 05, 2021 8:39 ISTThis will be the second-largest team sent overseas by the country since the 2004 Athens Games.
This will be the second-largest team sent overseas by the country since the 2004 Athens Games.
Two relay teams had qualified for Olympics, but the AFI faced a tricky situation as the camper quartermilers had a poor show during the recent National Inter-State Championships.
IOC, after discussions with the International Federations (IFs) has decided "to provide flexibility for team selections in several sports."
The 27-year-old clocked 1:56:38 seconds in the men's 200m butterfly event in Rome to become the first ever Indian swimmer to earn a direct Olympic qualification.
SAI has arranged for the camp for the 48kg class judoka at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Officials said the athlete was isolated at Tokyo's Haneda airport. Four others travelling along were reportedly transferred to a facility near the airport.
In Sunday’s balloting, 271 candidates are vying for 127 seats. Eligible voters total 9.8 million people in the megacity with a population of nearly 14 million.
Anand told Saurabh Chaudhary that he has been hearing fantastic things about the shooters and hope that they would excel in the Olympics too.
FINA had banned the use of soul caps for the Tokyo Olympics because they did not "fit the natural form of the head."
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is scheduled to visit all 47 prefectures of Japan over 121 days.
The PCI's selection committee picked the team after a two-day trial at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on June 29 and 30.
Upon reaching Tokyo, all athletes and officials will have to serve three days of quarantine.
The SFI has also nominated veteran coach Kamlesh Nanavati for the Dhyan Chand Award, for his lifetime contributions to aquatic sports.
The chief minister declared cash awards of Rs 2 crore for winning gold in Tokyo Olympics, Rs 1 crore for winning silver and Rs 75 lakh for bronze for the Jharkhand players.
With less than 30 days to go for the Tokyo Games, the Indian team is gearing up for the marquee event.
Gopichand said he can see many "great starting points" in the sporting eco-system in India and a big haul of medals in the Tokyo Olympics can be the springboard in making the country a sporting powerhouse.
Now 30, Semenya's hopes of making it back to the Olympics are dwindling.
From the current 10, the men's weight categories have now gone up to 13 with the minimum weight reduced to 48kg from the current 49kg.
The latest guidance appears to let athletes copy the iconic Black Power raised fist gestures of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
The Namibian Olympic committee said Friday that the two runners, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, had been withdrawn from the 400.
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