With their national federation under a doping suspension, Russians must apply for individual exemptions to gain “authorized neutral athlete” status after their drug-testing records have been vetted.
The 22-year-old Kerala athlete, who in March had qualified for the Tokyo Games by bettering his own national record with a leap of 8.26m during the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships in Patiala.
Jaskaran, son of hockey Olympian and former India coach Rajinder Singh Jr, is currently training with the men's senior core group for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
Out of these 148 athletes, 17 have got both the doses and 131 have received their first shot, IOA president Narinder Batra said.
IOC President Thomas Bach now plans to arrive in Tokyo only July 12. He was forced to cancel a trip to Japan this month because of rising COVID-19 cases.
Mazumdar was suffering from age-related issues and had a heart attack on Friday morning.
The 33-year-old decorated Indian custodian was on Thursday re-elected as a member of the FIH Athletes' Committee during the virtual meeting of its Executive Board.
The assistance has been sanctioned under the new joint initiative with the Indian Olympic Association to support former athletes and coaches during the pandemic.
He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to ill-health about 10 days ago.
Tokyo, Osaka and many other prefectures are under a state of emergency and health-care systems are being stretched.
Monali was admitted to a hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19 but was discharged, only to get re-admitted to treat mucormycosis.
Bach said that the IOC will send additional medical personnel to help the organisers ease the shortage of medical staff.
The legendary athlete is a five-time Asian Games gold medallist but his greatest performance was the fourth place finish in the 400m final of the 1960 Olympics.
Savita, who plays as a goalkeeper, said the team has improved immensely in the last three years.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Thursday said that with this decision, the coverage would increase to more than 13,000 athletes, coaches and support staff.
All the shooters and members of the coaching staff were tested for Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Mary Kom (51kg) has collected one silver and a staggering five gold medals from her seven appearances at the continental showpiece.
While Kaushik has qualified for Olympics in men's 63kg, Kumar will compete in men's 91 kg category.
The 6,000-member Tokyo Medical Practitioners' Association called for the Olympics to be canceled in a letter sent last week to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
Additional Sessions Judge Jadgish Kumar denied the relief to Sushil Kumar against whom a case of murder, abduction and criminal conspiracy has been registered.
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