Paris Olympics 2024: List of Indian athletes set to feature in Summer Games in athletics

Image Source : GETTY Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena and Avinash Sable.

Indian athletes are gearing up for the upcoming Paris Olympics as the nation has sent a strong 117-athlete contingent for the Quadrennial Games. The contingent features 140 support staff along with these athletes who will be looking to bring glory to the nation.

The athletes will participate in 17 sporting disciplines with athletics being one of the major eye-pullers. All the eyes will be pinned on Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra, who created history at the Tokyo Olympics by becoming India's first track and field athlete to win a Gold at the Summer Games.

He now leads a strong 29-member Indian contingent for the Paris Games featuring several bright stars. It has three Javelin throwers - two in men's and one in women's category. Neeraj is joined by Kishore Jena, the Asian Games Silver medallist, in the men's category, while Annu Rani is the only women Javelin thrower from India.

It includes the 3000m steeplechase Gold medalist of the Asian Games Avinash Sable, the Hangzhou Gold winner in shot put Tajinderpal Singh Toor and the Asian Games champion relay team.

Neeraj will be looking to defend his Olympic crown when he heads into a star-studded field featuring Anderson Peters, Arshad Nadeem, and Max Dehning among others. Kishore Jena is also in this field as he looks to back his Silver medal from Hangzhou with another medal in the Olympics.