We bring you, today, the Indian Athletics Team for Tokyo 2021. The Indian Athletics has just given two medals so far at the Olympics, that too during British era, both to the Indian Debutant at the Summer Games, Norman Pritchard. Post independence, two athletes came strikingly close to end their Olympic journey with podium finishes, both ending at 4th place. These two were the Flying Sikh Milkha Singh and the Golden Girl PT Usha. India, since then, has been waiting for a medal in Athletics at the highest level of competition. Here we list the athletes who made to the Indian Athletics Team for Tokyo 2021:
Indian Athletics Team for Tokyo 2021
| # | Athlete | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutee Chand | Women’s 100 M, 200 M |
| 2 | Muhammed Anas Yahiya | Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 3 | Noah Nirmal Tom | Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 4 | PA Amoj Jacob | Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 5 | Arokia Rajiv | Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 6 | Naganathan Pandi | Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 7 | Jabir MP | Men’s 400 M Hurdles |
| 8 | Sandeep Kumar | Men’s 20 KM Walk |
| 9 | Rahul Rohila | Men’s 20 KM Walk |
| 10 | Irfan KT | Men’s 20 KM Walk |
| 11 | Gurpreet Singh | Men’s 50 KM Walk |
| 12 | Avinash Sable | Men’s 3000 M Steeplechase |
| 13 | Neeraj Chopra | Men’s Javelin Throw |
| 14 | Shivpal Singh | Men’s Javelin Throw |
| 15 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men’s Long Jump |
| 16 | Tajinder Pal Toor | Men’s Shot Put |
| 17 | Kamalpreet Kaur | Women’s Discus Throw |
| 18 | Seema Punia | Women’s Discus Throw |
| 19 | Annu Rani | Women’s Javelin Throw |
| 20 | Priyanka Goswami | Women’s 20 KM Walk |
| 21 | Bhawna Jat | Women’s 20 KM Walk |
| 22 | Sarthak Bhambri | Mixed 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 23 | Alex Antony | Mixed 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 24 | Revathi Veeramani | Mixed 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 25 | Subha Venkatesan | Mixed 4 × 400 M Relay |
| 26 | Dhanlakshmi Sekhar | Mixed 4 × 400 M Relay |
This was the Indian Athletics Team for Tokyo 2021. This Athletics team may surprise people, lifting up their performances, and finishing on the podium. Athletics in India is still developing and Barring Anju Bobby George, none of the Indian Athletes have won a World Championship medal. The closest to World Championship medal has been Neeraj Chopra, who won World Junior Championships’ Javelin Throw gold medal. This was it for the day. Hope you liked the content, don’t forget to put in your thoughts & questions as comments below this content.
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