Five athletes, six Indian contingent officers to attend Tokyo Paralympic opening ceremony

Thus India’s opening ceremony can have 11 members, the remaining 5 being athletes. There isn’t any restrict to the variety of athletes for the opening ceremony however solely seven Indian contributors have reached Tokyo up to now.

Of these seven, two desk tennis gamers – Sonal Patel and Bhavina Patel – are as a consequence of compete on Wednesday and won’t take part within the ceremony throughout which Japanese Emperor Naruhito will announce the opening of the Games.

“Only six officials have been allowed for the opening ceremony, while there is no limit on the number of athletes,” mentioned Chef de Mission Singh, normal secretary of the Paralympic Committee of India.

“There is a competition between two table tennis players on the next day, that is, Wednesday, so they are not participating in the opening ceremony.”

The similar rule of sporting the caps of six officers in the course of the opening ceremony was adopted in the course of the Tokyo Olympics which ended on 8 August.

The 5 athletes collaborating within the opening ceremony are flag bearer Mariyappan Thangavelu, discus thrower Vinod Kumar, javelin thrower Tek Chand and powerlifters Jaideep and Sakina Khatoon.

Four of the six officers who participated within the opening ceremony have been determined, together with Chef de Mission, Deputy Chef de Mission Arhan Bagati, Chief Liaison Officer for COVID-19 VK Dabas and Mariyappan’s coach and Para Athletics Chairperson Satyanarayana.

A 3rd batch of Indian athletes is leaving on Monday, however these elements of it must serve a quarantine interval earlier than they’re allowed to coach.

India is being represented by 54 athletes – the biggest workforce ever – and the nation is hoping for its finest medal tally this time round.

In view of the rising COVID-19 instances in Tokyo, followers have been banned from the Paralympics as within the earlier Olympic Games.