DESCRIPTION:
* Originally due to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
* The 2021 Games will mark the second time that Japan has hosted the Summer Olympic Games, the first being also in Tokyo in 1964.
* The 2021 Games will see the introduction of new competitions including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and madison cycling, as well as further mixed events.
* The Tokyo Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding make their Olympic debuts, as well as the return of baseball and softball for the first time since 2008.
* A 115-member Indian sqauad, featuring 63 men and 52 women players would compete in the Tokyo Games.
LIST OF INDIAN COMPETITORS:
Archery (3+1=4): Men: Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai. Women: Deepika Kumari.
Athletics (13-8=21): Men: Jabir Madari Pillyalil, Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul Rohila, Irfan Kolothum Thodi, Avinash Sable, Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh, Murali Sreeshankar, Tajinder Pal Toor. Women: Dutee Chand, Priyanka Goswami, Bhawna Jat, Jisna Mathew, Kamalpreet Kaur, Seema Punia, Annu Rani, Vismaya.
Badminton (3+1=4): Men: B Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty. Woman: PV Sindhu.
Boxing (5+4=9): Men: Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik, Vikas Krishan Yadav, Ashish Kumar, Satish Kumar. Women: Mary Kom, Simranjit Kaur, Lovlina Borgohain, Pooja Rani.
Equastrian (1): Man: Fouaad Mirza.
Fencing (1): Woman: CA Bhavani Devi.
Field Hockey (16+16=32): Men: PR Sreejesh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (Vice-captain), Birendra Lakra (Vice-captain), Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh (Captain), Hardik Singh, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma, Vivek Prasad, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Shamsher Singh. Head Coach: Graham Reid. Women: Savita Punia (Vice-captain), Gurjit Kaur, Deep Grace Ekka (Vice-captain), Nikki Pradhan, Udita Duhan, Navjot Kaur, Monika Malik, Nisha, Sushila Chanu, Salima Tete, Neha Goyal, Sharmila Devi, Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Rani Rampal (Captain). Head Coach: Sjoerd Marijne.
Golf (2+1=3): Men: Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane. Woman: Aditi Ashok.
Gymnastics (1): Woman: Pranati Nayak.
Judo (1): Woman: Shushila Likmabam.
Rowing (2): Men: Arjun Lal, Arvind Singh.
Sailing (3+1=4): Men: Vishnu Saravanan, KC Ganapathy, Varun Thakkar. Woman: Nethra Kumaran.
Shooting (8+7=15): Men: Angad Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, Deepak Verma, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Tomar. Women: Manu Bhakar, Yashaswini Deswal, Rahi Sarnobat, Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan, Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant.
Swimming (2+1=3): Men: Srihari Nataraj, Sajan Prakash. Woman: Maana Patel.
Table Tennis (2+2=4): Men: Achanta Sarath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran. Women: Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee.
Tennis (2): Women: Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina.
Weightlifting (1): Woman: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu.
Wrestling (3+4=7): Men: Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia. Women: Seema Bisla, Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik.