Neeraj Chopra is an Olympic gold medalist.© twitter
Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra could be India’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) may choose 24-year-old Chopra to lead the country’s contingent at the 2022 CWG inauguration on July 28. “The flag bearer may be Neeraj Chopra. We will check his availability before the opening ceremony,” IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta told PTI.
The qualifying round of the men’s javelin competition will take place on August 5 and the final on August 7.
Chopra won the javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics last year, becoming only the second Indian after Abhinav Bindra to win an individual Olympic gold medal. His gold was the country’s first Olympic medal in athletics.
Chopra was also the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
India will send a strong contingent of 322 members to the Birmingham Games from July 28 to August 8, of which 215 will be athletes (both able-bodied and ready athletes). There will be 107 female athletes.
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The president of the Cycling Federation of India and the joint secretary of the IOA, Onkar Singh, is India’s chef de mission during the Games. Rajesh Bhandari, Anil Dhupar and Prashant Kushwaha will assist Singh as general managers.
In January, deposed IOA President Narinder Batra appointed Senior Vice President RK Anand as the CWG’s chef de mission. But the current dispensation under Acting IOA President Anil Khanna has made another announcement.
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