Photos: Tokyo Olympics 2020 - India contingent flies into Japan

PV Sindhu, Mary Kom and Sutirtha Mukherjee among arrivals in Japan

Published: July 18, 2021 14:03 Matthew Smith, Sport Editor

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The first batch of Tokyo 2020 Olympic athletes has departed from India on their way to Tokyo. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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An 88-member contingent was given a warm send-off by Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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The archery team, comprising Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai, was welcomed by the host town of Kurobe in Japan. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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The table tennis team, comprising Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee, was seen at the Haneda airport alongside the swimming team of Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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The badminton team of PV Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy posed for photographs with thumbs up after completing their formalities at the airport. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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The boxing team, featuring Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik, Vikas Krishan, Ashish Kumar, Satish Kumar, MC Mary Kom, Simranjit Kaur, Lovlina Borgohain and Pooja Rani, arrived in Tokyo from their training base in Assisi, Italy. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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Some of the Indian athletes in events such as weightlifting, shooting, rowing and sailing had reached Tokyo a couple of days back from their training bases across the world. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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A total of 127 Indian athletes have qualified for the Olympics, surpassing the 117 qualifications for the Rio Olympics in 2016. Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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The India men's hockey team are already in Japan Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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The medal hopefuls arrived on Sunday morning ahead of the challenges on the hockey field Image Credit: IOC Twitter

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