To play for the nation is the final word goal for any athlete and to try this on the Olympic stage is a stuff of desires. India’s 117 athletes will get a possibility to try this on the Paris Video games starting within the French capital on July 26. Vying for that elusive medal, the Indian contingent will hope that the all-time tally of seven medals for India in a single version is crossed.
The Tokyo Video games held in 2021 turned out to be India’s most profitable Olympic outing with 1 gold, 2 silver and four bronze medals. One among the many Indian athletes in Paris would be the 23-year-old swimmer Srihari Nataraj, who will make his second Olympic look. He was a part of the Tokyo Video games’ contingent as properly.
Earlier than taking the flight to Paris, Srihari shared a video on his Instagram account the place he unboxed the equipment that the athletes acquired from the Indian Olympic Affiliation for his or her participation within the Video games.
‘Paris Olympics 2024 Equipment Unboxing’ – that is what Srihari captioned the video, during which he’s seen revealing what the 2 suitcases given to each athlete include.
Moreover the ceremonial uniform for the Opening Ceremony, the equipment accommodates a number of India jerseys for coaching and competitors, sneakers and several other different equipment.
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The Tokyo Video games held in 2021 turned out to be India’s most profitable Olympic outing with 1 gold, 2 silver and four bronze medals. One among the many Indian athletes in Paris would be the 23-year-old swimmer Srihari Nataraj, who will make his second Olympic look. He was a part of the Tokyo Video games’ contingent as properly.
Earlier than taking the flight to Paris, Srihari shared a video on his Instagram account the place he unboxed the equipment that the athletes acquired from the Indian Olympic Affiliation for his or her participation within the Video games.
‘Paris Olympics 2024 Equipment Unboxing’ – that is what Srihari captioned the video, during which he’s seen revealing what the 2 suitcases given to each athlete include.
Moreover the ceremonial uniform for the Opening Ceremony, the equipment accommodates a number of India jerseys for coaching and competitors, sneakers and several other different equipment.
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On the Tokyo Olympics, Srihari featured within the males’s 100m backstroke. He will likely be swimming in the identical occasion in Paris, after securing an entry by way of Universality Quota as he didn’t obtain a direct qualification for the Video games.
The ‘Universality Quota’ permits nations to call their two top-ranked swimmers for the Olympics.
With swimming not a stronghold for India and the Olympics presenting the hardest area within the pool, Srihari’s finest likelihood of creating it to the semifinals is that if he can enhance on his private better of 53.77 seconds.
