The Association of Indian Olympics is happy to announce that the boxer MC Mary Kom who is a 6-time world champion and Men’s hockey team commander Manpreet Singh will be India’s flag bearers at the inauguration ceremony of The Tokyo Olympics. The Indian Olympic Association also revealed that the flag bearer at the closing ceremony which is on 8th August will be commanded by wrestler Bajrang Punia at the Tokyo Games.
“The flagbearers for the Indian contingent of Tokyo 2020 for the opening ceremony on July 23rd are Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh.” This was the message of the IOA president Narinder Batra in the letter and also stated, “The flagbearer for the Indian contingent at the closing ceremony on August 8 will be Bajrang Punia”.
Mary Kom talked to ANI stating “I am very happy about being given this opportunity to be the flagbearer. I want to thank each and everyone, SAI, IOA, Sports Ministry, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It’s not easy for everyone to be given this opportunity”.
The Tokyo Olympics is going to commence from 23rd July to 8th August, the event was to be held a year earlier but was postponed due to the Covid-19 situation.
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