With 99 days to go until the start of the 2016
Rio Olympics, here's a list of the Indian sportspersons who have made the cut for the quadrennial games.
HockeyMen's and women's teams
GymnasticsDipa Karmakar (event: Artistic)
BoxingShiva Thapa
(event: Bantamweight)
Wresting (Freestyle)Sandeep Tomar
(event: 57 kg),
Yogeshwar Dutt (65 kg) &
Narsingh Pancham Yadav
(74 kg)
Wrestling (Greco-Roman)Hardeep Singh (86 kg)
ShootingAbhinav Bindra (Event: 10m air rifle),
Kynan Chenai
(Trap),
Mairaj Ahmad Khan
(Skeet),
Prakash Nanjappa
(50m pistol),
Gagan Narang
(10m air rifle, 50m rifle prone, 50m rifle 3 positions),
Jitu Rai (10m air pistol, 50m pistol),
Chain Singh
(50m rifle prone, 50m rifle 3 positions),
Gurpreet Singh & Manavjit Singh Sandhu
(10m air pistol, 25m rapid fire pistol),
Apurvi Chandela
& Ayonika Paul
(10m air rifle),
Heena Sidhu (10m air pistol, 25 m pistol)
Archery Women:Deepika Kumari, Laxmi Rani Majhi
& Rimi Biruily
(event: Individual and team)
Men: Mangal Singh Champia
(event: Individual)
Athletics (Track Events)Thonakal Gopi
(event: Marathon),
Sandeep Kumar (50 km walk),
Kheta Ram
, (marathon)
Manish Singh Rawat
(50 km walk),
Nitender Singh Rawat
(Marathon),
Baljinder Singh
, Gurmeet Singh & Irfan Kolothum Thodi
(20 km walk),
Tintu Luka
(800m)
Lalita Babar
, (3000m steeplechase),
Khushbir Kaur
(20 km walk),
Sapna Punia
, (20 km walk),
Kavita Raut
, Sudha Singh
, OP Jaisha
& Lalita Babar (Marathon)
Athletics (Field events)Vikas Gowda
(Event: Discus throw),
Inderjeet Singh
& Manpreet Kaur (Shot put)
RowingDattu Baban Bhokanal
(Event: Single Sculls)
Table TennisSharath Kamal Achanta
& Soumyajit Ghosh
(Event: Men's singles),
Manika Batra & Mouma Das
(Women's singles)
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