Indian athletes start arriving in Rio

RIO

DE JANEIRO: With just seven days left for the beginning of Rio Olympics, the Indian athletes started arriving in batches in Rio for the 31st

Olympic Games

.

Most of the disciplines have begun sending their teams in batches. Among the arrivals were shooters, including Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa, Gurpreet Singh, Kynan Chenai, Manavjit Sandhu, Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul; walkers Khushbir Kaur, Sapana Punia, Sandeep Kumar, Manish Rawat; shotputter Manpreet Kaur; boxers

Shiva Thapa

and Manoj Kumar.