Jul 23, 2021
By: Mona PachakeIndia is participating in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 with 127 athletes in 18 different disciplines | 40 percent of the total count is from Haryana and Punjab
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Haryana is sending 31 athletes to Tokyo Olympics | The state government has announced that the sportspersons who win a gold medal will be given a cash prize of ₹6 crore.
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With six players -- four in hockey and two in wrestling, Sonepat district has contributed the most number of Olympians, followed by Kurukshetra and Jhajjar | Nahri village in Sonepat is hoping that Ravi Dahiya, the wrestler, will return from Tokyo with a medal.
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From Haryana, 9 players are part of the women’s hockey team | Also 7 wrestlers of the contingent are from the state.
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Punjab, which had 14 athletes during the Rio Olympics, is now entering the Tokyo edition with 19 athletes | The Punjab government has announced ₹2.25 crores for an Olympic gold medalist | The state’s sports minister, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, mentioned that the state has the ability to win at least 3 to 4 gold medals.
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Punjab’s athletes will be participating in 4 different categories | 11 athletes from Punjab are part of India’s men’s hockey team and two belong to the women’s hockey team.
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Tamil Nadu will be sending 11 athletes to Tokyo and will be participating in 5 different events | Chief Minister, M K Stalin, has announced ₹3 crore as the cash prize for the gold medal winners.
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Kerala, which has always given the best females athletes for the country, is entering the Tokyo Olympics with an all-male crew after 40 years | A total of 8 athletes will be participating in 5 events from Uttar Pradesh
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A total of six players from the state will be participating in 5 events | Two in shooting and others in archery, sailing, athletics and badminton
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