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MC Mary Kom & Manpreet Singh named flag bearers at Tokyo Olympics

Boxer M.C. Mary Kom and men’s hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh have been named for flag bearers at Tokyo Olympics from India.
Current AffairsBoth of them will be flag bearers for India at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics which is scheduled to get underway on July 23, 2021. Wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag bearer at closing ceremony on August 8, 2021.

This decision was communicated by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to Organizing Committee of Olympics Games.

In 2016 games in Rio De Janeiro, India’s lone individual Olympic gold-medalist Abhinav Bindra was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Published date : 07 Jul 2021 05:11PM

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