India has steadily increased its quota to Tokyo Olympics to 41 this year. With this, 74 Indian players have confirmed their seats for the Mahakumbh of the Games. Till February, India had achieved 31 quotas, but nine Indian boxers and javelin throwing player Shivpal Singh have increased this number by securing Olympic quota in their respective classes. Due to Indian men's and women's hockey team and qualifying in some team games, at least 74 players will go to the Olympics. There are 42 male and 32 female players in it. These games will be held from 24 July to 9 August. 117 Indian players went to Rio in the Olympics-2016, who participated in 15 different sports.
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The Tokyo Olympics, India has got quota in archery (04), athletics (06), wrestling (04), horse-riding (01), hockey (02), boxing (09) and shooting (15). However, the Indian federations have to decide on whether or not the players have given a quota to the country, whether they go to Tokyo or not. Fawad Mirza got the quota in horse riding, while both men and women teams have achieved this in hockey.
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Talking about athletics quota, Irfan Thodi in men's 20 km walk, Avinash Sabale in men's 3000 m steeplechase, Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh in men's javelin throw, Bhavna Jat in women's 20 km paddling, 4 x 400 m The quartet of Mohammad Anas, VK Vismaya, Jisna Mathew and Nirmal Noh got the quota in the relay team. While shooting, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Deepak Kumar in men's 10m air rifle, Sanjeev Rajput and Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar in men's 50m rifle-three position, Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma in men's 10m air pistol, men's skeet. In Angad Veer Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan have provided quota. Anjum Moudgil and Apoorvi Chandela in women's 10-meter air rifle, Manu Bhakar and Yashaswini Singh Deswal in women's 10-meter air pistol, Rahi Sarnobat and Chinki Yadav in women's 25-meter pistol, in women's 50-meter rifle-three position Tejaswini Sawant has got quota.
