Commonwealth Games 2022: IOA announces 322 member contingent
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19 July, 2022 11:15 am IST
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The Indian Olympic Association announced a 322-strong contingent including 215 athletes and 107 officials and support staff for the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
The Games are scheduled to be held in British city from July 28 to August 8, and the India contingent will look to improve upon its Gold Coast 2018 CWG performance, where it finished third behind traditional powerhouses Australia and England.
Some prominent names in the contingent include Olympic medallists Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain and Bajrang Punia.
In a press release issued by the IOA, the apex sports body’s top office-bearer thanked the government for its support to the athletes and federations.
OA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta said, we are sending one of our strongest squads ever to the CWG, and even with a strength sport for us like shooting not being there, we are confident of bettering our performance from the last edition.
Team India will compete in 15 sporting disciplines as well as four disciplines in the para sports category. Some of the disciplines where India looks to perform well include traditionally strong sports like boxing, badminton, hockey, weightlifting, women’s cricket (making its debut at the CWG) and wrestling.
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