Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain would be the flag-bearers of the Indian contingent through the opening ceremony of the Asian Video games in Hangzhou on September 23. The Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) took the choice on Wednesday to have joint flag-bearers for the continental showpiece. A complete of 655 Indian athletes are competing within the Asian Video games this time, which is the most important contingent ever. “We arrived on the resolution after a lot deliberation as we speak,” Indian contingent Chef de Mission Bhupender Singh Bajwa instructed PTI.

“This time we can have two flag-bearers main the contingent on the Asian Video games — hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and boxer Lovlina Borgohain,” added Bajwa, who can also be Wushu Affiliation of India chief.

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra had executed the honours on the opening ceremony of the 2018 Jakarta Asian Video games.

Lovlina had received a bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics within the 69kg class. This yr, she received gold in 75kg class on the World Girls’s Boxing Championship in New Delhi.

Harmanpreet is without doubt one of the finest drag-flickers on the planet and was a part of the group that received the historic bronze on the Tokyo Video games, breaking the greater than four-decade-long Indian hockey group’s medal drought within the Olympics.

The Indian males’s hockey group could be aiming for a gold medal on the Hangzhou Asian Video games to safe automated qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games.

Bajwa shall be assisted on the Asian Video games by 4 deputy cooks de mission because the job entails loads of accountability.

Bajwa can also be the chairman of the Indian Olympic Affiliation-constituted ad-hoc committee for wrestling.

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