India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad

India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad

Which just 3 days to go for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the pressure is on! All countries are looking to their Best Sports Persons to bring home the Gold and if not the Gold at least a Silver or Bronze. While India's best gold medal winning sport so far in the Olympics has been it's National Sport Hockey...Unfortunately for the first time since 1928, the Indian Men's Hockey Team will not be taking part in the Summer Olympics due to its failure to qualify, But we hope to win some medals in other sporting events. For the first time India is sending a team of swimmers to the Beijing Games...and we wish them all the Best.

A contingent of 56 athletes will represent India, and are supported by a support-staff of 42 officials. The athletic contingent is the largest, with 16 athletes.

Here's the India's finest and most talented sportspeople representing India in the Beijing Olympics '08- The Indian Squad!

Also read:
Indians to watch out for in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Indian Athletes Competing in The 2008 Beijing Olympics
India's Best Shooters at The Beijing Olympics 2008
India at Beijing Olympics 2008: India's Tennis Hopefuls


Athletics:

- Anju Bobby George (Long Jump)
- Krishna Poonia, Harwant Kaur, Vikas Gowda (Discus)
- Preeja Sreedharan (10,000m)
- Manjit Kaur (400m)
- Renjith Maheswary (Triple Jump)
- Surender Singh (10000m)
- J J Shobha , Sushmita Singh Roy, G G Pramila (Heptathlon)
- Chitra Soman, Sini Jose, MR Poovamma, Mandeep Kaur, S Geeta , K Mridula (4×400m relay)

More about these Athletes in- Indian Athletes Competing in The 2008 Beijing Olympics

Shooting:

- Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Clay Pigeon Double Trap)
- Gagan Narang,Avneet Kaur Sidhu, Abhinav Bindra (10m Air Rifle)
- Samresh Jung (10m Air Pistol)
- Sanjeev Rajput, Anjali Bhagwat (50m Rifle 3 Position),

More about these Sports Persons in India's Best Shooters at The Beijing Olympics 2008

Archery:

- Dola Banerjee
- Pranitha Vardhineni
- L Bombayala Devi
- Mangal Singh Champia.

Boxing:

- Jitender (51kg)
- Akhil Kumar (54kg)
- A L Lakhra (57kg)
- Vijender(75kg)
- Dinesh Kumar (81kg)

Judo:

- Khumujam Tombi Devi
- Divya.

Rowing:

- Bajrang Lal Takhar (Single M1X)
- Devnder Khandwal and Manjeet Singh (Light Weight Double Scull).

Badminton:

- Anup Sridhar
- Saina Nehwal

Swimming:

- Virdawal Khade (50m, 100m, 200m Freestyle)
- Ankur Poseria (100m Butterfly)
- Sandeep Sejwal (100m, 200m Breaststroke)
- Rehan Poncha (200m butterfly).

Table Tennis:

- Achanta Sharath Kamal
- Neha Aggarwal.

Tennis:

- Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi (doubles)
- Sania Mirza (singles and doubles)
- Sunitha Rao (doubles).

More About the Indian Tennis Player competing in India at Beijing Olympics 2008: India's Tennis Hopefuls

Weightlifting:

- L Monika Devi (69kg)

Wrestling:

- Sushil Kumar (66 kg Freestyle)
- Yogeshwar Dutt (60 kg Freestyle)
- Rajiv Tomar (120 kg Freestyle)

Yachting:

- Major NS Johal (Heavyweight Dinghy)
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