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Prior to boarding his flight to Paris, Srihari Nataraj gave a sneak peek into the athletes’ kit that every Indian athlete has received from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for the Olympics. read more
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Swimmer Srihari Nataraj recently gave a glimpse of what's inside the Indian athletes' kit for the Paris Olympics. Image: Video screengrab
It’s the dream of every athlete to participate in the Olympics. India had sent a record 121 athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics three years back, and for the upcoming Paris Olympics that begins from 26 July, a total of 117 Indian athletes will take part. At the Tokyo Olympics, India recorded its best-ever Games medals tally of seven medals, that included a historic gold from javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra.
India’s athletes head to the Paris Olympics with renewed hopes and dreams, aiming to better that record from the previous edition of the Games. One of those athletes heading to the French capital is swimmer Srihari Nataraj, who will participate in his second Olympic Games.
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Prior to boarding his flight to Paris, the 23 year-old gave a sneak peek into the athletes’ kit that every Indian athlete has received from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for the Olympics. In a video posted by Srihari on his official Instagram handle, he opens two suitcases.
There’s the ceremonial uniform that the Indian athletes will wear during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Apart from he ceremonial dress, the kit also contains several India jerseys that the athletes will use for training and competitions, apart from shoes and other accessories.
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Srihari took part in the men’s 100m backstroke event at the Tokyo Olympics but failed to reach the semi-finals after he finished 27th out of 40 swimmers. The Bengaluru-born swimmer will participate in the same event in Paris, having qualified through the Universality Quota, which permits countries to announce two of their best swimmers for the Olympics. Srihari had failed to achieve direct qualification for the Games.
Srihari will have to improve on his personal best of 53.77 seconds to have a significant chance of qualifying for the semi-finals at the Olympics.
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