First batch of India contingent checks in at Games Village

India shuttler PV Sindhu (second from left) on arrival in Tokyo yesterday

Excited and cautious in equal measure, the first batch of athletes from India's Olympic contingent arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, clearing the exhaustive COVID-19 related protocols at the airport before entering the Games village.

The 88-strong contingent from India, which left last night after a grand send-off, was joined by the shooters and boxers who were training in Italy and Croatia till Saturday.

India's star boxer MC Mary Kom

The group travelling from India included archers, badminton players, table tennis players, both the men's and women's hockey teams, and qualifiers from judo, gymnastics, and swimming among others.

They landed in the Japanese capital aboard a chartered Air India flight from New Delhi. "It was a six hour wait at the [Tokyo] airport where we underwent COVID-19 tests but that was expected. All came out clear and we have checked into the Games village. All smooth so far," a contingent member said.

The group included stars such as world champion shuttler PV Sindhu, six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom, World No. 1 boxer Amit Panghal, World No. 1 archer Deepika Kumari and TT player Manika Batra among others.

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