India’s flag bearers will be Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh at the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

On August 8, wrestler Bajrang Punia will be the flag bearer at the closing ceremony.

MC Mary Kom, a well-known boxer, and Manpreet Singh, the captain of the men’s hockey team, will be the flag carriers during the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia, one of India’s biggest hopes, will be the flag bearer during the closing ceremony on August 8.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has informed the Games’ Organising Committee of their decision in this respect.

In a first, India will have two flag-bearers at the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics, one male, and one female, to achieve “gender balance.” Narinder Batra, the IOA’s chief executive, recently confirmed this.

Abhinav Bindra, the country’s lone individual Olympic gold medalist, was the flag-bearer at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro’s opening ceremony.

The Tokyo Olympics are set to begin on July 23, and over 100 Indian athletes will compete for medals in the showcase, which has been delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

The International Olympic Committee established arrangements for flag-bearers of both genders at the opening ceremony at its executive board meeting last year.

“…the IOC Executive Board also agreed that, for the first time ever, each of the 206 teams and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team shall have at least one female and one male athlete.