2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, along with 11 others were honoured with the prestigious Khel Ratna award – the country’s highest sporting honour. On the other hand, five coaches, including the likes of Jai Prakash Nautiyal and Subramanian Raman received the Dronacharya Award.

Aditi Ashok, India’s lone women’s golfer to feature at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, admitted that expectations don’t work out for her. Having already appeared at the Rio edition, five years back, the golfer is expected to better her outing, especially with her improving as a player in the recent past.

Top Indian archers Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari have started training in Tokyo ahead of the Olympics, approximately a day after they landed in Japan. A big chunk of the Indian contingent for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics took the flight to Tokyo on July 17 and safely checked into the Games village.