Overview
- The three-time Deaflympics gold medallist will carry the flag in Tokyo, marking her first time as flagbearer at her third Games.
- India is entering 111 athletes across 11 sports, its largest Deaflympics contingent to date.
- Sports Secretary Hari Ranjan Rao led the official send-off at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, with the first batch leaving Thursday.
- Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya praised India’s progress in disability sport and expressed confidence the team can outperform its Brazil results.
- Competition begins November 15 in Tokyo under the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf with IOC patronage.