IOA names India's flag bearers at Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony

Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to be India's flag bearers at Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony

NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association announced Monday that 6-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom and men's hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh will be India's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, while star wrestler Bajrang Punia will be the flag bearer at the closing ceremony on July 8.

2008 Olympics Gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was India's flagbearer at the Rio Olympics in 2016.