<p>India had 56 competitors at the Beijing Olympics four years ago. The number has risen to 76 and is expected to be 85 at the July 27-August 12 London Games.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In 13 events, 56 men and 20 women have booked their Olympic berths and the number is expected to go up further as quite a few disciplines are still in the process of holding their qualifiers. Sports minister Ajay Maken expects it to be 85.<br /><br />The Beijing number came down drastically because the Indian hockey team failed to qualify. This time around the eight times Olympic champions are through ad a 16-member squad has been named.<br /><br />The expectations will be high from the 11 shooters, five wrestlers and eight boxers. Rifle shooter Abinav Bindra, who won India's first individual gold medal in Beijing, will be looking for an encore. Another rifle shooter Gagan Narang and shot-gun exponent Ronjan Singh Sodhi are also potential medal prospects.<br /><br />Among the wrestlers, Beijing Games bronze medallist Sushil Kumar and 2012 Asian champion Yogeshwar Dutt are medal hopes.<br /><br />While boxer Vijender Singh, a bronze medallist in Beijing, five times women's world champion M.C.Mary Kom are also potential medal winners. For Mary Kom this is the first and definitely last opportunity to return with a medal from London. She can't ask for a better platform than to end her illustrious career on a high. Women's boxing has been included in the Olympics for the first time. <br /><br />The government has spent around Rs.238 crores on training the athletes and an additional Rs.20 crores on foreign coaches.<br /><br />List of athletes who have qualified so far:<br /><br /></p>.<div>Archery: <br /><br /></div>.<div>Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro and Jayanta Talukdar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Athletics:</div>.<div>Men's 20 km walk: Gurmeet Singh, Baljinder Singh, Irfan Kolothum Thodi<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's discus throw: Krishna Poonia, Seema Antil<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's discus throw: Vikas Gowda<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's shot put: Om Prakash Karhana<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 800m: Tintu Luka<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's triple jump: Renjith Maheshwary<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 3000 m steeplechase: Sudha Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's triple jump: Mayookha Johny<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 50km walk: Basanta Bahadur Rana or Sandeep Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's marathon: Ram Singh Yadav<br /><br /></div>.<div>Badminton<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's singles: Saina Nehwal<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's singles: Parupalli Kashyap<br /><br /></div>.<div>Mixed doubles: Jwala Gutta, Valiyaveetil Diju<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's doubles: Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa<br /><br /></div>.<div>Boxing<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's light flyweight(49kg): Devendro Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's bantamweight (56kg): Shiva Thapa<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's lightweight (60kg): Jai Bhagwan<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's light welterweight (64kg): Manoj Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's welterweight (69kg): Vikas Krishan Yadav<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's middleweight (75kg): Vijender Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's light heavyweight (81kg): Sumit Sangwan<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's flyweight (51kg): Mary Kom</div>.<div>Hockey (men):<br /><br /></div>.<div>Goalkeepers: Bharat Chetri (captain) and P.R. Sreejesh.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Defenders: V.R.Raghunath, Ignace Tirkey, Sandeep Singh.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Midfielders: Sardar Singh (vice captain), Gurbaj Singh, Birendra Lakra, Manpreet Singh.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Forwards: S.V. Sunil, Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Shivendra Singh, Danish Mujtaba, Tushar Khandker, Dharamvir Singh, S.K. Uthappa.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Stand-bys: Sarvanjit Singh and Kothajit Singh <br /><br /></div>.<div>Judo<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 63kg: Garima Chaudhary <br /><br /></div>.<div>Rowing: India has qualified two boats with up to three athletes in men's single sculls and lightweight double sculls<br /><br /></div>.<div>Shooting<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 50m rifle 3 positions: Sanjeev Rajput<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 50m rifle prone: Joydeep Karmakar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 10m air rifle: Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 25m rapid fire pistol: Vijay Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's double trap: Ronjan Sodhi<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's trap: Manavjit Singh Sandhu<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 25m pistol: Rahi Sarnobat, Heena Sidhu<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 10m air pistol: Annuraj Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's trap: Shagun Chowdhary<br /><br /></div>.<div>Swimming<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 100m freestyle: Virdhawal Khade<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 100m breaststroke: Sandeep Sejwal<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 200m freestyle: Aaron D'Souza or Virdhawal Khade<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 200m breaststroke: Sandeep Sejwal<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 1500m freestyle: Saurabh Sangvekar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Table tennis<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's singles: Soumyajit Ghosh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's singles: Ankita Das<br /><br /></div>.<div>Tennis<br /><br /></div>.<div>Mens' doubles: Leander Paes<br /><br /></div>.<div>Weightlifting:<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 69kg: Katulu Ravi Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 48kg: Ngangbam Soniya Chanu<br /><br /></div>.<div>Wrestling<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 55kg: Amit Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 60kg: Yogeshwar Dutt<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 66kg: Sushil Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 74kg: Narsingh Pancham Yadav<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's freestyle 55kg: Geeta Phogat</div>
<p>India had 56 competitors at the Beijing Olympics four years ago. The number has risen to 76 and is expected to be 85 at the July 27-August 12 London Games.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In 13 events, 56 men and 20 women have booked their Olympic berths and the number is expected to go up further as quite a few disciplines are still in the process of holding their qualifiers. Sports minister Ajay Maken expects it to be 85.<br /><br />The Beijing number came down drastically because the Indian hockey team failed to qualify. This time around the eight times Olympic champions are through ad a 16-member squad has been named.<br /><br />The expectations will be high from the 11 shooters, five wrestlers and eight boxers. Rifle shooter Abinav Bindra, who won India's first individual gold medal in Beijing, will be looking for an encore. Another rifle shooter Gagan Narang and shot-gun exponent Ronjan Singh Sodhi are also potential medal prospects.<br /><br />Among the wrestlers, Beijing Games bronze medallist Sushil Kumar and 2012 Asian champion Yogeshwar Dutt are medal hopes.<br /><br />While boxer Vijender Singh, a bronze medallist in Beijing, five times women's world champion M.C.Mary Kom are also potential medal winners. For Mary Kom this is the first and definitely last opportunity to return with a medal from London. She can't ask for a better platform than to end her illustrious career on a high. Women's boxing has been included in the Olympics for the first time. <br /><br />The government has spent around Rs.238 crores on training the athletes and an additional Rs.20 crores on foreign coaches.<br /><br />List of athletes who have qualified so far:<br /><br /></p>.<div>Archery: <br /><br /></div>.<div>Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro and Jayanta Talukdar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Athletics:</div>.<div>Men's 20 km walk: Gurmeet Singh, Baljinder Singh, Irfan Kolothum Thodi<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's discus throw: Krishna Poonia, Seema Antil<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's discus throw: Vikas Gowda<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's shot put: Om Prakash Karhana<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 800m: Tintu Luka<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's triple jump: Renjith Maheshwary<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 3000 m steeplechase: Sudha Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's triple jump: Mayookha Johny<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 50km walk: Basanta Bahadur Rana or Sandeep Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's marathon: Ram Singh Yadav<br /><br /></div>.<div>Badminton<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's singles: Saina Nehwal<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's singles: Parupalli Kashyap<br /><br /></div>.<div>Mixed doubles: Jwala Gutta, Valiyaveetil Diju<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's doubles: Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa<br /><br /></div>.<div>Boxing<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's light flyweight(49kg): Devendro Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's bantamweight (56kg): Shiva Thapa<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's lightweight (60kg): Jai Bhagwan<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's light welterweight (64kg): Manoj Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's welterweight (69kg): Vikas Krishan Yadav<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's middleweight (75kg): Vijender Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's light heavyweight (81kg): Sumit Sangwan<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's flyweight (51kg): Mary Kom</div>.<div>Hockey (men):<br /><br /></div>.<div>Goalkeepers: Bharat Chetri (captain) and P.R. Sreejesh.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Defenders: V.R.Raghunath, Ignace Tirkey, Sandeep Singh.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Midfielders: Sardar Singh (vice captain), Gurbaj Singh, Birendra Lakra, Manpreet Singh.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Forwards: S.V. Sunil, Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Shivendra Singh, Danish Mujtaba, Tushar Khandker, Dharamvir Singh, S.K. Uthappa.<br /><br /></div>.<div>Stand-bys: Sarvanjit Singh and Kothajit Singh <br /><br /></div>.<div>Judo<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 63kg: Garima Chaudhary <br /><br /></div>.<div>Rowing: India has qualified two boats with up to three athletes in men's single sculls and lightweight double sculls<br /><br /></div>.<div>Shooting<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 50m rifle 3 positions: Sanjeev Rajput<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 50m rifle prone: Joydeep Karmakar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 10m air rifle: Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 25m rapid fire pistol: Vijay Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's double trap: Ronjan Sodhi<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's trap: Manavjit Singh Sandhu<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 25m pistol: Rahi Sarnobat, Heena Sidhu<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 10m air pistol: Annuraj Singh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's trap: Shagun Chowdhary<br /><br /></div>.<div>Swimming<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 100m freestyle: Virdhawal Khade<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 100m breaststroke: Sandeep Sejwal<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 200m freestyle: Aaron D'Souza or Virdhawal Khade<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 200m breaststroke: Sandeep Sejwal<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 1500m freestyle: Saurabh Sangvekar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Table tennis<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's singles: Soumyajit Ghosh<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's singles: Ankita Das<br /><br /></div>.<div>Tennis<br /><br /></div>.<div>Mens' doubles: Leander Paes<br /><br /></div>.<div>Weightlifting:<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's 69kg: Katulu Ravi Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's 48kg: Ngangbam Soniya Chanu<br /><br /></div>.<div>Wrestling<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 55kg: Amit Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 60kg: Yogeshwar Dutt<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 66kg: Sushil Kumar<br /><br /></div>.<div>Men's freestyle 74kg: Narsingh Pancham Yadav<br /><br /></div>.<div>Women's freestyle 55kg: Geeta Phogat</div>
