Only six officials from the Indian contingent are allowed to take part in the opening ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday (Aug. 24), Chef de Mission Gursharan Singh said yesterday. India will thus have 11 members participating in the opening ceremony, the remaining five being athletes.
The Opening Ceremony is scheduled to begin around 4.30 pm (IST). There is no cap on the number of athletes for the opening ceremony but only seven Indian participants have reached Tokyo so far. Of those 7, two TT players — Sonal Patel and Bhavina Patel — have competition on Wednesday and will not take part in the ceremony, during which Japanese Emperor Naruhito will declare Games open.
