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11 LPU students part of Indian contingent at Tokyo Olympics
1 min readUpdated on Jul 26, 2021 15:52 IST
Eleven students from Lovely Professional University (LPU) have been selected as a part of the Indian contingent that is representing the country at the Tokyo Olympics, which is being held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
Eleven students from Lovely Professional University (LPU) have been selected as a part of the Indian contingent that is representing the country at the Tokyo Olympics, which is being held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
The students will participate in wrestling, hockey, athletics (javelin throw and sprinting) and paralympics. Indian freestyle wrestler Bajrang Punia, who is pursuing MA in public administration from LPU, will represent the country in wrestling, while Indian para-athlete Nishad Kumar who is doing his BA has been picked for paralympics high jump.
The Indian track and field athlete and a junior commissioned officer (JCO) in Indian Army, Neeraj Chopra (BA), is selected for javelin throw. Amoj Jacob (BPEd), the Indian sprinter specialising in the 400-metre and the 800-metre will take part in 4x400 metre relay race for men. Seven players of the Indian men’s hockey team are LPU students. These are hockey team captain, Manpreet Singh (MBA), Rupinderpal Singh (MBA), Harmanpreet Singh (MBA), Mandeep Singh (BA), Shamsher Singh (MBA), Dilpreet Singh (BA) and Varun Kumar (MBA).
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Ashok Mittal, Chancellor, Lovely Professional University, said, “We congratulate all our students for making it to the Indian contingent for Tokyo Olympics, and elated too that they are presently representing the country. We indeed feel proud that near 10% of the Indian Olympic participants are LPU students. The entire LPU community along with the nation is praying that they win medals at the Olympics and make us even more proud.”
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