Tokyo Olympics 2020: Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh React After Leading India in Opening Ceremony
The duo led a total of 127 Indian athletes in the opening ceremony of the showpiece event, a year after it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian athletes would be participating in a total of 18 events in this year's Olympics.
Indian hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and veteran boxer Mary Kom and were ecstatic to have led India in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and taking to Twitter, they expressed their thoughts on the event.
See Manpreet Singh's post here:
To be the flag bearer of your country at Olympic Games is an unquestionable honour - what an incredible feeling! #Tokyo2020 #HaiTayyar #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/HYAFa4qkjb
— Manpreet Singh (@manpreetpawar07) July 23, 2021
See Mary Kom's tweet here:
Here we go..It's officially open..#Tokyo2020 #cheers4india pic.twitter.com/VU1CGhaacm
— M C Mary Kom OLY (@MangteC) July 23, 2021
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