Modern Pentathlon: India is not in contention.
Rowing: Rowing Federation of India recently lifted its 2-year ban on Dattu Baban Bhokanal. He qualified for Rio Olympic, so hoping that he is able to replicate his performance at upcoming qualifiers, 1 quota in Rowing.
Rugby Sevens: India is not in qualification contention.
Sailing: A quota is unlikely in Sailing. But do watch out for Nethra Kumanan at Asian Championship. 2 quotas are available in Laser Radial class event and Nethra has a chance to achieve it.
Shooting: India has already got 15 quotas. We predict India will get another via rankings in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men event. So, total 16 quotas.
Skateboarding: India is not in contention for Olympic quotas.
Softball: India is not in contention.
Sports Climbing: India is not in contention.
Surfing: Though one qualification event is yet to happen, unfortunately India is not in contention.
Swimming: Currently no India swimmer has achieved Olympic qualification time (OQT). However, 4 Indians have achieved the B-mark (Olympic selection time) – Kushagra Rawat & Advait Page in 800m freestyle, Sajan Prakash in 200m freestyle, Srihari Natraj in 100m backstroke. Based on rankings, FINA will allocate extra quotas to those who have achieved B-mark. If India gets a quota through this route will only be known in June. But due to universality places, India can have 2 swimmers at Tokyo. So, 2 members in swimming for sure.
Table Tennis: India had a golden opportunity to get team qualification in January. However, it did not materialize. Now, we are looking at getting singles qualification in April. Our prediction is 2 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles players should qualify. So, 4 Indians in TT.
Taekwondo: Asian Qualification tournament is still left but India is unlikely to get a quota as per current rankings.
Tennis: Saina Mirza can qualify in Women’s Doubles through protected ranking. So, 2 women will go in Tennis. In singles, it is unlikely that anyone will qualify given current ranking. In Men’s doubles, Bopanna and Divij are around rank 50 in the world. They need to be in top 25 for a chance. So being on the conservative side, 2 Indians in Tennis at Tokyo Olympics.
Triathlon: India is not in contention.
Volleyball: India is out of qualification contention in Volleyball.
Water Polo: India is not in contention.
Weightlifting: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is currently in direct Olympic qualification spot in Women’s 49 kg category. Jeremy Lalrinnunga has chance at continental qualification spot in Men’s 67 kg category. So, hoping that he get it, 2 quotas in Weightlifting.
Wrestling: 4 Indians have already qualified. There are still 14 categories where India can get a quota. India can hope for 4 more quotas ( 1GR, 2 W, 1 FS) in upcoming Asian and World qualifiers.
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