While the Australian and American athletes had a rather difficult time reaching the Olympic Village in London, there was no such trouble for the 81 member Indian contingent as the first batch of the athletes, led by Beijing Games gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, checked in to the Olympic Games Village in London on Monday evening.Deputy chef de mission of the Indian contingent, Col PK Muralidhar Raja, said the athletes had their first training session on Tuesday. The official welcome ceremony for the Indian contingent will be held on July 22. The Indian delegation, Raja informed, had requested the organisers to reschedule it on July 25 so that majority of the athletes could be a part of it. But the organisers expressed their inability to do so as there are no free slots available.
News On AIR | July 18, 2012 1:49 PM
Olympics: First batch of athletes of Indian contingent arrives in London