Manu Bhaker and Tajinderpal Singh Toor Named India's Flag-Bearers for Asian Games 2026

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Shooter Manu Bhaker and shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor were named on 18 September 2026 as India's flag-bearers for the opening ceremony of the 20th Asian Games.
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The opening ceremony is on 19 September 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
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Bhaker won two bronze medals at Paris 2024, the first athlete of independent India to win two medals at one Olympics. Toor has won shot put gold at the last two Asian Games (Jakarta 2018, Hangzhou 2023).
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At Hangzhou the flag-bearers were hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and boxer Lovlina Borgohain.

●Event: 20th Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Opening ceremony on 19 September 2026
●Indian flag-bearers: Manu Bhaker (shooting) and Tajinderpal Singh Toor (athletics, shot put)
●Announced on 18 September 2026. Chef-de-mission Sahdev Yadav confirmed Bhaker, and the Athletics Federation of India confirmed Toor
●Bhaker: two bronze medals at Paris 2024 (10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team)
●Toor: men's shot put gold at Jakarta 2018 and Hangzhou 2023 (20.36 m), now going for a third straight title
●Previous flag-bearers (Hangzhou, 2023): Harmanpreet Singh and Lovlina Borgohain

18th edition, 2018

Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia

19th edition, 2022 (held 2023)

Hangzhou, China

20th edition, 2026

Aichi-Nagoya, Japan

21st edition, 2030

Doha, Qatar

22nd edition, 2034

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

First Asian Games

New Delhi, 1951. India also hosted in 1982

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)

Organises the Asian Games

Head: Randhir Singh (President, 2024-2028), the first Indian to hold the postHQ: Kuwait City

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Who broke the 30-year-old Asian Games men's 5,000m meet record in National Open Athletics Championships 2024?

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•Flag-bearers: Manu Bhaker and Tajinderpal Singh Toor. Opening ceremony 19 Sep 2026, Aichi-Nagoya
•Toor: shot put gold in 2018 and 2023. Bhaker: two bronzes at Paris 2024
•Next hosts: Doha 2030, Riyadh 2034

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In which sport has Tajinderpal Singh Toor, one of India's flag-bearers at the 2026 Asian Games, won two Asian Games gold medals?

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