Mumbai's Deepak Shinde, 25, and Himani Parab, 20, will lead the Indian men’s and women’s teams respectively to demonstrate the sport of mallakhamb during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, Dr Ramesh Indoliya, president of the Mallakhamb Federation of India (MFI), confirmed on Tuesday.

“We [MFI] had an online meeting with the Tokyo Olympics organising committee on Sunday and they gave us the green signal. They told us to be ready for the event,” 
Indoliya told mid-day on Tuesday.