With the Olympic fever already spread across the world, people are eager to witness the London Olympics opening ceremony which were marked by the cacophonous sounds of the Big Ben's deep and pearly bongs.

Final designs of what the athletes representing India would wear had been pondered over for quite a long time before they were approved. It had been decided that the colors that represent each sport would be different and the colors would also depict the nature of the sport in a few cases. Red had been used a lot to reflect the energetic and sporty character. Green and Saffron the colors of the Tiranga, would also be used at large. Badminton players have excessive shades of grey in their jerseys while Hockey would be represented by the traditional blue.

Dhirraj Nangia, business coordinator, Dida sportswear, kit manufacturers for the Olympic contingent said that they thought of something innovative and something other than the Indian Flag with the basic theme being "Empowering India".

Here are the colors of the jerseys finalized for the athletes in the Olympic Village.

Badminton:
The jerseys will be red and grey, while the sleeves will carry the saffron and green tiranga motif.

Archery:
The T-shirts will be predominantly red with saffron and green sleeves, while the trackpants will be navy blue.

Athletics:
The vests and tights will be navy blue with saffron and green colour themes on them.

Hockey:
The team will turn out in traditional blue, as required by the IHF, with a tricolour theme
Boxing, Wrestling Boxers and wrestlers will turn out in the universal colours of the sport - red and royal blue.

Windcheaters

Casuals: Casual wear for the contingent comes in two basic colours - white and navy blue. The highlights on both are saffron and green.

Windcheaters: Navy blue with saffron piping and stitching.

Quite empowering actually. Let us all hope and pray that India would as many medals as they can.

(AW- Anil)