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India won six medals in total including one silver and five bronze, three of which come from shooting. This was India's joint second highest total medal haul after the previous Games. [10] Manu Bhaker won the first medal for India in the women's 10 m air pistol event. She won a bronze medal and became the first woman shooter to win an Olympic ...
Follow for live updates. Breaking, commonly known as breakdancing, makes its Olympic debut today when the B-girls take the stage. ... B-Girl 671 of China defeated B-Girl India of the Netherlands ...
IOC member Tricia Smith and honorary IOC member Richard Pound are both Canadian citizens holding Canadian passports. Following the 2023 Canada–India diplomatic crisis, India announced that it would not grant visas to Canadian citizens after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged Indian government involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was a Canadian citizen.
If India's bid is approved, it would be the first time India hosted the Olympic Games. [29] The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Authority of India has proposed including some native Indian sports in the 2036 Olympics, including yoga , kabaddi and kho-kho , as well as other sports popular in India, such as chess , T20 cricket and squash ...
India women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the 50-kilogram Olympic wrestling final after failing to make weight Wednesday, creating a ripple effect on the medal matches and ...
India's Vinesh Phogat (left) celebrates victory against Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez during the wrestling women's freestyle 50kg semifinal during the 2024 Olympics at Champs-de-Mars Arena on Aug ...
India sent 48, 46 and 52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In between, India returned to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years.
Vinesh Phogat, the Indian women's wrestler who qualified for the Olympic final at 50 kilograms and then was disqualified for barely missing weight, announced her retirement on social media on ...