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Minister of Sports Kiren Rijiju with the athletes during the unveiling of the official kit in New Delhi on 3 June 2021. The Indian Olympic Association was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1927. [1] The nation made its Summer Olympics debut in the 1900 Olympics at Paris with a lone athlete participating in the Games. [2]
For the 2016 Summer Olympics, India sent more than 100 athletes for the first time with 117 competitors. [79] [80] India won two medals including a silver and a bronze. [81] [82] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and the youngest Indian woman medalist after she won a silver medal in badminton.
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports . [ 2 ]
Patiala, India [23] 2000 m steeplechase: 5:49.23 Atul Gamit: 6 November 2019 Indian U18 Championships Mangalagiri, India [24] 3000 m steeplechase: 8:18.12 Avinash Sable: 30 July 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan [25] [26] 8:16.21 Avinash Sable: 23 March 2022 Indian Grand Prix 2 Thiruvananthapuram, India [27] 8:12.48 Avinash Sable: 5 June 2022
Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) by throwing his best of 87.58 meters in the javelin throw final. Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal.
The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021 after being postponed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic.In total, 2,402 medals were won by 2,175 athletes in 339 events at the Games.
Sending teams to the Olympics: In its first decade, the Indian Olympic Association selected sportspersons to represent India at the Olympic Games in 1928, 1932, and 1936. Subsequently, by 1946–47, the Indian Olympic Association took responsibility only to send the Indian team to the Olympics (principally, this meant arranging transport, board ...
The Indian Olympic Association was established in 1927 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee in the same year. [1] It is the country's National Olympic Committee. [2] India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi. It disbanded on 26 November 1981 and was ...