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India competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, held from 26 July to 11 August 2024.The country made its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics.Indian athletes have appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920 and the Paris Games edition marked India's 26th appearance at the Summer Olympics.
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.
Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event. [25] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event. [26]
Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920 and this edition of the Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics. [4] Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
India competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. The country's participation in Beijing marked its eleventh appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in 1964. [a] [b] The India team consisted of one male alpine skier, Arif Khan, who was the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. He ...
When an athlete makes a gold medal match at the Olympics, a silver medal is typically seen as a happy worst-case scenario. It wound up being much worse for India's Vinesh Phogat.
The 2025 National Games of India, also known as the 38th National Games of India and informally as the Uttarakhand 2025, will be held in the state of Uttarakhand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Host selection
This is a list of track and field athletes of India who participated in the Summer Olympics. This category should only be used for Olympians of India participating in athletics (sport) . All other Olympians of India should be categorized into an appropriate subcategory.