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  2. India at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Indian athletes have appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920 and this edition of the Games marked the nation's 26th appearance at the Summer Olympics. [3] The Indian contingent for this year's games consisted of 117 athletes: 110 competitors and 7 alternate, in addition to 118 support staff and 22 officials.

  3. India at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. India at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics after having made its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics. India sent its largest-ever contingent consisting of 119 athletes competing across 18 sports in the Games. India entered an athlete for the fencing event for the first time in the Games history.

  5. No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country ...

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    Abhinav Bindra shows off India’s first-ever individual Olympic gold in the men's 10m air rifle shooting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008. - Desmond Boylan/Reuters

  6. India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics - Wikipedia

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    This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics. India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.

  7. Swimming in India - Wikipedia

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    Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj achieved direct qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a feat never achieved by any Indian swimmer before. [10] Dhinidhi Desinghu, the youngest member of the Indian Olympic contingent, and Srihari Nataraj will represent India in swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

  8. India should soon see its first Olympics sponsor, a sign of ...

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    The International Olympic Committee expects to add an Indian sponsor soon in a sign of the country's growing influence over the Olympics during a bid to host the 2036 Summer Games. The IOC ...

  9. Indian Olympic Association - Wikipedia

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    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 ...