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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.
Neeraj Chopra won India's first athletic gold medal in 2020 and followed up with a silver in 2024. India sent its largest delegation consisting of 119 athletes to the 2020 Summer Olympics. [86] [87] [88] India registered its most successful performance in a single Games with seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze. [89] [90 ...
India competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This was India's third appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having made its last appearance in 2016. The Indian team consisted of one male alpine skier.
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 24 July. [1] Athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the games. [2]
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]
In 2024, the wide, wide world of sports saw repeat champions, first-time titlists, a grand Paris summer and some epic fails. The winners and losers:
She gained wide recognition after her performance at the 2024 Olympics where she became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympics medal by winning a bronze in the 10m pistol event. [2] She won another bronze in the 10m pistol mixed team event, thus becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single Olympic Games. [3]
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