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Bhakat was the highest ranked Indian in the women's individual event after she qualified in 11th with 666 points followed by Kaur in 22nd and Kumari in 23rd. [24] Their combined score resulted in a fourth seeding for the team event.
Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal at 1928 Olympics. India made its first appearance at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of British India (1858-1947), becoming the first Asian nation to participate in the Olympic Games. [1] A lone athlete Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two silver medals in athletics. [2]
[180] [181] Prakash was the first Indian swimmer to qualify directly for the Olympic Games and this was his second Olympic Games after he participated in the 2016 Olympics on a universality quota. [179] [181] Woman swimmer Maana Patel received an entry into the women's 100 m backstroke event via a universality invitation from FINA. [182]
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]
He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by jumping 8.37m to get a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Athletic Championships. But he injured his knee on 16 April 2024 which requires a surgery, and has been ruled of Olympic participation. [15] Later on 26 April 2024, he underwent a successful knee surgery in Doha. [16]
India women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top five finish at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, signifying its historic Olympic comeback after 36 years. [23] Team roster. The following is the Indian roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [24]
In August, at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, she registered a personal best time and national record in 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:15.31, in the process, qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [6] At the Hangzhou Asian Games in October 2023, she claimed gold in the 5000 m event and silver in 3000 m steeplechase. [7]
Dipa Karmakar (born 9 August 1993) [1] is an Indian former artistic gymnast. [5] She is the first Indian female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games. At the 2016 Olympics, in the vault event, she missed a medal by just 0.15 points. [6] Karmakar is one of only five women in the world to have mastered the Produnova vault. [7]