Jul 25, 2024
India enter Paris 2024 on the back of their most successful Olympic performance at Tokyo 2020, where athletes from India won seven medals - one gold, two silvers and four bronze - in Tokyo.
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Over 100 athletes will represent India in 69 medal events across 16 sports at the Paris 2024 Olympics, which officially gets underway on July 26 in France.
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Neeraj Chopra, who won the men's javelin throw gold at Tokyo 2020, made history by becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in athletics.
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Chopra's gold medal was also only the second individual gold medal in India's history after Abhinav Bindra's success in men's 10m air rifle shooting at the Beijing 2008 Games.
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Neeraj, the reigning world and Asian Games champion, will be in Paris to defend his title and will be in action on August 6 and 8.
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Badminton star PV Sindhu will be chasing history in Paris and will be looking to become the first Indian to win three individual Olympic medals after a silver at Rio 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020.
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PV Sindhu says she is "going all-out" in her quest to become the first Indian to win an unprecedented third individual Olympic medal in Paris, drawing on her experience from a successful past.
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Indian men's hockey team won Bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics
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Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh confirmed that Paris 2024 will be his last international outing.
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Mirabhai Chanu secured a silver medal in 49 kg category at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 with a combined lift of 202 kg, becoming the first Indian weightlifter to get a silver medal in the Olympics.
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She went past Karnam Malleshwari's bronze in 2000 Olympics. A successful 115 kg lift in the clean and jerk competition also helped Chanu establish an Olympic record.
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Lovlina Borgohain, a bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics in the Welterweight category, is one of India's medal prospects going into the Paris Olympics 2024.
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Borgohain's confidence is backed by a series of remarkable performances, including a gold medal at the 2023 World Boxing Championships and a silver medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
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