Jonathan SelvarajJul 15, 2021, 10:58 PM ETEmailPrintThe 2020 Tokyo Olympics will feature India's biggest, and arguably their strongest contingent ever at the Games. While the shooters are expected to bring in the most number of medals, there are strong contenders across many other disciplines...
The 29-year-old athlete is a two-time Asian champion and also has two Asian Games gold medals. He is also a five-time national champion. Tajinderpal is in Group A of the shot put qualification round at the Paris 2024 Olympics. His group also features top-ranked Ryan Crouser of the USA...
A total of 172 top shuttlers from around the world were in action at the La Chapelle Arena during Paris 2024. Since the sport made its Olympic debut at Barcelona 1992, India have won three medals in badminton courtesy PV Sindhu (silver at Rio 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020) andSaina Neh...
Total number of medals won by India in Tokyo -- five golds, eight silvers and six bronzes, easily the most they have won in a single edition. India had previously won 12 medals in 11 editions that they had participated in. Their earlier record for a single edition was...
Shooting, weightlifting and hockey have been named among 10 non-medal sports, which will be part of the “engagement programme” in the YOG. In the 2018 Youth Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, India had won 13 medals (3 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze), out of which shooting had ...
you finish second or fourth it really doesn't matter, no one cares. But like at this event you need to be in the top 3. I didn't leave anything out there, I think I gave it my hundred percent, but, yeah, fourth at an Olympics where they gi...
Chandran, Manju Subhash
The 2024 Paris Olympics was a hard reckoning for India. The nation won just six medals and was71stin the overall medal tally. None of those medals was gold. Despite being theworld’s most populous nation, India has won only two gold medals in the last five Olympics. ...
India was first represented in the Summer Games in the 1900 Paris Olympics. Norman Pritchard was the sole representative from India, and he was able to win two silver medals in athletics, one for the men's 200m sprint and another in the 200m hurdles. ...
India has now won just41 Olympic medals in total since its debut in 1900, all at the Summer Games. “There is no doubt that India has been an underperformer in the Olympics and generally in global sports,” said Ronojoy Sen, author of “Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India....