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    9/20/24, 1:59 PM India at Paris Olympics 2024

    What were the Highlights of India’s Performance at Paris Olympics 2024?

    Indian Medal Winners at Paris Olympics 2024

    Indian athletes Medal Event

    Manu Bhaker Bronze Women’s 10m air pistol event

    Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh Bronze 10m air pistol mixed team event

    Swapnil Kusale Bronze Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions

    Indian hockey team Bronze Men’s hockey

    Neeraj Chopra Silver Men’s Javelin Throw

    Wrestling Men’s 57kg freestyle


    Aman Sehrawat Bronze
    event

    Note

    Neeraj Chopra secured a silver medal in javelin with a throw of 89.45m. This was his second
    Olympic medal, making him India's fifth two-time Olympic medallist.

    Manu Bhaker became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic shooting medal. She also
    became the first athlete from independent India to win two medals in a single Games by
    clinching a medal in both individual and mixed team events.

    India won three shooting medals, including the first-ever Olympic medal in the 50m rifle 3
    positions, achieved by Swapnil Kusale. This was the highest tally for India in shooting at the
    Olympics.

    Indian athletes competed in 69 medal events across 16 sports, such as archery, athletics,
    badminton, boxing, equestrian, golf, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table
    tennis, and tennis.

    Lakshya Sen became the first Indian to reach the semi-finals in men's badminton at the
    Olympics, finishing fourth.

    Wrestler Vinesh Phogat after reaching the final in the women’s 50 kg category, Phogat
    was disqualified for being overweight by 100 grams.

    To date, India has won a total of 41 Olympic medals. Notable milestones include Norman
    Pritchard's Silver Medals (1900 Paris), KD Jadhav's Bronze (1952 Helsinki), Karnam
    Malleswari's Bronze (2000 Sydney), Abhinav Bindra's Gold (2008 Beijing), and Neeraj Chopra's
    Gold (2020 Tokyo).

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    Men's Hockey has won 13 medals, including eight golds, and Wrestling has won eight
    medals. India's best-ever Olympic performance was at Tokyo 2020, with seven medals,
    including one gold. India's second-best performance was in the 2012 London
    Olympics when it won six medals(two silver and four bronze)

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