India’s Paris Olympics campaign ended with six medals — one silver and five bronze. The contingent still finished 71 overall in the Paris Olympics. The six-medal telly was one short of the record seven achieved in Tokyo. For India, medals were won in hockey, athletics, and wrestling.

Flagbearers at the closing ceremony of Paris Olympics: Manu Bhaker and Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran.

SHOOTING

India won three shooting medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh, and Swapnil Kusale contributing to this historic achievement.

Manu Bhaker won two shooting bronze; one in individual and the other in mixed team with Sarabjot Singh.  Swapnil Kusale also bagged a bronze in shooting. She became the first Indian woman to achieve an Olympic medal in shooting. Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh became the first Indian shooting pair to win an Olympic medal in shooting. This marked the first time India secured three medals in a single sport at any Olympic Games. Also, India earned its first-ever Olympic medal in the 50m rifle three positions event.

JAVELIN

Neeraj Chopra is India’s sole silver medallist in the 2024 Paris Olympics. He registered his season-best javelin throw record of 89.45m in the finals.Neeraj clinched India’s first gold in athletics at the Olympics in Tokyo three years ago. He is now the only Indian athlete to win two individual medals in athletics at Summer Games.

HOCKEY

India  men’s hockey team defeated Spain for bronze.

WRESTLING

Aman Sehrawat, secured a bronze medal. At 21, he became the youngest Indian medalist.

LEARNING FROM HOME/ BASICS

In the Olympic games, wrestling is India’s second-most successful sport. India won seven medals so far.

The first Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal was KD Jadhav(1952)

WRESTLING

Sushil Kumar’s bronze at Beijing 2008

Sushil Kumar – Silver medal at London 2012

Yogeshwar Dutt – Bronze medal at London 2012

Sakshi Malik – Bronze medal at Rio 2016

Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Silver medal at Tokyo 2020

Bajrang Punia – Bronze medal at Tokyo 2020

India has won 38 medals at the Olympics since the 1900 edition