August 29 is celebrated as National Sports Day in India as a mark of respect and tribute to India's 'wizard of hockey' Major Dhyan Chand. He was part of India's unbeaten run at the Olympic Games in 1928, 1932 and 1936 and played a massive role in helping the country win gold medals.
India concluded its Paris Olympics 2024 campaign with one silver and five bronze medals and finished 71st in the medal table. Jawed Ashraf, the Indian ambassador to France, talked about the 33rd Summer Games in an exclusive chat with India TV.
India TV Poll result: India bagged five bronze and one silver medals at the Paris Olympic Games. This was India's joint-second best performance at a single edition of the Olympics alongside its six medals at the London Games 2012. Check what India TV readers feel about this performance.
Anshu Malik bowed out of the Paris Olympics in the pre-quarter-final round in the 57kg freestyle event. Despite showing great determination, she lost to USA's vastly experienced Helen Louise Maroulis 2-7 in the round of 16. Before starting the preparation for LA 2028, she is willing to take a break.
Paris concluded the 33rd Olympic Summer Games with a memorable closing ceremony at the Stade de France with over 300 artists entertaining the 80,000 spectators. Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh carried India's flag at the Parade of Athletes.
Paris Olympics final medal table: USA topped the Olympic Games 2024 medal table with a total of 126 podium finishes. India finished in 71st place with six medals in all. Here are the top 10 nations in the medals tally at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Paris Olympic Games 2024 closing ceremony: The Olympic Games 2024 draw an end with the closing ceremony at the Stade de France stadium on August 11. After a thrilling action for nearly three weeks, the Games officially bid adieu to the world until the next time.
The United States of America claimed 40 golds to beat the Republic of China (39 golds) to be crowned as Paris Olympics 2024 winners on Sunday. The USA's women's basketball team defeated the hosts France in the last event of the 33rd Summer Games to pip out China.
Abhinav Bindra gave words of encouragement to the Indian contingent at the Paris Olympics. He gave pep talks to the shooters before their qualifying and medal events and also consoled those athletes who missed out on winning a medal in their respective categories.
Paris is set to bid farewell to the 33rd Summer Olympic Games on Sunday evening and will look to entertain fans for the one last time with a grand closing ceremony. Flag-bearers Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh will lead the Indian contingent during the Nation's Parade at the closing ceremony.
India's campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024 concluded after young wrestler Reetika Hooda's elimination in the women's 76 kg freestyle category on Saturday. India failed to win gold but bagged six medals to produce their joint second-best performance in the Olympic Summer Games.
The 18-year-old India Sardjoe won the first-ever match in breaking, the only sport to make its Olympic debut at the Paris Olympics 2024, but missed out a podium finish after a heartbreaking loss in the semi-final round.
The ace athlete Neeraj Chopra claimed India's only silver at the Paris Olympics 2024 and hopes another one for the wrestler Vinesh Phogat who was shockingly disqualified from her women's 50kg final bout on August 7.
Olympics 2024: Reetika Hooda gave a huge scare to the top-seeded Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan but went down to lose her quarterfinal bout despite the scoreline being 1-1 level. Check was she was not declared the winner despite not trailing on points to Aiperi.
After Aman Sehrawat's bronze in the men's 57kg wrestling, the Indian contingent hopes for one last medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 with Reetika Hooda featuring in the 76kg category on Saturday. She kicked off her campaign with an easy win and next faces the top-seeded wrestler in the quarters.
The 21-year-old Aman Sehrawat dominated Darian Toi Cruz of Puerto Rico in the men's 57 kg bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics and continued India's medal tradition in wrestling at the Summer Games on Friday.
Aman Sehrawat has lived up to all the expectations and has secured India's sixth medal at the Paris Olympics. This was his maiden Olympic appearance and the 21-year-old has made it memorable for himself. He defeated Darian Toi Cruz of Puerto Rico in the bronze medal match.
Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from competing in the final of the 50kg freestyle wrestling for weighing 100 grams more. A lot has happened since then with the Indian athlete appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to award her a shared silver medal.
India's ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified hours before her final bout in the women's 50kg category after being weighed 100 gms more at the Paris Olympics. Vinesh approached the Court of Arbitration for Sports and appealed for silver on Thursday.
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem became the first athlete from his country to bag an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. He pipped Neeraj Chopra to take the Javelin gold in the Paris Games. Pakistan went past India in the medals tally. Know the reason here.
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