The occasions for Indian athletes have concluded, with the contingent wrapping up their Paris Olympics marketing campaign with 6 medals. A choice on Vinesh Phogat’s attraction continues to be pending.
Over greater than two weeks and quite a few occasions, Indian sports activities followers skilled a storm of feelings, happiness, pleasure, and sorrow. The journey started with pleasure because the nation celebrated a bronze in capturing, and topped with combined feelings after the javelin throw remaining, the place Neeraj Chopra received a silver. Each Indian was left with a mix of delight and hope.
With Reetika Hooda falling in need of a medal, failing to enter the repechage spherical of Saturday, the Indian contingent lastly packs their luggage and bids adieu to the Paris Olympics with 6* medals. This isn’t higher than the Tokyo Olympics, the place we received 7 medals together with 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals.
The seventh medal for India is dependent upon vinesh Phogat’s verdict. Vinesh nonetheless has an opportunity to safe a silver medal in wrestling and make it 7. The Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has postponed its resolution on Vinesh Phogat’s attraction towards her disqualification from the Olympic finals till thirteenth August.
Up to now, India has completed its Paris Olympic marketing campaign with six medals, together with 5 bronze and one silver.
Manu Bhaker began the rally
India’s shooter Manu Bhaker was the primary athlete to win a medal for India on the Paris Olympics. She received bronze within the girls’s 10m air pistol capturing occasion, turning into the primary feminine athlete to win a capturing medal for India.
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh safe second medal
Manu Bhaker, alongside Sarabjot Singh, secured India’s second medal on the Paris Olympics by successful bronze within the 10m air pistol combined workforce occasion. This marked the primary time {that a} workforce occasion in capturing introduced house a medal for India on the Olympics.
Swapnil Kusale brings house one other bronze
Swapnil Kusale clinched India’s third bronze medal on the Paris Olympics 2024, securing third place within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions occasion. This accomplished a hat-trick of capturing medals for India, a primary in Olympic historical past.
Hockey Workforce didn’t disappoint
After Swapnil’s bronze, a medal drought appeared imminent, with a number of shut calls, together with fourth-place finishes by the shotgun workforce, Lakshya Sen, and the archery combined workforce. The Indian hockey workforce additionally misplaced their semi-final match to Germany. Nonetheless, they bounced again to win the bronze medal match towards Spain with a 2-1 victory, reigniting hopes for extra medals.
Neeraj Chopra wins Silver
India’s golden boy, Neeraj Chopra, received the silver medal within the males’s javelin throw with a throw of 89.45m. The nation had combined emotions—pleasure for the silver, however a tinge of disappointment as Neeraj couldn’t defend his Olympic gold.
Aman Sehrawat wins bronze
The story ended with a bronze from Aman Sehrawat, the youngest Indian to win a person medal on the Olympics. Aman clinched the bronze within the males’s 57kg freestyle wrestling after defeating Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico with a rating of 13-5.
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