India has a golden opportunity in Paris Olympics
Paris Olympics 2024: It is not just a few days but only a few hours left for the Paris Olympics 2024 to begin. Its colourful start will be on 26th July at around 11 pm Indian time. After this, more than 10 thousand athletes from all over the world will engage in a battle to outdo each other. Talking about India, this time 117 players have reached Paris with the hope of winning medals. However, if we talk about the last Olympics, it was played in the year 2021, in which Indian players performed brilliantly and won 7 medals, but still some work was left, to complete which Indian athletes are ready to put in all their efforts.
India has never won more than one gold in a single Olympics
Talking about the history of Olympics, India has never returned with more than one gold medal. In the Paris Olympics, India has a chance to bring two gold medals for the first time. Neeraj Chopra, who reached Paris with India’s hopes, has a chance to become the first Indian athlete to bring two gold medals. Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has achieved many successes recently. He can become the first Indian to win two individual Olympic golds.
No female player has won gold in the Olympics
Now know one more thing. Women from India have never won a gold medal in the Olympics. Women have won two silver and six bronze medals in the Olympics. Indian women players have a great opportunity to achieve this feat in Paris. India’s badminton star player PV Sindhu has won silver once and bronze medal once. Before leaving for Paris, PB Sindhu had also said that she would try to change the color of her medal this time. She was referring to gold. Who knows, Sindhu may become the first female player to win the first gold for India. In Paris, India also has the opportunity to win the first badminton gold medal in the Olympics. In badminton, India has star players like PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty pair, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy.
Boxing may get its first Olympic gold
India has not won any gold in boxing yet. Paris is an opportunity for Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain to achieve this feat. Both boxers know how to win on the big stage. Lovlina won a bronze medal in Tokyo. India has many talented players in archery. India hopes to end the wait for its first archery medal in Paris.
This time Indian athletes will try to win 10 medals
India has won a total of 35 medals in the history of Olympics so far. Out of these, 10 are gold. In the 2020 Olympics, which were held in 2021, India won a total of seven medals, which was its best performance in the history of Olympics. But if the number of medals touches the double digits this time, then what can be said. The hopes of crores of Indians are attached to these athletes. It remains to be seen how many medals India manages to win by August 11.
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