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2 days ago · In 2008, Abhinav Bindra won the nation’s first individual gold medal in shooting, setting new standards for Indian sports. In 2012, at the London Olympics, Saina Nehwal won India’s inaugural badminton Olympic medal. In the same Olympics, Shushil Kumar, Gagan Narang, Vijay Kumar, Mary Kom, and Yogeshar Dutt won a total of 6 medals.
3 days ago · For the first time in the history of the Games, India won a medal in Gymnastics, where Ashish Kumar won a Silver and a Bronze. And it was after a gap of 52 years that India won a Gold in Athletics when Krishna Poonia won Gold in Women's discus throw and when Geeta Phogat won India's first ever gold medal in women's wrestling.
Aug 31, 2024 · The Chef de Mission, Gagan Narang, Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar and several others including the president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Raja Randhir Singh, were present to ...
11 hours ago · AA. Follow us. Divyansh Singh Panwar, a 21-year-old air rifle shooter from Jaipur, prepares for the New Delhi ISSF World Cup Final after missing the Paris Olympics. With notable achievements ...
18 hours ago · In the final, Kanak won bronze with a score of 217.6, while Dagar finished eighth. Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yu-Chun won gold, while Slovakia’s Manja Slak bagged the silver. Indian shooters began their ISSF Junior World Championship (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) campaign in Peru on a good note, winning team gold in men’s and women’s 10m air pistol ...
1 day ago · Sushil Kumar won a silver medal to become the first Indian since independence with multiple individual Olympic medals. [72] Shooter Vijay Kumar won the other silver medal in shooting. [73] Amongst the bronze medalists, Saina Nehwal won India's first ever medal in badminton and boxer Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing.
6 days ago · Abhinav Bindra (born September 28, 1982, Dehradun, India) is an Indian rifle shooter and winner of the men’s 10-metre air rifle competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He is India’s first-ever individual Olympic gold medalist.
