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2024 Paris Olympic 

2024 Paris Olympic 

• Event Dates: 26 July – 11 August 2024

• Closing Ceremony: 11 August 2024, hosted by Thomas Bach in Paris.

• Host City: Paris, France (3rd time: 1900, 1924, 2024).

• Next Host City: Los Angeles, USA (3rd time: 1932, 1984, 2028).

Indian Performance

• Total Athletes: 117

• Medals Won: 6 (1 Silver, 5 Bronze)

• Rank: 71st in the medal tally.

• Key Indian Athletes:

  1. Manu Bhaker: Bronze in Women’s 10m Air Pistol

  2. Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh: Bronze in Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol

  3. Swapnil Kusale: Bronze in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions

  4. Indian Men’s Hockey Team: Bronze

  5. Neeraj Chopra: Silver in Javelin Throw

  6. Aman Sehrawat: Bronze in Men’s Freestyle 57 kg Wrestling

Medal Table Highlights

• Total Medals:

  • USA: 126 (40 Gold, 44 Silver, 42 Bronze)

  • China: 91 (40 Gold, 27 Silver, 24 Bronze)

  • India: 6 (0 Gold, 1 Silver, 5 Bronze)

Unique Features of 2024 Olympics

• Inaugural Ceremony: First outdoor opening ceremony along the Seine River.

• Participating Nations: 206 National Olympic Committees and IOC Refugee Olympic Team.

• Events: 32 sports, 329 medal events.

• New Sport: Breaking (Breakdancing) included.

Notable First-Time Medal Winners

• Albania: Bronze in Men’s 74 kg Wrestling

• Cape Verde: Bronze in Men’s 51 kg Boxing

• Dominica: Gold in Women’s Triple Jump

• Saint Lucia: Gold in Women’s 100m

Mascot and Motto

• Mascot: Olympic “Fried” (based on French Phrygian cap; colors from the French flag).

• Motto: “Alone we move faster, together we go further.”

Paris Paralympics 2024

17th Paris Paralympics 2024 – 

• Dates: Held from 28 August – 8 September 2024 in Paris, France.

• Organiser: International Paralympics Committee.

• Next Edition: 18th Paralympics in Los Angeles, USA, in 2028.

India’s Performance

• Total Medals: 29 (7 Gold, 9 Silver, 13 Bronze).

• Record: Surpassed the previous record of 19 medals from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

• India’s Rank: 18th in the medal tally.

• Top Country: China with 220 medals.

Indian Flag Bearers

• Opening Ceremony: Sumit Antil & Bhagyashri Jadhav.

• Closing Ceremony: Harvinder Singh & Preethi Pal.

Significant Achievements

• Navdeep Singh: Gold in Javelin F41 after Iranian disqualification.

• Harvinder Singh: First Indian archer to win gold at Paralympics.

• Preethi Pal: First Indian woman para-athlete to win two track & field medals (Bronze in 100m and 200m T35).

• Sumit Antil: Defended his gold in Javelin F64.

• Avani Lakhera: First Indian to defend her gold in SH1 Shooting (Tokyo & Paris).

• Mariyappan Thangavelu: First Indian para-athlete to win medals at 3 consecutive

Paralympics (Gold in Rio 2016, Silver in Tokyo 2020, Bronze in Paris 2024).

Notable Medal Winners

• Gold: Avani Lakhera (Shooting), Nitesh Kumar (Badminton), Sumit Antil (Athletics), Harvinder Singh (Archery), Dharambir (Athletics), Praveen Kumar (Athletics), Navdeep Singh (Athletics).

• Silver: Manish Narwal (Shooting), Nishad Kumar (Athletics), Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics), Suhas Yathiraj (Badminton), Sharad Kumar (Athletics), Pranav Soorma (Athletics).

• Bronze: Preethi Pal (Athletics), Rubina Francis (Shooting), Manisha Ramadass (Badminton), Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics).

Medal Distribution by Sport

• Athletics: 17 Medals (7 Gold, 6 Silver, 7 Bronze).

• Badminton: 5 Medals.

• Shooting: 4 Medals.

• Archery: 2 Medals.

• Judo: 1 Medal.

Global Medal Tally

• Top 3:

  • China (220 Medals, 94 Gold).

  • Great Britain (124 Medals, 49 Gold).

  • USA (105 Medals, 36 Gold).

Athletes from Rajasthan:

• Avani Lekhara: Shooting

• Krishna Nagar: Badminton player.

• Sandeep Chaudhary: Javelin thrower.

• Sundar Gurjar: Javelin thrower.

• Shyam Sundar Swami: Para archer.

• The IOC (International Olympic Association) on July 22, 2024 announced the conferment of the ‘Olympic Order’ on Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra.

• He will be given this honor on August 10, 2024 during the 142nd IOC session in Paris.

• Bindra is the second Indian to receive this honor; before this Indira Gandhi received this honor.

Achievements of Abhinav Bindra

• Beijing Olympics 2008: Gold medal in 10 m air rifle, first Indian to win an Olympic title.

• World Championship (Zagrev, Croatia 2006): Gold medal in 10 m air rifle.

• Commonwealth Games:

  • Manchester 2002: 10 m air rifle pairs – Gold medal.

  • Melbourne 2006: 10 m air rifle pairs – Gold medal.

  • Delhi 2010: 10 m air rifle pairs – Gold medal.

  • Glasgow 2014: 10m air rifle – Gold medal.

Other important information

• 2010-14: Member of ISSF Athletes Committee.

• 2014: Appointed President of ISSF.

• Member of IOC Athletes Commission since 2018.

• Awards and Honours

  • Arjuna Award: 2000.

  • Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna: 2002.

  • Padma Bhushan: 2009.

• Indian tennis legends Leander Paes and Vijay Amritraj have been included in the ‘International Tennis Hall of Fame’.

• They are the first Asian players to receive this honor.

Leander Paes

• Included in the Player category.

• Bronze medalist in 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

• Won 18 Grand Slam awards in career.

• Played many memorable matches in Davis Cup.

Vijay Amritraj

• Included in the Contributors category.

• Reached the men’s singles quarter-final twice in Wimbledon and US Open.

• Took India to the Davis Cup final in 1974 and 1987.

• His best singles ranking was 18.

Information about the Hall of Fame

• This honor is given to players who have made significant contributions to tennis.

• So far, 267 legendary players from 28 countries have been included in it.

• 9th edition: Women’s Cricket Asia Cup was held in Sri Lanka from 19-28 July 2024.

• Format: The tournament was played in T20 format.

Final match

• Match: India vs Sri Lanka

• Venue: Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla on 28 July.

• Winner: Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets to win the trophy for the first time.

• India’s achievements: India has won this tournament a maximum of 7 times.

• Bangladesh: Won the tournament 1 time (in 2018).

• Sri Lanka: Has lost in the final 5 times.

Match details

• Toss: India won the toss and batted first.

• India’s score: 165 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.

• Sri Lanka’s score: Achieved the target by losing 2 wickets with 8 balls remaining.

Awards

• Player of the Final: Harshitha Samarawickrama (Sri Lanka)

• Player of the Series: Chamari Atapadu (Sri Lanka)

Other details

• Leadership: The Indian women’s cricket team is led by Harmanpreet Kaur.

• Regulatory body: Asian Cricket Council

• Participating teams (8): India, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand.

• Tournament format: T20

• England’s James Anderson, the most successful fast bowler in Test history, announced his retirement from international cricket on 12 July 2024.

• The 2024 Wimbledon Championship (137th edition) was held in London from July 1 to July 14, 2024.

Key Results

• Men’s Singles

  • Winner: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

  • Runner-up: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

  • Score: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6

  • Alcaraz secured his fourth Grand Slam title.

• Women’s Singles

  • Winner: Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic)

  • Runner-up: Jasmine Paolini (Italy)

  • Score: 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

  • This is Krejčíková’s second Grand Slam title.

Doubles Results

• Former Indian cricket team captain and opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team.

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made the announcement in this regard on 9 July 2024.

• Gautam Gambhir has replaced former coach Rahul Dravid.

• Rahul Dravid’s tenure ended after the T20 World Cup.

• Gautam Gambhir will hold this post till the year 2027.

• Team India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from all three formats of international cricket on 24 August 2024.

• Shikhar started his career in ODI cricket against Australia in the year 2010. He played his last 

ODI against Bangladesh in the year 2022.

• Shikhar made his T20 debut against Sri Lanka in 2011, while he made his Test debut against Australia in the year 2013.

• During his career, he played 34 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20 matches.

Novak Djokovic

• Achievement:

• Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic completed the Golden Slam on August 4, 2024.

• Golden Slam:

  • Golden Slam: The person who wins all four Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and an Olympic medal is considered a Golden Slam winner.

• First player:

  • Djokovic became the 5th player to win the Golden Slam.

• First four players:

  • Rafael Nadal (Spain)

  • Serena Williams (USA)

  • Andre Agassi (USA)

  • Steffi Graf (Germany)

• First Golden Slam:

  • The first singles Golden Slam was achieved by Steffi Graf in the year 1988.

Lausanne Diamond League

• Date: August 22, 2024

• Venue: Lausanne Diamond League

• Neeraj Chopra’s performance: Season’s best throw 89.49m, silver medal

• Gold medalist:

  • Anderson Peters of Grenada, 90.61m

  • Anderson Peters: Two-time Lausanne 

Diamond League world champion, bronze medalist at Paris Olympics 2024

• Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic performance:

  • Silver medal with a throw of 89.45m at Paris Olympics 2024

  • Gold medalist: Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan (92.97m)

• On August 27, 2024, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah was elected unopposed as the President of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

• 35-year-old Jay Shah is the youngest president in ICC history.

• He will replace current President Greg Barclay of New Zealand in this post, whose term ends on November 30, 2024.

• Before Jay Shah, 4 Indians have held the post of ICC chief.

  •  Jagmohan Dalmiya was the ICC chief from 1997 to 2000, 

  • Sharad Pawar from 2010 to 2012, 

  • N Srinivasan from 2014 to 2015 and 

  • Shashank Manohar from 2015 to 2020. 

• Before 2015, the ICC chief was called the President. Now it is called Chairman.