Ahead of the Paris Olympics, here is the list of occasions and individuals who maintain first-rate chances of completing on the podium. 117 athletes representing India have embarked on some other Olympic marketing campaigns to the capital of France. The purpose? To higher the seven medals tally from 3 years ago at Tokyo 2020. Ahead of the Paris Olympics, here are the lists of activities and those of the top medals prospects representing India for Paris 2024.
Neeraj Chopra
Only the second Indian athlete to win a personal gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games, Neeraj Chopra is India’s most powerful contender going into Paris 2024. Despite having participated in at simplest 3 competitions in the leadup to the Olympics this year, Neeraj is a company contender given his consistency in polishing on the huge stage. His gold at Tokyo 2020 — before which he had already claimed the yellow medal at the Commonwealth and Asian Games — has been observed using gold and a silver at the World Championships, a gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year and lots of different accolades at occasions like the Diamond League.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
The big-name guys’s doubles duo of Indian badminton has one of India’s greatest chances to win a medal in badminton at Paris 2024. Having already won gold in the Commonwealth Games, Asiad, and Asian Championships, and played a pivotal function in India’s historical Thomas Cup win, an Olympic medal is lacking from their cabinet. Recent form favours them — the duo additionally clinched its maiden BWF World Super A Thousand Name remaining year, turning into the first men’s doubles pair from India to win a Super one thousand event. Also in their favour, they appear to have an affinity for the host city of the 2024 Olympics. “We constantly play nicely in Paris. The domestic crowd supports us. We’ve simply usually appreciated it and there’s a connection with the French crowd. We’ve played truly well and that run is right here to stay,” the duo had conceded to The Indian Express earlier this year.
Nikhat Zareen
The two-time boxing global champion is going into her first Olympic Games as one of the favourites in the women’s 50 kg class. A latest hot streak of wins — silver on the Strandja Memorial, a gold medal at the Elorda Cup in May, and any other at the Grand Prix held in the Czech Republic — makes a strong case for her turning into the first Indian boxer to say gold or silver on the Olympics.
Antim Panghal
One of the only Indian wrestlers seeded for Paris 2024, Antim holds a sturdy danger of medalling inside the ladies’ fifty-three kg category. In truth, winning a bronze medal in the World Championships over 12 months made her the first wrestler from India to qualify for the Olympics. The prodigious 19-12 months-vintage, who has already won the U-20 World Championships twice, also clinched a bronze medal at the Asian Games. Her competitive philosophy of looking to counter any state of affairs makes her a powerful opponent.
Sift Kaur Samra
Clinching gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Sift Kaur Samra had set a brand new World Record of 469.6 factors in the girls’s 50m rifle 3 function event. It became India’s first-ever person Asiad gold medal. The 22-year-old Vintage, as soon as a scientific aspirant, has received two bronze medals at the World Cup circuit (Munich 2024 and Bhopal 2023) and crowned the rigours for the Olympics.
10m air pistol blended group
The group of Sarabjot Singh/Manu Bhaker and Arjun Singh Cheema/Rhythm Sangwan holds the most promise for some of the Indian shooting contingent. The duo of Sarabjot and Arjun Singh will take self-assurance from a thrilling one-factor win over China at final year’s Asian Games to clinch gold. Rhythm Sangwan, whose bronze medal at Asia Olympics Qualification had earned India a document sixteenth quota in Shooting for Paris 2024, also bagged a gold in the 10m air pistol event on the World Championships remaining 12 months. Manu Bhaker appears to have gotten over the nightmare of Tokyo, having booked her ticket for Paris at the lower back of a file-breaking overall performance on the Olympic trials.
Indian men’s hockey team
Having ended their 4-decade-long Olympics medal drought at Tokyo, the Indian men’s hockey crew might be gunning to finish at the podium over again. This is despite being slotted alongside Australia, Argentina and Belgium in its organization. Since the Tokyo 2020 bronze medal, India has won a silver at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and completed top on the Asiad and the Asian Champions Trophy. Adding a 13th medal to the sector hockey tally — India’s most from one occasion at the Olympics — is a sensible opportunity with the presence of veterans along with PR Sreejesh, who’s playing his final event for India, and nonetheless holds the important thing to India’s achievement on the big degree.
Mirabai Chanu
Despite missing out on a medal at the remaining year’s Asian Games after picking an damage, Mirabai Chanu remains considered one of India’s biggest potentialities at Paris 2024. At Tokyo, 3 years in the past, it turned into Mirabai who had opened India’s account with a complete carry of 202 Kg in girls’s 49 Kg category. 12 months later, her gold medal-winning efforts at the Commonwealth Games saw her raise 201 Kg. 90 is a mark that is no longer just Neeraj Chopra however additionally Mirabai Chanu is seeking to contact as well in a seize try. “I will work on improving and recognising on getting 90kg and more. I assume I can cross up to ninety-one-92 kg,” she had informed The Indian Express a couple of years lower back. It might more than make up for the 2 hundred kg mark, which is in all likelihood to make certain a podium end in Paris.
