Team India will once again take to the field in the multi-sport extravaganza starting from July 26 and concluding on August 11. India will look to outdo its tally of seven medals from 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which included a gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
The Indian mixed recurve team, consisting of Bhajan Kaur and Dhiraj Bommadevara, defeated the Mexico duo of Alejandra Valencia and Matias Grande by 5-3 in the bronze medal match. Recurve archery is an Olympic event as well.
Treesa and Gayatri, ranked 30th in the world, upset world no 2 combinations of Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee of South Korea in the pre-quarters and then fought back from a losing position to pack off the sixth seed and Olympic and world championship bronze medallists Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yo
Jabir, a Tokyo 2020 Olympian, won the A final in 49.94 seconds, beating Asian Championships bronze medalist T Santhosh Kumar, who finished second in 50.14.
In a phenomenal display, the Indian contingent that competed in the Asian Championship 2024, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, won a total of 7 medals including 1 Gold and 6 Bronze Medals). The Indian contingent was competing under the banner of the People's
Three-time Olympian Deepika Kumari suffered a defeat in her women's individual recurve archery bronze medal match, losing to Mexico's Alejandra Valencia by a 4-6 scoreline.
National championships bronze medallist Abhimanyu Loura displayed his never-say-die attitude to pack off Bulgaria's Kristiyan Nikolov in a thrilling first-round clash in the 80kg category in the second Boxing World Qualifiers in Bangkok on Saturday.
The flurry of medals in India's tally continued after Rinku Hooda secured a bronze medal in the Men's F-46 Javelin Throw event in the ongoing Kobe 2024 World Para Athletics Championships on Friday.
Indian para shuttler and Asian Para Games 2023 bronze medalist Mandeep Kaur said that India's medal tally at the upcoming Paris Paralympics will be "double-digit" for sure.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday congratulated para-swimmer, Binit Roy for winning a bronze medal in CITI Para Swimming World Series Championship in Singapore.
Four Indian men pugilists Yaiphaba Singh Soibam, Abhishek Yadav, Vishal and Gaurav Chauhan ended their Elorda Cup 2024 campaign with bronze medals after going down in their respective semi-finals
Parveen Hooda, who had won a quota for Paris 2024 by winning the bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Games has been suspended for 22 months by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for Whereabouts Failures