Star shooter Manu Bhaker gave a shout-out to actor Kartik Aaryan for his inspiring performance in 'Chandu Champion', the story of India's first-ever Paralympics gold medallist, Murlikant Petkar. "
Khattar expressed his delight at Manu's record-breaking performance, which led to her securing a place on the podium twice. He also expressed hope that she would achieve even greater success at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, aiming for a gold medal.
India's first individual Olympic Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra heaped praise on the Indian contingent following the completion of the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
India's campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024 ended with six medals, a tally one short of the record total from Tokyo 2020. It is, however, India's third-best outing at the Summer Games after Tokyo 2020 and London 2012.
Team India finished their Paris Olympics campaign with six medals which included one silver and five bronze medals. The country sent a total of 117 contingents to compete in different events at the marquee event.
The ceremony got underway with a classic musical performance and the France swimmer Leon Marchand, starting to bring the Olympic flame in a lantern to the Stade de France where the closing ceremony is being held.
In the second place is China, who ended their campaign with 40 golds, 27 silver and 24 bronze medals, making it a total of 91 medals. The third place was bagged by Japan, who took home 20 golds, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals, which is a total of 45 medals. The Indian contingent finished at
After sending a total of 117 Indian athletes to the Paris Olympics, which ran from July 26 to August 11, India could only win six medals - a silver and five bronze - at the Summer Games.
India's shooting ace Manu Bhaker scripted history earlier when she became the first Indian to win two medals at the same Olympics. Bhaker and her partner Sarabjot Singh secured bronze in the 10 M Air Pistol Mixed team event.