India’s medal contenders at Paris Olympics 2024: The world’s biggest sports event, the Olympics, is being held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August. India has sent a team of 117 players to the Paris Olympics. All eyes will be on how many medals India will win this time. India’s 117-member team includes half of the players from three sports – athletics (29), shooting (21) and hockey (19). Out of these 69 players, 40 players are participating in the Olympics for the first time.
India has won a total of 35 medals in the Olympic Games so far. Of these, only shooters Abhinav Bindra (2008) and Neeraj Chopra (2021) have won individual gold medals.
India won 7 medals in the Tokyo Olympics. This was India’s best performance in Olympic history. In such a situation, the question is whether India will be able to do better than the performance of the last Olympics this time. The biggest question will be whether India’s medal tally will reach double digits. However, India is participating in many sports.
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But there is a strong hope of medals in some sports. Let us tell you, in which sports can India win medals? Let us tell you
The drought in shooting will end, so many medals will come
21 Indian players will present their challenge in shooting. Manu Bhaker is considered a medal contender among them. India is hoping for medals in many shooting events. But in both the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, Indian players returned empty-handed. This time Sift Kaur Samra is participating in the 50m air rifle three position. She is the world cup holder of this event. Gold is expected from her.
At the same time, India can also win silver or bronze medal in the 10 meter air rifle mixed team (Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal) event.
Manu Bhaker is participating in three events 10 meter air pistol, 50 meter air pistol, 10 meter mixed air pistol.
Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar is participating in 50 meter rifle 3 position, he is also expected to win at least silver and bronze medal.
Expected medals: 4-5 (1 gold)
4 medals expected in badminton
In this game, India’s doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy are expected to win a gold or silver medal. Both of these pairs have been gold medal winners in Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. In such a situation, this Indian pair is a contender to win a gold or at least a silver medal.
Although PV Sindhu is not in form, she is a big stage player, so India will expect a third medal from her. Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy can make a splash in singles. That means these two can also win 2 medals. After almost two decades, a badminton player is going to play in men’s singles.
Expected Medals: 4 (1 Gold Medal)
Responsibility on Mirabai’s shoulders in weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu is the only weightlifter from India in the Olympic team. In such a situation, if she wins the second medal this time too, she will become the third Indian to win 3 medals. Mirabai could not play in the Asian Games 2022 due to injury. In such a situation, she is a contender to win at least a silver medal in weightlifting.
Possible medals: 1
Zareen and Lovlina will shower punches in boxing
India is expected to win two medals in boxing. One of these hopes is from Lovlina Borgohain and the other from Nikhat Zareen. Nikhat can win gold for India in the 50 kg category, as she is currently the world champion in this category.
Lovlina, who won a bronze medal in Tokyo, may face a tough draw. In the 75 kg category, she may face the number 1 seed player in the quarter-finals. But she can at least bring a bronze medal for India by reaching the semi-finals. At the same time, Amit Panghal, who has been world number 1 in boxing (51 kg), is also a contender for a medal.
Expected medals: 2 (1 gold)
Panghal and Phogat are in charge of wrestling
Antim Panghal is considered a strong contender to bring a medal for India in wrestling. She was a bronze medalist in the 53 kg category of the Asian Games and World Championship. In such a situation, at least a bronze medal is expected from her in the Olympics. On the other hand, Vinesh Phogat has had a very difficult last year, so she would also like to silence her critics by winning a medal.
India has won medals in wrestling in the last four Olympic Games, but this time the preparations of the players have not been favorable due to protests against the Wrestling Federation of India.
Despite this, Anshu Malik, Antim Panghal and Aman Sehrawat are considered to be India’s best contenders. Under-23 world champion Ritika Hooda can also prove to be a dark horse.
Possible medals: 2
Expectations from Neeraj Chopra in athletics
India will once again have expectations from Neeraj Chopra in the javelin event of athletics. He had proved his mettle in the world by winning the gold medal in this event in the Tokyo Olympics. After this, he won gold in many events. In such a situation, he will be expected to win a medal in the Paris Olympics once again.
Even though Neeraj has not been able to throw the javelin for a distance of 90 meters yet, he has performed well consistently. He has been performing better than his competitors in big competitions and he has a great chance to become the third Indian player to win a medal in two consecutive Olympic Games. Earlier, only wrestlers Sushil Kumar (2008 and 2012) and Sindhu (2016 and 2021) have been able to achieve this feat.
Track and field athletes, especially Avinash Sable, have performed well recently, but their performance compared to their global rivals does not seem to be enough to make them medal contenders.
Steeplechaser Sable is constantly improving his own national record. His best performance is 8:09.94, but there are 7 international runners who have achieved better timing than him. In such a situation, his reaching the final will also be considered a big achievement.
Possible medals: 1
Medal will come again in hockey
The Indian men’s hockey team won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. In such a situation, this time too the Indian team would like to at least repeat its last performance in Paris.
In hockey, India ended a 41-year-long wait by winning a bronze medal in the last Olympic Games, but recently the team’s performance has lacked consistency. Converting penalty corners into goals and maintaining momentum is the biggest concern of the team.
Not only this, the Indian team has been placed in a difficult group with Australia, Belgium, Argentina, New Zealand and Ireland. In such a situation, even a small mistake can cost the team heavily.
Possible medals: 1
In other sports, archery and table tennis players have made it to the games on the basis of their rankings. India has been continuously participating in the Olympic Games in archery but it is still waiting for its first medal.