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India competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place in July–August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics after having made its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
India sent its largest delegation consisting of 119 athletes to the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] India registered its most successful performance in a single Games with seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze.
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports . [ 2 ]
The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021 after being postponed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 2,402 medals were won by 2,175 athletes in 339 events at the Games. [1]
Olympics bronze medalist Mary Kom with young sportsperson. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, P. V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics. She reached the Women's singles badminton final, which she lost to Carolina Marín of Spain on 19 August 2016. [10] She also became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal.
They, or at least their remnants, followed her to Indianapolis for the 2024 Olympic trials. Lydia Jacoby reacts after winning gold in the 100m breaststroke during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Balbir Singh Sr. was given this honour twice in 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, while Shiva Keshavan led the Indian contingent four times in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In the 1992 Summer Olympics , Shiny Abraham-Wilson became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee expects to add an Indian sponsor soon in a sign of the country's growing influence over the Olympics during a bid to host the 2036 Summer Games. The IOC ...