Paris Olympics: Six medals and six near misses; India finishes 71st in medal tally
The Hindu
Paris 2024: Indian athletes shine with six medals, near misses, and heartbreaks, highlighting potential for future success.
Paris 2024 will be remembered for the six medals which brought joy to the Indians as well as the six fourth place finishes that resulted in heartbreaks.
A medal less than what the country got in the previous edition may have restricted the celebrations in the Indian camp, but the mixed bouquet of hits and near misses paint a promising picture of Indian sports.
Neeraj Chopra, Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh, Swapnil Kusale, Aman Sehrawat and the Indian hockey team contributed in the six medals, including a silver and five bronze, and gave reasons to celebrate. India managed the 71st place on the medals tally. In Tokyo, one gold, two silver and four bronze had placed the country at the 48th spot in Tokyo three years ago.
Shooters Manu (25m sports pistol), Arjun Babuta (10m air rifle) and the mixed team pair of Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan (skeet), the archery mixed team pair of Ankita Bhakat and B. Dhiraj, shuttler Lakshya Sen and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu lost their respective bronze medal contests to miss podium finishes by a whisker.
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