Hyderabad: At the Paris Olympics, India won six medals - one silver and one bronze. This tally could increase to seven if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) gives a decision in Vinesh Phogat's favour. However, India's performance fell short in comparison to the Tokyo Olympics where India clinched a total of seven medals including a gold in athletics.
The fortnight began with high hopes for two medals from Manu Bhaker, but it ended on a disappointing note with Reetika Hooda being eliminated from the women's 76 kg wrestling quarterfinal despite the scores being level at 1-1. Reetika's opponent won the quarterfinal bout via the last-point scored rule.
Here's a summary of India's performance at the Paris Olympics in numbers:
1 - Manu Bhaker became the first Indian to win multiple medals in the same edition since independence, Norman Pritchard also achieved this feat in Paris in 1900. Manu also became the first woman to clinch a medal in a shooting event while the mixed team pair of the 22-year-old Manu and Sarabjot Singh were the first team to bag a medal in the Olympics for India.
2 - Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Mirabai Chanu could have joined the multiple medallists club of Neeraj Chopra, Manu Bhaker and the hockey team but missed out on a medal by 2kgs after she failed to lift 114kg in her last attempt (or 1kg to level things).
6* - Manu Bhaker, Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh, Swapnil Kusale, India men’s hockey team, Neeraj Chopra and Aman Sehrawat contributed to India’s six medals. Vinesh could add one more (Silver).
6 - A total of six athletes including Arjun Babuta, Mirabai Chanu, Lakshya Sen, the mixed shooting team of Anant Jeet Singh Naruka-Maheshwari Chauhan and archers Ankita Bhakat-Dhiraj Bommadevara finished in fourth place and missed out on a medal.
10 - Harmanpreet Singh was crucial to India winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Of the 15 goals that India scored, 10 of them came from the skipper’s stick - eight penalty corners and two penalty strokes.
12 - For the first time since 2012, or in 12 years, India won an Olympic medal in shooting.
16 - Sehrawat’s medal kept wrestling’s contribution streak at the Olympics going on since the year 2008 when Sushil Kumar won the silver medal. It is India’s eighth wrestling medal.
21 years 24 days - Wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal in an individual event. The previous youngest was PV Sindhu, 21 years, one month and 14 days, who won a silver at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
52 - India registered a win over Australia in the Olympics after 52 years when they beat the Kangaroos by 3-2. Notably, it also marked the first instance when India defeated Australia on turf. Another notable achievement was the Indian hockey team's back-to-back Olympic medals win for the first time after 1972 - 52 years ago.
82-1 - Yui Susaki of Japan had never lost an international bout and her scoreline was 82-0 before she faced India's Vinesh Phogat in her campaign opener. The Indian defeated her opponent quite comprehensively in the opening round, causing the biggest upset of the Paris Olympics 2024.
100 - Vinesh Phogat, who won all three bouts on Tuesday to storm into the final, was found to be 100 grams overweight in the morning of the summit clash and was disqualified from competing for the gold medal bout.
