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Another shuttler, Manisha Ramadass also assured India of a medal but star shooter Avani Lekhara missed out on repeating her medal-winning feat

Chopra was contending with a persistent adductor issue (a thigh muscle problem) leading up to the Paris Games. Despite this, he achieved a season-best throw of 89.45m, earning a silver medal and becoming the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two Olympic medals—adding to his historic gold from Tokyo.

IOA official confirms development, says the star shooter has done exceptionally well and deserves the honour

In men's singles, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth had reached the quarterfinals in 2012 London and 2016 Rio editions respectively.

The count surpassed the 186 athletes at the COVID-19-delayed Tokyo Olympics held in 2021

Organisers say 9.7 million tickets were sold or allocated for this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games, with 8.7 million sold for the former and a million for the latter

Narendra Modi says those travelling to the French capital would do the country a huge service by providing inputs from their experience

Breakdancing will be called breaking at the Olympics, as it was in the 1970s by hip-hop pioneers in the United States.