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The 2024 edition of the Olympics is set to begin on July 26, in the capital city of France, Paris. The edition will see a total of 117 athletes fighting for medals across 16 sporting disciplines. Among those 16 sports, the track and field events have the highest number of Indian representatives with 29 athletes. Other than that, a total of 21 athletes will participate in shooting from India.
Revisiting India’s campaign at the 2012 London Olympics
The 2012 edition of the Olympics held in London was India’s most successful Olympics assignment until Tokyo 2020. India headed with 83 athletes and came back with six medals, including two silver and four bronze. Here are India’s medal winners at the London Olympics 2012:
Sushil Kumar - Silver (Wrestling)
Indian star wrestler, Sushil Kumar won the men’s 66 kg freestyle silver during the 2012 Olympics. Kumar took down Akzhurek Tanatarov of Kazakhstan 9-6 in the semifinals and became the first Indian wrestler to reach the Olympic final. Earlier in the quarterfinal, Sushil defeated Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan. He opened by securing a win against Ramazan Sahin of Turkey who had won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
