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With the 2024 Paris Olympics in six months’ time, India’s first individual gold medallist at the Olympic Games, Abhinav Bindra has been named as a torch bearer. The globally acclaimed games, the Olympic will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
The 41-year-old Olympic athlete, who clinched the gold in men’s 10m air rifle at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, will be part of the torch relay, which will be held from April 16 to July 26. The Indian athlete took to X (formerly Twitter) to confirm this update as he captioned the post, “Excited to share that I’ll be a torch bearer for the @paris2024 Olympic Games, a beacon of peace and perseverance across the globe. This flame represents our collective spirit and the power of dreams. A great privilege and honour!”
Speaking more of the torch relay, the journey will commence in France on May 8, 2024 with the flame reaching Marseille after 68 days of travel. In the 68 days span, the torch relay will cover around 65 territories including five overseas territories. It will moreover involve 10,000 torch bearers, including Bindra.
Indian athletes to qualify for Paris Olympics 2024:
Shooting: Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Rudrankksh Patil, Swapnil Kuale, Akhil Sheoran, Mehuli Ghosh, Sift Kaur Samra, Rajeshwari Kumari, Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Babuta, Tilottama Sen, Manu Bhaker, Anih Bhanwala, Shriyanka Sadangi, Varun Tomar, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan, Vijaybeer Sidhu, Raiza Dhillon, Anantjeet Singh Naruka
Athletics: Akshdeep Singh, Priyanka Goswami, Vikas Singh, Paramjeet Bisht, Murali Sreeshankar, Avinash Sable, Neeraj Chopra, Parul Chaudhary, Kishore Jena, Suraj Panwar, Servin Sebastian, Arshpreet Singh
Wrestling: Antim Panghal
Boxing: Nikhat Zareen, Preeti Pawar, Parveen Hooda, Lovlina Borgohain
Hockey: Team India
Archery: Bhiraj Bommadevara
Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan
