24 Armed Forces personnel are among the 117 Indian athletes who are all set to make the nation proud at the Paris Olympics, beginning July 26, 2024.
Indian Armed Forces In 2024 Paris Olympics
24 Armed Forces personnel are among the 117 Indian athletes who are all set to make the nation proud at the Paris Olympics, beginning July 26, 2024. Among these 24 athletes, 22 are men, including star Javelin Thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra, and two are women, which marks the maiden participation of female Service athletes at the Olympics.
The Paris 2024 Olympic mascot, Phryge, represents freedom and showcases important historical figures of the French Republic.
Subedar Neeraj Chopra, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Gold medalist, will again vie for top honours as his participation in the Paris Olympics comes on the back of exceptional performances which earned him a Gold medal each at the 2023 Asian Games, 2023 World Athletics Championship, 2024 Diamond League, and 2024 Paavo Nurmi Games.
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are set to not only celebrate athletic excellence but also redefine the standards of event catering on an unprecedented scale. With a commitment to serving over 13 million meals during the two 15-day periods, Paris 2024 is embarking on an ambitious initiative to highlight France’s culinary prowess while addressing significant environmental and climatic challenges.
The two North Indian states have 42 representatives in the Indian squad for the Summer Games.
While wrestlers (6) and shooters (5) form the bulk of Haryana’s 2024 Olympians (24), ten of Punjab’s 18 Paris-bound athletes are hockey players.
Shuttler Tanisha Crasto is the only Indian 2024 Olympian who was born outside the country. The badminton star was born in Dubai.
Athletics, which contributes the most to the Indian squad (29), is dominated by Tamil Nadu (6), Uttar Pradesh (4) and Kerala (4). The Indian Paris Games squad have representation from 22 states and Union Territories.
