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SKYHEIGHT ACADEMY CON NO: 62832-72328, 98558-72802

OLYMPIC GAMES 2024

• Summer Olympics 2024


• Edition – 33th
• Host city – Paris, France (Third time – 1900 & 1924)
• Motto – Games Wide Open
• Athletes – Around 10500
• Events – 329 in 32 sports
• Start – 26 July, 2024
• End – 11 Aug, 2024
• Mascot – Olympic phryge / Phrygian cap
• Opening ceremony – River Seine (6 km)
• Closing ceremony – Stade de france stadium
• Top three countries
USA
CHINA
JAPAN
• India rank – 71th

Total - 6 Gold - 0 Silver - 1 Bronze – 5

• Flag Bearers - (opening ceremony)


P.V Sindhu (Badminton)
Sharath kamal (Table tennis)

• Closing ceremony
P.R Sreejesh (Hockey goalkeeper)
Manu Bhakar (Shooting)

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SKYHEIGHT ACADEMY, MAUR MANDI (BTI.)

• Total – 117 athletes across 16 sports


• 47 female and 70 male athletes
• Max in 29 Athletics
• Max – Haryana – 22

• Oldest player – Rohan Bopana (44 years)


• Youngest player – Dhinidhi Desinghu
(14 years)

• Who carry Olympic torch in the Paris, 2024 relay: Abhinav Bindra
• Who is appointed as Chef de mission: Gagan Narang

• Olympic order (highest award) award given to Abhinav Bindra


Other notable recipients: Indra Gandhi and Nelson Mandela
• India medals (Bronze)

Sr no. Player Sport Event Medal


1. Manu Bhakar Shooting Womens 10m air pistol Bronze

2. Manu Bhakar & Shooting Mixed 10m air pistol Bronze


Sarbjot Singh
3. Swapnil Kusale Shooting Men’s 50m air 3 position Bronze
4. Indian Team Hockey Men’s Team Bronze
• Captain: Harmanpreet
singh
• Goalkeeper: P.R. Sreejesh
(retirement) (Kerala)
• Spain (2-1) score
5. Aman Sherawat Wrestling Men’s freestyle 57 kg event Bronze
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SKYHEIGHT ACADEMY, MAUR MANDI (BTI.)

(Youngest
Olympic
winner)

1st Indian women to win the medals in shooting: Manu Bhakar

1st Indian to win two Olympic medals at a single Olympics: Manu Bhakar

• Silver medals

Sr no. Player Sport Throw Medal


1. Neeraj Chopra Javelin throw 89.45m Silver

Arshad Nadeem throw : 92.97m

Vinesh Phogat (Haryana)

• 50 kg wrestling event
• Disqualified on Second day
• Because of 100g over weight

Summer Olympics:

• 2020 – Tokyo, Japan


• 2024 - Paris, France
• 2028 – Los Angles, USA

Winter Olympics:

• 2022 - Beijing, China


• 2026 – Milano-Cortina, Italy

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SKYHEIGHT ACADEMY, MAUR MANDI (BTI.)

Olympic Day – 23 JJune

• Theme – Let's Move and Celebrate

New Games in Paris 2024

• Breaking
• Sport Climbing
• Surfing
• Skateboarding

1st Indian woman at Paris Olympics as a jury : Bilquis Mir

Noan lyles: USA – Wins 100m race (Gold medal)

Imane Khelif: Women 66kg Boxing Category (Gold) (Algeria)

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