History of Olympics: paris 2024 The Olympic and Paralympic Games in France are going to be the biggest event ever, this game 26 From July 11 will last until august, Players from India have also gone to the Olympic Games, While every Indian wants more and more gold medals, do you know when India won its first medal in the Olympics?, If not, let’s find out,
When did India get its first Olympic medal,
Let us tell you that India participated in Olympics for the first time in the year 1900 had participated in, Norman Pritchard was the only athlete to win two silver medals, In this way India became the first Asian country to win a medal in the Olympics, If we talk about the first gold medal in Olympics, then the year 1928 In the 2014 Olympic Games, India’s hockey team created history by winning the gold medal and if we talk about the first Indian champion to win an individual Olympic gold medal, then he was Abhinav Bindra, who year 2008 at the Beijing Olympics in 10 Won gold medal in meter air rifle event, In this way, he also got the gold medal for India for the first time,
What is the history of Olympics
By the way, the history of sports is not of today but 3000 is said to be a year old, It is believed to have originated in the Peloponnese of ancient Greece., Competitions were held every four years in the city of Olympia and this is where the name Olympic came from, However, after this, instead of continuing, it stopped., then years 1894 In 1844 Pierre de Coubertin of France launched his plan to revive the Olympic Games, and 1896 The first Olympics were held in,
At the same time, this game was organized for the first time in Athens, the capital of Greece.. at that time in the game 14 countries and 241 Athletes participated. The IOC was of the view that the subsequent Olympics should be organized in other cities. After this, the second Olympics were organized in the year 1900.
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