Happy New Year 2025: From shooting to hockey, chess, players in these sports brought glory to the country.
Cricket News Desk. In terms of sports, the year 2024 can be considered very good for the country, in which on one hand Team India was successful in winning the T-20 World Cup on the cricket field, while on the other hand the Indian players and team performed brilliantly. Sports also. The Olympic Games were also held in Paris this year, with all the fans expecting more medals than ever before, but they were a bit disappointed, however, the country managed to win medals in some of the sports where expectations were quite low. Was. Shooting will come first in this, in which Manu Bhakar won not one but two medals, whereas in the javelin throw event, Neeraj Chopra could not win the gold this time but definitely won the silver medal. In such a situation, we are going to tell you about the performance in sports other than cricket in the year 2024.
During the shootout, Manu and Avni's names got recorded in the pages of history.
When the Indian team left for the Paris Olympics, it was expected to win the maximum number of medals in the shooting event, in some categories the shooters had come very close and missed winning the medal, but this time star female shooter Manu won the medal. Bhakar certainly played his part in bringing glory to the country at the Olympics, where at the age of 22, he won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol and also a bronze medal in the 25m air pistol mixed event. Success achieved. In the Paralympics, India's female rifle shooter Avani Lakhera created history by winning the bronze medal apart from winning the gold medal.
won bronze medal in hockey
This time, the Indian hockey team also performed brilliantly in the Olympics, in which even though it could not reach the gold medal match, it won the bronze medal, due to which the fans got to see the magic of Indian hockey again. Olympics. The Indian hockey team won the bronze medal by defeating the Spanish team 2-1 in the Paris Olympics. After this match, the most successful goalkeeper in Indian hockey history, PR Sreejesh also said goodbye to the game.
De Gukesh established his supremacy in chess
When all Indian fans hear the name chess, the first name that comes to their mind is Vishwanathan Anand, but in 2024, D Gukesh dominated chess and became the country's rising star in the game. Gukesh won the World Chess Championship title by defeating Ding Liren of China. He is only 18 years old. Gukesh defeated Ding Liren in the 14th and final game and became the world champion.
Aman Sehrawat created history in wrestling
India has always dominated in wrestling, but this time in the Olympics the wrestlers could not perform as per expectations. However, 21-year-old Aman Sehrawat succeeded in creating history by winning the bronze medal. We won the bronze medal in the men's 57 kg category and became the country's youngest Olympic medalist.
Neeraj Chopra had to be satisfied with silver
This time, Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra could not win the gold medal like in the Tokyo Olympics, but he definitely won the silver medal by throwing the javelin 89.45 meters. With this, Neeraj became the first Indian javelin thrower to win gold and silver medals in the Olympics.
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