Happy New Year 2025: This year, these 5 big sports achievements have warmed the hearts of crores of Indians.

Cricket News Desk. India's performance in sports in the year 2024 was good. Many major events took place this year, including global competitions like the Olympics and the T20 Cricket World Cup. And India showed in cricket as well as in the Olympics that its strength is continuously increasing in the world of sports, then at the end of the same year D Gukesh surprised everyone by becoming the youngest world champion in history. As the year 2024 approaches, let's take a look at five major sporting achievements achieved by India this year.

1. World Cup drought ends
Winning the T-20 World Cup proved to be a very special achievement for the Indian men's cricket team. It was this win under Rohit Sharma that ended India's ICC trophy drought of the last 11 years. The World Cup was jointly hosted by the West Indies and the United States, where the Indian team won the T20 World Cup trophy for the second time by defeating South Africa by seven runs in the final in Barbados. Earlier, India had won the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup in 2007 under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The World Cup also proved to be an important milestone for Indian cricket. Players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have announced their retirement from the T20 format.

2. India's strength, Bhakar's magic shown in Olympics
Even though India could not break the record of Tokyo Olympics in Paris Olympics, India's young star shooter Manu Bhaker did wonders by creating history. Manu Bhaker made an incredible comeback after a very disappointing end to his campaign at the Tokyo Olympics. At the Paris Olympics 2024, Manu Bhaker created a sensation by winning two bronze medals in the individual and team events in the 10m air pistol category. She became the first Indian female player to win two medals in the same Olympics.

3. Neeraj Chopra became a man of history
Tokyo Olympics' golden boy Neeraj Chopra also created history by winning a silver medal in the Paris Olympics. India's first gold medalist in track and field, Neeraj Chopra also succeeded in winning silver in the javelin throw event in Paris. Although he left Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem behind to win the gold medal with an extraordinary throw while setting an Olympic record, Neeraj's silver medal proved to be India's biggest medal in Paris, more than enough for the star athlete's stature and performance. Is.

4. Paralympic athletes also showed strength
After the Paris Olympics, India's performance in the Paralympic Games was also very special. In these games, India created history by bettering its performance in the Paris Paralympics. India won a total of 29 medals at the Paris Paralympics, of which seven were gold medals. Apart from this he also won 9 silver medals and 13 bronze medals. Earlier, Indian Paralympic athletes had produced their best performance at the Tokyo 2020 Games, winning 19 medals, of which 5 were gold.

5. Echo of Gukesh's name in chess

Apart from cricket, Olympic and Paralympic games, this year the world of chess was dominated by Gukesh D, who created history by becoming world chess champion at the age of just 18. He achieved this extraordinary feat by defeating Ding Liren of China on 12 December 2024. With this victory, India has won the title once again after 11 years. Earlier only Vishwanathan Anand had achieved this feat.