What is Olympic
The Greece in 776 BC through 393 AD the games of ancient Greece were staged. The Olympics returned after 1503 years. The Olympic games of Greece took a modern form and the first modern Olympics took place in Athens ,Greece , in the year 1896. The founder or the man who generated the idea of Olympics was a Frenchman named baron Pierre de Coubertin. It was presented in the year 1894.
The term Olympic has derived from the word ‘Olympia’.
THE GAMES
Zeus the father of the Greek gods and goddesses was honored in the religious form of worship. The Olympic Games were a part of such a ritual. A rural sanctuary site, the games were held in Olympia in the western Pelopnnesos.
There was a sharing of the same religious belief and language spoken was also same thus the advent of Olympic shared the same sentiments and beliefs. Male citizens were the athletes. They all came from different parts of Greece namely Iberia, (Spain) in the West and Black Sea from Turkey in the East.
Mountain Olympos is the highest mountain in mainland Greece. The sanctuary was named after Mountain Olympos. Mount Olympos was known for the home of the greatest Gods and goddesses
There were series of Bronze tripods that were found in Olympia. The sources from Deutsches and Archaologisches Institute said that these tripods were the prizes for of the early years of the early events at Olympia back in the 9th century.
Modern Olympics introduced the race from Marathon Northeast of Athens in the year 1896. It was not an event of the ancient Olympic games. It was a race of 40Km of distance from Marathon northeast of Athens to the Olympic Stadium.
The Torch was never a part of the Ancient Games. It was a part of the ancient games in the year 1928 in Olympic Games in Amsterdam. The modern Olympic Torch Relay was introduced in the year 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. The Olympic oath was introduced in 1920.
Purpose of Olympic Games
Promoting peace and the Olympic principles around the world was the main motto of Olympics games. The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1984. The contribution to maintain harmony and develop humankind was the belief of the Organization. The movement and the Olympic principles had continued to carry forward its harmonious contribution to the society
The sports organization was based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The International Olympic Committee was a non-governmental organization
The interlocked rings represented the colour's blue, red, black, green and yellow on a white background’s were the five continents united by the Olympics. Each colour represented the colour's of every nation’s flag
The official Olympic sports are thirty -five and the Summer Olympic Games was consisted of twenty-eight sports and thirty -eight disciplines. The winter Olympics consisted of 7 sports with 15 disciplines.
Summer Olympics to name a few were Archery Badminton Basketball 3x3 Baseball Athletics, Boxing to name a few. The number of games played from the year 1896 Athens -2020 Tokyo. The list of sporting events included in the Winter Olympics were Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey
Paralympic Games were important in Olympic History and originated in the year 1948. It originated from Sir Ludwig Guttmann who promoted the rehabilitation of injured soldiers after World War 2
Important events in Olympic History
Women were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. Helena de Pourtales from Switzerland was the first woman to compete.
In the year 1916 the Olympic Games were cancelled due to World War 1.
In the year 1936 African American athlete Jesse Owens won Four medals. It was the year when the Nazi Germany fueled the opportunity to host against Aryan racial supremacy beliefs
In the year 1980 the Cold War boycotted the Moscow Olympic Games by the US
In the year 1996 Olympic Gold medalist Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame.
In the year 2008 eight golf medal were won by American swimmer Michael Phelps.
In the year 2008 eight golf medal were won by American swimmer Michael Phelps.
Few facts of Olympics
There were female athletes in the year 2012 Olympic Games. It was also known that Olympic gold medals were all made of silver.
India in Olympics
Hundred and seventeen Indian Athletes will show case this year in Paris Olympics. Seventy males will participate and forty- seven females.
Rugby 7s football and ranking rounds in archery will start earlier. The opening ceremony will be held on July 26th.
Athletes from North-East India qualified Tokyo Olympics 2020
From Judo to Boxing and Archery to Hockey, several Indian athletes hailing from
The Olympics in 2020 was represented by several qualified candidates. Lovelina Borgohain, MC Mary Kom represented boxing league. Tarun deep Rai represented Archery. Lalremsiami- Hockey, Sushila Likmabam- Judo Shanglakpam Nilakanta-Hockey Saikhom Mirabai Chanu-Weightlifting Sushila Chanu- Hockey
Olympics in Paris 2024
Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing) from Assam
Miranbai Chanu Saikhom(Weightlifting) from Manipur
Tarun deep Rai (Archery)from Sikkim
All the above athletes were qualified from the North-East in the Paris bound national team
The Cabinet approved Five sports disciplines -boxing, badminton, taekwondo, weightlifting, and Archery. It had approved under the Mission Olympic.
The team that will travel to the French Capital in the Paris 2024 Olympic will be a contingent of 29 members comprising of 11 women and 18 men from Athletics. The team of shooting will be 21 and Hockey will be 19.
Six people from Wrestling , Six from Archery , Boxing will also have six people. Four people from Golf, three people from tennis, two people from swimming, two from sailing. one each for equestrian, judo ,rowing, and weightlifting
IOC President Thomas Bach reminds the Olympic Values in the turmoil world
Today on 23rd July 2024 the President of International Olympic Committee delivered a very powerful message. Speaking on the occasion of the 142ṇd IOC Session in Paris sustaining the Olympic values of solidarity equality and human dignity for all have never been more important at the time of deep troubling moments of the world. Such message of power of Olympic values are delivered by the IOC president Thomas Bach on the celebration of the great Olympic Games Paris 2024. The message is delivered in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron at the venue of Louis Vuitton Foundation. The venue is located in the very Park of the historic congress foundation day in 1894 hosted by Pierre de Coubertin
Flagbearer of the Refugee Olympic Team
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be hoisted by carrying Olympic Flag on behalf of International Olympic Committee. The two athletes of the Refugee Olympic Team are boxer Cindy Ngamba and Taekwondo Athlete Yaha Al-Ghotany will be the flagbearers of Olympic Games Paris 2024. The announcement to such names of flagbearers was given during the 142nd IOC Session in Paris.
37 Athletes living in 15 countries and competing in 12 sports is what the Refugee Olympic Team comprised of as members There is a reflection of growing Refugees globally indicates the participation of Refugee Olympic Team is the largest in number for Paris 2024. The increased wars and persecution and conflict who flee their homes has taken the numbers into 100 million in the team representation of Paris.
The funding is done by Olympic Solidarity to the Athletes from Refugee Athlete Scholarship. Olympic Refugee Foundation manages the support Programme of the Team. It supports hundreds and thousands of young people in sport affected by displacement in communities.
India Schedule Today ,25th July 2024
Archery
Women's Individual Ranking Round (Deepika Kumari , Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat) 1PM(IST)
Men's Individual Ranking Round ( Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Jadhav) 5:45 PM
India will field a full quiver of six archers at the Olympics, since London 2012. The challenges are for five medal events men's team and individual women's team and individual mixed team
The Olympian Artists Programme is a programme of the creative talents of Olympians and Paralympians. The invitation is to create artistic produce and present in the programme led by the International Olympic Committee
On 25th July in Paris seven Olympian Artist will display their oil paintings, photographs, papercuts, mixed media collages, sculptured quilt made of recycled fabric. The Olympian artists are Luc Abalo, Rene Concepcion, Grace Latz, Enzo Lefort, Brooklyn McDougall and Cementine Stoney Maconachie
Martin Vidaurre: Inspiring Chilean athletes to aim higher
Chilean mountain biker Martin Vidaurre is gracious for the support of Olympic Solidarity. The effort to the boost has brought him to participate the major international races in the Paris 2024
It is more than winning a medal in the game but its an opportunity to present to his fellow compatriots and Chileans ability to perform in the sport.
To quote 'It is the biggest dream to have a medal in Olympics but there is an opportunity to proof and thus the room for improvement for the Chileans must be created and the capacity to compete must be shown'
Paris 2024 Day -1, 25 July 2024
Lim Sihyeon of Republic of Korea made a World Record and Three Olympic records were taken away in Archery.
694 shots were made in the woman's ranking yesterday by Lim Sihyeon of Republic of Korea. Her score had a breaking record of of both women's team and mixed team in Olympic records.
Women's Football and Women's Handball with Canada and France winning. The USWNT(United States women's national soccer team) also had a good kick-start in football.
To be noted there will be no competition for today for the opening ceremony will take place.
Paris Olympic Women Archery in Quarter Finals
India lifted to Fourth Ranking in Archery Olympics scoring a total of 1983 points. Ankita and Bhajan tried their shots well as it was the first time in Olympics
Final scores of Olympic Women Archery India are
Ankita Bhakat 666, Ranked 11
Bhajan Kaur 659, Ranked 22
Deepika Kumari 658 Ranked 23
Women's team 1983
The Olympic Men's team Archery
Dhiraj 4th ,681 points
Tarundeep 14th, 674 points
Praveen Jadav 39th 648 points
Hockey, Badminton, Boxing and shooting , India fight today July 27th Paris Olympics
The participants of Indian shooters are
Ramita Jindal / Arjun Babuta
Elavenil Valarivan / Sandeep Singh
Timings 12:30PM (IST)
Venue National Shoooting Centre in Chateauroux
Arjun Singh Cheema / Sarabjot Singh (men's Qualification 10m air pistol)
2PM(IST)
Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan(Women's qualification 10m air pistol)
4PM(IST)
Rowing
Balraj Panwar will play men's single heat 1 (12:30PM IST)
Badminton
Men's Single - L
Lakshya Sen Vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) (7:10PM IST)
Men's Double - C
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee / Ronan Labar(France)8pm (IST)
Women's Double -C
Tanisha Crasto / Ashwini Ponnappa vs Kim So Yeong /Kong Hee Yong (KOREA) 11:50PM (IST)
Tennis
Men's doubles - 1
N Sriram Balaji / Rohan Bopanna Vs Fabien Reboul / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRANCE) - 3:30 PM(IST)
Table Tennis
Men's singles - Prelims
Harmeet Desai Vs Zaid Abo Yaman (JORDAN) - 7:15 PM(IST)
Hockey
Men's Pool -B
India Vs New Zealand - 9:00 PM(IST)
Boxing
Women’s 54kg round of 32 will be held tomorrow on July 28
Preeti Pawar Vs Vo Thi Kim Anh (Vietnam) - 12:02 AM(IST)
First 2 gold medals for China in Paris Olympics 2024
2 Gold medals goes to China
10m Air rifle event wins the gold medal
3m Spring Board Diving another gold medal in women's synchronized
India Reached the positions
6th Position for Ramita/Arjun Babuta
12th position for Elavenil Valarivan /Sandeep Singh
Eighth Position for Arjun Singh Cheema
India win Bronze is Shooting Olympics Paris 2024
Shooting
Women' s 10m air pistol shooting wins Bronze Medal in Paris Olympics 2024 .
Manu Bhaker has won the First medal in the shooting game. She is the first winner in the Olympics 2024 shooting. She has taken over the record for 20 years after she qualified the quarter final and reached the finals. The Republic of Korea 's pair of Oh ye Jin and Kim Yeji after she finished her finals reaching to the Bronze level
Shooting
Ramita Jindal have qualified for the finals in women's 10m air rifle. Arjun Babuta have qualified 4th for men's 10m air rifle in Paris Olympics 2024
Prithviraj Tondaiman, Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Cheema, Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, Arjun Babuta, and Ramita Jindal will participate in the Olympic shooters final
Lakhya Sen has won as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty qualifies the Indian men's badminton doubles.
Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Parvin Jadhav will be in the Archery team in men's will be in the quarterfinal against Turkey
Arjun Babuta missed his medal in the 10m air rifle men's final.
Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema has goal out.
Women's 10m air final Ramita Jindal secured 7th position in the final
Hockey men's
Harmanpreet Singh has a late scoring of 1-1 draw against Argentina
Manu Bhaker and Sarbjot Singh is ready to play and give a tough against Korea in the mixed 10m air pistol shooting in the Paris Olympics 2024
Manika Batra reached the round 16 in Table Tennis Olympics
Men's synchronized platform diving ,Tom Daley the British diver achieved his 5th Olympic medal
Schedule Today Olympics 2024 in Paris
In Trap Men's Qualification( Indian Standard Time )
12:30pm Prithviraj Tondaiman
In Trap Women's Qualification
12:30pm Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match
1pm Manu Bhaker and Sahrabjot will play against Korea
Rowing
1:40 pm Balraj Panwar in men's single sculls quarterfinal
10m Air Pistol Mixed
There is a second medal win over by Manu Bhaker and Sarabjyot Singh.
Bhakar has won two Bronze medal edging South Korea in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team today
Men's Trap Qualification Round
Prithviraj Tondaiman finished in 21st position
Women's Archery Individual
Bhajan Kaur reached round of 16
Rowing Men's Single Scull quarterfinal
Balraj Panwar finished 5th
Men's Hockey Team
India will take on Ireland
Boxing
Amit Panghal, Jasmine Lamboria and Preeti Pawar will on the stage soon
India Vrs Ireland in Men's Hockey
India wins 2-0 over Ireland. Harmanpreet Singhs scored the penalty stroke in 11th minute and then scored again in 19th minute thus leading over by hitting the goal twice
Today on the 5th day of Olympics in Paris 2024 will perform on the stage
Shuttler
PV Sindhu
Archer
Deepika Kumari
Boxer
Lovlina Borgohain
Lovelina Borgohain will open the campaign today
Men's Rifle 50m
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and
Swapnil Kusale
Shooter Swapnil Kusale has clinched the bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final held at the National Shooting Center in Châteauroux on Thursday.
The 29-year-old from Kambalwadi village near Kolhapur in Maharashtra finished in third place with 195 in standing after 156.8 in the prone and 153.3 in the kneeling rounds.
By doing so, he has etched his name in history by becoming the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event.
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic's bid for Olympic gold could come to an abrupt end as the uncertainty over his further participating in the ongoing Paris Olympics looms large due to a knee injury.
Djokovic said he was "hoping for the best" after aggravating his injured right knee, which had required surgery in June, during his 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals.
The 37-year-old needed on-court treatment and a painkiller after slipping on the baseline of Court Philippe Chatrier.
Manu Bhaker has stepped closer to an unprecedented third medal of the ongoing Paris Games after qualifying for the final of 25m Pistol women’s event.
Manu shot 294 in the precision stage of the qualifiers and followed that up with an emphatic 296 in the rapid stage. She thus finished with a total score of 590 out of a possible 600.
India pulled off an incredible upset against heavyweights Australia in their final Pool B match on August 2.
India stunned Australia in a thrilling 3-2 victory to win their final group game and enter the quarterfinals on a high.
By doing so, India also ended a 52-year wait for a win over Australia in the Olympics. This is also the first win for India against Australia since AstroTurf was introduced in Olympics.
Indian archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara advanced to the quarterfinals of the mixed team event after defeating Indonesia's Diananda Choirunisa and Arif Pangestu in the round of 16 on Friday.
The Indian duo secured a 5-1 victory (37-36, 38-38, 38-37) at the Invalides. The fifth seeds hit five tens in their pre-quarterfinal win at Les Invalides.
Skeet Mixed Team (Qualification): Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka -- 12.30 pm
Women's Team (Pre-quarterfinal): India vs Romania -- 1.30 pm
Women's Dinghy (Opening series): Race 9 -- 3.45 pm
Women's Dinghy (Opening series): Race 10 -- 4.53 pm
Men's Dinghy (Opening series): Race 9 -- 6.10 pm
Men's Dinghy (Opening series): Race 10 -- 7.15 pm
Women's 400m (Round 1): Kiran Pahal (Heat 5) -- 3.57 pm
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase (Round 1): Avinash Sable (Heat 2) -- 10.50 pm
Men's Singles (Bronze medal playoff): Lakshya Sen vs Zii Jia Lee (Malaysia) -- 6.00 pm
The Indian men's hockey team led by skipper Harmanpreet Singh will take on world champions Germany in an exciting semi-final clash in Paris.
India and Germany have played 18 matches against each other so far with India leading the head to head 8-6. 4 matches have finished in draws.
India, who had clinched the bronze medal in Tokyo 2020 by beating the same opponent, will be looking to seal their berth in the final after 44 years.
The match will be played on August 6, Tuesday at 10:30 PM IST and can be viewed live on Sports 18 1 and Sports 18 2 channels and live streamed on JioCinema app and website.
Star shooter Manu Bhaker has been chosen as India's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024.
Manu expressed her gratitude and said she was honoured to be given the responsibility.
She scripted history by winning two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Olympics. The 22-year-old shooter from Haryana joined an elite list including PV Sindhu and Norman Pritchard to have secured two medals in the Olympics.
The closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 will be held on August 11, Sunday.
India's badminton sensation Lakshya Sen will battle it out against Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia for the bronze medal today in the men's singles event.
He will look to bounce back from his heartbreaking semi-final defeat at the hands of reigning Olympic Champion Viktor Axelsen yesterday despite a spirited fight.
All hopes will rest on his shoulders to bring home India's fourth medal and the first in Badminton in this edition.
India's full schedule on Day 11 of Paris Olympics:
Men's Team (Pre-quarterfinal): India (Harmeet Desai, Sharath Kamal and Manav Thakkar) vs China -- 1.30 pm
Men's Javelin Throw (Qualification): Kishore Jena -- 1.50 pm
Men's Javelin Throw (Qualification): Neeraj Chopra -- 3.20 pm
Women's 400m (Repechage): Kiran Pahal -- 2.50 pm
Vinesh Phogat (50kg) vs Japan's Yui Susaki in pre-quarters at 2.30 pm.
Men's semi-final: India vs Germany -- 10.30 pm.
India's golden boy and Tokyo Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra stormed into the finals of the men's javelin event after his first attempt, which also happened to be his season-best effort.
Neeraj's throw was clocked at an impressive 89.34m as the reigning Olympic champion spent just 10 minutes on the field at the Stade de France on Tuesday.
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has made it to the quarter-finals of the women's 50kg category on Tuesday.
She caused a major upset by beating defending champion Yui Susaki of Japan 3-2 in the Round of 16.
Vinesh Phogat, who is riding high on confidence after beating defending champion Yui Susaki in the previous round, knocked out Oksana Livach of Ukraine to seal her berth in the semi-finals of the women's 50kg category on Tuesday.
The Indian wrestler won by a scoreline of 7-5 to get one step close at a podium finish.
Phogat will face Cuba's Yusneylys Guzman in the semi-finals today.
Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Paris Olympics after she could not make the weight on the morning of her 50 kg gold medal bout.
As per sources, wrestler was roughly 100 grams over the permissible limits, which could lead to her disqualification. According to competition rules, Phogat will not be eligible even for a silver medal and the 50 kg will have just gold and bronze medal winners.
India's shooting sensation Manu Bhaker received a rousing welcome after landing in India on Wednesday.
She was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and her family, who braved a steady drizzle to give her a memorable reception in New Delhi.
The 22-year-old Bhaker won a bronze each in the women's 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team event -- where she had paired with Sarabjot Singh -- to script Olympic history for the country.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat was hospitalised on August 7 in Paris just minutes after she was disqualified from the women's 50kg final at the Paris Olympics.
As per sources, the Olympian fainted due to dehydration. Phogat was disqualified as she was 150 grams overweight during the weigh-in on the second day of the competition.
Currently, Vinesh is in the polyclinic of the Olympic Village, where she is stable and resting.
Antim Panghal lost her opening bout against Zeynep Yetgil of Turkey in the round of 16 of the women's freestyle 53kg event.
Despite the defeat with a final score of 0-10, Panghal's campaign at Paris 2024 isn't over yet.
She still has a chance to compete in the repechage round if Yetgil advances to the final.
Indian women’s table tennis team lost to Germany 1-3 in the quarterfinal of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday.
Archana Kamath’s 3-1 win against Shan Xiaona was India’s saving grace in the match with the other three matches ending in losses.
Here is India's schedule of Day 13 of competitions at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Thursday, August 8
Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 2: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar — 12:30 pm
Women’s 100m hurdles Repechage Round (Heat 1): Jyothi Yarraji — 2:05 pm
Men’s javelin throw final: Neeraj Chopra– 11:55 pm
Men’s 57kg freestyle round of 16: Aman Sehrawat — 2:30 pm
Men’s 57 kg freestyle quarter-finals (If qualified): Aman Sehrawat — 4:20 pm
Men’s 57 kg freestyle semi-finals (If qualified): Aman Sehrawat —9:45 pm onwards
Women’s 57kg freestyle round of 16: Anshu Malik — 2:30 pm
Women’s 57kg freestyle quarter-finals (If qualified): Anshu Malik —4:20 pm
Women’s 57kg freestyle semi-finals (If qualified): Anshu Malik — 10:25 pm onwards
Men’s Bronze medal match: India vs Spain — 5:30 pm
The Indian Men's Hockey team will battle it out against Spain for the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.
The 'Men in Blue' will look to secure India's fourth medal at the quadrennial event after the country's medal hopes suffered a series of setbacks of late.
The India vs Spain hockey bronze medal match will be played at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Paris at 5:30 PM IST.
The match will be available for free live streaming on the Jio Cinema app and website. Indians can also watch the live telecast of the match at Sports18.
India's medal prospect Neeraj Chopra will look to defend his Olympic crown when he takes the track in the men's javelin throw final.
The Tokyo Gold medalist will look to push India's stagnant medal tally. His title defence will start at 11:55 pm today.
INDIA'S FULL SCHEDULE IN PARIS OLYMPICS: AUGUST 9
Golf – Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 (Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar)
2:10 PM IST
Athletics – Women’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 Heat 2 (Jyothika Sri Dandi, Kiran Pahal, Poovamma Raju, Vithya Ramraj, Subha Venkatesan)
2:35 PM IST
Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 Heat 2 (Amol Jacob, Rajesh Ramesh, Santhosh Kumar, Muhammed Ajmal, Muhammed Anas)
Wrestling – Men’s Freestyle 57kg Bronze Medal Match (Aman Sehrawat)
All eyes will be focused on Aman Sehrawat as the Indian wrestler will battle it out for the bronze medal in the men’s 57kg wrestling category.
Aman started-off well in this tournament by emerging victorious in his first two bouts owing to technical superiority but he was eventually knocked out by Japan's Rei Higuchi in the semi-finals.
Indian wrestler Reetika Hooda lost to top seed Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in quarterfinals of Women's 76kg event at Paris Olympics.
This comes after Reetika defeated Hungary's Bernadett Nagy in the Round of 16. Reetika will now have to rely on the repechage round to win a medal.