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1. OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (26 JULY 2024 – 11 AUGUST 2024)
(a) At Paris olympics, in table tennis team event, Indian women including Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, and Archana Kamath beat the Romanian team by 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinal match. With this win, they have qualified for the quarterfinal.
(b) In Badminton, Indian shutler Lakshya Sen missed out a historic Olympic medal as he lost to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia by 21-13,16-21,10-21 in the bronze medal match.
(c) In wrestling, Nisha Dahiya lost to PAK Sol Gum of North Korea in 68 kg freestyle -quarter final.
(d) Indian shooters Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan lost to China in the bronze medal play-off in skeet mixed team event.
2. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya and Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia jointly released commemorative postage stamps celebrating the 33rd Olympics Paris 2024 in New Delhi.
3. Medal Tally
Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China: 21 -18-14@53
2 United States20-30-28 @78
3 Australia: 13-11-8@32
4 France:12-16 -18@46
5 Great Britain: 12-13 -17 @42
60 India: 0 0 3@ 3
4. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has declared the gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA) on two female boxers at last year’s World Championships as illegitimate and lacking credibility.
5. Manu Bhaker, India’s two-time Olympic bronze medallist, has been chosen to be India’s flagbearer for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. India’s men’s flagbearer for the ceremony is yet to be confirmed. The closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics will take place on August 11.
6. Avinash Sable created history by becoming the first Indian man to qualify for the men’s 3000m steeplechase final at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
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