The Paris Olympics 2024 will kick off officially with the Opening Ceremony scheduled to be held along the River Seine this evening. This year, the Paris Olympic Games will feature a celebration of the centenary of the 1924 Olympics.  Earlier, India started its Paris Olympics campaign on a bright note yesterday, with the men’s team clinching third spot and the women’s team securing fourth place in the ranking round to seal a spot in the quarterfinal stage.

 

In the quarterfinals, the Indian women’s team will face the winner of the last-16 stage match between hosts France and the Netherlands. On the other hand, the Indian men’s team will face either Colombia or Turkey in the quarterfinals. In the mixed team event, India will be up against Indonesia in the Round of 16 match. These events will be held from the 28th of this month to the 4th of August.

 

Moreover, India will start its quest for medals tomorrow with the 10m air rifle mixed team and 10m air pistol men’s and women’s events in shooting. If we go through the history of Olympics Paris, the city of love is regarded as a lucky venue for Indian contingent in the history of Olympics. In fact Indian contingent for the first time opened the medal account in the Capital of France, A sportsperson from India Norman Prichard scored silver medals in 200-meter hurdles and 200-meter sprints in the 1900 Olympic Games at the same venue. In 1924 tennis player Nora Polley born in Western Utterppradesh town of Badaun became the first woman from India to participate in the biggest event of track and field in Paris.