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Olympics, Commonwealth Games & Asian Games Greeting Cards – India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete Norman Pritchard winning two medals – both silver – in athletics and became the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.
The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games beginning in 1964. Indian athletes have won 36 medals, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time, the Indian Men’s Field Hockey Team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980.
The run included eight gold medals of which six were won consecutively from 1928 to 1956.
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The 2024 Summer Olympics are being held from July 26 to August 11, 2024. France’s capital Paris is the host city, having been awarded the Games in the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru in September 13, 2017. A number of withdrawals had resulted in Paris and Los Angeles, USA being the only remaining contenders. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ended up awarding the 2024 Games to Paris and the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles.
This is the third time Paris is hosting the Summer Olympics, almost a century after it last hosted in 1924. Paris also hosted the second edition of the multi-sport event in 1900. London is the only other city to have hosted the Games three times (in 1908, 1948, and 2012). Paris is the main host city but events will also be held in 16 other cities across France in addition to a subsite in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
