India's archers have never been able to go past the quarter-final hurdle at the Olympic Games.
The 35-year-old is judo's most decorated athlete at the Olympics with six medals.
American Masai Russell won the Olympic 100 metres hurdles title in a blanket finish on Saturday.
'I would say you have to give six months to a year to give the athletes to kind of even register that person is going (to the Olympics). People are struggling to find their kit. So, things could have been better.'
Three years ago, India returned from Tokyo with seven medals, and it is only natural that a double-digit performance is now desired in Paris.
Rohan Bopanna and Sumit Nagal have secured their Paris Olympics 2024 quotas for India
Manu Bhaker narrowly missed out on the bronze medal as she finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol event, at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
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Little-known woman high jumper Sahana Kumari is having a tough time sourcing funds for her preparation for the mega-event.
-German veteran Tatjana Maria defied the odds to move into the biggest final of her career when she stunned second seed and Australian Open champion Madison Keys 6-3, 7-6(3) at the Queen's Club Championships on Saturday.
This is the first time a country has won all the diving events at one Games.
American lucky loser Reilly Opelka put up an intense battle to stun top seed Daniil Medvedev 7-6(5), 7-6(5) and reach the Libema Open semi-finals in Den Bosch on Friday.
Djokovic described beating Carlos Alcaraz to claim the Olympic singles gold medal at the fifth attempt as the biggest achievement of his career on Sunday.
'At least 25 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of plastic chewing gum gets dumped.' 'And because the way people spit it out, there's no possible way this plastic can be recycled.'
World No 2 Carlos Alcaraz will pair up with 22-times Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the doubles at the Paris Olympics.
The current Indian Hockey team has the potential to have a podium finish in the 2012 London Olympics but for this to happen the training system need to change, outgoing chief coach Jose Brasa said.
Novak Djokovic etched his name into Olympic history, capturing the gold medal in a thrilling victory over Carlos Alcaraz.
'I feel good and I'm rounding into shape ahead of the Olympics.'
Indian men's hockey team leaves for Mike Horn's base in Switzerland ahead of Paris Olympics
Ageless Indian tennis star Leander Paes, who completed a career Grand Slam at the Australian Open last week, says that the London Games is probably his "best" but not the "last" chance to win a second Olympic medal.
The London Olympics countdown entered its final 200 days on Monday with government and organisers talking up the legacy Britain can look forward to long after the last medal has been won and the show is over.
Unlike for previous Olympics, the Paris 2024 opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium.
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Italy's Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-2 to reach his first Olympic final on Friday and will bid for gold in a blockbuster clash with Carlos Alcaraz.
'If you are willing to shine like the sun, you must be willing to burn like it.'
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 6, Thursday, August 1, 2024:
Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz tempered expectations for Spain's dream team on Wednesday as they looked ahead to playing together in the Paris Olympics.
Harmanpreet, Sreejesh shortlisted for FIH Hockey Stars Awards
The ISSF World Cup final in New Delhi has been robbed of some sheen as three of Britain's top shotgun shooters, including Paris Olympics trap gold-medallist Nathan Hales
Gagan Narang lauded the Indian shooting contingent for their fantastic performances
At the brand new Trishul Shooting Range in Dehradun, Haryana's Asian Games bronze medallist shooter Ramita Jindal turned in a world class performance to top the qualification round in the women's 10m air rifle event.
Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the 16th time but it proved a hard day's work at his Centre Court office.
The IKF said that the Indian team that had gone for the Kabaddi World Cup in the United Kingdom was not sent by the AKFI, the national body of the sport.
The Indian hockey team entered the Olympic semifinals for a second successive edition but Lakshya Sen's zealous push for a gold turned into a hunt for bronze on a bitter-sweet Sunday for India at the Paris Games.
'The girls will do well, I hope we get one or two medals. It could be a silver or may be even a gold.'
China's Yang Jiayu claimed gold in the women's 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 8, Saturday, August 3, 2024:
'It is not like she is playing her first Olympics. It's her third Olympics. As an athlete, she must know the rules.'
Indian men's and women's cricketers came out in support of India's Olympic-bound athletes.
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