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The countdown to Paris Olympics 2024 has begun and only a few days are left. India has sent a 117-member team to the Paris Olympics, which will have the responsibility of winning medals. Indian female swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu is the youngest athlete to participate in the Paris Olympics this time.
14-year-old Dhinidhi will compete in the women's 200m freestyle. She could not qualify directly for the Olympics but got a chance to participate in the Olympics through the university quota. She has also participated in the World Championships and Asian Games. However, the record of becoming the youngest Olympian from India is in the name of Aarti Saha, who participated in the Helsinki Olympics at the age of 11 years and 10 months.
Canada's Jill Irving will compete in her first Olympics at the age of 61
Australia's equestrian team includes 69-year-old Mary Hannah as a reserve who is the oldest athlete to compete in the Olympics. Canada's equestrian team includes Jill Irving, who is 61 years old and will compete in her first Olympics. Jill was supposed to participate in the Tokyo Olympics but the Games were postponed for a year due to Corona. At that time her horse was too old to compete. Now the horse has changed but Jill's passion remains the same. Mary Hannah will participate in the seventh Olympics. He participates in dressage events. At the age of 66, she was the oldest athlete to compete in the Tokyo Games.
At the age of seven, Zheng received a skateboard as a gift
Zheng, 11, is China's youngest skateboard Olympian. She earned a ticket to the Paris Games through the Budapest Olympic Qualifier. At the age of seven, she received a skateboard as a birthday gift and then pursued it as a career. British-born Japanese skater Sky Brown won a bronze medal in the skateboard event at the Tokyo Olympics. She was 13 at the time and became the youngest medal winner. She is participating in the Paris Games at the age of 16. Her mother is from Japan and her father is from Britain.
Rohan Bopanna is the oldest Indian athlete
At 44 years and four months, Rohan Bopanna is the oldest Indian to participate in the Paris Games. He will compete in his third Olympics and will pair up with Balaji in the men's doubles. He made his debut with Mahesh Bhupathi at the 2012 London Olympics. He and Sania Mirza were just one win away from a bronze medal in the mixed doubles. Bopanna is the second youngest tennis player to qualify for the Olympics after Sydney Jacobs. Jacobs participated in the Paris Olympics 1924 at the age of 44 years 267 days. The record for India's oldest athlete is held by shooter Bhim Singh, who participated in skeet shooting at the 1976 Montreal Olympics at the age of 66. Table tennis player is 42 years old and archer Tarundeep Roy is 40 years old.