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The London Olympics is one of the most successful and historic Olympics for India. In this edition, India created history by winning a record number of medals. A total of 83 athletes participated in 13 sports in this Olympics, out of which 6 won medals. During this, Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom gave a historic performance.
London Olympics 2012 has been the second most successful and historic Olympics for India. A total of 83 athletes from India participated in 13 sports. These 83 athletes included 60 male and 23 female athletes. Only the hockey team was able to qualify from India in team-based sports. In this edition, the Indian team won the highest number of 6 medals till that time, which included 2 silver and 4 bronze. Not only this, after facing an international suspension of two years after doping allegations during the Beijing Olympics, India also made a comeback in weightlifting this year. Although India got many successes in the London Olympics, it is remembered for the historic medals of Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal.
Historical achievement of Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal
India had its best performance till then by winning 6 medals in the London Olympics. The most talked about athletes of this edition were Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom. Saina did wonders by winning the bronze medal in badminton while Mary Kom won a historic medal in boxing.
Saina Nehwal won the bronze medal in the London Olympics. Before this, no Indian female player had won any medal in badminton or boxing. Therefore, this was a very golden moment for India in terms of female players. Inspired by these two players, later female players like PV Sindhu and Lovlina Borgohain won medals for India in badminton and boxing.
Mary Kom won the bronze medal in boxing.
Amazing shoot again
Abhinav Bindra won a historic gold medal in shooting in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, he could not reach the final round in the 2012 London Olympics, but this time Vijay Kumar and Gagan Narang took up the responsibility. They were the first Indians to qualify for the London Olympics and also opened the medal tally in 2012. Narang won the bronze medal in 10 meter air rifle. After him, his shooting partner Vijay Kumar did wonders. He won the silver medal for India in 25 meter rapid fire pistol. This was India's first silver in Olympic history in this sport.
Sushil Kumar created history
After the feats of badminton, boxing and shooting teams, Indian wrestlers were also not going to be left behind. Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt won one medal each to take India's medal count to 6, which became the record for winning the most medals at that time. This record was broken by Indian athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the 60 kg men's freestyle wrestling, Yogeshwar Dutt defeated Jong Myong of North Korea to finish third and won a bronze medal for India in wrestling. This was India's fifth medal in the London Olympics.
Now it was the turn of 2008 Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar. Sushil had already achieved a feat by winning the bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics. Now even better performance was expected from him, which he lived up to. This time he won the silver medal and with this became the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals.